Performing Groups, Performers’ Names, Website, Watch/Listen and Donate
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| Group | Description | Performers | Website | Listen or Purchase | Donations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 Kaba Gaidi and Tupani | Bulgarian bagpipes and drums | Matthew Parks, Yordan Kolev, Kiril Ketev, Richmond Johnston, Lubomir Smilenov, Craig Kurmada, Ken Genetti Jeanne Clifford, Ralph Knag, Irene Treesong, Boris Iliev, Konstantin Marinov, Bonnie Silver | https://goldenfest.org/ybvny https://www.facebook.com/101KGNY | https://www.facebook.com/yordan.kolev.562/posts/3341405272552525 https://www.facebook.com/yordan.kolev.562/posts/3341466609213058 | |
| Ashlae Blume Banda | Roma and Balkan folk and fusion | Ashlae Blume, Moses Eder, Oliver Watkinson, Maria Makedonska, Brett Brothwell | https://ashlaeblume.bandcamp.com/ | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADCmVfJWU9g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGDXhGCVOgQ https://powderkegboom.bandcamp.com/ | |
| Aya Safiya & Tano Brock | Traditional music from Greece and Albania | Aya Safiya, Tano Brock | https://www.ayasafiya.com/ | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-ofVKvffl8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lU774Uus-d8 | |
| Backyard Jam | Backyard Balkan | Michael Ginsburg, Belle Birchfield, Seido Salifoski | |||
| BAT Trio | Turkish classical music | Adam Good, Beth Cohen, Tev Stevig | |||
| Cherven Traktor | Traditional Bulgarian dance music | Nikolay Kolev, Donka Koleva, Belle Birchfield, Michael Ginsburg | http://www.gadular.com | ||
| Da! Mozhem | Balkan dance music and song | Alan Moore, Lew Smith, Holly Thuman, Paul Litsky, Joyce Clyde, Barbara Saxton , Nettie, Wijsman, Sonne Lemke, Glynis Hawley, Radmila Zaric, John Burke, Rich Tucker | https://www.facebook.com/groups/124839560886441 | https://www.facebook.com/groups/124839560886441 Facebook Da! Mozhem | |
| Dance Teaching | Steve teaches a dance, then we dance to the music. Repeat. | Steve Kotansky | |||
| Dolunay | Turkish music | Jenny Luna, Adam Good | http://www.dolunay.bandcamp.com | http://www.dolunay.bandcamp.com | Venmo: @Jenny-Luna-2, PayPal: jennyluna.luna@gmail.com, Zelle: 9567845580 |
| Dunava | Balkan choir | Dina Trageser, Jenny Sapora, Olivia Gunton, Hila Lenz, Jen Morris | https://www.dunava.org/ | https://www.dunava.org/ https://dunava.bandcamp.com/releases https://www.youtube.com/user/dunavasings | |
| Gogofski | Macedonian music | David Golber, Ken Hiatt, Henry Goldberg, Kasia Sokalla | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhSMoQpiK2g | ||
| Greek Judas | Hard Rock take on old Greek Rebetika | Wade Ripka, Adam Good, Nick Cudahy, Chris Stromquist, Quince Marcum | https://www.greekjudas.com | https://greekjudas.bandcamp.com/releases https://www.greekjudas.com/snippets https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ey1qtqJvmY | |
| Ihtimanska | Bulgarian and Turkish music reinterpreted | Ariane Morin, Yoni Kaston | https://ihtimanska.com | https://ihtimanska.bandcamp.com/ https://ihtimanska.com/ | |
| Kavala | Music from Greek Macedonia | Michael Ginsburg, Lefteris Bournias, Morgan Clark, Belle Birchfield, Jerry Kisslinger, Matt Moran | |||
