Ljova and the Kontraband EPK
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EPK for Ljova and the Kontrband
Ljova, viola and famiola
Inna Barmash, vocal
Patrick Farrell, accordion
Mike Savino, bass
Mathias Kunzli, percussion
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Ljova and the Kontraband -- Mnemosyne (It's autumn in the country I remember...)
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A tango-influenced setting of a hundred year-old poem by Trumbull Stickney, "Mnemosyne" is the title track of the debut CD recorded by Ljova and the Kontraband. "Mnemosyne" is the Greek name for the Goddess of memory.
This song features the Kontraband's vocalist, Inna Barmash, and a special guest, Frank London, on trumpet.
The footage for the video comes from Ilya Khrjanovsky's film "4", and is used by permission.
For more on Ljova and the Kontraband, visit http://www.Ljova.com
MNEMOSYNE
Trumbull Stickney (1874-1904)
Its autumn in the country I remember.
How warm a wind blew here about the ways!
And shadows on the hillside lay to slumber
During the long sun-sweetened summer-days.
Its cold abroad the country I remember.
The swallows veering skimmed the golden grain
At midday with a wing aslant and limber;
And yellow cattle browsed upon the plain.
Its empty down the country I remember.
I had a sister lovely in my sight:
Her hair was dark, her eyes were very sombre;
We sang together in the woods at night.
Its lonely in the country I remember.
The babble of our children fills my ears,
And on our hearth I stare the perished ember
To flames that show all starry thro my tears.
Its dark about the country I remember.
There are the mountains where I lived. The path
Is slushed with cattle-tracks and fallen timber,
The stumps are twisted by the tempests wrath.
But that I knew these places are my own,
I d ask how came such wretchedness to cumber
The earth, and I to people it alone.
It rains across the country I remember.
Ljova's Bagel on the Malecon - live from Joe's Pub!
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Ljova's signature tune, Bagel On the Malecon, live from Joe's Pub!
LJOVA AND THE KONTRABAND is: Lev 'Ljova' Zhurbin and special guest Sarah Darling (violas), Patrick Farrell (accordion), Mike Savino (bass) and Mathias Kunzli (percussion).
Middle Village
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Inna Barmash joins Ljova and the Kontraband for the world premiere of "Middle Village" - with new lyrics by Sarah Gancher, and music by Ljova (see http://Ljova.com ) LJOVA AND THE KONTRABAND is: Lev 'Ljova' Zhurbin and special guest Sarah Darling (violas), Patrick Farrell (accordion), Mike Savino (bass) and Mathias Kunzli (percussion).
Plume - Ljova and the Kontraband
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PLUME
Ljova and the Kontraband, live at Trinity Wall Street Church
New York City, May 2008
Ljova and the Kontraband is:
Ljova, viola
Patrick Farrell, accordion
Mike Savino, bass
Mathias Kunzli, percussion
www.Ljova.com
Ljova and the Kontraband - The Old Apartment - live at The Stone
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Ljova and the Kontraband in the premiere of Ljova's tune "The Old Apartment", live at The Stone in New York City, December 13 2008. Ljova (famiola), Patrick Farrell (accordion), Mike Savino (bass) and Mathias Kunzli (drums & percussion).
I Want To Love - Hochu Lyubit' - ???? ??????
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a famous Russian Gypsy standard, featuring Inna Barmash singing with Ljova & The Kontraband (Lev 'Ljova' Zhurbin, viola; Patrick Farrell, accordion; Mike Savino, bass; Mathias Kunzli, percussion) -- Live at Joe's Pub in New York City, January 5 2008.
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