Ryan Francesconi: Bulgarian Tambura, Bouzouki, Guitar, Kaval Dan Cantrell: Accordion, Vocals Tobias Roberson: Percussion Lila Sklar: Violin
with:
Lily Storm: Vocals
Peter Jaques: Clarinet
Patrick Cress: Sax
Eric Perney, Bill Lanphier, Tim Frick: Bass
Influences
Bulgaria, Greece, Romania, Turkey, Albania, Miroslav Tadic, Georgi Petrov, Nikolay Kolev, Nedyalko Nedyalkov, Christos Govetas, Ruth Hunter, Rumen Shopov, Stian Carstensen, Lyubo Vladimirov, Beth Cohen, and many many more...
Sounds Like
Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey, Romania, Albania, John Zorn, Farmers Market, Ivo Papasov, Odd Shaped Case
First formed in 1997 by Ryan Francesconi, Dan Cantrell and Jerry Summers, The Toids (San Francisco) have been creating a blend of the folk musics of Eastern Europe
while maintaining a sensibility with roots in new music, jazz, songwriting, and improvisation. The result is a rich tapestry of idioms that while at times seem familiar, the end result is both hardhitting and heart touching. Presenting new music with a finger on the pulse of traditional Balkan folk music, the Toids give a performance both rousing and introspective, danceable and serene. Featuring Ryan Francesconi, Dan Cantrell, Tobias Roberson and Lila Sklar, their 2006 release, "Unblocked Ears" is now available on Odd Shaped Case.
Greetings, I have your CD "Unblocked ears" and I listen to it while painting -I love it all but especially like Tsiftetelli for the beat and Ring out for the tenderness. Best Wishes, Terri:)
Dear Toids I am happy to connect, if even in this limited online way. I have enjoyed you stuff for a while (along with the rest of the oddly shaped cases crew). Hope to come see you live. Thanks for the add. XXO Go Van Gogh
Happy New Year and much love and blessings from Caracas =) You are wonderful musicians! I dance to it almost everyday xD I wish you all the best and keep enojying and creating beautiful sounds =)
