On Thursday evening, Sept. 28, the Oak Ridge Folk Dancers are sponsoring a workshop at the Claxton Community Center, 1150 Edgemoor Road, with Roberto Bagnoli, of Rome, Italy, teaching folk dances from ...
The global dance and music extravaganza Gypsy Caravan of 2001 was the most popular show ever hosted by the Indo-American Association of Houston. The show traced the folkloric dance traditions of the ...
Romania's Shukar Collective brings together young musicians from Bucharest's dance and electronic scene and a group of older Gypsy performers from the rural usari or "bear tamer" tradition. Together ...
The term “Gypsy,” often used pejoratively, conjures images of wastrels, vagabonds, fortunetellers and thieves, not to mention a distant memory of Cher (the Sonny & version) belting out, “I was born in ...
Sanda Weigl's life is larger than the gypsy lore reflected in her songs. Weigl was born in Romania and began her musical career in a state-sponsored East German rock band called Team 4. As a teenager ...
Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Life was looking grim in the Romanian village of Zece Prajini 20 years ago. The fall of the Iron Curtain and demise of Nicolae Ceausescu ...
Since the overthrow of dictator Nicolae Ceausescu in 1989, Romania has been trying to establish its musical identity. The country has strong folk and Gypsy traditions and a group called Shukar ...