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<title>Gogol Bordello</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:26:51 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[With members originating as far afield as Moscow, the Ukraine and Israel, Gogol Bordello could only have come together in a city a large and diverse as New York. Singer/lyricist Eugene Hutz came to the United States in 1996, after spending seven years trekking through Eastern Europe refugee camps after the Chernobyl meltdown. Over the years, Hutz met the eclectic group of talented musicians that make up Gogol Bordello, and together they have been putting on a unique show that, at times, resembles a three-ring circus! As Hutz puts it, "We create an insane party atmosphere to deliver messages of social and political commentary." With their first recorded effort, <I>Voi-La Intruder</I>, fiddles, accordions and an assortment of other instruments wage war against one another for ascendency. And as crazy as it sounds, the disc actually went a long way toward capturing the joie de vivre of the band's live shows. In 2002, Gogol Bordello released their sophomore album, <I>Multi Kontra Culti vs. Irony</I>, which seamlessly blended sounds as diverse as punk, gypsy, folk and cabaret. Darker in tone than its predecessor, <I>Multi Kontra Culti vs. Irony</I> added a dash of theatrics to the mix, creating what Russians call "cruel romance" music. Hutz, a skilled DJ who routinely blends elements of Balkan, Indian and Arab music with a heady dose of dancehall and electronic beats, drew upon this experience for 2004's <I>Gogol Bordello vs. Tamir Muskat</I>. The album's crazed, party atmosphere and ferocious beats was a slight left turn for the band, who chose a more "traditional" sound for the following year's <I>East Infection</I>. Never a band to rest on its laurels, Gogol Bordello also released <I>Gypsy Punk: Underdog World Strike</I> in the same year for the uber punk label, SideOneDummy. <I>Gypsy PunkÃÂ</I> was produced by noisemeister Steve Albini, and furthered Hutz's sonic cocktail of foot-stomping, traditional gypsy music with chaotic, anthemic punk. That summer, Gogol Bordello treated punks of all ages to their frenetic, sweaty live show when they toured as part of the Vans' Warped Tour.
- Linda Ryan]]></description>
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<title>Lawrence Welk</title>
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<category>Polka</category>
<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:43:17 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Time to dim the lights, grab a smocked house frau, flip on the champagne bubble machine and dance till dawn -- Welk is in the house with his patented combination of Polka, Big Band, and Orchestral Pop. Welk often earned money instead of musical respect, but while he didn't exactly swing, he could do a pretty mean Scandinavian approximation of it, and reruns of his extremely successful TV show are still being watched in retirement villas across America.
- Nick Dedina]]></description>
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<title>Balkan Beat Box</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2009 11:28:39 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[New York underground scenesters Ori Kaplan and Tamir Muskat have been wreaking musical mayhem for years in bands as diverse as Gogol Bordello and Firewater. But their project Balkan Beat Box may up the ante, straining Eastern European folk music through a dubby, electronica-heavy sensibility. They recorded their 2005 self-titled debut before they'd actually performed live, but crafting a dynamic stage presence wasn't hard for the consummate performers: they gained accolades on tours with acts such as Matisyahu and at festival appearances. Their 2007 release, <i>Nu Med</i>, drew on the band's live dynamism, simultaneously looking farther afield for influences and forming a more cohesive sound. Unofficial kings of the burgeoning gypsy punk movement, the band signals an ongoing -- and welcome -- sea-change in ideas about what constitutes hip dance music.
- Sarah Bardeen]]></description>
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<title>Jimmy Sturr</title>
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<category>Polka</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:54:22 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>The Accordion Polka Band</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 09:35:04 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Frankie Yankovic</title>
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<category>Polka</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 10:04:12 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Frankie Yankovic will bring you more "oompah" madness than multiple viewings of SCTV's "The Last Polka." Learn what your forefathers have known for generations -- the tuba was made for dancing.
