Label: Red Bean Records
Country: USA (Vermont connection)
Genre: World, Folk
Styles: Klezmer, Balkan, Eastern European Folk
Tracklist
Lebedik un Freylach
Borscht
The Street Tune / Tarras’ Sirba
Arbar Tantz
Metzukkia
Urajanski Čoček
Di Sapozhkelach
The Red Army Liberates North Winooski Ave
Shalom Aleichem
Miserlou / Dance of the 7 Monkeys
Be Always Drunken captures the raw, celebratory spirit of Eastern European folk music through a distinctly Vermont lens, blending klezmer fire, Balkan dance rhythms, and communal street-music energy into a vibrant, acoustic-driven recording. Closely aligned with Vermont’s late-1990s and early-2000s world-music revival documented by regional institutions such as the Big Heavy World digital archive, this album reflects a period when Burlington and Winooski were quietly becoming hubs for globally rooted, locally performed music. A joyful, rhythm-forward record ideal for fans of klezmer, Balkan brass, and community folk traditions, this is a title that feels both historically grounded and endlessly alive.
Label: Red Bean Records
Country: USA (Vermont connection)
Genre: World, Folk
Styles: Klezmer, Balkan, Eastern European Folk
Tracklist
Lebedik un Freylach
Borscht
The Street Tune / Tarras’ Sirba
Arbar Tantz
Metzukkia
Urajanski Čoček
Di Sapozhkelach
The Red Army Liberates North Winooski Ave
Shalom Aleichem
Miserlou / Dance of the 7 Monkeys
Be Always Drunken captures the raw, celebratory spirit of Eastern European folk music through a distinctly Vermont lens, blending klezmer fire, Balkan dance rhythms, and communal street-music energy into a vibrant, acoustic-driven recording. Closely aligned with Vermont’s late-1990s and early-2000s world-music revival documented by regional institutions such as the Big Heavy World digital archive, this album reflects a period when Burlington and Winooski were quietly becoming hubs for globally rooted, locally performed music. A joyful, rhythm-forward record ideal for fans of klezmer, Balkan brass, and community folk traditions, this is a title that feels both historically grounded and endlessly alive.
