Friday 16th March 2012

Ginglik, 1 Shepherds Bush Green, Addison Ward

Bringing you the best of Gypsies with a strong Balkan flavour. This month is a special BalkanSKA version - real Balkan Gypsy gem of a party, make sure the feet are appropriately dressed and expect anything from brass to gypsy ska and punk! Wordly Savages (live), Drunken Balordi (live), DJ Gypsy Viking, DJ Shefitza BalKanKan - a night of madness with live music, DJs gypsy dancers!

Bringing you the best of Gypsies from the Mediterranean with a strong Balkan flavour. Expect the balls and the brass from the Balkans, surf-rock Mediterranean guitar lines, Arabic & Jewish melodies, massive bass-lines and a whole heap of electronics, scratching and beats.

This month is a special BalkanSKA version - real Balkan Gypsy gem of a party, make sure the feet are appropriately dressed and expect anything from brass to gypsy ska and punk! It's not for the fainthearted - check with your doctor before stepping onto the dance floor!

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Wordly Savages (live)

"Contagious fol

Tuesday 27th March 2012

Half Moon Putney, 93 Lower Richmond Road

'sharply observed, original songs ...adventurously embellished by gypsy flourishes and haunting desert echoes that'd be at home on a Calexico album' - Uncut Emily Barker & The Red Caly Halo Hailing from Bridgetown, Western Australia, Emily Barker is a compelling songwriter with a gift for weaving melody and words. Together with her band The Red Clay Halo, she has recorded three albums, dazzled audiences at music festivals and seen her song 'Nostalgia' become the Bafta-winning theme tune to BBC One drama Wallander starring British actor Kenneth Branagh.

February 2011 saw the release of Almanac, attracting loads of plays on BBC 6 Music, Radio 2 and Radio 4' Loose Ends. A stream of sold-out UK tour dates followed, culminating in a rapturously received show at London's St Giles-In-The-Fields church at which Almanac was performed in its entirety including a stunning, stark version of Pause. This song has since been used as the theme tune to the BBC2 noir thriller The Shadow Line which received critical accla

Friday 3rd February 2012

Hootananny Brixton, 95 Effra Road, Brixton

Royal Gala: huge brass hooks, big bass-lines, dirty, raw vocals and infectious rhythms;Ta Mere, explosive vaudeville gypsy romany and swing; The Effras: rock with a tinge of country and folk; Leisure All Stars:dubstep, dancehall, funky house mash-up Royal Gala, Ta Mere, The Effras, Leisure All Stars Superhoot presents Royal Gala, huge brass hooks, big bass-lines, dirty, raw, soulful vocals and infectious rhythms. A genre defying cocktail of dirty funk, ska, reggae/Dub, breakbeat, balkan beat, latin and brass laden orchestral grooves + Ta Mere, explosive vaudeville gypsy romany and swing, rock the festivals + The Effras, rock with a tinge of country and folk, with songs about steam engines, lost rivers and living in SE19 + Leisure All Stars (mixed bizness), dubstep, dancehall, funky house mash-up

Wednesday 15th February 2012

Ritzy Cinema, Brixton Oval, Coldharbour Lane, London

Brooke Sharkey has spent most of her life in London and France. She writes gypsy and blues inspired folk ballads in both languages, contrasting cotton wool folk melodies with strong and soulful vocals throughout her songs. Adam Beattie, Brooke Sharkey, The Consultants Brooke Sharkey has spent most of her life in London and France. She writes gypsy and blues inspired folk ballads in both languages, contrasting cotton wool folk melodies with strong and soulful vocals throughout her songs. The Scottish fiddle melodies and atmospheric French horn creates a rich backing and worldly atmosphere to this, already, very dynamic music: both in volume and emotion. Effortlessly followed by your hosts for the evening, Adam Beattie & The Consultants; a shifting group of musicians focused around band-leader and song writer Beattie, whose distinctive voice ties together their eclectic mix of 'folk stews and dirty blues'. Their most recent album We'll Wave From The Shore is a collection of finely crafted yet charmingly ram

Friday 17th February 2012

Jamboree, 566 Cable Street, London

Hamer & Isaacs Gypsy Swing Band play hot swinging Jazz in a style reminiscent of Django Reinhardt, Stephane Grappelli and the Hot Club of France. Hamer & Isaacs Gypsy Swing Band, Ragtime set on piano, Dj Julian Isaacs Hamer & Isaacs Gypsy Swing Band play hot swinging Jazz in a style reminiscent of Django Reinhardt, Stephane Grappelli and the Hot Club of France.

http://www.hamerandisaacs.com/

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To warm us up for the night, a Ragtime set on our piano played by the bands drummer..

