Feribot - Di Grine Kuzine

Di Grine Kuzine translate to The Green Horn Cousin and are a Berlin based band who play a mixture of klezmer and Balkan music, as Jewish performers were expected to know regional pieces when they performed, it's an attempt to recreate something similar, on top of that Jewish musicians were largely banned from playing brass instruments until the end of the 19th century by which time there was already a fair mix of Balkan music and klezmer taking place. This album tends to focus on the Balkan sides of things in particular Serbian and Bulgarian village music where as earlier albums were more klezmer influenced. It is good music but lacks a certain get up and go, ...  Read the complete review