Sometime in mid-to-late summer, the Romanian and Ukrainian gypsies came. Their caravan with horse-drawn wagons would come from the south or the east and onto the large field south of the Standard ...
That’s what Cinematic Intelligence Agency called “Gypsy Caravan,” a nearly two-hour documentary that follows a busload of Roma musicians on a triumphant tour across America. That quippy description is ...
Indie retailer Amoeba Music will launch its own label April 18 with three releases, two of which are from acts associated with the Gypsy swing pioneered by Django Reinhardt in France in the 1930s and ...
Shoppers flooded the campus of the University of Missouri-St. Louis for the 38th Annual Gypsy Caravan in 2010. Photo by Robert Cohen, rcohen@post-dispatch.com Looking for something to do on Memorial ...
Directed by Jasmine Dellal. Fanfare Ciocarlia, Taraf de Haidouks, Johnny Depp (as himself), Antonio El Pipa, Maharaja and Esma Redzepova. Following five Romani bands from four countries during their ...
The great session guitarist John Jorgenson has certainly been around, and in more than one musical circle. He founded the Desert Rose Band with Chris Hillman, cut loose in a swingabilly tangent with ...
Imagine the "Buena Vista Social Club" of Romany music and you get the idea behind "Gypsy Caravan," Jasmine Dellal's affectionate portrait of a group of Roma musicians during a 2001 tour of the United ...