Join Traki at the Park Grove Library as part of our series of Around the World in Books and Music. 

Led by master Bulgarian musician Nikolay Gueorguiev (gadulka/bowed folk-violin), the members of Traki have dedicated their lives to the study, practice and sharing of folk musical traditions and have created an educational package that is concise, packed with relevant core-curriculum and brimming with brilliant vocal stylings, vibrant strings and reeds, and scintillating rhythms.

The core ensemble includes top local musicians Natalie Nowytski (vocals), Jim Parker (tambura/Bulgarian folk lute) and Eric Ray (accordion), and often expands to include master Bulgarian musician Nikola “Kolyo” Nikolov (gaida/bagpipe) and Tim O’keefe (percussion).

A performance by Traki will spotlight unique characteristics of Bulgarian folk music (including odd-meter time signatures and non-Western modes and harmonies), placing those characteristics within appropriate cultural and historical contexts and offering examples of how folk music is interwoven into everyday life in Bulgaria.

This all ages event will be outdoors weather permitting and indoors in the meeting room if the weather does not cooperate. No registration required.

This program is funded with money from Minnesota’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.