Portland: Trio Tsuica and Gin & Pontic at Podkrepa (Oct. 25)

[Dina Trageser]

October 25, Saturday

7:00 PM, Potluck

$20 Suggested donation

2116 North Killingsworth St,

Portland, OR 97217

Trio Tsuica

Portland's only four-member trio, with music from Romania, Hungary, and nearby countries.

Tsuica in its English-friendly spelling, is Romanian brandy made from plums.Trio Tsuica brings you a fiery distillation of music from eastern and central Europe, played on violin, accordion, bass and cimbalom.

Brent Geary - violin

Kathy Fors - accordion

Paul Beck - cimbalom

Peter Whitmore - electric bass

Gin & Pontic

The remote northeastern coast of Turkey is bordered by the steep Pontos Mountains and the Black Sea. Here Greek-speaking people lived for many centuries and created a special type of dance music often played on the bowed kemence with the rhythms of the daouli (tupan drum.) Brent & Maria have been part of Portland's Balkan music scene for many years before traveling to Greece & learning Pontic music. We hope you enjoy it.

Brent Geary - kemence
Maria Noel - daouli