Named for a river in Bulgaria, Maritza is a band with the tagline ““Balkan Boogie, Romany Romp & Klezmer Kut-ups ™”. Their music is shaped by their love of Eastern European music and folk dance, with a repertoire that includes evocatively beautiful melodies forged in the passionate history of Europe and Russia, lively Jewish wedding dance horas and frailachs, Gypsy (Romany) music, and twisting rhythmic line dance tunes from Bulgaria, Romania, Macedonia and Greece. The performed some live music at WPR’s Buck studio, and talking with Stephanie Elkins on Simply Folk.
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