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Juana Ghani LIVE at The Witches Ball
© Eric Pemberton 2012






Pamela Offret LIVE with Juana Ghani at The End of the World
© Only In Ogden 2012







Juana Ghani LIVE at the Utah Arts Festival
© Tomas Petr 2012






Amina Live with Juana Ghani










Juana Ghani LIVE in Ogden

© Todd Cole 3am Photography and Design 2013

“The music is a savage, unrestricted mix of tradition, overlaid with rocking dynamism, suffused with unstoppable gypsy lust and dark desire, with an added touch of punk attitude. The soul of a wandering troubadour meets with a ‘take it or leave it’ approach built on the free-living nomadic essence that sets up home where the wheels stop turning. There are no boundaries and fewer restrictions, recognised or accepted. The intense feeling of musical freedom is so strong you could reach out and touch it. This album is as close to musical theatre as much as it is a sound recording, and it’s highly addictive. One listen tugs you into Juana Ghani's world of Eastern European inspired multi-influenced music and lyrics with a pull so strong you’re instantly living it.”  -- Tim Carroll, Folk Words (Jul 23, 2014)

“This is acoustic euro-gypsy-vodka-punk from the Rocky Mountains, infused with romantic fin-de-siècle decadence. It’s not literally faithful to any one specific musical tradition, but it sounds completely authentic nevertheless; She Lost Her Head contains nine original and two traditional songs, performed with total commitment and a real sense that the band is living the life its music represents. There is a distinctly central European vibe to the music, both in its insistent off-beat rhythms and in the deep joyful melancholy expressed by its modalities and its soulful delivery. This is music to share vodka (or absinthe) to, to dance to in a big, happy, drunken crowd, to sing along with while tears stream down your face, a soundtrack for the sunrise at the end of a long night of half-remembered revelry. Juana Ghani are a beautiful band, playing right from the heart with inspiring intensity; this is communal, inclusive, life and death music.”  -- Oliver Arditi, Oliver Arditi (Sep 25, 2014

“Juana Ghani seem to have a penchant for bringing to life a seedy, seductive back alley in Italy or Russia through their simultaneously languid and staccato music.”  -- LeAundra Jeffs, SLUG Magazine (Sep 03, 2014)

“Juana Ghiani was an experience that went far beyond the bandstand. They have a familial tribal vibe going on that makes a fun atmosphere long before the music starts to play. Once they get started, the music kicks into dance-time, with clean controlled rhythms and expressive singing. I’ve experienced these same Euro-Folk vibes in France, England, and Holland ... the inclusiveness and simple fun are impossible to beat”  -- Michael's Blog:Beat the Devil (Mar 30, 2014)  

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"Best of the Beehive 2012"  --  Salt Lake Magazine

"Shall We Live Forever, is a masterpiece of gypsy-influenced music"  --  Gavin Sheehan, City Weekly

"Its as if you’ve been transported to a entirely different space. Surrounded by hundreds of friends and family. Singing, dancing, whooping and hollering together. Almost as if you’re all off in a distant space around a bon fire, collectively. There is a strong sense of family and unity that can be found in the air. Which when breathed in gives all in attendance a sense of belonging. "  --  Ferret Rellim, thedrumoldsaw

"Wonderful, wonderful artistry!"  --  B Noel Barr, Lunch at the Barr (HotMix106.com)

"There is something of a contradiction between the artful poetry of the lyrics and the communal unity of the sound, but it is a contradiction that speaks a positive message to the listener. We modern, separated individuals, it says to us, can find that longed for sensation of belonging in the community of this music itself. At the same time there is a fundamental set of creative agreements that unify the verbal and aural significations of Budmo!: a sense of the wholeness of life that mourns and grieves in the same breath with which it draws the energy to dance. This is soulful, open, inviting, generous music, both spiritual and sensual, full of love, death, sex, grief, passion and vodka. Juana Ghani offer a glimpse of the community we could inhabit; and for a brief interval, they bring the opportunity to visit."  --  Oliver Arditi, independent music reviewer

Juana Ghani LIVE at The End of the World
© Only In Ogden 2012






Juana Ghani LIVE at EarthJam






Juana Ghani busking in Park City







Juana Ghani LIVE at The End of the World
© Only In Ogden 2012

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Juana Ghani LIVE at the Woodshed
© Tomas Petr 2012





Juana Ghani LIVE at Bar Deluxe
© Redrum Pikchures 2012

"Leading to conclude the night, gypsy band Juana Ghani transformed the audience from sitting down and watching to full participation through dancing and celebration. Equipped with belly dancers and an orchestra of instruments, the 13 performers brought a magical liveliness to their production by bringing carnival vibes to the festival. Filled with imagination and a creative outlook on their performance was a fantastic addition to the fest, and certainly added a jovial intoxication to the souls of all who were there."  --  Brinley Froelich, SLUG Magazine (Jul 19, 2012)

"Big Fun in a city short on that commodity."  --  Glen Warchol, Salt Lake Tribune

"Juana Ghani’s performances are celebrations — celebrations of the people they are, the cultures they love and the coming together of worldly people through worldly music."   --  Beth Clifford,
City Weekly

"The band plays Central and Eastern European-sounding gypsy music with persistent and catchy beats. Listening to the band for the first time is an experience few are likely to forget."  --  Q Salt Lake

"...semi- nightmarish fantasies of violence, revenge, desire and struggle."  --  Savannah Turk, City Weekly

"Having established a vibrant community of musicians, writers, dancers and other artists, local band Juana Ghani now has a brand-spanking-new CD of its distinct, gypsy-influenced sound so fans can appreciate the musical chops and lyrical complexities of Juana Ghani's members outside the sphere of their wild live shows"  --  Dan Nailen, Salt Lake Magazine / Dan Nailen's Lounge Act 

Central and Eastern European sounding gypsy music, that bounces along on a persistent, driving brass bass, with a bewildering cast of multifarious characters providing a dazzling array of instrumentation, voices and dance moves. The difficulty at a Juana Ghani gig will be to remember to come home again afterwards. Intoxicating and seductive music of the first order.”  --  Oliver Arditi, LiveUnsigned


"Wonderful gypsy folk!"  "I like to think of Juana Ghani as almost like a circus.  You know, they're touring around the country with their tigers and their clowns and people who can hula hoop really well." -- Frankie Ward,  Amazing Folk Roots Show

"Very lively and wonderful, clapping and dancing cannot be avoided upon listening"  --  Red Wound

"Taking our listeners into a dimension far from anything heard earlier in the mix, Juana Ghani’sAmari Szi Amari” speaks a musical language known by many and spoken by few.  There are elements of Eastern, Western and other worldly cultures included here, with a strong commitment to times of old … a very interesting find to bring our listeners!"  --  Brian Ball,
"The Plug" on Women's Radio


"... a veritable breath of fresh air!!"  --
Wily Bo Walker, Rattlin' Bone

"... forthright ..."  "This is quite special!"  --  Nick Tann Is This Thing On?


"exotic"  --  Frankie Ward, 
Amazing Folk Roots Show


"I Really think you captured some magic in Quiet & Cold. So good!!!"  -- Jesper Eriksson,
The Auto Dropouts
 
" True free spirit! Exccelent!"  --
Siempre

"They put on a hell of a show!" "...such an amazing show!"  --  Johnny Cat Farmer,
Utah Musicians radio



Pamela Offret LIVE with Juana Ghani at SpringFest






Juana Ghani LIVE at Utah PRIDE Festival
© Redrum Pikchures 2012






Amina and Michelle Sorenson LIVE with Juana Ghani at The State Room
© Rudy van Bree 2013
     
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