[FA Worldmusic] New York Gypsy Festival

[Mehmet Dede]

In case you haven't heard about the festival yet ...

http://www.nygypsyfest.com/


Building on the success of the first New York Gypsy Festival in 2005,  
the 2-week joyful and passionate Fiesta Romani is returning for its  
second installment between September 24 and October 8, 2006. Once  
again, the festival will offer a broad perspective on various styles  
of gypsy music and dance against the backdrop of New York City,  
which, being the crossroads of many cultures, is essentially gypsy at  
heart.

The 2005 New York Gypsy Festival featured music from a wide  
geographical region including Bulgaria, Turkey, Russia and the  
Balkans with performers such as Gogol Bordello, Ivo Popasov & Yuri  
Yunakov, Husnu Senlendirici, Hungry March Band, Zlatne Uste,  
Leningrad and more than a dozen of local bands.

The 2006 Festival continues featuring high caliber local and  
international talent of Gypsy (Romani) music with artists like Costel  
Vasilescu (Romania), The New Generation Gipsy Kings (France), Honved  
Dance Company (Hungary), Husnu Senlendirici (Turkey), KAL (Serbia)  
and Frank London (NYC). Gogol Bordellos Eugene Hutz will curate and  
host an evening featuring music by Kultur Shock (Seattle), Kalpakov  
Trio (Russia), Acquaragia Drom (Italy) and a DJ set by no other than  
Hutz himself. Additionally, Gypsy New Yorkers and Balkan brass  
bands like Romashka, Slavic Soul Party, Hungary March Band, Zagnut  
Orkestar and Russian gypsy dancer Julia Kulakova will also take part  
in this years festival.

The event is presented by World Music Institute and Mehanata Meyhane  
and produced by Serdar Ilhan and Alex Dimitrov, the producers of last  
years Gypsy Festival.



2nd NY Gypsy Festival Schedule:


Sunday, Sept. 24th Joe's Pub at 7.30pm
Cafe Antarsia Ensemble / Greece

Sunday, Sept. 24th Joe's Pub at 9.30 & 11.30pm
KAL / Serbia

Friday, Sept. 29th NYU Skirball Center at 8pm
Costel Vasilesku / Romania
Slavic Soul Party! "Gypsy Funk"/ Brooklyn

Saturday, Sept. 30th NYU Skirball Center at 8pm
Honved Dance Company / Hungary

Monday, Oct. 2nd Joe's Pub at 7pm
Vlada Tomova "Balkan Tales" / Bulgaria

Tuesday, Oct. 3rd M 1-5 at 10pm
Hungry March Band / New York
Gypsy Dancer Dorit
DJ Joro-Boro

Wednesday, Oct. 4th Joe's Pub at 11.30pm
THE CLARINET ALL- STARS Featuring
Husnu Senlendirici / Turkey
Yuri Yunakov / Bulgaria
Ismail Lumanovski / Macedonia
Panogiotis Andreou / Greece
Seido Salifoski / Macedonia
Jordan Pearlman / Philadelphia

Wed, Oct. 4th M 1-5 at 9pm
Frank London's Klezmer Brass Allstars / New York
Balkan Fantasia / New York

Thursday, Oct.5th M 1-5 at 10pm
Zagnut Orkestar "Balkan Music" / New York
Zlatne Uste "Balkan Brass Band"
DJ Joro-Boro

Friday, Oct. 6th Joe's Pub at 11.30
THE CLARINET ALL - STARS Featuring
Husnu Senlendirici / Turkey
Yuri Yunakov / Bulgaria
Ismail Lumanovski / Macedonia
Panogiotis Andreou / Greece
Seido Salifoski / Macedonia
Jordan Pearlman / Philadelphia

Saturday, Oct. 7th The ROXY at 8pm
New Generation Gipsy Kings /   France
(Georges Reyes, Anthony Reyes, Michel Batrac)
Romashka / Gypsy and folk music from Romania, the Balkans, Russia and  
beyond"
Guest vocals by Dorit
Gypsy Dancer Julia Kulakova / Russia

Sunday, Oct. 8th LQ at 9pm
Hosted by Eugene Hutz - DJ Set (Gogol Bordello)
Kultur Shock "Gypsy Punk" / Seattle
Kolpakov Trio /  Russia - "Gypsy Music with 7 String Guitar virtouse"
Acquaragia Drom / Italy



http://www.nygypsyfest.com/