Featured Musicians From Previous Years

Mediterranean Soul	The Brass Menažeri	Living H2O	Édessa	St. Seraphim Orthodox Choir
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Armenaki Nisiotiko Syrto (MP3)	Opa Cupa (MP3)	My Rock (MP3)	Ruchenitsa Medley (MP3)	Waters of Babylon (MP3)

Mediterranean Soul - Fine musicians providing fun Greek music styles including: Kalamatiano, Tsamiko, Hasaposerviko, Zembekiko, Tsiftitelli, Hasapiko, Pentozali, Karsilama and Syrto. World Music Styles: Smooth Jazz, Brazilian Jazz, Bossa Nova, Spanish and American Standards.    

The Brass Menažeri ("Menagerie") is the Bay Area's premier Balkan brass band, specializing in the high-energy music of Serbian Rom (Gypsy) brass bands, as well as the Greek/Macedonian border region. They also exhibit influences from many neighboring & not-so-neighboring musics of the world.

Living H2O is a new energetic band, bringing young blood to acoustic and traditional songs. They also do their own songwriting concerning, loss of love, the mysteries of life, and Gods grace. Their forte is in A'Capella gospel songs with tight harmonies, as well as bluegrass influenced acoustic numbers with the occasional Celtic twist. Their mission is to reach deep into the soul of the listener, as well as to provide an exciting musical alternative to today's mainstream music.
The band was officially formed in 2004, but most of the members grew up playing together. Having different musical backgrounds, Greg, Helena, Athena, Mara and Annie merge their musical ideas and have a lot of fun in the process. They put out their first album in 2004 and are currently working on a new CD.

Édessa, happily committed to playing music from the southern Balkans and beyond, covers a lot of musical territory, ranging from the trance/ambient sounds of Épirus to the high-energy dance grooves of Bulgarian wedding music. Rooted in the interwoven traditions of the Balkans, Near East and of the Roma people, the music of Édessa is satisfyingly complex and allusive--full of soul and improvisation. This mostly California-based band has been busy working the ethnic underground dance scene, playing for enthusiastic revelers of all kinds, in all kinds of places.

St. Seraphim Orthodox Choir - The members of this choir come from many different ethnic backgrounds and Orthodox traditions: Russian, Greek, Syrian, Romanian, Serbian, and American and from all walks of life. Young and old, they are called to sing the services of the Holy Orthodox Church to the glory of God.