| Kef | Balkan dance music | Cody Simmons, Alex Lowe, Sarah Ennes, Nisha Calkins, Sharon Rogers, Ken Sokolov | http://www.balkanmusic.org | http://balkanmusic.org/folk.htm#cd | |
| Kehilla Community Klezmer Band | Jewish festive and dance music | Mike Perlmutter, Ivan Velev, Ilana Sherer, Shulamit Wise Fairman, Julie Batz, Sharon Grodin, Whitney Dorman, Ron Cohen, Sam Saxe-Taller, Michael Saxe-Taller, Rebecca Spiro, Nelson Max, Sheella Mierson, Julie Saxe-Taller | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I18XdEwZCwA&feature=youtu.be&t=8 | ||
| Lauren Brody's Accordion Bytes | Bulgarian, Macedonian and Romanian songs and dance tunes | Lauren Brody | http://songofthecrookeddance.com/ | http://songofthecrookeddance.com/ | |
| Madarka | Eastern European music esp. Klezmer and Roma | Harry Sweet, Dushka Ramic, Karl Raake, Jim Luckner, Fre Atlast, Meghan Quinn | http://www.madarkaband.com | https://madarkaband.com/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCd30LXNRh-TvQ7UPXsM2Wow | |
| Marjorie & Melinda | Macedonian traditional songs with tambura | Melinda Hunt, Marjorie Selden | |||
| Milorad Golijan | Serbian traditional dance music on accordion | Milorad Golijan | |||
| Mountain Lions | Balkan and Turkish dance music on saxes and drum | Matt Moran, Peter Hess | |||
| Musiki Parea | Greek & Turkish village and urban styles | Laura Blumenthal, Joe Condie, Wendy Cutler, Erika Gerson, Kate Gerson, Mark Hamilton | https://goldenfest.org/musiki-parea/ https://www.facebook.com/Musiki-Parea-105323680677 | https://www.facebook.com/Musiki-Parea-105323680677 | |
| Niva | Macedonian village style ensemble | Kristina Vaskys, Corinna Snyder, Bridget Robbins, Emily Geller | https://youtu.be/k0HhSUkfHCA https://youtu.be/e2GbYVYfpk0 https://youtu.be/QQqm-MvWHmg | ||
| Novi Hitovi Brass Band | Brass bangers from the Balkans and beyond | Aaron Kisslinger, Matt Moran, Ella Fine, Daniel Stern, Daniel Schleifer, Felicia Goldberg, Nathan Wolman, Abdulrahman Amer | |||
| Orchester Praževica | Music of the lower Danube area | Tomáš Drgoň, Zacharie Serlét, Jim Hannah | http://www.prazevica.com | ||
| ROSA vocal group | Serbian traditional singing | Aleksandra Denda, Shilpa Ananth, Astrid Kuljanic, Carolina Mama, Raquel Rivera. Video by MAX WEST from Listen 2 This! | http://www.rosavocalgroup.com | http://www.rosavocalgroup.com | paypal.me/aleksandradenda |
| Sarma Brass Band | Balkan brass band music | Tano Brock, Aya Safiya, Andrija Gavrilovic, Tyler Hauer, John Cushing, Aaron Kisslinger, Michael Prentky, Joe Ricard, Ali Kartalsuna, Panos Georgakopoulos, Alber Baseel | http://www.sarmabrassband.com https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtYWyJefIOQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAUInYBXEgM | ||
| Scott Wilson & Efendi | Mid East music | Scott Wilson, Dorit K. Eleni, George Vikos | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCJrCX8tZIQ&feature=emb_logo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olD81LwVQZY&feature=emb_logo | ||
| Slavej | Balkan folk music | Carol Silverman, Mark Levy, Cody Simmons, Michael Lawson, David Bilides | https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmmbv5wRQBVUNgu1__Ou99Q | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sw10n8wvrAs&feature=youtu.be | |
