Artist Info: Balval

Balval is a group of five musicans from Paris who were brought together by their passion for Eastern Europe gypsy music. Created in 2005 by the singer Awena Burgess, the group started as a trio and soon expanded to a quintet. The music of Balval ("the wind" in Rromanes, the gypsy language) takes us on a journey East and West, blending inspirations of Jazz, Latin, and Oriental music with traditional Roma songs and putting their own musical compositions to the words of contemporary Roma poets. [read more...]