PULKES BAND

Born of many traditions, Balkan music is rich, festive, swirling and intoxicating. This music carries with it a fierce thirst, an almost desperate desire to exist and simply enjoy life. The frenzied and irresistible brass section—very present—lets loose while stringed instruments have a hypnotizing effect. A fusion of Mediterranean and Eastern European rhythms, Pulkes Band, which formed in 2017, captures the essence of world music by creating a groove that you just can’t ignore—a bohemian style of music in which Arab, Andalusian, Turkish, Greek, Bulgarian, Jewish traditions all come together.