Gabry introduced me to this wonderful band from Portland, Oregon. How's that for interculturalism!
The band is Pink Martini and they are currently a twelve-piece group that capture in their rich sounds a seamless combination of original and cover songs with the magic of 1940s-50s musicals, the swank of the 1960s, and the multiculturalism of the contemporary era. They are a fabulous combination of passionate, lounge-y, majestic, and playful. AND they will be playing with the SF Symphony on 6-7 July! (And the tickets are only about $20!)
Their latest album has songs in English as well as in Japanese, French, Portuguese, Arabic... it's eclectic in its sources, but it is coherent and enjoyable as an album.
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