- Nick Dedina]]></description>
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<title>Taraf de Haidouks</title>
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<category>Gypsy</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 7 Dec 2009 10:13:48 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[An almost impossibly virtuosic group of musicians ranging in age from mid-20s to late-70s, Taraf de Haidouks are a musical phenomenon without parallel. They were a simple, unpretentious Romanian village band with chops to spare when two intrepid Belgians discovered them in 1990. They impressed the Belgians so much that they began booking concerts for the group. Taraf made a raucous performance debut at a Womad festival that bowled the audience over and cemented their reputation as an incredible live act. But don't expect electronic pyrotechnics; the group plays what they know best: wedding and christening songs, dance tunes, Medieval numbers, and traiditional Gypsy tunes. They featured prominently in the film <i>Latcho Drom</i> and can be found playing at village functions when not on the road.
- Sarah Bardeen]]></description>
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<title>Shantel</title>
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<category>World Pop</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 5 Nov 2009 12:40:14 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The Frankfurt-born Stefan Hantel -- aka Shantel -- bears much responsibility for the current boom in Balkan and Gypsy music. Shantel started out as a downtempo producer and DJ who started his own club in Frankfurt in the mid-1990s after a stint studying in Paris. And thus he would have remained, but for a fateful trip back to visit his grandparents' hometown, Czernowitz, in 2001. Czernowitz is situated in Bucovina, a region split between Romania and Ukraine; Shantel found himself profoundly affected by the region's music and culture. On his return to Germany he founded the Bucovina Club Orkestar, a group dedicated to exploring and playing with Eastern European music, and he began to helm a club night by the same name that featured Balkan and Gypsy beats. It proved a huge success, and after his work was featured in film soundtracks and commercials, Shantel took the next step in 2007 and released his first solo disc, the intoxicating, collaborator-heavy <i>Disco Partizani</i>. A raucous blend of electronica, rock, Gypsy music and countless other influences, the album was an underground hit that reflected a thirst for fresh sounds -- particularly of the Balkan variety.
- Sarah Bardeen]]></description>
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<title>Fanfare Ciocarlia</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2009 07:50:57 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[A little bit klezmer, a little bit rock 'n' roll and a whole lot of dizzyingly tongue-tied Balkan brass (and woodwinds), this Roma (or Gypsy) band has become a continent-hopping emissary of the current Roma music revival. But their origins are a bit humbler. Once upon a time, the 12 musicians of Fanfare Ciocarlia were a loose collective of amateur musicians who spent their spare time playing weddings and baptisms in their small Romanian village of Zece Prajini. Then one day in 1996, a German sound engineer and producer named Henry Ernst showed up in the village, grouped the musicians into a band, named them Fanfare Ciocarlia
(which means the "skylark brass band" in Romanian) and took them on the road with Ernst himself as manager. Soon, Fanfare Ciocarlia was sharing its rapid-fire, rhythmically complex take on Roma folk music (which follows the musical trajectories of the Gypsy diaspora out of Romania and into the rest of the Balkans, Turkey, Spain and even a bit of India) with new fans around the world and winning the BBC Radio 3 World Music Award for Europe. In 2003, German filmmaker Raif Marschallek released <I>Iag Bari</I>, a documentary about the lives of Fanfare Ciocarlia members.
- Rachel Devitt]]></description>
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<title>Brave Combo</title>
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<category>Polka</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:37:26 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Brave Combo take their Polka music very seriously, but that doesn't mean they aren't having a laugh at the same time. The band came to prominence -- or whatever it is that cult bands come to -- in the early 1980s with their Polka treatments of Classic Rock songs by folks like the Doors and Iron Butterfly. This led the band to a longstanding relationship with Rounder Records. Although Polka remains a mainstay of the band's musical vocabulary, music from all over the world is fair game, and has found its way into the band's eclectic Worldbeat/Ethnic Fusion sound.
