Member Since: 8/24/2006
Band Website: [email protected]
Band Members: GADJO BIOGRAPHY:From all corners of the world they tumbled into the streets of Barcelona in 2003 and have been stuck together even since writing their original blend of polyglot balkan-ska-swing music. Singing like lovesick idiots and dancing like fools, they trill, toot, pluck and plink the audience into a storm of dancing.
They have travelled Europe playing wherever there’s an audience be it theatre, circus or busking festivals, barges, bars, clubs or castles.
They have produced 2 albums ’Gadjo’(2005) and ’Para Yayas y Gamberros’(2007) (for grannies and hooligans .....so called because their concerts draw such eclectic crowds)MUSICIANS:
Emma Gawlinski(UK):flute, tenor sax.
Fraggle(UK):accordion, vocals.
Paul Sessions (USA): tuba, trumpet.
Sam Watson(UK): clarinet, alto sax.
Jerry Dillon(ARGENTINA):drums.
Xabi Elicagaray(FRANCE):guitar, doublebass and vocals.
George Arnold (UK)doublebassPHOTOGRAPHERS:
Lucia Herrero Platas(SPAIN)
Sandra Daveau(FRANCE)
Influences: (Fraggle) Old jazz, swing, ska, gypsy, klezmer, and flamenco ... Les Tetes Raides, Taraf de Haidouks, The Cat Empire, Cat Power, The Muppets, Java, Jehst, Kimmo Pohjonen, Tragic Roundabout, Gong, God Speed you Black Emperor, Free Bidou, System of a Down, Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band, Frank Zappa, Rage Against the Machine, Nina Simone, Jaques Tati, Buster Keaton, The Gotan Project, Robert Wyatt, Kepa Junkera, Stanley Unwin, Miles Davies, Asian Dub Foundation, Out Da Ville, Free Bidou, Croque Mule, Radio Tarifa, Stevie Pea...
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Type of Label: None