It was love at first listen for Oliver Sutton. As the Orkestar Slivovica bandleader reveals, once you’ve heard Serbian brass-band music, you can’t go back. And that’s just as well—had the extroverted ...

The Yiddish language originated in the 900s and peaked in the early 1940s with around 11 million speakers, primarily in Europe’s Ashkenazi Jewish communities. But of the six million Jewish people ...

Moments of illumination can be hazardous—if they occur while you’re up a ladder or on a construction site, anyway. Oliver Sutton was lucky to be part of a crew that included fellow musicians. When the ...

Black Ox Orkestar, a quartet assembled in Montreal in 2000 to explore the sound of the Jewish diaspora, has always been one project among many for its members. Lead singer and songwriter Scott Gilmore ...

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ORKESTAR ZIRKONIUM Too Hot for Sleep (self-released) (out of 5) Orkestar Zirkonium is a 13-piece marching band with bouncy tuba rhythms, circus-y horn flourishes, and a killer clarinetist (Kevin ...

If you find yourself wandering near the Longmont Museum this Friday around 2:30 p.m., don’t be alarmed if the air begins to vibrate with the brassy, caffeine-fueled energy of a Balkan wedding. It is ...

Every year, the Westword Music Showcase brings some of the city’s best musicians to venues throughout the Golden Triangle neighborhood. To find out more about some of the acts that will be performing ...