THE SLOVAK band Banda, which has been playing world music since 2003, has launched an irregular series of concerts – called Keby všetky bandy sveta (If All the Bands in the World) – in which it ...

When Romania’s Romany pop supergroup Mahala Rai Banda set cimbaloms skanking a few years ago on “Balkan Reggae,” reggae DJs around Europe perked up and started dropping the track into their sets. The ...

The ecstatic folk music of Romania is coming to Dublin. Could this be the start of a fruitful cross-pollination, asks Jon Ihle. There is a corridor of music - running from Istanbul and the southern ...

Balkan Brass Battle was such a success it toured for two years. Then Boban pulled his Orkestar out. He has now broadened the brass battle by lining up against Mexico’s Banda Estrellas de Sinaloa de ...

The Tropical Balkan project Theo Mizú & Banda features an original mix of eastern and western musical references, promising a groovy musical journey around the world. The project has been elected as ...

A brass ensemble plays Balkan music sings Bavarian lyrics and the crowd goes crazy Too different to be classified in a familiar category and always under high voltage ...