18th December 2015 at Royal Festival Hall (Clore Ballroom), London SE1.
Part of Winter at Southbank Centre [usually called Winter Festival] / A World in London Live / Friday Lunch (free event).
Country: Greece/Macedonia & Bulgaria & Netherlands (British residents) & Britain. Style: Balkan / Rock.
Lineup: Viktor Mastoridis (v/g/bouzouki), Nikolay Baldaranov (g/bouzouki), Rob Stutterheim (p/piano accordion). Nikolay Angarev (bass g), Andy Dewar (cajón/darbuka/percussion).
Viktor Mastoridis born in Thessalonica, Greece, and brought up in Skopje, {FYR) Macedonia. This band combines his love of Western Rock (Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Rolling Stones, etc.) with Balkan rhythms (11/8. 9/8. 5/8, etc.). As well as his own compositions the set includes Balkanised versions of "Let's Stick Together" and "Paint it Black".
More information: valkania.com/, www.facebook.com/ValkaniaBand/.
Tags: World Music Greece Macedonia Bulgaria Netherlands Great Britain Balkan Music Valkania Winter Festival A World in London Live Friday Lunch Southbank Centre
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18th December 2015 at Royal Festival Hall (Clore Ballroom), London SE1.
Part of Winter at Southbank Centre [usually called Winter Festival] / A World in London Live / Friday Lunch (free event).
Country: Greece/Macedonia (British resident). Style: Balkan / Rock.
Lineup: Viktor Mastoridis (v/g/bouzouki), Nikolay Baldaranov (g/bouzouki), Rob Stutterheim (p/piano accordion). Nikolay Angarev (bass g), Andy Dewar (cajón/darbuka/percussion).
Viktor Mastoridis born in Thessalonica, Greece, and brought up in Skopje, {FYR) Macedonia. This band combines his love of Western Rock (Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Rolling Stones, etc.) with Balkan rhythms (11/8. 9/8. 5/8, etc.). As well as his own compositions the set includes Balkanised versions of "Let's Stick Together" and "Paint it Black".
In this photo: Mastoridis plays a Fender Stratocaster.
More information: valkania.com/, www.facebook.com/ValkaniaBand/.
Tags: World Music Greece Macedonia Balkan Music Valkania Stratocaster Guitar Fender Guitar Electric Guitar Guitar Winter Festival A World in London Live Friday Lunch Southbank Centre
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18th December 2015 at Royal Festival Hall (Clore Ballroom), London SE1.
Part of Winter at Southbank Centre [usually called Winter Festival] / A World in London Live / Friday Lunch (free event).
Country: Greece/Macedonia (British resident). Style: Balkan / Rock.
Lineup: Viktor Mastoridis (v/g/bouzouki), Nikolay Baldaranov (g/bouzouki), Rob Stutterheim (p/piano accordion). Nikolay Angarev (bass g), Andy Dewar (cajón/darbuka/percussion).
Viktor Mastoridis born in Thessalonica, Greece, and brought up in Skopje, {FYR) Macedonia. This band combines his love of Western Rock (Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Rolling Stones, etc.) with Balkan rhythms (11/8. 9/8. 5/8, etc.). As well as his own compositions the set includes Balkanised versions of "Let's Stick Together" and "Paint it Black".
In this photo: Mastoridis plays a Fender Stratocaster.
More information: valkania.com/, www.facebook.com/ValkaniaBand/.
Tags: World Music Greece Macedonia Balkan Music Valkania Stratocaster Guitar Fender Guitar Electric Guitar Guitar Winter Festival A World in London Live Friday Lunch Southbank Centre
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18th December 2015 at Royal Festival Hall (Clore Ballroom), London SE1.
Part of Winter at Southbank Centre [usually called Winter Festival] / A World in London Live / Friday Lunch (free event).
Country: Greece/Macedonia (British resident). Style: Balkan / Rock.
Lineup: Viktor Mastoridis (v/g/bouzouki), Nikolay Baldaranov (g/bouzouki), Rob Stutterheim (p/piano accordion). Nikolay Angarev (bass g), Andy Dewar (cajón/darbuka/percussion).
Viktor Mastoridis born in Thessalonica, Greece, and brought up in Skopje, {FYR) Macedonia. This band combines his love of Western Rock (Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Rolling Stones, etc.) with Balkan rhythms (11/8. 9/8. 5/8, etc.). As well as his own compositions the set includes Balkanised versions of "Let's Stick Together" and "Paint it Black".
More information: valkania.com/, www.facebook.com/ValkaniaBand/.
Tags: World Music Greece Macedonia Balkan Music Valkania Bouzouki Winter Festival A World in London Live Friday Lunch Southbank Centre
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18th December 2015 at Royal Festival Hall (Clore Ballroom), London SE1.
Part of Winter at Southbank Centre [usually called Winter Festival] / A World in London Live / Friday Lunch (free event).
Country: Greece/Macedonia (British resident). Style: Balkan / Rock.
Lineup: Viktor Mastoridis (v/g/bouzouki), Nikolay Baldaranov (g/bouzouki), Rob Stutterheim (p/piano accordion). Nikolay Angarev (bass g), Andy Dewar (cajón/darbuka/percussion).
Viktor Mastoridis born in Thessalonica, Greece, and brought up in Skopje, {FYR) Macedonia. This band combines his love of Western Rock (Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Rolling Stones, etc.) with Balkan rhythms (11/8. 9/8. 5/8, etc.). As well as his own compositions the set includes Balkanised versions of "Let's Stick Together" and "Paint it Black".
More information: valkania.com/, www.facebook.com/ValkaniaBand/.
Tags: World Music Greece Macedonia Balkan Music Valkania Winter Festival A World in London Live Friday Lunch Southbank Centre
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