Colleen Bertsch, Scott Keever, Dee Langley, Matt Miller, Katrina Mundinger, Natalie Nowytski
Orkestar Bez Ime or-KESS-tar behz EE-meh, meaning "orchestra without a name" in Bulgarian, was formed in 2002 to bring Balkan dance music to the Upper Midwest. Since then OBI has performed throughout the US to much critical acclaim. Its members strive to bring you the sounds of the village with a presentation as festive as the music itself. Focusing on Eastern Europe and music of the Rom Gypsy people, OBI's repertoire reaches from Albania to Ukraine, with plenty of stops in between. Orkestar Bez.. More >> Ime is a winner of the 2011-2012 McKnight Artist Fellowships for Performing Musicians administered by MacPhail Center for Music.
The Twin Cities have at least two opportunities every month to catch a live, no-cover OBI show:
1 3RD THURSDAYS at Black Dog Cafe in Lowertown St. Paul, 7:30-9:30pm.
2 2ND FRIDAYS at Acadia Cafe in Cedar-Riverside Minneapolis, 9pm-1am series begins February 2012.
Check back often to find out about other events throughout the year, including annual cameos at Madison Folk Ball, MN's Festival of Nations, and much more
Be sure to also subscribe to OBI's YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/obirogaria/videos
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Bella Ruse's combination of airy folk and crunchy pop transforms rooms into secret gardens and paints pictures of invading bombardiers, salty sea love, and super glued hearts. Surrounded by a laboratory of instruments - typewriter, suitcase organ, glockenspiel, and kazoos - singer Kay Gillette's antique voice and Joseph Barker's mournful guitar twist and twirl and dip and dive and carry you deep down the rabbit-hole into their magical musical world.
They've been traveling the country for two years, opening for Sarah Mclachlan, Heart, and Hey Marseilles along the way. Their songs have been u..
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