Thursday 23 Apr 2009

20.00, The Horseshoe, 24 Clerkenwell Close, London EC1R 0AG; Tel. 020 7253 6068

Palinka was formed in London after the band members studied music in various villages of Romania and Hungary. Maria Zempleni on violin, Katalin Tamas on viola, Melinda McCarthy on double bass, and Krisztina Cseresnyes, an award winning singer from the region, are brought together by their shared passion: Hungarian, Romanian and Gypsy music from the remote villages of Transylvania.

Palinka, incidentally, is the most famous spirit drunk in Transylvania and the band spent most of July in Transylvania and Hungary to learn amazing new songs to bring back to you in London.

Details on www.palinka.co.uk