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Brass Off!

Saturday January 15
The Black Box, 8.00pm

Tickets: £8.00

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Two brilliant live bands vie for the title of King of Klezmer. Expect some expert horn blowage.

The North Strand Kontra Band began playing the melodic and expressive form of Jewish dance music, Klezmer but soon began to explore and experiment with other Eastern European traditional forms most notably the music of Romania, Bulgaria and other Balkan states.

Described by the Irish Times as “the most enjoyable new party band of the past few years”, The North Strand Kontra Band gig all across the country incorporating more contemporary genres such as funk and drum & bass into the traditional styles that they have focused on. Balkan Alien Sound also specialise in the gypsy and folk music of Eastern Europe and the Balkan regions. They formed in 2007 due to an interest gained by travel and study of Klezmer music and the folk music of Bulgaria, Romania, Turkey.

Upbeat rhythms and odd time signatures are a key part of the band’s live performance with fast and furious melodies demanding to be danced to.

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