Artist Info: Brigante

Brigante the band is comprised of three players living in Austin Tejas, a region of the USA with similar history ("Napolean of the West", indeed). We perform traditional Italian folk music and a very Turkish-influenced Greek style of blues called Rebetico--which also has quite a unique history--not to mention an assortment of gypsy jazz songs from the likes of Django, as well eclectic surprises and fusions of traditional and original material.

Brigante is Italian slang for bandit, outlaw, rebel. [read more...]