A Few Nice Words From Our Critics
"Florid, frenzied, ostentatious... The musicianship is exhilarating, mixing the pinpoint precision of a symphony orchestra with a saloon air of unabashed abandon... Hitting all the emotional buttons at once, the Bulgars break through the other side of corn to posit klezmer as the wisest counsel on the planet."
- The Beat
"...Unashamed passion and melodrama, brash and brassy, intensely rhythmic, bold and bumptious... They took the Shetland Islands by storm."
"(∗∗∗∗) ...one of the most accomplished and pertinent Canadian groups..." - La Presse
"A combination of rootedness, compositional smarts and virtuosic performances [that] works beautifully."
- Sing Out Magazine
"La finale du concert donnair cette envie de tournoyer et de feter jusqu'au milieu de la nuit." - Le Soleil
"...a band that has taken klezmer and jazz and Yiddish art song and made it all matter..." - Klezmershack
"three dimensionally vivid" - The Globe and Mail
"...transcends the Klezmer genre." - Toronto Star
"...sophisticated, diverse and sweet..." - Eye Magazine
" (∗∗∗∗) ...there's a joy for life at the heart of this music...I feel like I should be celebrating something whenever I listen to it." - Vue Weekly
"...the most important Canadian group in Klezmer music.." - Le Soleil
"...The Bulgars soar under the big tent, holding a large crowd in thrall... - The Chronicle Herald
The Flying Bulgars have performed at so many places that a comprehensive list would take up more space than a promotional kit needs. These are a few highlights of the band's work over the last twenty years
International Joods Muziekfestival - Joods, Holland
World of Music, Art & Dance (WOMAD) - Toronto, Ontario
WOMAD - Morcombe, England
Askenaz…A Festival of New Yiddish Culture - Toronto, Ontario
Klezmermania - San Francisco, CA
Bath Fringe Festival - Bath, England
Portloaise Jazz Festival - Portlaoise, Ireland
Bradfor Festival - Bradford, Enland
Festival Spiegelzelt - Freiburg, Germany
Tollwood Festival - Munich, Germany
The Shetland Festival - Shetland Islands, Scotland
Mayfest - Glasgow, Scotland
Folk on the Rocks - Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
Vancouver Jazz Festival - Vancounver, British Columbia
Vancouver Folk Music Festival - Vancounver, British Columbia
Calgary Jazz Festival/Calgary Folk Festival - Calgary, Alberta
Victoria Jazz Festival - Victoria, British Columbia
Saskatoon Jazz Festival - Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Festival Mondial Folklore De Drummondville - Drummondville, Québec
Knitting Factory Klezmer Festival - New York, New York
DuMaurier Jazz Festival - Toronto, Ontario
Cultures Canada - Ottawa, Ontario
Lunenburg Folk Harbour Festival - Lunenburg, Nova Scotia
Festival By The Sea - St. John, New Brunswick
Big Squeeze Accordian Festival - Toronto, Ontario
Hiawatha Dance Festival - St. Agathe, Québec
Festival International De Jazz De Montréal - Montréal, Québec
Winnipeg Folk Festival - Winnipeg, Manitoba
Bell Atlantic Jazz Festival - New York, New York
Mon Pays, Mes Cultures - Montréal, Québec
Sunfest - London, Ontario
Chutzpah! - Vancouver, British Columbia