2 of 3 — Such brass bands are the descendants of the military bands popular across the Ottoman empire in the 19th century — but with a style all their own. 3 of 3 — For roughly two decades, this ...

From wedding songs to American rock 'n' roll to the occasional James Bond theme, the joyous Balkan brass band plays at a pace that would make the... Fanfare Ciocarlia: Tiny Desk Concert Truth be told, ...

Although it comes off a bit like an infomercial, this 2002 documentary by Ralf Marschalleck about Fanfare Ciocarlia, a dazzling Gypsy brass band from a remote village in the Romanian province of ...

Formed in 1996, when a German producer visiting a small Romanian town convinced several talented locals to band together, Fanfare Ciocarlia (meaning “skylark brass band”) has since become the world’s ...

As soon as this oversized outfit of horns, winds and drums arrived on the main globalFEST stage, the audience knew exactly what to do: They began... If any band has figured out how to marry breakneck ...