World Music: Di Grine Kuzine, "Berlin"
(Germany) The result of a song competition to find a song that extolled the multicultural face of modern Berlin, this video is a little bit Cabaret, a little bit klezmer and a whole lot of fun. Alexandra Dmitroff, a second generation Bulgarian who fronts the band wrote the song, and the reward was their very own video. With a little help from a girlfriend choreographer, they developed the visuals, but it's the charm of the song itself that carries it. The band's sound is a combination of Balkan, Jewish and Germanic influences. In case you are wondering, "Di Grine Kuzine" is a slang expression; it's what established Jews might call a newly arrived relative.
(Germany) The result of a song competition to find a song that extolled the multicultural face of modern Berlin, this video is a little bit Cabaret, a little bit klezmer and a whole lot of fun. Alexandra Dmitroff, a second generation Bulgarian who fronts the band wrote the song, and the reward was their very own video. With a little help from a girlfriend choreographer, they developed the visuals, but it's the charm of the song itself that carries it. The band's sound is a combination of Balkan, Jewish and Germanic influences. In case you are wondering, "Di Grine Kuzine" is a slang expression; it's what established Jews might call a newly arrived relative.
