Without a doubt our most popular recording thus far, "Oso Varoun ta Sidera" (As Heavy as Iron) - recorded live at Calgary's Engineered Air theatre on December 17, 2006 - has just topped 10,000 views on YouTube. The piece features violin solos by Brigitte Dajczer and vocals by Allen Baekeland, both of which seem to pull the heart strings of many, many people.
We'd like to thank everyone who viewed the video, especially those who can't get enough and watch it again and again!
We have also made an mp3 of the live recording freely available on our audio page (scroll down to the bottom), so those who love this piece can put it on their music player on heavy rotation (pun fully intended).
Sunday, March 30, 2008
Friday, February 15, 2008
Pegasus 25th Anniversary
Pegasus, where we have performed on Wednesday nights for the past six years, is celebrating its 25th anniversary on March 2. Of course, we'll be part of the fun.
PEGASUS 25TH ANNIVERSARY - MARCH 2, 2008
Sunday, March 2nd, PARTY!!!
Tickets are $50 with all proceeds going to
Woods Home Exit Outreach Program
16th Avenue & Centre Street NE
Appetizers, Wine, Beer & Live Music
Free Gift (while quantities last)
RESERVE SOON!!! 229-1231
There are a limited number of
Tickets & Gifts available
From Wood's Homes:
"Wood’s Homes’ EXIT Youth Shelter is a refuge for at-risk and homeless youth that provides food, safety, a warm bed and counselling, to offer understanding and guidance. It is here that young people are able to reconnect with society by focusing on their strengths, relationships and opportunities. Wood’s Homes, which has been helping children and families since 1914, is most pleased to count Pegasus Restaurant as one of its community supporters and is thrilled to be able to take advantage of this generous opportunity. At Wood’s Homes: We Never Say No, Never Give Up, and Never Turn Anyone Away."
For the Month of March we will offer a "Pegasus Anniversary Dinner" for $25.00 per person. This will include appetizers, salad, main course and a dessert.
Friday, December 7, 2007
Thursday, August 30, 2007
BC Tour Report
Jonathan D. Lewis writes:
Well... or should I say Wells?
The Cave of Markos V 2007 Tour of Interior BC has come to a close. More Greek food consumed in 5 days than most people would eat in an entire year!
Lorenzo's Cafe, Ashton Creek: Lots of dancing women (and a few lucky guys). A great gig to get us warmed up.
Theos, Penticton: A 300-seat, yet still intimate, restaurant with a most gracious host, Nikos Theodosakis and family. Fantastic food, great company, and free-flowing Metaxa.
On the following morning, struggling through the haze of the previous evening's Metaxa, we were back at the restaurant. In the beautiful atrium, Nikos, also a director/filmmaker, shot a video for us. Watch for it in the upcoming months. I, for one, can hardly wait to see it! Another beautiful lunchtime meal, and then we were back on the road again.
Minos Restaurant, Kamloops: Realizing that in the very tight quarters of this cozy restaurant amplification wasn't going to work, we went acoustic. As we roamed through the restaurant, George, the owner, followed us, dancing, singing along, and ensuring a raucously fun time for all. Again, we were more than amply fed.
Sunset Theatre, Wells: Last, and certainly not least, we performed in this beautiful, historic theatre which is being lovingly restored by Karen and Dave Jeffery. Gorgeous acoustics, requiring only just a slight touch of amplification made this a very magical night. Eventually, we left the stage, speakers, and mics, and joined our audience. There was some great dancing... and I will confess to having danced my first zembekiko.
Well... or should I say Wells?
The Cave of Markos V 2007 Tour of Interior BC has come to a close. More Greek food consumed in 5 days than most people would eat in an entire year!
Lorenzo's Cafe, Ashton Creek: Lots of dancing women (and a few lucky guys). A great gig to get us warmed up.
Theos, Penticton: A 300-seat, yet still intimate, restaurant with a most gracious host, Nikos Theodosakis and family. Fantastic food, great company, and free-flowing Metaxa.
