Kocani Orkestar, Macedonia’s most accomplished and best-known gypsy brass band, featured in the film “Time of the Gypsies” and take their name from a nearby…
Artist Profiles: Kocani Orkestar
Tag: Gypsy music
Artist Profiles: Alexian Santino Spinelli
Alexian Santino Spinelli has been researching Gypsy music for many years. The group’s concerts are an ideal travel through the history and Roman? culture. Alexian…
New York Gypsy Festival Announces 2018 Lineup
The 14th Annual NY Gypsy Festival will take place September 6 to October 5, 2018. The international lineup includes: Dobranotch (Russia), Lemon Bucket Orkestra (Canada),…
Artist Profiles: István Balogh
István Balogh ‘Pacala’ was born in Nagyecsed, a village in North-Eastern Hungary where Gypsy children dance and play music from their childhood. The Hungarian Gypsy…
Artist Profiles: Kálmán Balogh & Gypsy Jazz
Kálmán Balogh is one of the leading Hungarian cimbalom players, descending from a famous dynasty of Hungarian Gypsy musicians. His virtuosity is matched only by…
Artist Profiles: Etnorom
Gypsy music band Etnorom Ensemble was founded in 2005 by Jozsef Balog and Ágnes Künstler, the world-famous ex-soloists of ‘Kalyi Jag’ Gypsy folk group. The…
Artist Profiles: Besh o droM
Besh o droM was founded in 1999. Their music is inspired by Balkan, Hungarian and Romanian Gypsy tunes and Middle Eastern traditional music. They interpret…
Artist Profiles: Aladár Csiszár
Aladár Csiszár is one of the last great gypsy fiddlers from an area of Transylvania called Székelyföld [Land of the Secklers]. He is the most…
Artist Profiles: Ágnes Künstler
Ágnes Künstler had been singing and dancing in Wild Roses folk group for 18 years. In 1984 she joined the Hungarian gypsy folk ensemble Kalyi…
Artist Profiles: Ando Drom
Ando Drom (On the Road) Gypsy folklore group was founded in Budapest in 1984. Since the members come from different segments of the Hungarian Gypsy…