{"id":31862,"date":"2015-06-15T01:36:32","date_gmt":"2015-06-15T08:36:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/?p=31862"},"modified":"2015-06-15T22:58:03","modified_gmt":"2015-06-16T05:58:03","slug":"balkan-bamachsan-new-middle-east","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/?p=31862","title":{"rendered":"Balkan BaMachsan  &#8211; New Middle East"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_31864\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31864\" style=\"width: 580px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/\u05e9\u05d5\u05e7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-31864 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/-e1434357209581.jpg\" alt=\"Balkan BaMachsan at the &quot;Shuk&quot; - outdoor market\" width=\"580\" height=\"435\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-31864\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Balkan BaMachsan at the &#8220;Shuk&#8221; &#8211; outdoor market<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Balkan BaMachsan Orkestra take a sunny approach to the conflict and turmoil of this region with their new single &#8211; some carefree travel, the beach, the shuk, a little flirtation, an oasis in the desert, and a deep yearning for a &#8220;New Middle East.&#8221; Something we&#8217;d all like to see&#8230;<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zUsXS-YF2w0?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If only we and all the other countries in this hot part of the world could dance all our troubles away! What&#8217;s certain is that Balkan BaMachsan&#8217;s juicy fusion of Balkan, Klezmer, Gypsy and Middle Eastern sounds make people want to get up and dance!<br \/>\nEnjoy the New Middle East, if only in song, and mark your calendars because this happening band will be launching their album at The Barby on August 8, 2015!<\/p>\n<p>So let&#8217;s dance our way to a new future &#8211; it&#8217;s worth a try!<\/p>\n<p>New Middle East: lyrics &#8211; Asher Cohen &amp; Nir Gaber; music &#8211; Asher Cohen; arrangement &#8211; Asher Cohen, Meir Amar; Asher Cohen &#8211; accordion, Nir Gaber &#8211; vocals, Nir Taieb &#8211; saxophone &amp; percussion; Gal Klein &#8211; clarinet; Omer Gabay &#8211; trumpet; Barak Hener &#8211; trumpet; Tal Ben Rei &#8211; baritone; Noam Nehemia &#8211; tuba; Tal Kochavi &#8211; drums; Moshe Gershuka &#8211; darbuka &amp; percussion.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_31865\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31865\" style=\"width: 580px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/cover.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-31865 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/cover-e1434357252824.jpg\" alt=\"cover\" width=\"580\" height=\"496\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-31865\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Balkan BaMachsan &#8211; New Middle East\/Image credit: Ido Bar Zakay<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Links: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BalkanBaMachsan\/timeline\" target=\"_blank\">Balkan BaMachsan page<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Balkan BaMachsan Orkestra take a sunny approach to the conflict and turmoil of this region with their new single &#8211; some carefree travel, the beach, the shuk, a little flirtation, an oasis in the desert, and a deep yearning for a &#8220;New Middle East.&#8221; Something we&#8217;d all like to see&#8230; &nbsp; If only we and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31862","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=31862"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31862\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=31862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=31862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}