URGOB

If you'd like to explore the sound of Der Šenster Gob from the times when they were founded, come to a concert by Urgob. Missing this rougher, more straightforward sound, they revived this original line-up and still perform with it a few times a year.

Der Šenster Gob was founded in 2011 as a speed-klezmer trio of flute, accordion and double-bass. Those were the pioneer times of its busking tours around Europe, which finished when the flutist Jiří Bauer decided he'd rather brew beer than live on the road.

But after five years, they decided to remember the beginnings and tour and play with the old composition and repertoire again. But as Der Šenster Gob already means the four-membered Gypsy band, they settled for the name Urgob.

The band plays music from Eastern European cellar bars and village dance parties, songs from Hungary, Ukraine or Galicia from the beginning of 20th century, before swing was invented.