- Tom Heyman]]></description>
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<title>Kalman Balogh</title>
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<category>Gypsy</category>
<pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2009 09:35:41 -0700</pubDate>
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- Rachel Devitt]]></description>
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<title>Miro Zbirka</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 10:27:05 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Bob Kames</title>
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<category>Polka</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:23:50 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Also a member of Polka duo Happy Organ, Kames' solo work is a good bit more rollicking. Tunes like "The Chicken Dance" are positively jubilant, brimming over with accordions, vibes, and a collection of goofy sound effects.
- Will York]]></description>
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<title>Kocani Orkestar</title>
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<category>Balkans/Eastern Europe</category>
<pubDate>Sun, 7 Jun 2009 08:00:01 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[One of the world's premier Balkan brass bands, the Kocani Orkestar are Roma (or Gypsy) to the core. Led by Naat Veliov, the group formed in Kocani, Macedonia but their musical tastes are wide-ranging: they play traditional music from Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia and Turkey -- and they're not averse to the odd Indian film song or salsa lick.
- Sarah Bardeen]]></description>
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<title>Adam Good</title>
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<category>Balkans/Eastern Europe</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:25:55 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Goran Bregovic</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2009 08:34:22 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Goran Bregovic is one of the Balkan's greatest living composers, a master whose soundtrack for 1989's <I>Time of the Gypsies</I> turned generations of weirdos on to the manic beauty of Balkan folk. Born to a Serbian mother and Croatian father, Bregovic came of age in communist Yugoslavia where, despite his classical conservatory training, he took up playing guitar -- and with it, rock 'n' roll. At age 16 he founded the White Button, a rock band that would tour the Eastern Block for the next 15 years and make Bregovic a youth idol in the process. In 1988 filmmaker Emil Kusturica invited Bregovic to score his film <I>Time of the Gypsies</I>. Audiences found the score ravishing, and a productive collaboration was born that led to soundtracks for <I>Arizona Dream</I> and <I>Underground</I>, among others. Bregovic has worked with artists as diverse as Iggy Pop and Cesaria Evora for his soundtracks, dabbled in theatre and continues to give stunning live shows throughout Europe.
- Sarah Bardeen]]></description>
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<title>Myron Floren</title>
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<category>Polka</category>
<pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2009 13:01:05 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Rodnye Napevy</title>
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<category>Balkans/Eastern Europe</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 7 Aug 2009 09:42:40 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Moscow Nights</title>
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<category>Balkans/Eastern Europe</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:25:33 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Warsaw Village Band</title>
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<category>Balkans/Eastern Europe</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 12:19:20 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[These Polish folk renegades bring a punk rock sensibility -- and a fondness for '70s Jamaican dub -- to their less-than-faithful explorations of their native Polish folk. When they aren't trolling villages for ancient songs in danger of disappearing, they're twiddling knobs and meddling with the most arcane instruments they can get their hands on: the ancient Polish fiddle, hurdy-gurdies, dulcimers...you name it, and they've probably tried to play it. They've even brought "white singing," a shouted singing style practiced by shepherds, back into vogue. But their anarchic musical sensibility is rooted as much in theory as play: they proclaim their artistic project to be no less than a radical response to -- and fight against -- the narrow-mindedness of mass culture. They claim to explore "the archaic sounds of our ancestors and our instincts." Sounds good to us. Formed in 1997 from a band of disparate musicians and ethnomusicologists, the group won a BBC Radio 3 award for "Best Newcomer" in 2004.
- Sarah Bardeen]]></description>
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<title>Immigrant Suns</title>
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<category>Balkans/Eastern Europe</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 10:59:24 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Immigrant Suns embarked on a minor world music excursion some years ago that put them on a path toward a major obsession with obscure village music. Once dissolute punks, the band members are now firmly ensconced in world folk traditions, drawing primarily from Eastern European and Gypsy music to create lovely, melancholy folk songs that retain an ironic rock 'n' roll edge. The band is not unlike a musical pack rat, collecting vivid tunes from around the world and patching them together in a sort of Indie Rock and world pastiche. Wickedly proficient musicians, Immigrant Suns are slowly making a nationwide name for themselves with their tightly constructed songs and impressively energetic live performances.
