Serbs, Macedonians, Jews, Gypsies and others playing one tune. Rich, diverse, steeped in the imagery of untamed energy, from the fringes of Europe…only in one's imagination could these peoples appear as one. For although sharing so much in common (and not just in the fantasies of outsiders) the dwellers of Karpatski, Besarabia, Moldovia and Herzegovina and others are still oceans apart, islands of historically perpetuated squabbles and bitter fights for autonomy. Waiting for common ground to be found.
Australia is a rare example of that common ground and music is its catalyst, for transplanted into this land so remote from Europe peoples can abandon their differences and foster similarities, and find that doing so gives them greater clout in this dispersed urban village where about one hundred and one different cultures reside side by side.
Nadya’s 101 Candles Orkestra, a well-known Sydney band has given a resounding voice to such unity. 101 Candles vibrates souls, its infectious spirit bonding communities with each other and with the locals and as past is mixed with present, generations blend. Musical traditions which have stirred deep emotions, released ancient yearnings and kept feet dancing in Europe for centuries are re-vamped and brought into the present by effervescent Sydney singer Nadya Golski, the central personality and lead singer who’s prodigious ear, intense vitality, and extraordinary vocal delivery have brought together a disparate group of virtuoso musicians from multi-cultural Sydney. Nadya’s is the voice which makes the music present and exciting, never suppressing the individuality of the musicians and producing an unforgettable sound.
Even as the 101 Candles develops and changes, it embraces Poland, Russia, France, Spain and even South Pacific Island cultures with surprising twists of jazz and blues in English, woven into the vital and mysterious tapestry of performance in it's rawest, truest form..
