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Ansambl Mastika with the Black Sea Hotel at Rose Live Music for a Memorial Day Balkan BBQ.

Who:  Ansambl Mastika and the Black Sea Hotel

What:  A Memorial Day Balkan BBQ

When: Saturday May 24th, 4 pm – 8 pm

Where: Rose Live Music, 345 Grand at Havemeyer & Marcy, Williamsburg

How Much: No cover

Specials: Free hot dogs and vegetarian grill thing, 2 for 1 domestic drafts, $3 sangria.

New York, NY 02/03/2008—On Saturday May 24th at 2 pm Ansambl Mastika (www.ansamblmastika.com) and the Black Sea Hotel (myspace.com/blackseahotel) celebrate Memorial Day with a Balkan BBQ at Rose Live Music in Williamsburg. Grills full of sizzling sausages, with the beer flowing, just like in the meyhane of Belgrade or Skopje. Of course, there will be something more than just music and meat for the vegetarians among us and watch out for those drink specials.

With song styles ranging from the heart-wrenching clarinet ‘miroloi’ of northern Greece to the funkier dance grooves of the Serbian and Macedonian Roma (gypsies); from the oriental mystery of Turkish çalgı ensembles to the driving power of Bulgarian wedding bands. Coming from such influential NYC-based groups as Zlatne Uste Balkan Brass Band, Slavic Soul Party!, the Zagnut Orkestar, and Romashka, the musicians of Ansambl Mastika have brought the music of Eastern Europe to a broad audience in the New York City area. With constant deference to stylistic authenticity, these musicians personalize the music, bringing a fresh perspective that maintains the tradition of getting audiences out of their seats and onto the dance floor. A review of a recent show at Barbes can found at http://lucidculture.wordpress.com/2008/05/09/new-balkan-uproar-understatement-of-the-year/.

Black Sea Hotel is Brooklyn’s own Balkan Vocal Orchestra. Composed of four American women, Black Sea Hotel serenades audiences with old world melodies uniting their voices in vibrant, haunting music. With repertoire that includes straight-from-the-field village-style tunes, dance-songs, and traditional songs rendered anew, the voices dance through the wild terrain of the Balkans preserving the unique color of each region they inhabit. Whether pitted against one another in close harmonies, or joined together in ethereal arrangements, Black Sea Hotel incants ancient stories to her guests, transporting them to Bulgaria and beyond.