Led by Israeli composer/performer Guy Mendilow, this spirited quintet breaks down musical boundaries with an inventive blend of Israeli and Sephardi with Bahian street beats and Blues. Mendilow is no dilettante, writes the Boston Phoenix, in which the group was voted Bostons Best World Music Act. He learned the music of these countries by living and working there — so when he sings he knows what hes talking about.

Performing in Hebrew, Arabic, Ladino, Portuguese and English, the band skillfully fuses tradition with a contemporary sound. Alongside lush vocal harmonies, woodwinds and strings, the five members of the Guy Mendilow Band create intricate textures with berimbaus, percussion, trancy jaw harps, and Mendilows award-winning overtone singing.