There’s a definitive book yet to be written about the musical inbreeding between African Americans and Eastern Europeans, and Garth Cartwright is too restless to write it. That doesn’t stop the New ...

A potent combination of ethnography and concert film, Brit helmer Jasmine Dellal's joyous celebration of tzigane music follows the 2001 U.S. "Gypsy Caravan" tour, which showcased five bands from four ...

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 ...

Black Mercedes limousines are parked outside, and heavy gold chains glitter on necks and wrists. Roused by frenetic clarinet licks, the dancing crowd pumps hands into the air and sways to the sounds ...

Any concert that tries to bring the musical world of the gypsies to a single stage is bound to fail. It can’t be done. The gypsies are scattered across too many countries; they have mastered too many ...

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 ...