Janam is thrilled to return to The Back Room! Janam ("My Soul") unites some of the Bay Area's most playful and imaginative devotees of southern Balkan and American roots music, weaving these diverse traditions with their original compositions. Janam has been sharing their music in intimate concert settings and ebullient dance parties up and down the west coast for almost 2 decades. The group’s bittersweet modes, driving tunes, and sultry ballads invoke the nightingales and dark eyes, the hot love and cold hollows of Europe and America’s most musical mountains.
This evening's concert will benefit Community Kitchens, a wonderful Oakland non-profit whose mission is "to bring together our whole community to harness the power of food to change lives, uplift communities and protect our environment." We are on board with that mission and happy to give back to our community. We hope you can join us for this special evening!