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What Širom performs is a form of imaginary folk music. The quirky Slovenian band consists of three virtuoso multi-instrumentalists who play more than twelve instruments in total, ranging from homemade harps, a ukelele and banjo to the balafon, rebab, ghaychak and hurdy-gurdy. Širom clearly derives its material from an immense range of musical sources, but the musicians’ untrammelled imagination combines everything into a coherent whole. Raw vocals, a meditative drone and passages reminiscent of contemporary acoustic rock – you’ll find it all on Širom’s unique path.