Jodi Hewat

Styles: Balkan / Eastern European

Voice

Jodi Hewat performs frequently with the Zagnut Cirkus Orkestar, as well as with such New York Balkan groups as Zlatne Uste Brass Band, Slavic Soul Party!, and Sukunet. Over the past 10 years she has made many trips to southeastern Europe and has studied vocal technique with Albanian superstar Merita Halili, Bulgarian Radio Choir luminaries Kremena Stancheva and Tzvetanka Varimezova, and with 'Queen of the Gypsies' diva Esma Redzepova. Currently, she leads Asuli, a women's a capella ensemble specializing in polyphonic music from the Republic of Georgia.