Plus Julian Isaacs with play us some tunes from his vinyl collection.

8pm - midnight

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Thursday 9th February 2012

Jamboree, 566 Cable Street, London

The Victoria Watson Trio plays healthy mixture of gypsy, swing, latin and blues standards. Victoria Watson Trio The Victoria Watson Trio is a 3 piece Jazz Ensemble based south of London featuring Violin, Bass and Guitar. The band has been around in various forms since 2002, they play a healthy mixture of gypsy, swing, latin and blues standards.

Vikki (Violin) - Founder of the band - originally classically trained, she strayed from the fold and and was enticed by the glories of Grappelli and Stuff Smith. Passionate about jazz and live improvisation, she draws in elements of that old french gypsy swing into the sound.

http://soundcloud.com/victoria-watson-trio

Friday, 27th January 2012

Jamboree, 566 Cable Street, Limehouse, E1W 3HB

Gypsy Punk Worldy Savage, Dj Gypsy Viking Worldy Savage - Gypsy Punk Contagious Folk-Punk Energy with Ethno Music Spiciness.

Wild Music with a strong message to Fight Boring Post-Modernity! http://www.worldlysavages.com/ Plus support band and dj Gypsy Viking 8pm - midnight

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Friday 20th January 2012

Jamboree, 566 Cable Street, London

A Bastard Cabaret Polka Gypsy Klezmer Cockney Spectacle Gorgeous George, The Bohemianauts 'C'est Magnifique'

presents

A Bastard Cabaret Polka Gypsy Klezmer Cockney Spectacle

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The Bohemianauts + Gorgeous George

Out of the delightfully twisted remains of the artists formerly known as Fantasmagoria (www.myspace.com/fantasmagoria23) staggered a crazed singer-accordionist with a clutch of songs used and new, and often misappropriated...THE BOHEMIANAUTS !

"Gypsy" vaudeville, bastard cabaret, and songs of unrequited dread.

http://www.myspace.com/thebohemianauts

South East Europe Music Meets South West London and Gets Right Amongst it > Klezmer Cockney Gypsy Jazz from GORGEOUS GEORGE !

www.gorgeousgeorgetheband.com

8pm - midnight

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Friday 24th February 2012

inSpiral lounge, 250 Camden High Street, Camden Lock, London

DJ Kobayashi & Herbert Newbert, the chaps behind Gypsy Hill, bring you another raucous night of balkan brass mayhem on the banks of Camden Lock. Twisted Gypsy has a vibe like nowhere else. DJ Kobahashi, Herbert Newbert, Sam Rabam, Typsy Gypsy This month's special guests at Twisted Gypsy:??Balkan Hotsteppers (Belgium) Formed back in 2006 by Belgian DJ's Sam Rabam and Typsy Gypsy, the infamous Balkan Hotsteppers released trendsetting mixtapes on the internet. Combining modern beats with classical Balkan, gypsy and klezmer melodies and mashing it up with hip-hop, they soon became a standard in the evergrowing European BalkanBeats scene.

Five years later they have played all over Europe: Belgium, France, Holland, Ireland, UK, Denmark, Germany, Switzerland, Hungary, Romania, Turkey, Spain, Portugal. Their unique blend will take you on a eclectic trip to the balkans and beyond. Balkan Mashups, Klezmer Beats, Gypsy Punk, Russian Ska, Romano Hip Hop, Yugoslavian Brass Bangers,...

DJ Kobayashi is a regular DJ on

Friday, 13th January 2012

The Big Chill House, 257-259 Pentonville Road, Kings Cross, N1 9NL

A block party of Global Beats and Tropical Bass, featuring a headline performance from Yaaba Funk and live electronics from Gypsy Hill. Also on the line-up are FFTANG! FFTANG! Sound Sistema and the first lady of future tropical, Marsali. Yaaba Funk, Gypsy Hill, FFTANG! FFTANG! Sound Sistema, Marsali, FFTANG! resident DJs & musicians A block party of Global Beats and Tropical Bass for Afro ravers, Latin funksters and Balkan b-boys featuring a headline performance from the Afrobeat ten piece Yaaba Funk and live electronics from the swing quintet Gypsy Hill.

Also on the line-up will be a whole host of continent-hopping DJs mixing global rhythms with heavy basslines, a live jam from the FFTANG! FFTANG! Sound Sistema and the first lady of future tropical, Marsali.

