Steve Gibons' Gypsy Rhythm Project & Bulbul Ensemble make their Mayne Stage debut with a night of cross-cultural music led by violinist Steve Gibons. Gibons is a jazz and ethno violinist inspired by Balkan and Oriental music that Chicago Reader described as bringing the “...improvisational sophistication of jazz to Romanian and Bulgarian Gypsy music without smoothing out its ragged edges.” Gibons has a wide breadth of experience performing ethnic music , including Flamenco-fusion (Las Guitarras de España), Klezmer music (Chicago Klezmer Ensemble, Jazmer), Gypsy Jazz (Alfonso Ponticelli and Swing Gitan) Afro-Cuban jazz (Victor Parra and the Mambo Express) and classical Middle Eastern music (The Chicago Classical Oriental Ensemble).

By purchasing a ticket you will receive a free 7-track download from the CD “Beat Nomad”, from Steve Gibons Gypsy Rhythm Project. ”