Fri
10 October 2014
She’Koyokh
- From the Baltic to the Black Sea
8 pm £10
In
19th century Eastern Europe, Jewish musicians travelled from town to
town performing at weddings and other celebrations, meeting and
playing with local musicians and sharing repertoire.
In
the same vein London-based group She’Koyokh, Britain’s
best klezmer and Balkan music band (Songlines),
has spent the last decade exploring the rich and diverse folk music
of Eastern Europe, Turkey and the Balkans. The result is an expertly
crafted, multi-lingual extravaganza reflecting band members’
origins and their travels from the Baltic to the Black Sea.
Hailed as “one of London’s musical treasures, playing the best Balkan
and klezmer music in Britain” (The Evening Standard) and “among the
finest klezmer ensembles on the planet” (The Australian), She'Koyokh's
evolution spans the humble origins of busking at East London’s Columbia
Road flower market to performing in the famous concert halls of Europe
including Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, the Gasteig in Munich and London’s
Southbank Centre. As well as TV appearances and live sessions on BBC
Radio 3’s In Tune and World on 3, She’Koyokh has performed
at festivals such as Glastonbury, WOMAD and Cheltenham, and was
nominated as Best Group in the Songlines World Music Awards 2012.
Recently the band has have played support for Mahala Rai Banda at the
London Jazz Cafe and collaborated with the Aurora Orchestra at LSO St
Luke's.
She'Koyokh's members hail from the UK, USA, Serbia, Greece and
Turkey, forging a unique sound that is traditional yet original. Their
live shows are an expertly crafted, multi-lingual exploration from the
Baltic to the Black Sea with songs in Yiddish, Russian, Greek, Ladino,
Romany, Turkish and Kurdish with klezmer instrumentals and folk tunes
from Bulgaria, Romania and Serbia.
Stars
of the UK klezmer scene
- fRoots
Inspirational
–
The Guardian
