The Klezmer Sounds of Stockholm’s Davaj - Take That Gogol Bordello and DeVotchKa!! (plus two new videos from Detektivbyrän chronicling the recording process behind their upcoming record)
In my other life I write a lot about music inspired by the Balkans, by gypsys and even by American vaudeville. But on this Swedish site I rarely have linked to this type of folk music. Detektivbyrän plays a facsimile of this type of Eastern European folk, but they add so many other elements that it is an entirely new entity once they’re done with it.
So I was happy to discover the Stockholm based group Davaj the other day. The band is seven members and play this folk music in a lively manner encouraging concert goers and fans to dance and sing-along. These two songs are from the groups new demo which can only be purchased at one of their upcoming live shows. Check MySpace for dates in April.
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Speaking of Detektivbyrän here’s parts 3 and 4 of their great video series on the making of the new album.
Part 3
Part 4
March 27th, 2008 at 2:58 pm
These guys are so far out and down to earth…
March 29th, 2008 at 2:07 pm
It’s Detektivbyrån, not Detektivbyrän
great band!