Luminescent Orchestrii April 4, 2007

The Luminescent Orchestrii: a gypsy tango klezmer punk acoustic string band from New York City will be performing at The Grove on March 31st. The band recently returned from a successful European tour which had 2 nearly sold out shows at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. There will be. The Firecracker Jazz Band will be the opening band.
ABOUT THE BAND

LUMINESCENT ORCHESTRII IS: Romanian gypsy melodies, punk frenzy, salty tangos, hard-rocking klezmer, haunting Balkan harmony, hip-hop beats and Appalachian fiddle, all eaten and spit out by two violins, resophonic guitar, bullhorn harmonica and bass.

The members of the Orchestrii come from different scenes in New York City, yet come together through their love of Balkan and Gypsy music. Sxip Shirey is an international circus composer, Sarah Alden is an old-time fiddle player, Rima Fand is an experimental theater composer, and Benjy Fox-Rosen is a free-jazz bassist. It is not uncommon to find Sxip playing tampon applicators with the Bindlestiff Family Cirkus, Rima composing music for a Lorca puppet show, Benjy schlepping his bass to a jazz gig, or Sarah fiddling away at some all-night old-time
session.

Event submitted by Eventful.com on behalf of humcity.

Official Website: http://www.myspace.com/luminescentorchestrii