Slavic Soul Party at Stone Church

Fiery Balkan brass, irresistible beats, Roma (Gypsy) accordion wizardry, and virtuoso jazz chops make Slavic Soul Party! NYC’s official #1 brass band for BalkanSoul GypsyFunk.  These nine musicians pump the sounds of New York life through a Balkan brass filter, making new music out of immigration, integration, and ingenuity.  The band's Tuesday night residency at Barbès in Brooklyn, going for over 22 years, has become a destination for music fans from around the world, and is famous for "delivering a great time." (New York Times)  In November 2024 SSP! released their seventh album, a collection of original material titled “Extended Play” on the Diskonife label."Anytime musicians study traditions deeply, and then free themselves to follow their own whims, it's a beautiful thing...

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Fiery Balkan brass, irresistible beats, Roma (Gypsy) accordion wizardry, and virtuoso jazz chops make Slavic Soul Party! NYC’s official #1 brass band for BalkanSoul GypsyFunk.  These nine musicians pump the sounds of New York life through a Balkan brass filter, making new music out of immigration, integration, and ingenuity.  The band's Tuesday night residency at Barbès in Brooklyn, going for over 22 years, has become a destination for music fans from around the world, and is famous for "delivering a great time." (New York Times)  In November 2024 SSP! released their seventh album, a collection of original material titled “Extended Play” on the Diskonife label."Anytime musicians study traditions deeply, and then free themselves to follow their own whims, it's a beautiful thing. But when it comes to the brass band fusion of Slavic Soul Party! that's just the beginning.  With razor-sharp precision, juggernaut force, and a healthy dose of playfulness, these guys start out in overdrive and never let up... Slavic Soul Party! offers a gutpunch to preconceptions about traditional music, world music, pop music, dance music, but I'll tell you, this is one gutpunch you'll enjoy." (Banning Eyre, NPR's All Things Considered)

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