Jon Braman found his ukulele in a garbage can and started rapping because he needed some serious music for serious times. Recently dubbed the "Father of ukulele-hip-hop," by the Washington Citypaper, Braman has forged a unique style that backs up socially-conscious rhymes and melodies with funky beats strummed on a baritone ukulele. He is often accompanied by his wife, Lisette, who sings like a mermaid, and will be joined at Mo's by Shockwave, NY beat-boxing phenomenon and member of the Freestyle Love Supreme.

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Jeff Perlman's Klezmer Jamboree features members of Romashka and the Klez Dispensers. They play Klezmer and Gypsy music from Russia, Romania, and beyond. Lithuanian-born singer Inna Barmash fronts a band of multifaceted American musicians. Based in New York, Romashka has been a driving force in the burgeoning New York gypsy and Balkan music scene, holding monthly dance parties at the infamous Mehanata (the Bulgarian Bar) and Maia Meyhane, and has also performed at the legendary Knitting Factory, the BAM Café, the Philadelphia Museum of Art and numerous outdoor festivals in the region

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