- Sarah Bardeen]]></description>
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<title>Anton Karas</title>
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<category>Non-Orchestral</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 10:00:51 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Made famous by his soundtrack to the <i>The Third Man</i>, this composer specializes in Viennese zither music. Jet-setters and hopeless romantics take note: this music goes well with cocktails or a special bottle of wine.
- Doug Russell]]></description>
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<title>Kino</title>
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<category>Balkans/Eastern Europe</category>
<pubDate>Sat, 5 Dec 2009 10:34:16 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Kino have shot up the charts in Russia with their blend of synth-heavy beats and lyrics of social protest. Deep vocals nearly growl over a variety of settings, from American-influenced rock to Pop and Reggae.
- Jessy Terry]]></description>
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<title>Ara Topouzian</title>
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<category>Balkans/Eastern Europe</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:23:51 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Popular Armenian tunes get a richly hued treatment from the lute-like oud, keyboard and the kanun, a combination of a harp and a zither. The music has a vaguely Arabic feel to it, with twisting, mysterious sounding improvisations.
- Jessy Terry]]></description>
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<title>Tara Fuki</title>
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<category>Balkans/Eastern Europe</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:25:52 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Joey Miskulin</title>
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<category>Polka</category>
<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jan 2009 12:58:39 -0800</pubDate>
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<rhap:data-href xmlns:rhap="rhap">http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.50052&amp;variant=data&amp;rws=%2Fworld-reggae%2Feurope%2Fbalkans-eastern-europe%2Fartist-chart.rss</rhap:data-href>
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<title>Irina Mikhailova</title>
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<category>Balkans/Eastern Europe</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 5 Nov 2009 16:49:09 -0800</pubDate>
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<rhap:artist xmlns:rhap="rhap">Irina Mikhailova</rhap:artist>
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<rhap:data-href xmlns:rhap="rhap">http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.27352&amp;variant=data&amp;rws=%2Fworld-reggae%2Feurope%2Fbalkans-eastern-europe%2Fartist-chart.rss</rhap:data-href>
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<title>Gipsy.cz</title>
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<category>International Hip-Hop</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 10:31:31 -0700</pubDate>
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<rhap:data-href xmlns:rhap="rhap">http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.14426781&amp;variant=data&amp;rws=%2Fworld-reggae%2Feurope%2Fbalkans-eastern-europe%2Fartist-chart.rss</rhap:data-href>
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<title>Antonela</title>
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<category>Tango</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:23:49 -0700</pubDate>
<source url="http://www.rhapsody.com/charts?cat=artist&amp;category=genre&amp;genreId=265&amp;rws=%2Fworld-reggae%2Feurope%2Fbalkans-eastern-europe%2Fartist-chart.rss">Top Balkans/Eastern Europe Artists on Rhapsody Online</source>
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<rhap:artist xmlns:rhap="rhap">Antonela</rhap:artist>
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<rhap:data-href xmlns:rhap="rhap">http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.14443&amp;variant=data&amp;rws=%2Fworld-reggae%2Feurope%2Fbalkans-eastern-europe%2Fartist-chart.rss</rhap:data-href>
<description><![CDATA[Antonela sings Cabaret-style Tango rather unconvincingly in English, Spanish, German and Romanian. She is accompanied by solid musicians on piano and bandoneon (accordion).
