Ronald Long / Orkestar RTW

Accordion player Ronald Long is a founding member of Orkestar RTW, a five-piece band based in Seattle, Washington that started in 1987 as the house band for the Radost Folk Ensemble.  Named in the tradition of post-World War II Balkan radio and television house bands (such as Orkestar Radio-Televizije Beograd), Orkestar RTW (Radio-Televizije Washington) plays the music of those bands, primarily traditional dance and folk music from the countries of Bulgaria, Macedonia, and Serbia.

Watch: Orkestar RTW live at Jack Straw

Artist Support Program 2017: Record and produce a CD presenting the music of Orkestar RTW.

Sound Clips
  • Orkestar RTW CD cover
    Orkestar RTW - Moi Dilbere
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