Friday, 20th January 2012

Ginglik, 1 Shepherds Bush Green, Shepherds Bush, W12 8PH

BalKanKan, a night of madness with live music, DJs & gypsy dancers!

Expect the balls & the brass from the Balkans, surf-rock Mediterranean guitar lines, Arabic & Jewish melodies, massive bass-lines & a whole heap of electronics, scratching & beats. Gypsy Hill, DJ Kobayashi, DJ Shefitza BalKanKan - a night of madness with live music, DJs gypsy dancers! Bringing you the best of Gypsies from the Mediterranean with a strong Balkan flavour.

Expect the balls and the brass from the Balkans, surf-rock Mediterranean guitar lines, Arabic & Jewish melodies, massive bass-lines and a whole heap of electronics, scratching and beats.

www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=254701001251629 Gypsy Hill

The latest project to come from London DJs / producers: DJ Kobayashi and Herbert Newbert.

In Gypsy Hill they bring together the balls and the brass from the Balkans, surf-rock Mediterranean guitar lines, Arabic & Jewish melodies, massive bass-lines and a whole heap of electronics, scratching and beats.

Starting

Friday, 13th January 2012

Camino, The Regent Quarter, Kings Cross, N1 9AF

Scratchy has toured extensively with The Clash, The Pogues and Gogol Bordello. Resident DJ of London's Gypsy Hotel, join him in a scintillating mix of rockin' Roma, dubbed up and skankin' Mestizo music, the finest sounds on the planet. Scratchy Scratchy has toured extensively with The Clash, The Pogues and Gogol Bordello.

Resident DJ of London's Gypsy Hotel, join him in a scintillating mix of rockin' Roma, dubbed up and skankin' Mestizo music, the finest sounds on the planet.

Saturday 21st January 2012

inSpiral lounge, 250 Camden High Street, Camden Lock, London

DJ Kobayashi & Herbert Newbert, the chaps behind Gypsy Hill, bring you another raucous night of balkan brass mayhem on the banks of Camden Lock. Twisted Gypsy has a vibe like nowhere else. DJ Kobayashi, Herbert Newbert DJ Kobayashi is a regular DJ on the Gypsy scene around London, in productions such as Stranger than Paradise, Balkan Beats London Dimba Presents and is fresh off the back of supporting the legendary Balkan Beat Box in Rome.?Herbert Newbert is a producer/DJ and founder of world music act Native Horizon which mixes flamenco, folk, African and Arabic influences into a melting pot of groovy beats.?Their collaborative work includes remixes from different artist such as; Fanfare Ciocarlia, Besh o Drom, Kocani Orkestar, Boom Pam, Al Jawala and more as well as their own original material."?Last year Gypsy Hill played at some of the UK's biggest summer festivals such as: Glastonbury, Guardian Hay-On-Wye, The Big Chill, Farm Fest, Reading/Leeds and Bestival. In a busy summer Gypsy Hill also travelled

Friday 20th January 2012

Ginglik, 1 Shepherds Bush Green, Addison Ward

BalKanKan, a night of madness with live music, DJs & gypsy dancers! Expect the balls & the brass from the Balkans, surf-rock Mediterranean guitar lines, Arabic & Jewish melodies, massive bass-lines & a whole heap of electronics, scratching & beats. Gypsy Hill, DJ Kobayashi, DJ Shefitza BalKanKan - a night of madness with live music, DJs gypsy dancers!

Bringing you the best of Gypsies from the Mediterranean with a strong Balkan flavour. Expect the balls and the brass from the Balkans, surf-rock Mediterranean guitar lines, Arabic & Jewish melodies, massive bass-lines and a whole heap of electronics, scratching and beats.

www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=254701001251629

Gypsy Hill

The latest project to come from London DJs / producers: DJ Kobayashi and Herbert Newbert. In Gypsy Hill they bring together the balls and the brass from the Balkans, surf-rock Mediterranean guitar lines, Arabic & Jewish melodies, massive bass-lines and a whole heap of electronics, scratching and beats.

Starting out as a produ

Sunday, 18th December 2011

Hideaway, 2 Empire Mews, Streatham, SW16 2ED

The hKippers are an eccentric five piece gypsy jazz band fronted by actor Paul Bradley, who played Nigel Bates in EastEnders. Musically the band are led by Stephen Warbeck on accordion, who won an Oscar for the score to Shakespeare in Love. The hKippers The hKippers are an eccentric five piece gypsy jazz band fronted by actor Paul Bradley, who played Nigel Bates in EastEnders.

