Flying Balalaika Brothers (live, Austin TX)

[LearnedHand]

[OAITW r.2.0]

1. Whoa....nice music.

Can't quite pin it down as to who, where, or when. I know what is.

[LearnedHand]

2. They are based in TX but at least one band member is Eastern European

From the Ukraine maybe? They play lots of “Gypsy festivals”

https://flyingbalalaikabrothers.com/home

[OAITW r.2.0]

3. Eclectic!

That....Bass? was different.

[DFW]

5. Depends on what you call different

I played one of those throughout my entire college career. Made by Fabrika Lunacharskaya in what was then Leningrad, though the bass player here was playing it as if it were a western bass. Russians use a completely different technique.

[sprinkleeninow]

4. Nice tune for dancing the Kalamatianos to! Opa!