The anything goes, eclectic mentality of the musical melting pot of Brooklyn, NY is the perfect setting for trumpeter and composer Ben Syversen’s first album as a leader, Cracked Vessel. Making the ...

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One of our snappier local Balkan brass bands, Raya consists of Greg Squared (clarinet and saxophone), Ben Syversen (trumpet), Matthew Fass (accordion), Don Godwin (tuba), and EJ Fry (tupan drum). They ...

The Raya Brass Band of Brooklyn (Don Godwin on drums, Greg Squared on sax, Ben Syversen on trumpet and Matthew Fuss on accordion) perform Balkan music at Time & Space Limited's Big Barn Barbecue at ...