Vera Bílá is a Czech Roma, although her family originates from the Gypsy shantytowns of Slovakia. She smokes heavily, eats with gusto, and loves to…
Artist Profiles: Vera Bílá
Tag: Gypsy music
Artist Profiles: Terne Chave
Terne Chave (Young guys, in the Roma language) is an award-winning Gypsy music band led by Gejza Bendig that is specialized in Eastern European Roma…
Artist Profiles: Kale
For many years Kale performed as Vera Bila & Kale (Vera White and The Blacks, as it translates). This relationship lasted until September 2005. Kale…
Artist Profiles: Gulo car
The Gypsy band Gulo car of nine members plays funk jazz music strongly influenced by Gypsy melodies and harmonies. In 2003 Gulo Car toured with…
Heartbreaking Roma Songs
Eva Salina & Peter Stan – Sudbina (Vogiton Records, 2018) Sudbina recreates the songs of Vida Pavlovic, a Serbian Roma (Gypsy) singer who was very…
Artist Profiles: Lache Cercel
Lache Cercel was born in Bucharest, Romania and studied at Romania’s prestigious Academy of Arts. Before leaving his homeland, Lache Cercel was one of Romania’s…
Artist Profiles: Jony Iliev
Jony Iliev grew up in the Kjustendil Gypsy quarters. It just 150 kilometers southwest of Bulgaria’s capital Sofia. More than 20,000 Gypsies live there. “When…
Artist Profiles: Yuri Yunakov
Saxophonist Yuri Yunakov was born in Haskovo, southeastern Bulgaria, of Turkish Romani (Gypsy) ancestry and currently lives in the New York City area. He comes…
Artist profiles: Taraf de Haidouks
Taraf de Haïdouks, whose name translates as “band of brigands,” are a village band of Gypsy (Roma) lautari (traditional musicians), who come from a small…
Artist Profiles: Romano Drom
Romano Drom, which in Romani language means ‘gypsy road’, presents the musical tradition of the Olah Gypsies from Valachia, traditionally horse traders and traveling salesmen…