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Toques do Caramulo & Briga

Toques do Caramulo (Portugal)

With over a decade on the road, Toques do Caramulo reinvent themselves continually making new music from old songs and surprising their audiences with the forgotten repertoire of Sierra Caramulo. They delve into the rich tradition of Portuguese music with a modern sensibility, translating it into a styles that contemporary audiences relate to.Their high energy performances have garnered extensive national and international recognition; each concert is a big party for all ages.

Briga (Balkan Music)

"Obscure? Marginal?" exclaims Briga, the bold Balkan violinist and sultry singer/songwriter from Montreal. "This music isn't obscure! I'm telling stories anyone can relate to." The firebrand fiddler does so with such passion that even neophytes and skeptics hit the dance floor, as Briga and her band turn any concert hall or club into a red-hot kafana (Balkan coffee house/bar. To tell her tales, Briga draws on months spent playing at rough-and-ready Romany weddings with her Bulgarian fiddle mentor; on the sometimes kitschy, sometimes intense melodies and beats of Balkan folk-inspired pop; and on her own wild, sensual imagination. Briga's latest release is Turbo Folk Stories (2012).