- Robert Leaver]]></description>
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<title>Tomer Yosef</title>
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<category>World Pop</category>
<pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2009 10:11:40 -0700</pubDate>
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<rhap:artist xmlns:rhap="rhap">Tomer Yosef</rhap:artist>
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<rhap:data-href xmlns:rhap="rhap">http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.22624712&amp;variant=data&amp;rws=%2Fworld-reggae%2Feurope%2Fbalkans-eastern-europe%2Fartist-chart.rss</rhap:data-href>
<description><![CDATA[The skinny, hyperactive Tomer Yosef has pursued more careers in his short life than most people do in a lifetime. He started out as a stand-up comedian in his native Israel, but that gig quickly evolved into radio and TV work, including on a TV show called "Platefuls." Then the feature films came along, like they do. Naturally unsatisfied with all this free-flowing success, Yosef picked up and moved to New York City to test his mettle. It stood up to the strain. After teaming up with Tamir Muskat to produce his debut album, <I>Say Something</i>, in 2001, Yosef recorded vocals for Balkan Beat Box's "La Bush Resistance" on their 2004 debut. He became such a favorite that the group dragged him out on the road and he quickly became an indispensible part of that pan-global mischief-making ensemble. Yosef released his second solo album, <I>Laughing Underground</i>, in 2008.
- Sarah Bardeen]]></description>
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<title>Tula</title>
<link>http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.15409418&amp;rws=%2Fworld-reggae%2Feurope%2Fbalkans-eastern-europe%2Fartist-chart.rss</link>
<category>Balkans/Eastern Europe</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 10:36:28 -0700</pubDate>
<source url="http://www.rhapsody.com/charts?cat=artist&amp;category=genre&amp;genreId=265&amp;rws=%2Fworld-reggae%2Feurope%2Fbalkans-eastern-europe%2Fartist-chart.rss">Top Balkans/Eastern Europe Artists on Rhapsody Online</source>
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<rhap:data-href xmlns:rhap="rhap">http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.15409418&amp;variant=data&amp;rws=%2Fworld-reggae%2Feurope%2Fbalkans-eastern-europe%2Fartist-chart.rss</rhap:data-href>
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<title>Zlatne Uste Balkan Brass Band</title>
<link>http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.13275&amp;rws=%2Fworld-reggae%2Feurope%2Fbalkans-eastern-europe%2Fartist-chart.rss</link>
<category>Gypsy</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:23:53 -0700</pubDate>
<source url="http://www.rhapsody.com/charts?cat=artist&amp;category=genre&amp;genreId=265&amp;rws=%2Fworld-reggae%2Feurope%2Fbalkans-eastern-europe%2Fartist-chart.rss">Top Balkans/Eastern Europe Artists on Rhapsody Online</source>
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<rhap:artist xmlns:rhap="rhap">Zlatne Uste Balkan Brass Band</rhap:artist>
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<rhap:data-href xmlns:rhap="rhap">http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.13275&amp;variant=data&amp;rws=%2Fworld-reggae%2Feurope%2Fbalkans-eastern-europe%2Fartist-chart.rss</rhap:data-href>
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<title>The Mom &amp; Dads</title>
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<category>Polka</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:23:55 -0700</pubDate>
<source url="http://www.rhapsody.com/charts?cat=artist&amp;category=genre&amp;genreId=265&amp;rws=%2Fworld-reggae%2Feurope%2Fbalkans-eastern-europe%2Fartist-chart.rss">Top Balkans/Eastern Europe Artists on Rhapsody Online</source>
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<rhap:artist xmlns:rhap="rhap">The Mom &amp; Dads</rhap:artist>
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<rhap:data-href xmlns:rhap="rhap">http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.27541&amp;variant=data&amp;rws=%2Fworld-reggae%2Feurope%2Fbalkans-eastern-europe%2Fartist-chart.rss</rhap:data-href>
