Nadya and her 101 Candles Orchestra

A DAY WITH NADYA AND HER 101 CANDLES ORCHESTRA ON LIBRA RADIO: Wednesday, 20. 07.2005
ONE HOUR SHOW WITH NADYA AND HER 101 CANDLES ORCHESTRA
Thursday, 21. 07. 2005 at 00.01 (Central European Time)

Nadya Golski was born in in Mount Hagen (Papua New Guinea) and raised there by her Australian parents with Polish descent. She speaks fluent Tok Pisin and has an unmistakenable Higlands accent.
Nadya started her musical career working with Papua New Guinean reggae bands which was later continued with her throaty gypsy style singing. Nadya is a singer with diverse taste and experience. Her debut album, "Haiwe Draiva", and second album "Moka the Gift", were in languages from the South Pacific Islands, mostly from Papua New Guinea where she spent a significant part of her childhood. Once she also worked with a famous theatre called Gardzienice Theatre Company based in a small village in eastern Poland. From there they travelled by horse and cart to gypsy settlements and remote villages to collect material for their shows which took place in an old candlelit church. People came from all over Europe to make pilgrimages to these performances, which were a feast of music, colour and light.

Nadya launched her first Eastern European inspired double album, 'Effugio', (partly recorded by the ABC studios), at the Sydney Opera House to packed audiences in 2002. The album has since been reissued as a single album simply entitled,"Nadya and Giga 101 Candles Orkestra".
Nadya's 101 Candles Orchestra was selected for Live on Stage by the ABC following their performance at Bellingen festival in October 2003. During 2004 she has performed at the Sydney Festival, Woodford Folk Festival 2003, the Sydney Opera House The Studio, The Basement, and the Sydney Festival 2004.
Nadya has recently finished recording two new albums - 'Crazy Moon' with Australia Council assistance, and 'Heaven and Other Places', a jazz and blues album on the" Wylde Street label".

A tour of the UK followed suit as the headline act of the Music Festivals of Northern England followed by several concerts at the Famous Spiegeltent at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival . Followed by shows at jazz clubs in Paris. This tour was proudly supported by the Australia Council for the Arts


Young Nadya with Warupi warriors from Papua New Guinea

Nadya's abbilities for singing (and languages) are truly flamboyant. It seems like any song she picks up and releases it trough her throat - it sounds perfect. For instance: on the Crazy moon album she sings in Gypsy, Polish, French and Spanish which is not a very common combination for an Australian. When i heard "Dis-Moi", a song in French, i got really attracted with everything what is going on in this piece. A rare combination of a French romance and very smart set Balkan style music background. You'll notice all the talent and virtuosity of the musicians from the 101 Candles Orchestra.
One more thing. A few days ago i met an Australian girl here in Maribor, Slovenia and asked her if she ever heard of Nadya. "And 101 Candles Orchestra?" she replied immediately.
Thank you Nadya for sending music to Libra Radio!

Mark Van Overmeire

I received this cd from Mark Van Overmeire, an excellent musician and composer from Belgium. We will present his music more closely in our DAY OF THE MUSICIAN on Thursday, the 14.th of July 2005 starting at 10.00 Central European Time. During the 24 hours period you'll be able to hear his music many, many times. There'll be also a special one hour show with Mark's music project on Friday, the 15.th of July at 00.01 CET.
Thank you Mark for sending your cd to Libra Radio!

Mark Van Overmeire (April 2, 1968) is a composer, classical guitar player and percussion performer from Belgium. He started studying music at the age of 15. At the age of 17 he entered the intriguing world of composition trying to master the fundamental rules of classical music.

At that time Mark got interested in the exciting rhythms of jazz and studied jazz harmony. He has worked with the numerous musicians allowing himself to grow as a performer. In March '97 he embarked to South America for 4 years, enriching himself with impressions of another world. The result was a musical journey of his stay in this heart warming continent recorded on the tape.
Mark formed his band in October 2001. He had written 6 compositions based on his 4 year stay in South America and was eager to record those feelings on tape. The resulting album "Impresiones", published on his own record label Kramúsica and released in the US on August 10, 2004, is a work full of emotion. It travels from world to jazz, from folk to classical, from ambient to soundtrack.


















Van Overmeire and his band effortlessly combine jazz, world, folk and even classical music. In lesser hands, such disparate musical shifts would be a major distraction, but Impresiones treats these stylistic differences as if they somehow belong together.
"Impresiones" is a work of infinite compassion within the realms of the human experience. The atmospheric layering & ambiance of this work is strikingly unique in its vision & breadth. A sublime sonic blending of emotion & variance, cast in shades of dark & light with an audio-painter's stroke of inspiration & depth.
If you're looking for something completely different for your ears and soul, you should try this album. While listening to this music you'll feel pioneering and adventure, courage and freedom, enthusiasm and energy, and sometimes some deep sadness of a dreamer & wanderer. You also might find some influences of the Pat Metheny in the Mark's music, which is ok with me, since i love this style of music very much.
Mark has got also his own blog called Musical Travelogues.

Romano Drom's Founder Antal Kovács Dies in Hungary

Hungary - Antal Kovács, the cofounder and lead vocalist of Hungarian Gypsy band Romano Drom is reported to have died suddenly on July 6th. A press release by the Ortigueira Celtic and world music festival in Spain mentions that Romano Drom's scheduled performance this Saturday, July 9th, will not take place due to the sudden death of the group's vocalist, Antal Kovács. World Music Central contacted the group's management, Asphalt Tango Productions, in Germany, who confirmed the news. No further details are available at this time and the band's website does not show any recent updates.

Antal Kovács (a.k.a. Gojma) was Romano Drom's vocalist. He was also a dancer and played spoons. He founded Romano Drom together with his son, guitarist ands singer Antal Kovács Jr. (a.k.a. Anti).

Romano Drom means "Gypsy road" in the Romani language. They follow the musical tradition of the Olah Gypsies from Valachia, traditionally horse traders and travelling salesmen. The group split from Ando Drom, another well known Hungarian Gypsy band. Their first album, Déta Dévla, was released in Hungary in 1999. Ando Foro (In the city) came out in November 2001 on the French Label Daqui and is distributed by Harmonia Mundi.

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