Calliope Collaborations:

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Üsztürü
with Eastern Watershed
Saturday, July 10
8:00pm
$10 (advance) / $12 (door)
Thunderbird Cafe
(4023 Butler St., Lawrenceville)

An "üsztürü" is a particular type of forked branch pitched in the fields of Eastern Transylvania to support the drying of crops and haystacks. Üsztürü was founded in May 1992 in Kolozsvár, Hungary. Despite the declining numbers of folklore musicians and dancers by the end of the twentieth century, Transylvania has retained its traditions. This group is especially interested in music played on string instruments, developing personal ties with gypsy musicians. Roving the villages, the work of collecting turns into study-programs for which they have had excellent masters, frequently meeting living embodiments of Transylvanian folklore.

Tickets are on sale at: Paul's CDs, Caliban Books, Dave's Music Mine, The Exchange Squirrel Hill, The Exchange Downtown Smithfield, Acoustic Music Works, The Thunderbird Cafe, and at http://www.showclix.com/event/9616

This show is a collaboration with Fluffy Gravy Foundation and Thunderbird Cafe.