2013 Northwest Folklife Festival

Eastern Euro Music Bio: Bucharest Drinking Team has been sharing their love for Eastern Euro music and culture since Valentine's Day 2010. Because they love you that much. Website: http://www.bucharestdrinkingteam.com Get Recordings: hopefully by then. Not now. Performers: Marchette DUBois - vocals, coach, horn Zina Pozen - accordion xti Proffitt - vocals, hand drum (dumbek) Jon Atmore - Mandolin Paul Beck - cimbalom (hammered dulcimer) Ken Jacobson - Bass Kai Strandskov - drum kit Jane Hall - tupan (bulgarian bass drum) Julie Baldri... Read More →

Power Polka for the Masses! Bio: Mixing together taste and passion of the best Gypsy, Russian, Ukrainian, klezmer and Balkan musical traditions, Chervona brings the fire of Eastern European carnivals to the land of America. Website: http://www.chervona.com Get Recordings: wwwchervona.com Performers: This unique multicultural ensemble has Russian, Armenian, Jewish, Italian, Brazilian, German, Argentinean and Kazakh roots. Three of the band members are immigrants from the former USSR and the rest were born in the United States. Andreyushka C... Read More →

World Klezmer Fusion Bio: Erev Rav (Air-ev Rahhv) performs original world fusion music and klezmer arrangements infused with funk, reggae, bee bop, rock, Latin rhythm, and improv. Website: http://www.erevravmusic.com Get Recordings: Yes: 'Klezmorphic', online at http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/erevrav Performers: Daniel Landin - 12 string acoustic guitar and vocals Jessica Blinn - Violin and vocals Jeff Rygwelski - Chromatic Harmonica and Accordian Tom Russell - Clarinet and Flute Richard Lopez - Trombone Phil Post - Bass Michael... Read More →

Marching to a Different Meter Bio: Local band started by members of Circus Contraption. Website: http://www.orkestarzirkonium.com Get Recordings: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/zirkonium/ Performers: Eric Padgett, trumpet Jeff Walker, trombone Scott Rinnan, trombone Whitney Neufeld-Kaiser, tenor horn Jerry Neufeld-Kaiser, tuba Donn Cave, baritone saxophone Kevin Hinshaw, clarinet Ivan Moulton, alto saxophone Sari... Read More →