Musically the band is led by Stephen Warbeck on accordion, who won an Oscar for the score to Shakespeare in Love.

The band's beguiling fusion of jazz folk and world music, coupled with their surreal sense of humour received a warm reception from The Guardian, who stated that the band were known for ‘tackling anything that seems like fun'.

Friday, 9th December 2011

Camino, The Regent Quarter, Kings Cross, N1 9AF

Scratchy and a resident DJ of London's Gypsy Hotel get down to a scintillating mix of rockin' roma, dubbed up and skankin' mestizo music, the finest sounds on the planet. This is The Rock and The Roll of The World Scratchy Good Time Religion: Scratchy has toured extensively with The Clash, The Pogues and Gogol Bordello.

Resident DJ of London's Gypsy Hotel, join him in a scintillating mix of rockin' roma, dubbed up and skankin' mestizo music, the finest sounds on the planet.

This is The Rock and The Roll of The World

Friday 23rd December 2011

Ginglik, 1 Shepherds Bush Green, Addison Ward

Bringing you the Gypsy part of the Balkans. Live music, DJs & free rakija! With live gypsy music played by a Romany family from Poland, this special xmas edition of BalKanKan will bring you the best wedding songs played all over Eastern Europe. Romany Diamonds, DJ Fred Balkayou, DJ Shefitza BalKanKan - bringing the Gypsy part of the Balkans to the table. This is a night of madness with live music, DJs & free rakija awaiting at the door! With live gypsy music played by a Romany family from Poland, this special Christmas edition of BalKanKan will bring you the best wedding songs played all over Eastern Europe. If there are any tables free, you will be dancing on them! Make sure you sign up to our FB event to get on the guestlist for faster entry.

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Romany Diamonds

It's a family business - playing a violin goes back generations in this Polish Roma family living in London since 1998. Their music is an energetic whirlwind of violins played at breakneck speed, h

Sunday 18th December 2011

Hideaway, 2 Empire Mews, London

The hKippers are an eccentric five piece gypsy jazz band fronted by actor Paul Bradley, who played Nigel Bates in EastEnders. Musically the band are led by Stephen Warbeck on accordion, who won an Oscar for the score to Shakespeare in Love. The hKippers The hKippers are an eccentric five piece gypsy jazz band fronted by actor Paul Bradley, who played Nigel Bates in EastEnders. Musically the band is led by Stephen Warbeck on accordion, who won an Oscar for the score to Shakespeare in Love. The band's beguiling fusion of jazz folk and world music, coupled with their surreal sense of humour received a warm reception from The Guardian, who stated that the band were known for 'tackling anything that seems like fun'.

Friday 16th December 2011

inSpiral lounge, 250 Camden High Street, Camden Lock, London

Another raucous night of balkan brass mayhem on the banks of Camden Lock. Joined on the night by a choice few of the Gypsy Hill live band - Twisted Gypsy has a vibe like nowhere else. DJ No Sikiriki, DJ Kobayashi, Herbert Newbert DJ Kobayashi & Herbert Newbert, the chaps behind Gypsy Hill, bring you another raucous night of balkan brass mayhem on the banks of Camden Lock.

DJ No Sikiriki (CH)

The swiss croation dual citizen" No Sikirki mints as a organizer with his own label "B-Ekspress" the Balkan Beats trend in Switzerland since a few years. His sweat-inducing selection of Balkan/ Nu Europe Beats is leading to endless nights and blistering bottoms. His spread is open as he is by himself.

Traditional Gypsy Tunes meets modern Balkan Beats and get mixed with Off-beat and Electro to a breathtaking and danceable mixture of south east european Mestizio. No Sikirki is not inventing this kind of music, he is more like the master of mixing and combining those styles.

His very own rapture in music causes fi

Friday, 2nd December 2011

Jamboree, 566 Cable Street, Limehouse, E1W 3HB

Fanko-Balkano-Gypsy-Dance Fun La Mort Subite Ready the Horses

presents La Mort Subite

Fanko-Balkano-Gypsy-Dance Fun Mort Subite takes its name from the eponymous café in Brussels.

Featuring guitars, saxophone, clarinet, accordion, double bass, percussion, tambura, and even a hurdy-gurdy, there is nothing quite like a concert by this amazing five-piece band!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fOaNpLSCjA

www.youtube.com/watch?v=fc23PHWi6sQ They play two sets on the night!! Hurraiiii!!

8pm- midnight

5/ 3 before 8.30pm