A new documentary, Gypsy Caravan, chronicles the trans-Atlantic music tour of five major gypsy ensembles. Director Jasmine Dellal discusses the film. There's another intriguing movie in theaters now ...
Django Reinhardt, the Gypsy jazz guitarist whose centennial fell early on this year’s calendar, infuriated his closest friend and best collaborator, Stephane Grappelli, with stereotypically Gypsy-ish ...
Few cultures have been as demonized and romanticized as the Gypsies, but the New York Gypsy Festival focuses on their spirit as embodied in their soulful, exuberant music. This year’s festival, taking ...
It’s easy to understand the allure of Gypsy music. It evokes a certain amount of vagabond romanticism that comes from a culture of people who have wandered for generations. There is also a passion in ...
You could call Ensemble Caprice’s 2007 CD, “Vivaldi and The Baroque Gypsies,” an exercise in compare-and-contrast — but that’s putting it far too dryly. The music, at times, is a ...