Balkan Beat Box describes its sound as "globalized urban mash-ups," with brass bands, wedding organs and a rooster's crow all finding a place in their recordings. Although the three band members were ...

Imagine a klezmer band where the vocalists rap in English, chant in Arabic, and sing in Spanish and Serbian. That band is Balkan Beat Box, a group led by two Israelis — Ori Kaplan (saxophone) and ...

A fortunate by-product of the proliferation of folk music from around the world has been that a new generation of musicians has mastered playing traditional music in untraditional ways. New York City ...

It’s 3 p.m. on a foggy August day at San Francisco’s Outside Lands music festival, but inside the Heineken Dome it feels like an after-hours party. Ori Kaplan, a founding member of the contagiously ...

Former Das Racist member Heems has been having a killer year, playing increasingly large venues (like Coachella) as one half of Swet Shop Boys, appearing on Your Old Droog’s debut LP Packs, and more.

It was by accident and much good fortune that I made my way to Bonnaroo’s The Other Tent four years ago and caught the rousing set by Balkan Beat Box. Driven by an explosive mix of hip-hop and ...

Hip-hop — people think of it as a genre with the attention span of an ADD-afflicted teenager sipping a bottle of Mountain Dew. In a world where last summer’s hit can be considered old school, the ...

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From KCRW DJ Chuck P: This Mediterranean influenced group (that revolves around the trio of Tomer Yosef, Ori Kaplan & Tamir Muskat) have a unique sound… and story. First, the music. Including elements ...

Balkan Beat Box's highly anticipated new set, Blue Eyed Black Boy, is due out April 27 on Nat Geo Music. The album follows 2007's Nu Med. Blue Eyed Black Boy was recorded in Tel Aviv and Belgrade in ...

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