Mahala Rai Banda Concert at Summerstage Central Park NY 2010

Making their US debut, the wild, twelvemember Roma band Mahala Rai Banda comprises the creme de la creme of musicians from the famed Clejani and Zece Prajini Romanian villages, home of Taraf de Haidouks and Fanfare Ciocarlia respectively. Combining power and finesse, groove and virtuosity, Mahala s music is sonically located where Balkan brass meets sizzling strings for uptempo, catchy melodies propelled along by funky brass riffs, accordion and cimbalom.