Bratko Bibic & The Madleys

Slovenian accordionist Bratko Bibič was a key member of Begnagrad, a pioneering group that melded Eastern European folk music with avant-prog during the '70s and '80s, before he joined Swiss multi-instrumentalist Momo Rossel's transatlantic Rock in Opposition-flavored Nimal in the late '80s and Slovenian/American Guy Klucevsek's international Accordion Tribe in the '90s. In contrast to these collaborative outfits, Bibič also stepped out as the leader of his own band, the Madleys, initially formed as a trio comprising Bibič, Begnagrad clarinetist/saxophonist Bogo Pečnikar, and ...