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Saturday, January 19, 2013
Live from the Golden Festival
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West Philadelphia Orchestra at Golden Fest 2012
For the fifth year, TSP presents a live broadcast from the massive annual Balkan and East European music and dance bacchanal, the Golden Festival.
It's a two night affair - tonight is the second night - at the kitschy and fabulous Grand Prospect Hall, 263 Prospect Ave, Brooklyn.
We'll bring you the action live from 6-9 pm at the Grand Ballroom stage, one of four stages with dozens of bands playing from 6 pm until 2 am.
Tickets, available at the door, include a fabulous Balkan / Mediterranean buffet dinner home-made on-site. (Beer is extra - but they usually have great East European dark beer!)
Over sixty bands will play on the four festival stages - Grand Ballroom, Chopin Room, Atrium and Rainbow Room - but the bands playing at the Grand Ballroom during the broadcast are:
Raklorom @ 6 pm - All kinds of music in the Romani language performed by NYU students and community members (both Roma and non-Roma)
Floricica Oltenea @ 6:30 pm - Romanian dance on the Jaw Harp
Brazda @ 6:40 pm - 8-piece Balkan band playing fresh arrangements of traditional repertoire from Bulgaria, FYR Macedonia, Greece, Serbia, and beyond.
Milo Destanovski @ 7:10 pm - Macedonian gajda (bagpipe)
Michael Winograd and the Klezmer Orchestra International @ 7:25 pm - Klezmer music for dancing
Raya Brass Band @ 7:55 pm - Music from the Balkans with an American pulse played by a village style quintet consisting of trumpet, sax, accordion, tuba and tupan.
Lyuti Chushki @ 8:25 pm - Traditional Bulgarian music on kaval, gaida (bagpipe), gudulka, tambura and tupan ), all of which serve to accompany the unique Bulgarian vocal style which has a beauty on its own.
Big thanks to Golden Festival founders and organizers the Zlatne Uste Balkan Brass Band and the festival committee; co-host and tech guru Irene Trudel; and to the rest of our our illustrious crew:
Mark Koch
Juan Aboites
Chuck Dean
Dan Barker
Jason Sigal
Matthew Cherchio
Bryan Koniarz
Ariana Hellerman
Katie Gentile
Nick the Bard
This Week's Playlist:
Raklorom:
Live from the Golden Festival
(0:00:00 )
John Parrish / Floricica Olteneasca:
Live from the Golden Festival
(0:41:36 )
Brazda:
Live from the Golden Festival
(0:41:08 )
Milo Destanovski with Jessica Ruiz:
Live from the Golden Festival
(1:09:38 )
Gaida and tapan
Michael Winograd and the Klezmer Orchestra International:
Live from the Golden Festival
(1:20:52 )
Raya Brass Band:
Live from the Golden Festival
(1:56:31 )
Lyuti Chushki:
Live from the Golden Festival
(2:23:53 )
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Sat. 1/19/13 6:37pm
G:
I'm guessing this might be an affiliate or offshoot of, or hommage to, the Golden Stag Festival (Romania)??? en.wikipedia.org... At any rate, nice sounds so far... |
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Sat. 1/19/13 6:39pm
Brute Force:
Whenever the Golden Festival thinks Brute Force must appear, it will help raise consciousness of whomever has also appeared, especially the audience. | |
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Sat. 1/19/13 6:40pm
cklequ:
This is brilliant.... |
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Sat. 1/19/13 6:42pm
Cory:
I now know why my mother took away my jaw harp. |
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Sat. 1/19/13 6:45pm
Rob Weisberg:
Re: Golden Stag Festival - well, not exactly the same, but Zlatne Uste Brass Band, organizers of the festival have played at the Guča Trumpet Festival, also known as the Dragačevo Assembly, in Serbia |
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Sat. 1/19/13 6:49pm
Rob Weisberg:
Well Cory, that was nothing - I once did an all jawharp show on FMU (with guest Lena Strayhorn) - - wfmu.org... . FMU DJ Bryce (Friday afternoons) also plays a mean jaw harp - ask him sometime! |
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Sat. 1/19/13 6:56pm
Cory:
lol, I guess the instrument just isn't for me! there's always that sweet violin. |
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Sat. 1/19/13 7:03pm
doca:
great sets so far, greetings from brazil. |
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Sat. 1/19/13 7:12pm
G:
boa noite, doca :) |
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Sat. 1/19/13 7:20pm
glenn:
bryce can play anything, though. |
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Sat. 1/19/13 7:23pm
Cory:
I have a friend like that. It is amazing and aggravating at the same time. |
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Sat. 1/19/13 7:39pm
Cory:
Holy hell, that hall is beautiful! Can FMU teleport me? |
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Sat. 1/19/13 7:47pm
cklequ:
Really fun show tonight. Huzzah! |
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Sat. 1/19/13 7:59pm
Rob Weisberg:
Thanks cklequ! |
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Sat. 1/19/13 8:00pm
Glenn L:
Woof! |
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Sat. 1/19/13 8:02pm
cklequ:
Moo! |
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Sat. 1/19/13 8:25pm
Ken From Hyde Park:
Thanks for delivering the sounds from the festival tonight. I'll have to come see it for myself one of these years. |
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Sat. 1/19/13 8:27pm
G:
The Golden Fest from the Grand Prospect Hall! It made our dreams come true! www.youtube.com... I imagine many NYers over 40 remember that ad running at 2-3AM in the 80s :) |
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Sat. 1/19/13 8:29pm
Rob Weisberg:
Thanks everyone and yes, you must watch the over-the-top ad for the over-the-top Grand Prospect Hall! |
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Sat. 1/19/13 8:48pm
nonoyabusiness:
I went last night - it was a TOTAL blast! I can't wait for next year! Sad I'm not there now! How come you don't broadcast the whole thing/! I'd be listening until 2 AM then! | |
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Sat. 1/19/13 8:59pm
Cory:
Great show!! thanks |
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Sun. 1/20/13 11:28am
Leah:
Did you record (if not broadcast) the music in the atrium? Wondering if I can re-hear that fantastic music anywhere. Vocal, mostly. | |
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Sun. 1/20/13 7:57pm
Rob Weisberg:
To Leah - yes, we did record the Atrium performances (as well as performances at the other stages). Many of them will be posted in WFMU's Free Music Archive http://www.freemusicarchive.org although I don't know yet by what date they will be posted. | |
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