About
Golonka is a band based in Adelaide, SA.
Golonka have played festival stages to thousands and quiet wedding receptions for a dozen, and you choose the balance between their gentle, emotional pieces and the wild dance numbers. The Adelaide band plays gypsy and Eastern European music with a soulful dance edge, as a four or five-piece: violin, clarinet, accordion, guitar, domra and double bass, with singing. Traditional tunes, their own songs and covers share the set, so Miserlou and Shostakovich's Waltz No. 2 sit near Adjo Jano, Bulgar Freilach and Bowler Hat Tango. Their third album is Cut out the Day, and the credits include a WOMAD appearance in 2013 and a 2016 tour of Japan. Sound can be a full system, a smaller rig for small rooms, or fully acoustic. They need shade in the heat, cover in the wet and power if amplified. Insured for public liability, they travel up to 50 km.
Insurance and paperwork
Listed by the act. Ask for current documents when you book.
Song list
54 songs
Zulya Waltz of Empiness
Miserlou
Belly of the Whale
Fairwell Summer
Strange Game
Shostakovich Waltz No 2
Newborn Lamb
Bowler Hat Tango
Tango Ballad
Traveller’s Song
Chim Chimmery
Bistro Fada
King Frog
Pussycat
Matase
Bovril
Adjo Jano
Ale Meyn Libe
Tzur Mishelo
Fairground
Dona
He’s a Clown
Pain of Love
Bulgar Freilach
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Jämtland
Majestic Dance
The Rain Horse
End Credits
Tears of Morning
Jalgan Ay
Di Saposhkelekh
Romano Horo
My Little Love
Ukranian Tune
Stinky Blue
Sweet Father
Dance of Delight
Blue Drag
Khassidishe Nigun
Clown’s Caravan
Fun Tashlach
Doubting Thomas
My Old Heart
Vogelmist
Cumbria Sobre El Mar
Astrakan Cafe
Flatbush Waltz
Il Fait Beau
Alabama
Grün Tag Waltz
Catifea
Araber Tantz
Naphtaly’s Freilach
Bon Frommage