Thursday November 27
LUBO & KABA HORO
with York University Balkan Ensemble, featuring Irene Markoff
Thursday, November 27 @ 9:00 pm
Lula Lounge, 1585 Dundas St. W.
416 58... for dinner reservations & guaranteed seating
$15 advance @ www.smallworldmusic.com / Soundscapes, 572 College St.
kabahoro.com
luboalexandrov.com
“There’s no mistaking that Lubo Alexandrov and his band, Kaba Horo, belong to an endangered species: musicians who, when playing together, don’t really sound like anyone else” - The Gazette (Montreal)
A caffeinated mix of energetic, wild Balkan Gypsy songs and grooves, Lubo Alexandrov and his band Kaba Horo (meaning "raw dance"), is collusion between Bulgarian Gypsy and New World musicians. While their roots are in Balkan gypsy village wedding music, the versatile band also covers a wide spectrum taking it into the ghetto of urban funk, rock and jazz. Their passionate, go-for-the throat spirit and energy is a knock out experience ranging from contagious dance floor demands, delving into the cauldron of boiling hot, fast and complex sounds, to the more emotional evocations of Middle Eastern styles.
This truly global band has performed at many festivals including: Balkan Fever Festival - London / 1st Balkan Trafic Festival – Brussels / Zacatecas International Festival – Mexico / Zinco Jazz Club –Mexico City / Montreal International Jazz Festival / Vancouver International Jazz Festival / SunFest –London, Canada / Winnipeg Folk Festival / Toronto Global Grooves and more. They are a mix of Bulgarian Gypsy and Montreal-based musicians with lead vocals by Deyan Mitev, Lubo on fast paced pickings on fretless/fretted guitars and vocals, virtuoso Nedyalko Nedyalkov playing on kaval andzurna, Emil Iliev performs high speed accordion fingering while saxophonist Eric Hove provides the sharp improvising embellishments with all of it backed by Georgi Stankov’s funky bass and the rhythmic pulses of drummer Martin Auguste.
For more info on this concert go to www.smallworldmusic