DRÓMENO (10 pm)
Eleni Govetas and Shirtükleméh (9 pm)
$20. 8 pm Doors open, kitchen closes at 10 pm. 21+ after 10 pm.
DRÓMENO is a traditional ensemble presenting regional folk music from the Greek mainland and beyond, overlapping into the surrounding regions and finding the musical legacy that connects the traditions of the Balkans. Featuring clarinet and voices, the instrumentation includes accordion, saxophone, violin, oud, bouzouki, zourna, guitar, laouto, kanun and percussion, and enables the group to span the sounds of Greek music, from western Macedonia and Ipiros, through Thessaly, Thrace and Asia minor. Drómeno: (from ancient Greek) An artistic, social, cultural performance-spectacle, (sometimes dramatized). A cultural event and/or ritual.
Christos Govetas: clarinet/voice
Ruth Hunter: accordion/voice
Eleni Govetas: violin
Mik Bewsky: guitar
Bobby Govetas: bass
Nico Sophiea: percussion
'Don't miss Eleni Govetas's brand spankin' new group "Shirtükleméh" playing original compositions and tasty traditional tunes on violin. Mik Bewsky brings his surf-punk inspired guitar, with Bobby Govetas holding it down on bass and Nico Sophiea keeping it all together on doumbek!'