Ansambl Mastika call themselves the “new Balkan uproar.” What they do is definitely new and different, they are indelibly Balkan (although they range a lot further, usually toward the east… more →
Lucid Culturegreenmojito wrote 2 days ago: 15 December on the A38 ship (Petőfi bridge, Buda side) ZARE and Jewish Meeting Point organized Chris … more →
Kalliope Amorphous wrote 1 week ago: I thought it would be interesting to start chronicling some of the new (and not so new) music that c … more →
Dan Filbin wrote 3 weeks ago: This is a kind-of arthouse documentary… “The journey of the Romany people told through … more →
delarue wrote 3 weeks ago: Ansambl Mastika call themselves the “new Balkan uproar.” What they do is definitely new … more →
delarue wrote 3 weeks ago: Bay area band Rupa & the April Fishes had just played a couple of other New York City gigs in th … more →
delarue wrote 1 month ago: It’s hard to imagine a sexier album – or a smarter one - released this year. Over the co … more →
snell wrote 1 month ago: No es fácil encontrar grupos con un sonido fresco de raíz Europea Oriental, y en estas aparece kotta … more →
velkepivoprosim wrote 1 month ago: representative picture for the day? part of it, at least. Hradčanská metro stop I went to meet someo … more →
Musie wrote 2 months ago: When I was little, one of my chief ambitions in life was to run off and join the circus, to then und … more →
ustreetgirl wrote 2 months ago: Flamenco at Coppi's Now this sounds like fun! A few weeks ago I noticed Coppi’s had applie … more →
delarue wrote 2 months ago: The New York Gypsy Festival’s decision to scatter shows throughout the year, beginning in the … more →
delarue wrote 3 months ago: Little Cow are arguably the hottest band in the former Eastern Bloc. The Hungarian sensation’s … more →
delarue wrote 3 months ago: Dave Brubeck has given hotshot Kyrgyz-American pianist Eldar Djangirov the thumbs-up, and it makes s … more →
delarue wrote 3 months ago: To name your band 17 Hippies is at worst straight-up hubris – or else this sprawling, playful … more →
delarue wrote 4 months ago: This is one of those great multistylistic Balkan-flavored bands which seem to be popping up all over … more →
indianraga wrote 4 months ago: What do the legendary comedy actor Charlie Chaplin, Hollywood stars Yul Brynner and Michael Caine, a … more →
Leslie wrote 4 months ago: Sea Wolf is gearing up for for the release of White Water, White Bloom (out September 22 on Dangerbi … more →
delarue wrote 5 months ago: An alternate title for this cd could be Around the World with 180 Instruments. This is definitely a … more →
delarue wrote 5 months ago: It was a strange match of venue and band: a fiery, erudite, practically pan-global string band playi … more →