My friend Donald Cohen has written a new book about Gypsy Music called Gypsy Voices: Songs from the Romani Soul. It is his third book about music; his earlier books include Fado Português: Songs from ...

For centuries, word that the gypsies were coming meant hiding your belongings and locking the door. If the gypsies were already there, it meant lighting torches and driving them out. In fact, for many ...

The music of Gypsies (who prefer to be called Roma or Romani) is so hypnotic, it's being performed widely by others. Dozens of Northen California bands playing this type of music, but made up of ...

This is the latest in a series profiling Pikes Peak region bands. Grace Easley and Gordon Lewis met while playing music in Springfield, Mo., and fell in love. “We both had instruments in hand when we ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

For the first time, a festival celebrating Gypsy (Roma) culture will be taking place in St. Louis. The St. Louis Gypsy (Roma) Music Festival will be held from 1 until 6 p.m. on Sunday, April 9 at the ...

Summertime and the living is frenzied in Paris's trendy nightclub neighborhood of Pigalle. Where absinthe-swigging artists, musicians and cabaret singers once swarmed to watch the can-can girls raise ...