The current issue of Songlines magazine (June 2011/issue 76) has an exceptionnally good cover – great artwork! It features the Balkan Brass Battle concert, with one member of the Boban I Marko Markovic Orchestra on the left and one member of the Fanfare Ciocarlia on the right. Simon Broughton has written an excellent feature on these two bands, one from Serbia, and one from Romania. The battle between these two bands will happen in Brighton, at the Dome on the 21st of May, and in London at Koko on the 22 of May. A concert not to me missed!
Artist Roster
- Aziza Brahim
- B.B.B (Balkan Beat Box)
- Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba
- BKO Quintet
- Boban I Marko Markovic Orchestra
- Dub Inc
- Dubioza Kolektiv
- Fanfare Ciocarlia
- Heritage Blues Orchestra
- Imperial Tiger Orchestra
- Mahala Rai Banda
- Mama Rosin
- Moriarty
- Sidi Toure
- Naomi Shelton & The Gospel Queens
- Tamikrest
- The Excitements
- U-Roy
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