On the following morning, struggling through the haze of the previous evening's Metaxa, we were back at the restaurant. In the beautiful atrium, Nikos, also a director/filmmaker, shot a video for us. Watch for it in the upcoming months. I, for one, can hardly wait to see it! Another beautiful lunchtime meal, and then we were back on the road again.
Minos Restaurant, Kamloops: Realizing that in the very tight quarters of this cozy restaurant amplification wasn't going to work, we went acoustic. As we roamed through the restaurant, George, the owner, followed us, dancing, singing along, and ensuring a raucously fun time for all. Again, we were more than amply fed.
Sunset Theatre, Wells: Last, and certainly not least, we performed in this beautiful, historic theatre which is being lovingly restored by Karen and Dave Jeffery. Gorgeous acoustics, requiring only just a slight touch of amplification made this a very magical night. Eventually, we left the stage, speakers, and mics, and joined our audience. There was some great dancing... and I will confess to having danced my first zembekiko.
Sunday, August 19, 2007
August Update
The Hipsters are taking a break from Pegasus August 15-29. We'll be back on September 5.
There are only five(!) copies of our first CD, Architects of Narghile, left for sale, in the world. Contact us if you want to buy one. We won't be reprinting it in yer standard CD format again, so act fast.
We'll be doing a short interior BC tour, though: Lorenzo's in Enderby, BC August 23. Theo's restaurant in Penticton, BC August 24. Minos restaurant in Kamloops, BC August 25.
The Bear's Paw Cafe and Sunset Theatre in Wells, BC August 26.
I haven't written anything about the Calgary Folk Festival yet - our concert was a litle disappointing; sabotaged by the stage crew we only got to play 30 minutes out of our scheduled 45. But the workshops, Vre Manga! Here's a nice review by an audience member of Brave New World, which was an enormous, sprawling jam with the Tuvan throat singers Chirgilchin and the Afghani-Canadian qawwali band Mushfiq Ensemble - http://www.calgaryfolkfest.com/users/news_view.asp?FolderID=2860&NewsID=130. The other show was with our good friend Geoff Berner and Montreal's Lubo Alexandrov (whose accordionist, Emil, knew all our songs and became a fast friend). Here's a note from someone who saw that show: http://nix-this.livejournal.com/49882.html . Many thanks to Kerry for inviting us back to this wonderful, utopic festival.
Saturday, July 21, 2007
Our Calgary Folk Festival schedule
For those of you attending next weekend's Calgary Folk Music Festival, here's where you can catch the Rembetika Hipsters:
Sat 10:30 – 11:35 am Field Law stage 3 ‘Love, Lust, Liquor and Knives”
aka "The Balkan Band workshop". We host this workshop, with our pal, Vancouver's Geoff Berner and Montreal's Lubo Alexandrov and Kaba Horo. Another alternate title: One Degree of Brigitte Dajczer.
Sat 2:50 – 3:50 pm Broken City Stage 6 “Brave Old World”
A world music session also featuring Mushfiq Ensemble (Afghanistan) and Chirgilchin (Tuvan throat singers).
This should be awesome.
Sun 11:20 am – noon Sunterra Stage 5 Our concert.
See you there!
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
Some views from the North Country Fair
The weekend of June 22-24 saw us playing the North Country Fair. This year's fair seemed a bit smaller than in the past, albeit it was at a new location in Driftpile, Alberta. It was a fairly wet weekend but our spirits were not dampened one bit. Allen Baekeland put on an impressive yodelin' and pluckin' performance in his workshop "Twist of the knife".
The band played two Tribal Fusion belly-dance workshops; one at noon in the pouring rain, featuring "monsoon style" costumes such as rubber hip-waders, and a much sunnier one later in the day, hosted by Ben with guests Paul and Dave from Edmonton. Special thanks to Nancy, Paul and Dave from Vibe Tribe http://www.vibe-tribe.ca/We had a great crowd at our mainstage performance, lots of dancing including a gorgeous sword dance by Nancy. One lucky little girl went home with free copies of both our CDs, just for being at the right place at the right time ;-).
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