Kaila is half of the duo, Teslim (with multi-instrumentalist, Gari Hegedus), who have collaborated with Ross Daly, Kelly Thoma and Miles Jay, Hamed Nikpay and Tobias Roberson.

From the panoramic "Lucid Dreaming" to the Slinky "Bride's Knot", Flexer's first two CD's showcase her love of Balkan and Brazilian music, bluegrass, klezmer and jazz - she gathers inspiration from the gardens of the traditional and vernacular to sow new and expansive musical landscapes.

This is a musical gold mine: so many fiddle traditions are seamlessly drawn into a series of mysterious songs, with humor leaking from many corners. These musical short stories fly all over the globe, often coming to rest in some indeterminate but vivid urban ethnic enclave. The uncannily entwined folk styles spin out each tale like a hummingbird's life, full of unexpected turns, asides, and sudden direct flight.
Darol Anger, violinist

Deadly serious musicianship leavened with a buoyant, wink-and-a-nod spirit, Next Village is a spicy, protein-rich repast of regional tastes combined into a plucky fusion cuisine that's anything but the flavor-of-the-month.
James Rotondi, musician/journalist

All songs by Kaila Flexer except the following:
Trapeze Secrets by Flexer and Jovino Santos Neto
Tune of Choice by Flexer and Mike Marshall

Musicians on these tracks:
Kaila Flexer, violin
Nikolai Prisakar - accordion
Joel Davel - marimba and percussion
Cindy Browne - double bass
Julian Smedley - violin, octave violin
Mike Marshall - mandolin
Matt Eakle - flutes and apple juice jug
Rob Ickes - dobro
Tom Miller - percussion
Aaron Johnston - drums and percussion
Brian Rice - percussion
Jovino Santos Neto - piano
Andy Narell - steel pan

1. Novo Cetvorno Tune Choice
2. Yossel
3. Bride's Knot Clothes Crisis
4. Gator Love
5. Lucid Dreaming
6. Full Moon Tango
7. Lisa's Lullaby
8. Preconceived Notions
9. Extrapolate Backwards
10. Squirrel Sits In
11. Shepherd's Dream
12. Feijoada
13. Mrs Van Loon's Afternoon Tea
14. January 27
15. Trapeze Secrets

Listen to: the entire album.

Release date: 04/13/2017
Kaila Flexer lives in California USA

Tagged as: World, Folk, Instrumental, Folk, Violin

1. Music of Fernando Sor by Daniel Estrem: colorful classical guitar
2. 'Twas in the Moon of Wintertime by Steve Eulberg: smile-inducing, toe-tapping folkgrass
3. Two Romantic Piano Trios by Women Composers by Streicher Trio: classical chamber music on period instruments
4. Dreaming by Emma Wallace: angst-free modern ragtime
5. Among the Lasses, songs of Robert Burns (1759-1796) by Susan Rode Morris: early music delivered with a voluptuous voice and intensely focused delivery
6. Beethoven Piano and Cello Works by Tanya Tomkins and Eric Zivian: Beethoven Piano and Cello Works
7. Arcadia by Fernwood: Music played by hand on instruments made of wood
8. Dry Fig Trees by Gerard Satamian: Exquisite original melodic pieces
9. Further Adventures in Monkeyland by Heifervescent: Shimmering indie guitar pop with orchestral moments
10. Dreaming and Dancing by Tom Bolton: contemporary folk
11. Canarios by James Edwards: baroque guitar music
12. Blue Ribbon - The Best of William Brooks by William Brooks: Entrancing and Ruggedly Individualistic, Earthy and Ethereal Songs
13. Social Creatures by William Brooks: Entrancing and Ruggedly Individualistic, Earthy and Ethereal Songs
14. Mews by Jasmine Brunch: a secret garden of lucid musical dreams
15. What We Whisper by Jeffrey Luck Lucas: darkly gorgeous, cinematic folk
16. The Garden by Toni Iniguez: classical guitar and Nature
17. A Christmas with Magnatune by Magnatune Compilation: the best music from Magnatune
18. Romantic Dinner Classical Compilation by Magnatune Compilation: the best music from Magnatune
19. L'Insulaire by Justin St-Pierre: Acoustic percusive guitar
20. Ancient Mosaic with Guitar by La Reverie: Recreating traditional music from a modern perspective

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