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<title>Damian Luca</title>
<link>http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.26456&amp;rws=%2Fworld-reggae%2Feurope%2Fbalkans-eastern-europe%2Fartist-chart.rss</link>
<category>Balkans/Eastern Europe</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:23:50 -0700</pubDate>
<source url="http://www.rhapsody.com/charts?cat=artist&amp;category=genre&amp;genreId=265&amp;rws=%2Fworld-reggae%2Feurope%2Fbalkans-eastern-europe%2Fartist-chart.rss">Top Balkans/Eastern Europe Artists on Rhapsody Online</source>
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<rhap:artist xmlns:rhap="rhap">Damian Luca</rhap:artist>
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<rhap:data-href xmlns:rhap="rhap">http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.26456&amp;variant=data&amp;rws=%2Fworld-reggae%2Feurope%2Fbalkans-eastern-europe%2Fartist-chart.rss</rhap:data-href>
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<title>Esma Redzepova</title>
<link>http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.7337599&amp;rws=%2Fworld-reggae%2Feurope%2Fbalkans-eastern-europe%2Fartist-chart.rss</link>
<category>Gypsy</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 09:42:17 -0700</pubDate>
<source url="http://www.rhapsody.com/charts?cat=artist&amp;category=genre&amp;genreId=265&amp;rws=%2Fworld-reggae%2Feurope%2Fbalkans-eastern-europe%2Fartist-chart.rss">Top Balkans/Eastern Europe Artists on Rhapsody Online</source>
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<rhap:data-href xmlns:rhap="rhap">http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.7337599&amp;variant=data&amp;rws=%2Fworld-reggae%2Feurope%2Fbalkans-eastern-europe%2Fartist-chart.rss</rhap:data-href>
<description><![CDATA[
- Rachel Devitt]]></description>
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<title>Garri Garrincha</title>
<link>http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.7485078&amp;rws=%2Fworld-reggae%2Feurope%2Fbalkans-eastern-europe%2Fartist-chart.rss</link>
<category>Balkans/Eastern Europe</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:26:03 -0700</pubDate>
<source url="http://www.rhapsody.com/charts?cat=artist&amp;category=genre&amp;genreId=265&amp;rws=%2Fworld-reggae%2Feurope%2Fbalkans-eastern-europe%2Fartist-chart.rss">Top Balkans/Eastern Europe Artists on Rhapsody Online</source>
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<rhap:artist xmlns:rhap="rhap">Garri Garrincha</rhap:artist>
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<rhap:data-href xmlns:rhap="rhap">http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.7485078&amp;variant=data&amp;rws=%2Fworld-reggae%2Feurope%2Fbalkans-eastern-europe%2Fartist-chart.rss</rhap:data-href>
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<title>Uschi Bauer</title>
<link>http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.10906007&amp;rws=%2Fworld-reggae%2Feurope%2Fbalkans-eastern-europe%2Fartist-chart.rss</link>
<category>Balkans/Eastern Europe</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:55:41 -0700</pubDate>
<source url="http://www.rhapsody.com/charts?cat=artist&amp;category=genre&amp;genreId=265&amp;rws=%2Fworld-reggae%2Feurope%2Fbalkans-eastern-europe%2Fartist-chart.rss">Top Balkans/Eastern Europe Artists on Rhapsody Online</source>
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<rhap:artist xmlns:rhap="rhap">Uschi Bauer</rhap:artist>
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<rhap:play-href xmlns:rhap="rhap">http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.10906007&amp;variant=play&amp;rws=%2Fworld-reggae%2Feurope%2Fbalkans-eastern-europe%2Fartist-chart.rss</rhap:play-href>
<rhap:data-href xmlns:rhap="rhap">http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.10906007&amp;variant=data&amp;rws=%2Fworld-reggae%2Feurope%2Fbalkans-eastern-europe%2Fartist-chart.rss</rhap:data-href>
<description><![CDATA[Traditional German music sung by Uschi Bauer to the accompaniment of accordion, drum, and the oom-pah-pah tuba bass. Her voice flows gracefully and leads a chorus of responding vocals.
