Opa Rosa – The Jam Jar – November

Fiddle and accordion, double bass and clattering percussion are guaranteed to get feet moving and hands in the air. Eastern European grooves force knee-bends and fingers flickering in the air. A relentless, undulating rhythm seems to be searching for something to push it over the edge. And then Isis Wolf-Light raises her clarinet to theContinue reading “Opa Rosa – The Jam Jar – November”

Opa Rosa – The Jam Jar – September

How do you find the words to describe Opa Rosa? How can you capture this feeling with simple syllables? How can you convey the dip and sway, the swirl and twirl, the pulsing, heart racing, uproarious glory of clarinet and violin, of accordion and rhythm? How can anyone properly write about the collective, hands-in-the-air dizzyContinue reading “Opa Rosa – The Jam Jar – September”