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Atash 10:270:00/10:27
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La Rosa 7:020:00/7:02
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0:00/4:33
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Laz Medley (Turkey) 4:340:00/4:34
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0:00/7:08
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0:00/5:18
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Memede (Macedonia) 4:310:00/4:31
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Urfa Divani (Turkey) 6:040:00/6:04
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0:00/3:10
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0:00/6:27
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0:00/3:47
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The Cave 7:200:00/7:20
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Daybreak 20:310:00/20:31
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In the Cave 9:480:00/9:48
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Seeds 12:160:00/12:16
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El Llamada 22:390:00/22:39
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Ocarina 7:200:00/7:20
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Beaver Creek 7:570:00/7:57
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Conundrum Creek 5:350:00/5:35
TICKETS FOR RADIO FREE BASSANDA
FRIDAY MAY 10 DIXON TOOLSHED
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/radio-free-bassanda-tickets-882695715647
SATURDAY MAY 11 DANCE PARTY AT SANTA FE PARADISO
https://tickets.holdmyticket.com/tickets/432335
SUNDAY MAY 12 AT TAOS HARWOOD MUSEUM
https://harwoodmuseum.org/events/radio-free-bassanda-concert-2024/
Balkan Beat Masters ¡Radio Free Bassanda! return to Colorado and New Mexico to heat up late spring with their eclectic mix of exotic Eastern rhythms and dizzying melodic frenzy. Music from Greece, Turkey, Bulgaria, Kurdistan, Armenia, North Africa, Medieval
Spain, and New Mexico all delivered with RFB’s trademark rockin’ approach.
¡Radio Free Bassanda! brings a wide range of repertoire and instrumentation to their performances. Their use of both Eastern and Western instruments affords them a broad timbral palette with which to weave their sound pictures. Energetic and complex
rhythms challenge the ear and the feet!
Roger Landes: bouzouki, oud
Chipper Thompson: dumbeq, darabukka, zarb
Ben Wright: double bass
Jack Boaz: Violin
Jordan Langehennig: clarinet, qanun, gajda, zurna, oud, dulcimer, accordion, tin whistle
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About MEG YORK
Meg York grew up in Los Lunas, New Mexico and has returned to the Land of Enchantment after 25 years in Denver, Colorado! She lives in Las Vegas, New Mexico.
Meg is a composer, educator and performer who resides part time in Turkey and India to inform her soaring solos, dramatic tone, and global grooves. She has a Bachelor's Degree in Clarinet and Flamenco performance from UNM. Meg also did outreach for the non-profit Musical Ambassadors of Peace with International Rescue Committee and Project Worthmore, Federal Refugee Resettlement Agencies along the Front Range of Colorado, in California, and New Mexico.
Meg created the Tarjama Ensemble to celebrate and elevate world dance music performance artists and their allies. Tarjama, which means "Translation", plays dance music for concerts, parties, weddings, celebrations of life, and movement workshops.
Tarjama is the House Band for Tarab Retreat events.
Tarjama has played for the Sesame Street Mupeteers from Kabul, Afghanistan, Yo Yo Ma's tour event in Aurora, Colorado, Albuquerque Folk Fest, Boulder Balkan Bash and dozens of Mercury Cafe and Bella Diva World Dance partieas well as Mendocino Mid East Camp and East Europea Folklif Center, the International Clarinet Association, and the Colorado and Florida Renaissance Festivals.
Meg was an Equity Actor in the Denver Center the Performing Arts Yiddish play Indecent.
She has soloed with Hal Aqua’s Lost Tribe, Sherefe, Zuruna Middle Eastern Ensemble, Gora Gora Orkestar, the Kantorei Chorus, the Django Reinhart style Swing Magique, Sirena Belly Dance Studio, with Clan Tynker, and Hindustani fusion ensemble, KeyJamKey. She's performed at Colorado University, Boulder, Regis University, Denver, Colorado University, Fort Collins, Santa Fe Community College, New Mexico, Stockton University, California, University of California, Santa Barbara, and Highlands University, New Mexico. Meg has interviewed on Musica Mundi, KGNU, Boulder, and KFUN, Las Vegas, NM. She's also presented at the International Clarinet Association 50th Anniversary Conference. She'll be at Paradiso Santa Fe and Burque Belly Fest this summer.
Meg loves the dance score Atash she created with Persian classical musicians and Bay Area choreographer Shahrzad Khorsandi for David Taylor Zikr Dance.
Another beautiful dance score blending Romanian style improvisation and J.S. Bach Partita melodies is Nahawand Allemande created for Romy Keegan of Maple Street Dance and debuted at the Bal Anat Gala.
Meg's music is used by 5Rhythms in New York. She is represented by 411 Music, Los Angeles, CA, as an ASCAP recording artist, for Warner Brothers films.
Current projects include Rhythm of Tabla recordings with two master percussionists, Nabin Shrestha, Nepalese Hindustani Tabla and Faisal Zedan, Syrian Derbekki, producing all ages World Dance events in the historic Old Town Mission Community Center in Las Vegas, New Mexico, and creating archives of elder generation folk musicians and dancers in her worldwide community.
Hire Tarjama for your Soirée
You can hire Tarjama Ensemble LLC Artists Meg York and Eric Koenig to come to your own private event!
Soirée Includes:
~ Private World Music House Concert at Your Home
~ Includes a sampling of dances and dance music from Albania, Armenia, Golden Age of Arabia, Black Sea, Greece, Muwahshat, Roma traditions and Turkey.
~ Hands-on instruction on a variety of authentic drums from Arabia, Persia and Turkey.
~ Folk Dance Instruction
~Turkish Treats and Teas
~ Décor & Dress Up ~ Costume Elements for Group Photos ~
Please note: We need a smoke free and pet free area to set up your event experience.
Although we do perform for larger audiences, we provide percussion instruments and costume elements for up to 10 participants for these very special Soirée Events. It's recommended to keep your event to a smaller size.
All ages: Soirées are not designed for small children's parties.
We provide authentic Middle Eastern pre-packaged treats: gluten-free and gluten-full, two kinds of hot tea, tablecloths, décor, and an inclusive cultural experience.
Arabic Coffee is also an option!
Provide your own fancy tea cups! It's a fun request for your guests to bring their own.
$200 flat fee is payable to Tarjama Ensemble LLC.
San Miguel County area is included: Outside of San Miguel County is an additional $25 per hour travel time.
Please contact us via this page for bookings or questions!