Artist: Zlatne Uste Balkan Brass Band

Brooklyn Goes Balkan

Feb 10, 2011, 12:03pm Frontier Psychiatrist

[Today, Chris Landriau reviews a Balkan music festival and gives an interactive lesson on Balkan rhythms.] On a Friday night in January, I joined an all-ages group of hipsters, folkies, and music lovers of all kinds that descended on Brooklyn's Grand Prospect Hall for the Zlatne Uste Golden Festival , a two-day celebration of Balkan Music and Culture. As I approached, the joyful cacophony I heard wafting through the doors promised to fulfill my quest to understand the music's infectious appeal—and to rediscover part of my family history. [...]

• Animal Collective - Lion In a Coma
• Black Sea Hotel - Vurba Ima, Vurba Njama
• Choir Philip Koutev - Dragana I Slavei
• Coldplay - 42
• Gabriela Montero - Bach: Cantata #147, BWV 147, "Herz Und Mund Und Tat Und Leben" - Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring
• The Beatles - Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
• The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Blue Rondo À la Turk
• Zlatne Uste Balkan Brass Band - Majko, Majko/Ekremov Cocek

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Artist:	Animal Collective
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Year:	1965

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Year:	1959

Artist:	Zlatne Uste Balkan Brass Band
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My summer of Tsiganaya musika (Gypsy Music)

Jul 19, 2006, 12:22pm Rewriteable Content

The tsigani (or gypsies) used to hang out in the tunnels that ran under Marksa Street during the summer. I remember their weathered, dark skin and striking eyes. Their children would hold their hands open in eagerness for a kopeck or two to drop. These young recipients would quickly dash their new treasures into their pockets to return with immediacy for a refill. Sometimes during these

• Beirut - Bratislava
• Beirut - Shiki Shiki Ba Ba (Live)
• Devotchka - Such A Lovely Thing
• Gogol Bordello - Start Wearing Purple
• Kocani Orkestar - Siki Siki Ba Ba
• Neutral Milk Hotel - The Fool
• Zlatne Uste Balkan Brass Band - Zulumcar

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Artist:	Beirut
Title:	Bratislava
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Year:	2006

Artist:	Beirut
Title:	Shiki Shiki Ba Ba (Live)
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Artist:	Devotchka
Title:	Such A Lovely Thing
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Artist:	Gogol Bordello
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Genre:	Rock
Year:	2005

Artist:	Kocani Orkestar
Title:	Siki Siki Ba Ba
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Year:	2002

Artist:	Neutral Milk Hotel
Title:	The Fool
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Year:	1998

Artist:	Zlatne Uste Balkan Brass Band
Title:	Zulumcar
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Genre:	Reggae
Year:	2000