Earthling Reader!

We interrupt this post-tour Orchestrotica debrief to bring you an urgent broadcast from Wolgastar I, now in orbit in the Sol system. The tour was great; but it's not every week there is an ALIEN BAND IN MAINE.

The Wolgastarians are back. And this time, they're doing a workshop in addition to joining with the bodies of 3 orchestrotica members to present their intergalactic balkan surf jazz in Portland, ME.

Live @ Mayo Arts - Fri, Feb 7, 2025

10 Mayo St
Portland, ME 04101 (Map)

Workshop @ 3–3:45pm ET

Uneven Waves: The Balkan Surf Jazz Sound​
​MSA will welcome Czarna Wolgastar to present an incredibly unique workshop that they call “Uneven Waves: The Balkan Surf Sound." With a low floor and high ceiling, the workshop will appeal to children over 10, as well as adults who have an interest in surf and musical fusion. During the workshop, Balkan music meets American jazz. Participants will go behind the rhythmic scenes with the alien and human members of Czarna Wolgastar to learn how they combine it all.​
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Concert @ 7pm ET

Czarna Wolgastar is an intergalactic balkan surf jazz trio. Whenever the space ship Wolgastar 1 returns to Earth, three non-corporeal Wolgastarian entities embody three members of Mr. Ho's Orchestrotica's quintet: Tev Stevig (guitar), Michael Harrist (bass), and Brian O'Neill (drums). Together, the trio – or sextet, depending on how you think of it – release a strange, other-worldly cocktail of Balkan beats and Milky-Way mischief crossed with the American songbook, Hollywood film soundtracks, and more.

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