The Wiyos take their name from one of the toughest New York City street gangs from the late 19th century, but these band members’ initiations were much less violent in nature than their homicidal ...

Here's some good timing for the Schoenfeld family, Oz-Stravaganza officials and members of The Wiyos. Throw in fans of acoustic music and lovers of the work of L. Frank Baum, too. The Wiyos will ...

We pose a riddle to our readers. What do you call an infectiously toe-tapping musical group that transcends genres and ordinary description? Why, the Wiyos, of course. This trio of protean talents ...

THE BAND’s name references a late 19th century street gang that terrorized Manhattan. But, the Wiyos (a variant spelling of Why’os and pronounced why-os), who have never lost sight of their American ...

BRATTLEBORO -- A lot has happened to The Wiyos, nearly all of it good, since they last appeared in Brattleboro on May 14. They released a new CD, "Broken Land Bell," a lively, inventive and catchy ...

The old-timey trio The Wiyos – featuring Michael Farkas, Teddy Weber and “Sauerkraut” Seth Travins – will perform Thursday, July 2, at 8 p.m. at Club Helsinki Hudson, 405 Columbia St., Hudson. The ...

Michael Farkas always brings a notebook when his group the Wiyos tours in the UK. The band may have earned a reputation over here as well as at home for presenting American roots music that follows in ...

After two years in Great Barrington, Mass., harmonica ace Michael Farkas is in the process of relocating back to his Brooklyn home base. Farkas is a founding member of the vaudeville-influenced group, ...

With their band named after New York's most notorious gang, The Wiyos are heading back to Framingham to kick off their usual musical free-for-all. Instead of the brass knuckles favored by brawlers ...

The Wiyos made it the hard way. Named after a 19th-century New York Irish street gang, they started out in Brooklyn nine years ago, and developed their slick, rhythmic and unpredictable style as they ...

2 BWW Review: THE WIZARD OF OZ at Kansas City Repertory Theatre 3 BWW Review: OF MICE AND MEN at Kauffman Center For The Performing Arts The live music of the mega-talented Wiyos returns to Kansas in ...

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