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HuDost is an international neo folk world rock ensemble from Montreal and New York whose music is a blending of Pop and Rock with traditional Sufi music, Bulgarian, Croatian, Macedonian and Balkan folk music, Farsi, Turkish, Arabic, and Folk.

History
HuDost was initially formed in 2004 as an acoustic duo with Moksha Sommer and Jemal Wade Hines. A student of East Indian classical music, Sommer (vocals, harmonium, piano, accordion, shahi baaja) also sang Bulgarian and Balkan choral music with the Montreal-based Dragana. New York-based Hines (vocals, guitars, bazouki, mandolin, bendir, percussion) is originally from Gainesville, Florida and was a member of the band Smegma in the late 1980's, and Denny Genovese's Exotic Music Ensemble, and Seraphim during the 1990's.

The band has since grown to include the following musicians: Dan Walters (bass), Stephanie Heidemann (vocals), Julian Douglas (percussion), Billy Dean (drums), and George Tortorelli (flutes).

Discography

 * 2005: In An Eastern Rose Garden
 * 2006: Seedling
 * 2007: Archive Anomalies, Vol. 1: Unfinished
 * 2009: Trapeze
 * 2010: Waking The Skeleton Key