Many years ago, I had the unexpected and good fortune to see Ivan Milev in concert and to knock back a few drinks with him afterwards. He was touring with Yuri Yunakov at the time (soon to be the subject of a post himself) and Milev just blew the place’s mind. He could play fast (dizzingly fast), with soul, with style (he does this trick where the flips the accordion on his back) and was just a fine entertainer. He was going to play a show in Atlanta fairly recently, but it got cancelled and that was quite the disappointment. Anyway, enjoy some Milev for your weekend dance party…
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Tags: Bulgaria, Ivan Milev
Wow, he’s incredible!
He’s incredible for sure. I’ll have to dig around and try to find some other Bulgarian accordion ninjas for you.