That’s what Cinematic Intelligence Agency called “Gypsy Caravan,” a nearly two-hour documentary that follows a busload of Roma musicians on a triumphant tour across America. That quippy description is ...
Sometime in mid-to-late summer, the Romanian and Ukrainian gypsies came. Their caravan with horse-drawn wagons would come from the south or the east and onto the large field south of the Standard ...
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 ...
Jasmine Dellal’s enjoyable if repetitive documentary, “Gypsy Caravan,” follows several different Gypsy musical groups as they appear on a sold-out, six-week American tour. It’s a melting-pot road ...
Directed by Jasmine Dellal. Fanfare Ciocarlia, Taraf de Haidouks, Johnny Depp (as himself), Antonio El Pipa, Maharaja and Esma Redzepova. Following five Romani bands from four countries during their ...
It’s a complicated proposition, to be at once admired and unpopular. But if you’re a Gypsy musician from Europe, maybe you get used to it. Certainly singer Esma Redzepova seems undaunted. Redzepova, ...
Indie retailer Amoeba Music will launch its own label April 18 with three releases, two of which are from acts associated with the Gypsy swing pioneered by Django Reinhardt in France in the 1930s and ...