| Lolo Lovina - Baro Lové | Review, tracklist, & music samples

With members from Romania, Hungary, Brazil and Australia, high energy gypsy band Lolo Lovina (meaning "Red Beer" in the gypsy language Rom) draw influences from Eastern Europe, Spain, and Latin America. Featuring Romany singer Sarah Bedak-Rockliffe, violinist Jess Randall (The Crooked Fiddle Band), bassist Rodrigo Salgado from Brasilia and Ukrainian accordionist Leonid Beshei.

| Vardos - Wild Side of the Village | Review, tracklist, & music samples

The 2006 release from Vardos is the strongest yet from a band that has a great reputation as a live act. This studio album captures all the authenticity, drive and energy that characterises this gypsy music from Hungary and Romania. Driven by Alana's wild violin, chased by accordion and double bass, Vardos play gypsy and traditional music learnt from Roma (gypsy) musicians during their travels in Eastern Europe.

out of stock | Babaganoush - Posthumous | Review, tracklist, & music samples

'Posthumous' is BabaGanoush's debut album, a collection of traditional and original music showcasing the band's mastery of a range of European folk traditions. This is music of many moods - sometimes lyrical and gentle, sometimes frenzied and passionate. The arrangements are fresh, including inspired soloing as well as tight ensemble playing. The album features BabaGanoush's original lineup of Malini Chidzey (violin), Colette Mortreux (clarinet, vocals), Mark Planigale (accordion, vocals) and Andre Lobanov (double bass).

| Ernie Gruner & Phil Carroll - Bohemian Nights | Review, tracklist, & music samples

Violinist Ernie Gruner and accordionist/singer Phil Carroll play gypsy, klezmer, middle-eastern, French, Italian, Russian, jazz and tango music ranging from soulful to wild. They have both studied overseas, and play and record together in larger bands (Klezmeritis, Yalla!, Flirting Mazurkas). Ernie specializes in Jewish music and Phil specializes in middle-eastern music. They have worked together with theatre and dance events for Russian, Armenian, Jewish, Turkish, French and Italian and other productions and communities, as well as parties and weddings.

| The Counterfeit Gypsies - Wonky Donkey | Review, tracklist, & music samples

The 2004 CD from energetic gypsy & klezmer band the Counterfeit Gypsies keeps pretty much to the successful formula established on their first release "Music to Vacuum To" (also available via indie-cds.com). The fast dance tunes and kit drums percussion dominate the album, which is also interspersed with a few slower selections and even a song. Mostly the style is fast instrumental dance music, that won't disappoint their existing fan base or anyone looking to party with some good-time up-tempo gypsy tunes.

| The Counterfeit Gypsies - Music to Vacuum To | Review, tracklist, & music samples

The band describe their own music on this CD as "... a collection of traditional Eastern European tunes performed with an ethos reserved generally for heavy metal and hardcore dance bands." An accurate description, and this music is for the most part high energy dance music, that will be great to party (or vacuum) to! The CD does have other more medium tempo tunes as well, and is a good selection of gypsy music with a modern but still authentic feel.