Cherry Bandora

Cherry Bandora is an Oriental Jewish princess, born in the land of milk and honey. Her Babylonian roots gave her the gift of singing in every language as if it were her own. This urban underground belly dancer found her golden band playing the squares and markets of Berlin, reviving '50s and '60s Mediterranean classics with surf rock influences. While some of the songs are about drinking, hashish-smoking, or simply about living the life of an outlaw, most of them tell the universal story of the desperate love of the broken-hearted, sung in poetic Greek, rhythmical Turkish, and Hebrew slang. The fresh combination of the Greek blues guitar, the bouzouki, with the psychedelic Hammond organ, accompanied by lively Middle Eastern grooves on drums, creates an exciting clash of tradition and rebellious attitude. On top of this, the bitter-sweet voice of Cherry flies like an ornamented arrow that pierces through every beating heart in the crowd.