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"Vita was incredible I can't recommend highly enough she went above all expectations to make the perfect atmosphere for my proposal. Both myself and Charlotte will be forever grateful for the beautiful performance Vita put on for us both. Thank you Vita x"

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"Excellent musician! Play with heart. Lovely sound and repertoire. Recommend."

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"WOW,WOW, WOW what a fantastic wedding band you are, i didn't want to come of the dance floor. We loved you so much are hoping to plan a party and book you again !"

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"Wow! The Groove Ambassadors are just exceptional in every way (including vocals, instrumentals and professionalism). The band played at our wedding recently and they went above and beyond to ensure the dance floor was constantly full, and fun, and that the guests were fully engaged. We had the three piece plan an acoustic set during cocktails/canapes and the eight piece during the evening reception. In both settings they really brought such presence and energy, setting the correct tone in each environment. I can honestly say that choosing The London Soul Band to play at our wedding was one of the best decisions we made and I take it as a great compliment that we already have guests enquiring about the band's details to play at their own events! Extremely grateful for everything the band did, both on the day, in communications leading up to the day and in follow-up conversations afterwards. 10/10 from start to finish - thank you, the best! :D"

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"‘We just wanted to say thank you so much for playing at our chuppah. The aisle song was absolutely beautiful and made our ceremony so special. As I'm sure you saw everyone loved the simcha set. It really gave the simcha a good energy and everyone loved it! Gabby & Dave’"

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"One of the hidden treasures of London is the range of talent that exists on the folk and acoustic scene that rarely get the acclaim they deserve. Three London based bands that excel at performing Eastern European/Balkan Music are Szapora, Mukka and Beskydy, each of whom are worth looking out for. Nine strong Beskydy perform songs and tunes from across Eastern Europe and beyond, in fact looking at the sources on their cd listing is almost like a tour around that part of Europe, from Macedonia to Hungary via Galicia and Bulgaria and taking a detour through Slovakia. The bands name itself comes from the range of mountains that run through the centre of former Czechoslovakia which according to the band has heavily influenced their musical choices whilst they turn their hand to music from a range of sources (excellantly). The first track is a Macedonian song, Jovano, Jovanke (click here to hear the song) and the range of Joanna Fosters vocal skills are further displayed in the three Slovakian songs that make up track 4, from the slow Janosik to the more up beat cheery Anicka Dusicka and A Ja Taka Dzivocka although Foster and the band manage to intertwine the tunes with sufficient skill so the songs merge as one. Again Track 9 is a duet with Accordian player, Peter Murphy, joining Foster on the Macedonian song Iz Dolu, along with some damned fine fiddling. The range of Beskydys musical skills are illustrated well by the instrumental tracks ranging from the delightful Slovakian Waltzes (Track 5) to the slightly more manic Tropanka from Bulgaria (track 10) and onto the ordered upbeat and furious synthesis between sax, fiddle and accordian that is Tantz, Tantz Yiddelekh (a wonderful Galician Jewish tune), yet again garunteed to result in limb movement, a delightful fusion of fiddles and saxaphone, furiously creating a wonderful atmosphere one that demands a physical response. One very minor complaint is the sleeve of the CD, it would be nice (or do I just lead a very shallow empty life) to have some information/lyrics or even translations of the songs, something about the origins of the tracks. That said its more than possible for bands with large bank accounts to produce nice extensive sleeves but not so easy for bands whose talents lie in their music rather than some slick marketing agencies. It would be impossible to identify one part of this cd that could be said to stand out more than the rest. The band have produced an album that is thoroughly enjoyable from start to finish - the question that comes to the fore when listening to this is when is the follow up going to be available?"

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"Thank you for the first class entertainment. The set for the chuppa was perfect and the evening entertainment, especially the hora, was so much fun!"

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"Hi, Just a quick line to say you were fabulous and created such a fine atmosphere. Many many thanks. Best, Matthew Dugdale"

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"You Rocked the Hyde Park part for the Royal Wedding!"

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"Exceptional"

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"On the business and organising side, I have to say that MIB offer tremendous value for money, backed by the highest levels of professionalism and heaps of clear and concise communication. It was great to run an event where such a key element was not on the worry list. The guys were so up for it and on top of their game that several people asked if it was ‘our usual band’, thinking that we must have worked together before! "

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"The band were fantastic, extremely professional and a pleasure to deal with. The sound was amazing, absolute top quality - what accomplished musicians they all are. Had fabulous feedback about them and will definitely come back to you for next year's event. Sarah-Jane, this is all down to you. That first chat we had was so refreshing and reassuring. You took on board the key details about our event, your advice was absolutely spot on and, as a result, we ended up with the perfect band for our crowd. Really, really appreciate your honesty and attention to detail. Thank you."

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"Booked Vita for our new art gallery opening presentation. She played beautiful and relaxing music for our guests, creating classy and calm atmosphere. Thank you, will book again! "

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"You are amazing! What a great band - so tight! I’d recommend you to anyone…"

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"We just wanted to drop you a quick message to thank the band for doing such a great job at our wedding reception. The guys were friendly, fun and professional. The version of "Nothing Else Matters" that they played for our first dance was perfect and the rest of the evenings song choices were spot on...everybody had a brilliant time.We had so many compliments on the band and everybody was commenting how good they were. We have a relative getting married next year and she was particularly interested so obviously we will pass on your contact details to her. We had a great night and so did our guests and we hope that the guys in the band did too."

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