| Slavic Soul Party! | Balkan brass funk | Matt Moran, Peter Stan, Kenny Warren, John Carlson, Peter Hess, Tim Vaughn, Adam Dotson, Kenny Bentley, Chris Stromquist | slavicsoulparty.com | ||
| Svirači | Macedonian and Bulgarian folk dance tunes | Lewis Smith, Melissa Miller, Jim Little | |||
| The Rosen Sisters | International folk dance tunes on twin fiddles | Amberly Rosen, Ariana Rosen | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfQ7RLMLMro | ||
| Vassil Bebelekov - a tribute | Rhodope kaba gajda (Bulgarian low bagpipe) & world music | Bill Cope, Petar Aleksiev, Dan Auvil, Jeanne Clifford, Bruce Cochran, JoAnn Gentry, Craig Kurumada, Kostya LaPasha, Mark Levy, Ann Mosconi, Jim McGill, Varol Saatcioglu, Anton, Shekerjiev, Loretta Yam, Wobbly World | https://VassilBebelekov.memorial | paypal.me/billcope | |
| Veselba | Bulgarian and Macedonian folk songs and dance music | Ian Price, Norm Rosen, Linda Levin, Joan Hantman, Laura Yee, Marko Danilovski, Ian Price | Venmo: ianpricebey@gmail.com | ||
| Vila Navio | Portuguese traditional music reinterpreted | André Coelho Rodrigues, Cláudio Mendes da Silva, Marco Quaresma | https://open.spotify.com/album/2Y8okDELPKNC32CEYVEdcx https://vilanavio.bandcamp.com/ | ||
| Wind of Anatolia | Turkish folk and pop music | Ismail Siglam, Evrim Cicek, Songul Cicek, Afsar Barlas, Musab Kara, Hakan Kaya | http://www.windofanatolia.com | ||
| Y.A.M.M.S. | Roma music from Serbia and Macedonia | Daniel Schleifer, Jesse Shearer, Sophie Kropf, Kat Harris, Anna Goldberg, Antanas McMullen, Niko Long, Jo Benomar, Peter Sieck, Asher Ferholt-Wirz, Raya Ferholt-Wirz, Marta Bartholomew, Felicia Goldberg, Luke Slomba, Ariana Harris, Lizzy Dargie, Daniel Stern, Aaron Kisslinger, Ella Fine, Adrian Sieck, Sarah Ferholt | |||
| Yasna Voices NY Bulgarian Women's Choir | Bulgarian women's choir | Vlada Tomova, Melinda Hunt, Karen Matthews, Marissa Arciola, Mara Kravitz, Annie Beliveau, Bitzi Gerasimova, Marta Sarandeva, Lemon Guo, Elyse Dubin, Larkin Grimm | https://goldenfest.org/ybvny/ | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlbHP2RGAjo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEEODihQyuE | |
| Young Bulgarian Voices New York | Bulgarian traditional songs | Zora Boyadzhieva, Nedyalko Ketev, Ivanka Hadjiska, Yana Kalinkova, Catherine Springer, Ivona Caroll, Petya Magleva, Paul Olson, Jayne Reed, Deirdre Good-Rees, Hristo Shehov, Leonardo Delev, Vanessa Delev, Ivo Serbezov, Edisson Loukipoudis, Gancho Ganchev, Rositca Gancheva, Stefania Stoycheva | https://goldenfest.org/ybvny/ | ||
| Zabava! | Izvorno and chalgija music from Macedonia and Bulgaria | Anastasia Barkett, Bill Cope, Janie Cowan, Tom Farris, Hilary Musaji, Michele Simon, Corinne Sykes | https://www.facebook.com/ZabavaInternational | https://www.youtube.com/c/Copeacabana | Venmo: @michelesimon77 PayPal.Me/michelesimonvoice |
| Zlatne Uste | Balkan Brass band music | Belle Birchfield, Morgan Clark, Marian Eines, Sarah Ferholt, Michael Ginsburg, Laine Harris, Emerson Hawley, Jerry Kisslinger, Seido Salifoski, Matthew Smith, Daniel Stern, Melinda Hunt and Aaron Kisslinger | https://www.facebook.com/ZlatneUste/ | https://www.reverbnation.com/zlatneustebrassband/ | Venmo @MatthewZUSmith |