Rough Guide to the Music of Hungarian Gypsies
Various Artists
Producer: Dan Rosenberg
World Music Network (UK), 2008
1 CD
Catalogue #: RGNET1198CD
EAN: 0605633119824
UPC: 605633119824
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Imagine being nomadic in a country that was defined by moving away from its sibling nation of Austria nearly 100 years ago. There are no doubt layers of complicated history and hardships ingrained in the music of Hungarian gypsies. And regardless of the language you speak, ROUGH GUIDE strikes familiar chords of yearning (Amaro Suno's "Opre Gélem Pe Vulica"), and brims with indignantly triumphant moments of ballroom-ready raucousness (Cimbali Band's "Oppadirida") and fiercely contemporary, dub-inspired rhythms (Mitsou Sandu's "Duj Duj"). It's a compilation that both blends wonderfully into, and stands defiantly apart from, the 21st century's glut of unearthed world music treasures.
