Lolo Lovina (Red Beer) are an intoxicating brew of Balkan Romani mayhem. Warning: consumption will cause inebriation!

Marrickville (Sydney) based band, Lolo Lovina inspire audiences all over the world (Cuba, USA, Spain, France, NZ, Pacific Islands, Germany, Bosnia, Serbia) to celebrate connection, culture & community through their virtuosic delivery and love of vocalist Sarah Bedák and drummer / Musical Director Nenad Radic’s ancestral Romani cultural music. Lolo Lovina fuse this with music that excites them, be it heavy metal, tango, swing jazz or British pop! Lolo Lovina’s stage performance is high energy, super tight, interactive and exciting as they tangibly share the love they have for each other and their ancestors with the audience

Featuring:

David Carr on guitar

Leonid Beshlei on sax, keys, accordion

Ivaylo Karamenliev on kaval

Ampe on sax

Noa Kidd on guitar

George Nikolopoulos on bass

Nenad Radic on drums

Sarah Bedák on vocals

Their album Rroma Sapien received a 4-star review in the renowned London based World Music magazine ‘Songlines’ and has made the global Transglobal World Music Charts. Lolo Lovina have been featured on ABC Radio Nationals program, ‘The Daily Planet’.

"You have to listen to these people, this is the future of music”

– BRIAN ENO

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… and we have our own stage… Lolo the Gypsy Caravan Stage!

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Awards

Sarah Bedak awarded an Australia Arts Council Skills and Study Support Grant for travel to Serbia, Hungary and France, 2010
Various grants awarded for Lolo Lovina and Lolo the Gypsy Caravan Stage: 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026. ABC Limelight Award Nomination; 2009

Highlights:

Vivid Festival 2022, 23, 25
Boban Markovic Orkestra tour of Australia, 2020
Havana World Music Fest, Cuba
Sommerfest Koblenz, Germany
Hawkes Bay Arts Fest Speigeltent shows, NZ
SXSW Austin, USA
Live En Aout Festival, New Caledonia
Sydney Opera House 40 Anniversary Forecourt Concert
Australian tour with the New York Gypsy All Stars
Guca Trumpet Festival, Serbia
Brian Eno’s Luminous Festival; The Opera House; 2009
Spiegeltent; Brisbane Festival
Woodford Folk Fest 2015 & 2024

“..a most remarkable band fronted by ...Sarah Bedak – as exotic a flower as you are ever likely to see behind a microphone. To say the sound is infectious doesn’t quite express it...they have people of all ages (and believe me, I saw it) hurling themselves through the air, across the dance floor, inventing moves on the spot, hugging each other with a passion ... I’ve seen bands of all shade play, but I can’t recall seeing anything quite like this! Yes it is gypsy but there are also dollops of Spanish flamenco, Russian, Greek – indeed the music of anyone who likes to party. ”

– Glenn A Baker8 July 2017

“it was about the second or third tune last night when my perspective shifted and I became a human in a room with other humans, having a party, being free, celebrating life and love and joy. This palpable feeling came over me, like if we could just do this often enough, everything would be alright. That it would be a life well-lived....throwing an eternal gypsy party that never sleeps where anything is possible and love and unity triumph over cynicism and mistrust.

– Nic ‘Sonny’ Lewis, beloved audience member, The Basement Sydney, 2017

"(Lolo Lovina)...have created an album that swings from traditional to groundbreaking Rroma music, all imbued with a tremendous sense of fun"

– Lucky Oceans, The Daily Planet ABC Radio National, 2015

“...Traditional Gypsy tunes alternate with Lolo originals here, and the arrangements are solid, tight, classy and brassy.."

– 4 STAR review of Rroma Sapien by Seth Jordan in Songlines Magazine, London UK. June 2016

"Excellent new, vibrant album (RromAntics!) from world-touring, Sydney-based Rrom music band."

– Lucky Oceans, The Daily Planet, ABC Radio National 2016

“..two especial strengths glue the components into a cohesive whole. One is the sheer fun factor: you hear the players enjoying themselves as tangibly as you hear the sound of the drums, saxophone or accordion. The other is Sarah Bedak's voice, which never loses its identity, despite being malleable enough to be breathy, teasing, seductive or vigorous.”

– 3.5 Star review of RromAntics!, John Shand for the Sydney Morning Herald 201

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Discography

RromAntics
Independently released with MGM Distribution, 9 September 2016
Rroma Sapien
Independently released with MGM Distribution, 20 February 2015
Baro Love
Independently released with MGM Distribution 25 February 2009