Free Balkan Quintet

The international group Free Balkan Quintet plays arrangements of Balkan folk songs with accordion, banjo, double bass, drums and violin. Traditional Eastern European folklore is blended with modern jazz, rock and avant-garde influences to create energetic music. Arrangements by banjoist Tomáš Mika and Australian accordionist Kieren Alexander are performed by Milan Jakeš on violin, Ondřej Komárek on bass and Jaroslav Noga on drums.