caption current_members website associated_acts years_active label article_title past_members background genre image origin name
oi september 2009 va voi at a concert in cambridge , josh orchant breslaw matt jury steve levi michael vinaver david -lsb- http://www.oi-va-voi.com/] spengler , galliano , kt tunstall , haylie ecker 2000 -- present outcaste , v2 oi va voi
 sophie solomon lemez lovas katie birtill group_or_band alternative oi_va_voi_cambridge_2009 . jpg london , england oi va voi
oi va voi

oi va voi is a british band that takes its name from a yiddish-derived exclamation popular in modern hebrew meaning , approximately , `` oh , dear ! ''
it is an experimental band from london , england , which formed in the late 1990s .
their sound draws on jewish music from both the ashkenazic and sephardic traditions , including both klezmer and judaeo-spanish music , as well as eastern european , especially hungarian folk music , as well as contemporary electronic music .
