Exploring the music of Rumelia is akin to taking a melodic tour from Greece to Turkey, Hungary to the Ukraine, and all points in between and around the Balkans.
With some 200 songs in its repertoire, this all-woman band (Deborah Ungar, Alysha Shaw, Nicolle Jensen and Sitara Schauer) has been serenading Santa Feans in both sit-down and folk dance concerts since 2010.
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Rumelia, which calls itself a contemporary Balkan folk group, consists of, from left, Sitara Schauer, Deborah Ungar, Nicolle Jensen and Alysha Shaw.