Join us for a very special bonus Balkan Sunday at Ashkenaz where we will celebrate our beloved Calvin Lai's birthday. We will feature Dodona, playing music from Greece and Albania, as well as host a jam session bringing out some of the local hard hitters in the Balkan music scene in the Bay.
Don't be late. Dodona will play the first set and you don't want to miss them!
A little bit more about Dodona:
Dipping in the deep well of music from Albania and Epirus in
Greece, Dodona moves between the mournful to the celebratory. The members of this new group have a specific goal, to bring out their love for the melodies of this small region. With a repertoire that goes from plaintive, to trance inducing, to driving, Dodona is one of the few groups in the Bay Area specifically focused on the Albanian and Epirus diaspora. So whether you love a good tsamiko, or the familiarity of a syrtos, or even if you just love to dance with wild abandon this unique band is sure to deliver. Dodona’s members are Calvin Lai on clarinet, Greg Jenkins on vocals and clarinet, Kent Kissinger on guitar, Jenette Sellin on accordion, Genevieve Krause on vocals and Sean Tergis on drums.