Hello to you all! I am new here and just wanted to introduce myself. I know practically NOTHING about Gypsy music, although I want to know a lot. I have been told my grandfather was "a Gypsy" (I never met him...he died before I was born). I heard that he used to play the violin...and he also was a gymnast! I have enjoyed Gypsy jazz....like Django...and I LOVE the new CD I got from Putumayo: "Gypsy Groove Balkan beats and gypsy jams from the dance floors of Eastern Europe and beyond." I am beginning to know and love the group Gogol Bordello, too!
But I want to know so much more...like I said. Can anyone recommend a CD for me, to start me on a "Gypsy Music Education"?
P.S. I like to dance!
But I want to know so much more...like I said. Can anyone recommend a CD for me, to start me on a "Gypsy Music Education"?
P.S. I like to dance!
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Re: Greetings!
Wed, October 31, 2007 - 6:03 AMThere are some great compilation cds that give you flavors of the old and the new.
Gypsy Garden,
from the UK, Gypsy Beats and Balkan Bangers v1 and v2.
Electric Gypsy Land 1 and 2.
Balkan Beats 1 and 2.
Some of these you may have to get as imports, but I've found most through Amazon or otherwise.
Best of luck.
Suggested bands -
Taraf de Haidouks
Fanfare Ciocarlia
Mahala Rai Banda
Kocani Orkestar
Boban Markovic
Felix Laijko
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Wed, October 31, 2007 - 6:17 AMThank you, Kurt! I will check out the compilations. The Balkan Beatbox is on Putumayo's "Gypsy Groove" compilation, and I love the song that they do ( Sunday Arak ). I also love both old and new flavors....and I know I will be dancing a lot in the future! Yes!
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Thu, November 15, 2007 - 11:39 AMgreat list - here are some more suggestions for musicians/bands to look for, mostly bulgarian/macedonian, and more representative of roma musical traditions outside the brass band tradition. Translation is sometimes tough here so often if you see a name spelled with a J or a Y, they are often interchangable, so you might find stuff by Juri Junakov and by Yuri Yunakov....good luck hunting...
Boris Karlov - bulgarian accordion player
Ibro Lolov - bulgarian accordion player
Yuri Yunakov - bulgarian saxophone player
Jony Iliev - he's played with lots of bands, including his own (good album is ma maren ma) - Asphalt Tango is the label
Orkestar Kristali
Esma Redzhepova (Redzepova) - macedonian
Saban Bajramovic - serbian
Shutka Music Project is a great CD of acapella roma music from the Shutka projects outside Skopje
Ivo Papazov - bulgarian clarinet player
Kal - Serbian band
Karandila - bulgarian
Anything by Selim Sesler - Turkish roma clarinet player extraordinaire
Romica Puceanu - Roumanian roma singer from the 60s/70s (check out this link to listen to her work - aris.ss.uci.edu/rgarfias/k...romica.html
Corinna
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Re: Greetings!
Wed, November 7, 2007 - 5:51 AMhello!
i wanted to say hi as well. i have been lurking around here for a bit. i'm new to gypsy music as well but i am trying to learn all i can. kurt, thank you for the suggestions!!
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Thu, November 15, 2007 - 11:22 AMThere is sooo much good "gypsy" music out there. The Balkan / Central Euro stuff is seemingly the most popular presently -- so don't forget Esme Redzepova "the queen of the gypsies" from former Yugoslavia and Yuri Yunokov who is from Bulgaria and plays what is described as wedding music.
Checking out the soundtracks to Latcho Drom and Gypsy Caravan would be great places to start to hear the music that isn't from Balkan / Central European Roma musicians. There really is too much good stuff to list. -
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Sat, November 17, 2007 - 3:41 PMgypsy caravan was incredible. i haven't seen latcho drom yet.
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Sat, November 17, 2007 - 7:20 PMWow...thank you all for your suggestions. I realize this is a HUGE subject (Gypsy Music!) but I just needed some where to start.
Amazon.com has a great many of these musicians listed; and I can listen to samples, which is great. Some of it I like, others, not so much. But it's fun to explore and listen to what is out there.
If it starts me tapping my foot or dipping my hips, well, then, it has potential! :-)
Oh, I forgot to mention, before, that I have "Latcho Drom" (and love it!) and also love the "Gypsy Kings."
North African music is something that usually moves me, too....
