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Kal Kal Kal is a contemporary Gypsy band from the suburbs of Belgrade. They have a rock attitude punched up with urban beats, but rooted in the Balkans. In their wit, imagination and ability to throw disparate sounds together they mark themselves as both part of Balkan Gypsy tradition and 21st Century lifestyle.The Ristic brothers - Dushan and Dragan - confront the prejudices and cliches the Roma face. Bhangra rhythms appear, a violin dances around a two-step rhythm played on double bass, Hawaiian steel guitar drifts over a waltz, an accordion feeds a tango, all fueled but voices with an eastern European rappers touch. Recorded at Dragan's home studio this album shifts Gypsy soul into cyberspace. To help achieve this Kal asked DJ/engineer/mixologist Mike Nielsen to mix, arrange, find beats and produce the album. The results are surprisingly authentic while being utterly modern... a touch challenge to meet, but this CD gets it right a lot of the time.   Romica Puceanu Sounds From a Bygone Age Vol.2 Romica Puceanu and the Gore Brothers present music from a golden age in Gypsy music in Romania, recorded in the 1960s in Bucharest.   Balkan Playboys (feat. Nicola Parov) Balkaninis This band skips agilely across the whole Balkan territory from Hungary and Romania to Bulgaria, driven by gadulka, kaval, clarinet, bouzuki, accordion, violin, percussion, flutes and reeds.

Various Artists Gypsy Summer - Tales of Surviving Back in stock! Featuring Karandila Brass Band, this soundtrack from a film about Gypsy life by Milan Ognianov. Musicians and singers from the ages of 5 to 75 are captured on the streets and in their homes: fiddlers, cymbalom players, superb folk singers and and the roaring energy of the Karandila ensemble. Highly Recommended.   Musicians of the Nile Down by the River For 30 years the Musicians of the Nile, from Luxor in upper Egypt, have traveled the world performing their traditional gypsy music, based on the sound of the rababah (horse-hair stringed fiddle) and testimony to an ancient Bedouin tradition. The group continues to act as guardians of their timeless tradition, continually renewing their art.   Ion Petre Stoican Sounds From a Bygone Age Vol.1 On the only long-playing record by the Romanian violinist Ion Petre Stoican the most important Gypsy musicians from the Bucharest Lautari scene were united in an All-star band and through a bizarre stroke of luck created one of the most atmospheric records of the time. Most of the pieces played came from Constanta and from Stoican's birthplace Oltenita, and are primarily fast rhythmic dances such as Hora, Briu, Sirba or Geamparale, which no wedding could do without. Recovered from the archives of Electrecord and out on CD now: Romanian traditional music in original analog sound recorded in the 1970s!

Taraf de Haiduks The continuing adventures of… (CD and DVD) A DVD film (PAL format) and accompanying audio CD present the brigands of Balkan Gyopsy music live in concert, a 52 minute film, an 'on the road' documentary, and a clip from the film Latcho Drom. Musically brilliant and witty   Kocani, Fresu, Salis Kocani Orkestar meet Paolo Fresu and Antonello Salis This one leaps out to the edge, with the inimitible Balkan brass band joined by two Italian jazz experimenters for a raucous, surprising and completely unexpected set of musical adventures. 60 minures of great music from various live performances during late February and early March of 2004   Pjotr Leschenko 1931-1937: Gloomy Sunday The charismatic Russian singer Pjotr Leschenko in recordings from 1931 to 1937, the years Leschenko was well on his way to conquering the whole of Europe from his exile in Bucharest. The accent is on tangos, with the focus being the title track, the legendary peaen to despair by Sam M. Lewis.   Hurlak 40 Degrees The music of Hůrlak travels the roads taken by the Roma peoples through the centuries, beginning in central Europe and culminating in Andalusia. They draw their influences from Roma traditions, but also from the traditions of the places the people passed through. On Hůrlak's 2005 there are elements of French and Spanish traditional music, jazz and music from the Balkans all fused together.

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Ultramarine - Fairy Tale Trio - 16.99
Unique folk insprired jazz from Bulgaria by a trio of Theodosii Spassov (kaval), Antoly Vapirov (sax) and Styoan Yankoulov (percussion, tupan) with Enver Izmailov on guitars on a few tracks

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