The three young men who gathered the today’s BELFAST FOOD (Sebastijan Mavric-fiddle, mandolin; Hrvoje Hodak - vocal, acoustic guitar, tin whistles and uilleann pipes; and Marko Anic - accordion, flute, acoustic guitar, vocal) started their work in 1992 (at the time they were called IMA TU NESHTO).
Mostly influenced by “THE CHIEFTAINS” and “THE DUBLINERS”, they also played the instrumental music of legendary folk groups The Bothy Band, Planxty, and De Dannan. This music is traditional dance music dating from the eighteenth century and is played fast and furious. In time they expanded the band (Erik Malnar - electric guitar, banjo, vocals; Alen Sirola - bass, mandolin; Bobo Grujicic - drums) and their horizons adding strong rock elements to the Irish sound.
The Irish roots thus changed they recorded on their live CD, which in a very short period proved to be a success. The CD was recorded on Easter eve, 30th March, 1997 in Rijeka. All in all, the special Irish atmosphere with the characteristic sounds is filled with the energy of rock and roll. Still the recognisable Irish sound is retained…
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Istra (Istria) has a centuries-old tradition of trade fairs which Istrian towns keep alive. Fairs are places where people trade, meet, communicate, have fun as always…
