Michelle Alany & The Mystics

Michelle Alany & The Mystics
www.michellealany.com

Violinist & vocalist Michelle Alany is a dynamic performer & internationally touring ambassador of world folk traditions, specializing in Sephardic, Mediterranean & Eastern music. Her captivating band, Michelle Alany & The Mystics, brings fresh interpretations of ancient melodies, hypnotic strings and wild improvisation with her energizing soulful music.

Journey through exotic lands with this fiddle-driven caravan of Klezmer, Balkan, Sephardic, Jazz Manouche & original soul music, spiced up with an southern fiddle twist.

Guest musicians:

-Andrew Alikanov on clarinet
-Kathy Fors on Accordion, www.facebook.com/trio.tsuica
-Michael Beach on percussion, Brothers of the Baladi, Arabesque
-Tom Goicoechea on drum set, omgoicoechea.com
-Albert McDonnell on upright bass
-Michael Shay on cello, www.michaelshay.com
-Spud Siegel on mandolin

Opening Act – Trio Tsuica
http://triotsuica.com

Eastern Europe / Balkan music

Band Members
Brent Geary, Violin;
Kathy Fors, Accordion;
Paul Beck, Cimbalom/ambal;
Peter Whitmore, Bass