Balkan music tonight!

Today is a day to do something special, something with awareness and gratitude and joy. That is our strongest, our only, way out of where we have gotten. I have noticed how music seems to come the US consistently  from places in the world which are experiencing  agony and devastation - people in pain have an urgent need, and maybe increased ability, to express joy. Music from the Balkans came into my awareness just as that part of the world was being ravaged.

I am excited for the opportunity to present this music twice in a month. It has found a special place in my ear and my heart, now working its way to my feet! Something about it seems to come from a place out of time.

Its Meg York & Veelah with a slightly different lineup. If you havent been to JUC in Golden, you owe it to yourself to experience the great acoustics and ambience there. Join us for a mesmerizing evening of music from Eastern Europe and Roma traditions. Driving Balkan rhythms underscore Romani-style soaring solos and poignant, timeless folk melodies. Meg York, Dexter Payne and Dave Willey are joined by the incomparable Raoul Rossiter and John Grigsby, both of Hamster Theater and other noteworthy endeavours. Veelah CDs will be available.

Friday September 11, 2009, 7:00 to 9:00pm

Jefferson Unitarian Church
14350 W 32 Ave, Golden, CO 80401
All ages: $10 adults, kids $5
Light refreshments will be served; wine will also be available for purchase.

Meg York,: clarinets, flutes, recorders, kaval, saxophone
Dexter Payne,: clarinet , saxophones
David Willey, accordion
Raoul Rossiter, percussion,
John Grigsby, bass
Info:  Meg York 303-862-5566