Search - Besh O Drom :: Can't Make Me

Exotic, Bold, Brassy Balkan Music

Erika Borsos | Gulf Coast of FL, USA | 02/01/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This free-spirited band will knock your socks off, and the reverberations, starting at your feet, just *could* knock a glass out of your hand ... every track on this CD is phenomenal, superb Balkan music. The entire CD is filled with traditional music from Bulgaria, Macedonia, Serbia, Romania (Moldavia), Greece, Lebanon, Egypt, and even Afghanistan. The title of the CD "nekemnem-mutogatol" in Hungarian can be translated literally as, "you can't show me anything", meaning "you can't make me" do it your way, that is, you can't make me follow the rules, play by the book, follow a set pattern ...



This band shows you just what an independent musical sound is, created by a tad rebellious, i.e. experimental, musicians who stretch their instruments to the max ... Track#1 gets you hooked, by the rhythm and melody, you are well onto your way to oblivion, no resistance to the improvisations and beat. It synchronizes with your spirit, via melodies and rhythms played on such instruments as, the alto sax, guitar, trombone, tenor sax, and unpronounceable traditional percussive instruments ...



#5 "Berezeto" is another favorite which starts with an entrancing wind instrument and later transports you with brass instruments - you savor each and every note, your feelings are slowly wound and captured entwined with each instrument. Listening to this CD is blissful, soulful experience. Besh o droM has shown they play extremely exciting, exalted, exotic music - just what I expect from the

Balkans! Erika Borsos [pepper flower]

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WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!

elcommanche | Seattle, WA United States | 08/26/2003

(5 out of 5 stars)

"These guys are insane!!!!!!! I can't say enough about this CD. If you are into balkan/gypsy stuff it doesn't get better than this. Just buy it. The musicianship is outrageous and it is infectiously fun. I can't remember the last time I was this blown away buy a band."

Couldn't turn it off!

Nils Davis | Palo Alto, CA USA | 03/13/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This is the most exciting music imaginable! I can't wait 'til they come to the States. Combination of the best in gypsy music -- meaning already highly rhythmic and danceable - with a rock-n-roll and hip-hop approach that kills."