The story
Municipale Balcanica was founded on 2003 by Nico Marziale, Paolo Scagliola and Raffaele Piccolomini, the band became also a no profit association, with the purpose to improve the knowledge of Eastern European music, since 2004 with the founders that got the leading roles of president, vice and artistic consultant.
On 2004 MB released its first DEMO “Con-tradizione” that soon got sold out. The success of “CON-tradizione” allowed the band to start a massive live activity. After this experience, on 2005, MB records its debut album “Fòua”, that was recognized by the audience and the press as a profound synthesis between the world music and the radical, typical sound of their homeland, in the Southern Italy.
“Fòua” got famous even abroad thanks to the absolutely original and unconventional editions of traditional yiddish: “Folk World” magazine described MB's version of "Hava Nagila" as "the best in a thousand versions recorded in last thirty years".
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