Editor's info:
This Rough Guide celebrates the freedom of Gypsy nomadic life. Balkan brass, gypsy swing, flamenco and Romanian remix signpost the long road from past persecution to world recognition.
Artists include: Fanfare Ciocărlia Feat. Kaloome, Mostar Sevdah Reunion & �aban, Boban Markovic Orkestar Feat. Marko Markovic, Slavic Soul Party, !Dela Dap, Bela Lakatos & The Gypsy Youth Project, Stochelo Rosenberg, Terne Čhave, Acquaragia Drom, Toni Gatlif, Son De La Frontera, Taraf De Haiduks, Fanfare Ciocărlia Feat. Ljiljana Butler and Musafir
Featuring a bonus source CD by Bela Lakatos & The Gypsy Youth Project

Celebrate the Freedom Of Nomadic Life
The legendary Taraf De Haiduks are Hungary's most beloved and best-known group of Roma lautari ('minstrels'). 'Waltz From Masquerade' is taken from their latest albumMa�karadă, which interprets the 19th and 20th Century European classical repertoire of Bartók, de Falla, Albéniz and Khachaturian, who were influenced by Gypsy folkloric music. Formed in 1993 in Mostar, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Mostar Sevdah Reunion are united by a passion for sevdah, a sort of Balkan blues with Ottoman roots. In 2006 they devoted an entire album to the late Serbian genius of song �aban Bajramovic and on 'Guglo Kafava' he collaborates with the group for a menacingly mournful number.
A lot of Balkan Gypsy brass music is extremely funky and Boban Markovic's orkestar (brass ensemble) is one of the best at keeping the beats up front and swinging. 'Voz' ('Train') puffs along at a breathtakingly syncopated pace, making unbeatable wedding music that is at once ancient and contemporary. The Romanian Gypsy brass orchestra Fanfare Ciocărlia are on the front lines of Balkan Gypsy music and 'Que Dolor' ('How It Hurts') is a fiery hybrid of rumba flamenco and brass funk. Fanfare Ciocărlia also appear with the husky bass-voiced chanteuse Ljiljana Petrovic on 'Ma Rov'. The enchanting rural, .......
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Editor's info:
This Rough Guide celebrates the freedom of Gypsy nomadic life. Balkan brass, gypsy swing, flamenco and Romanian remix signpost the long road from past persecution to world recognition.
Artists include: Fanfare Ciocărlia Feat. Kaloome, Mostar Sevdah Reunion & �aban, Boban Markovic Orkestar Feat. Marko Markovic, Slavic Soul Party, !Dela Dap, Bela Lakatos & The Gypsy Youth Project, Stochelo Rosenberg, Terne Čhave, Acquaragia Drom, Toni Gatlif, Son De La Frontera, Taraf De Haiduks, Fanfare Ciocărlia Feat. Ljiljana Butler and Musafir
Featuring a bonus source CD by Bela Lakatos & The Gypsy Youth Project

Celebrate the Freedom Of Nomadic Life
The legendary Taraf De Haiduks are Hungary's most beloved and best-known group of Roma lautari ('minstrels'). 'Waltz From Masquerade' is taken from their latest albumMa�karadă, which interprets the 19th and 20th Century European classical repertoire of Bartók, de Falla, Albéniz and Khachaturian, who were influenced by Gypsy folkloric music. Formed in 1993 in Mostar, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Mostar Sevdah Reunion are united by a passion for sevdah, a sort of Balkan blues with Ottoman roots. In 2006 they devoted an entire album to the late Serbian genius of song �aban Bajramovic and on 'Guglo Kafava' he collaborates with the group for a menacingly mournful number.
A lot of Balkan Gypsy brass music is extremely funky and Boban Markovic's orkestar (brass ensemble) is one of the best at keeping the beats up front and swinging. 'Voz' ('Train') puffs along at a breathtakingly syncopated pace, making unbeatable wedding music that is at once ancient and contemporary. The Romanian Gypsy brass orchestra Fanfare Ciocărlia are on the front lines of Balkan Gypsy music and 'Que Dolor' ('How It Hurts') is a fiery hybrid of rumba flamenco and brass funk. Fanfare Ciocărlia also appear with the husky bass-voiced chanteuse Ljiljana Petrovic on 'Ma Rov'. The enchanting rural, .......
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