Super Rats play rough-edged traditional music from the backstreets of Bucharest and the forgotten villages of Romania. At the heart of the band is a rare and wonderful instrument: the cimbalom. Imagine it as honkytonk piano meets xylophone on the shores of the Black Sea. Add in vocals both world-weary and raucous, plaintive violin, pumping accordion and punchy double bass: the result is an authentic feast for curious ears. 

Join us for this SPECIAL FUN-SIZED edition where we swap out the giant cimbalom for its midget backwoods cousin. Same multi-stringed fun with an even more rambunctious tone! Aural moonshine that makes banjos cringe for their highbrow airs. We’ll explore some alternative deep rural repertoire, particularly from Teleorman county, the ‘crazy forest’ of legend, full of brigands and plum brandy.