- Robert Leaver]]></description>
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<title>Kitka</title>
<link>http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.61931&amp;rws=%2Fworld-reggae%2Feurope%2Fbalkans-eastern-europe%2Fartist-chart.rss</link>
<category>Balkans/Eastern Europe</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 20:31:57 -0700</pubDate>
<source url="http://www.rhapsody.com/charts?cat=artist&amp;category=genre&amp;genreId=265&amp;rws=%2Fworld-reggae%2Feurope%2Fbalkans-eastern-europe%2Fartist-chart.rss">Top Balkans/Eastern Europe Artists on Rhapsody Online</source>
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<rhap:artist xmlns:rhap="rhap">Kitka</rhap:artist>
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<rhap:data-href xmlns:rhap="rhap">http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.61931&amp;variant=data&amp;rws=%2Fworld-reggae%2Feurope%2Fbalkans-eastern-europe%2Fartist-chart.rss</rhap:data-href>
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<title>The Stanislawski Polka Band</title>
<link>http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.21546612&amp;rws=%2Fworld-reggae%2Feurope%2Fbalkans-eastern-europe%2Fartist-chart.rss</link>
<category>Polka</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2008 11:04:05 -0700</pubDate>
<source url="http://www.rhapsody.com/charts?cat=artist&amp;category=genre&amp;genreId=265&amp;rws=%2Fworld-reggae%2Feurope%2Fbalkans-eastern-europe%2Fartist-chart.rss">Top Balkans/Eastern Europe Artists on Rhapsody Online</source>
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<rhap:data-href xmlns:rhap="rhap">http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.21546612&amp;variant=data&amp;rws=%2Fworld-reggae%2Feurope%2Fbalkans-eastern-europe%2Fartist-chart.rss</rhap:data-href>
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<title>DeLeon (Balkan)</title>
<link>http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.22950676&amp;rws=%2Fworld-reggae%2Feurope%2Fbalkans-eastern-europe%2Fartist-chart.rss</link>
<category>World Pop</category>
<pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2009 12:58:08 -0800</pubDate>
<source url="http://www.rhapsody.com/charts?cat=artist&amp;category=genre&amp;genreId=265&amp;rws=%2Fworld-reggae%2Feurope%2Fbalkans-eastern-europe%2Fartist-chart.rss">Top Balkans/Eastern Europe Artists on Rhapsody Online</source>
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<rhap:data-href xmlns:rhap="rhap">http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.22950676&amp;variant=data&amp;rws=%2Fworld-reggae%2Feurope%2Fbalkans-eastern-europe%2Fartist-chart.rss</rhap:data-href>
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<title>Damian Draghici</title>
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<category>Balkans/Eastern Europe</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:23:56 -0700</pubDate>
<source url="http://www.rhapsody.com/charts?cat=artist&amp;category=genre&amp;genreId=265&amp;rws=%2Fworld-reggae%2Feurope%2Fbalkans-eastern-europe%2Fartist-chart.rss">Top Balkans/Eastern Europe Artists on Rhapsody Online</source>
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<rhap:data-href xmlns:rhap="rhap">http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.21867&amp;variant=data&amp;rws=%2Fworld-reggae%2Feurope%2Fbalkans-eastern-europe%2Fartist-chart.rss</rhap:data-href>
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<title>Radim Zenkl</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:25:10 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Marta Sebestyen</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2009 09:35:44 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>The Clumsy Lovers</title>
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<category>Adult Alternative</category>
<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 09:28:13 -0800</pubDate>
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- Rosemary Pepper]]></description>
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<title>[dunkelbunt]</title>
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<category>Balkans/Eastern Europe</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:38:51 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Ray Henry Orchestra</title>
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<category>Polka</category>
<pubDate>Sat, 13 Dec 2008 11:39:54 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Planet Jam</title>
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<category>Balkans/Eastern Europe</category>
<pubDate>Sat, 6 Dec 2008 14:06:43 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>The Bulgarian Women's Choir</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2009 08:27:23 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Walt Solek</title>
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<category>Polka</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 3 Mar 2009 12:39:51 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Dave Apollon</title>
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<category>Balkans/Eastern Europe</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:23:52 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Russian-born Apollon was a mandolin virtuoso who did extensive soundtrack work and recorded an impressive amount of solo material demonstrating his prowess and delicacy. In 1997, Acoustic Disc released <I>Man with the Mandolin</I>, a 2-CD overview of Apollon's career.
- Chad Driscoll]]></description>
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