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Chicago Cultural Center Presents Kálmán Balogh & The Gypsy Cimbalom Band |
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 Hungarian act Kálmán Balogh & Gypsy Jazz will perform Saturday, November 10, 2 pm at the Claudia Cassidy Theater, Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington St. Admission is free.
The Hungarian Gypsy Jazz group Kálmán Balogh & Gypsy Jazz is the dynamic merging of music from the old and new worlds. Balogh continues a fabled European musical tradition harking back to the collaboration of masters like gypsy guitarist Django Reinhardt and violinist Stephane Grappelli, connecting the ancient folk music traditions of Central and Eastern Europe with the chord progressions and swing of jazz.
The group includes Kálmán Balogh (cimbalom), Sándor Budai (violin), Lá...
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Putumayo Releases Tango Around the World |
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 Asheville (NC), USA - For its November 6th release, Tango Around the World (PUTU 271), Putumayo has traveled the globe to find many of the best tango and tango-influenced songs the world has to offer. From tango's birthplace in Buenos Aires to its adoptive homes of Athens, Lisbon, Helsinki and other cities, Tango Around the World weaves together passion, style and elegance to create a rich musical tapestry that features traditional tango alongside contemporary fusions.
The elegant style and restrained passion of tango has made it one of the most recognized and popular forms of music and dance around the world. Its romantic allure has earned it such a w...
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Portuguese Guitar Masters at Atlantic Waves 2007 in London |
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 London, UK - Atlantic Waves, London International Festival of Exploratory Music, showcases the Portuguese guitar this year. Best known for accompanying fado, Portuguese guitarmakes its UK debut in a leading role. Three of the most respected Portuguese guitar players, revered master António Chaínho, sophisticated innovator Custódio Castelo and young talent Ricardo Parreira demonstrate their variety of approaches to mastering the tear-shaped, 12-stringed instrument.
Atlantic Waves features 22 concerts in 8 days, with more than 70 artists from around the world, including Portugal, Brazil, Cape Verde, Angola, Israel, Lithuania, Estonia, Georgia, UK, France, Germany, Netherlands, Italy, Finland, Denmark, Austria, Switzerland, USA, Canada, Japan and Australia....
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Israel Putumayo PUT 268-2, 2007)
Viewed as a constantly troubled, dangerous country, an idyllic land as depicted in recent TV commercials promoting tourism or something in between, Israel is a place most people have some knowledge of. Still, the compilers of this collection, I reasoned, could hardly have had their work cut out for them.
Israel's diversity is reflected in its people and, by natural extension, in its music. So even before I listened to the sounds on Putumayo's simply-titled ...
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Irish 'supergroup' Patrick Street are On the Fly with New CD & U.S. Tour |
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 Renowned traditional Irish music group Patrick Street will release their first studio album in four years, On the Fly , with an American tour. The new CD comes out on November 13, 2007 on Loftus Music, a new independent label from fiddler Kevin Burke distributed nationally by Burnside Distribution Corporation (BDC). It's the second release on Loftus, following Kevin's duo CD with guitarist Cal Scott, Across the Black River, released in May 2007.
Kevin Burke, Andy Irvine, Ged Foley and John Carty - collectively known as Patrick Street - are known throughout the Irish mu...
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