Thursday Balkan Boogie with East of West & Greshka

Swing into the fabulous "It's Still a Secret" on Montague road for a delicious cocktail, some nibbles and be blown away by bombastic beats, silly segues and phenomenal French um music. And lots of alliteration.

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ARIA-nominated trio East of West plays original music drawing from Mediterranean, jazz and Balkan influences, the trio’s oud, percussion and double bass exploring the delicate balance between composition and improvisation.

East of West comprises Bosnian-born composer Goran Gajić (double bass), Philip Griffin (oud, laouto) and Malindi Morris (Balkan/Middle-Eastern percussion). Join them in an immersive deep-listening space as they delve deep into beautiful story-telling contemporary compositions and improvisations spun over rich traditional rhythms.

“Their technical virtuosity is evident, but the intuitive interplay between band members delivers a special touch of magic.” - Rhythms Magazine

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Have you been feeling run down? You probably have a Vitamin S deficiency. Come to a Greshka gig for a big healthy nourishing dose of Vitamin Silly. They play music from Eastern Europe, gypsy, Balkan, klezmer – and all of it made extra silly with synthesisers, cimbaloms and singalongs. Greshka play music which sounds like the contents of Spongebob Squarepants suitcase as he sets sail for Sweden. There’s snappy sârbăs, synthonic ska and Serbian-style swing. It’s incessantly sporadic, spectacularly stupid, seldom stodgy, syllabically superfluous and unceasingly exceptionally SILLY!

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Bar open from 4pm.

Music from 7pm.