Voice of Roma presents its 23rd Annual Herdeljezi Festival of Romani ("G*psy") Music and Dance on Friday, May 3 and Saturday May 4 at Berkeley's Ashkenaz Music and Dance Community Center. The festival ...

In 1959, a magical year for jazz albums, Miles Davis, inspired by some flamenco performances he had heard, recorded Sketches of Spain (Columbia, 1960) at Columbia's 30th Street studio. Half of the ...

The World’s Fair Pavillion was vibrant April 9 with the sounds of Chicago’s Gypsy Fire vocalists and a mixture of accordion, keyboard, cymbalon and violin melodies. Spontaneous dance circles formed ...

For many, Halloween is a cheerful celebration, a time to stir imaginations with creative costumes and play with new identities; for me, leading an initiative at Columbia University about the Roma—a ...

Award-winning musician Oliver Rajamani marks his 25th year in Austin with the premiere performance of “Flamenco India” — a musical journey that connects the Spanish roots of gypsy flamenco with the ...

BODVALENKE, Hungary — I’m not sure what I expected to bring back from an eight-day luxury tour of Budapest, Hungary, and environs. Memories, photos of Art Nouveau architecture, a few extra ...

PRAGUE -- It’s been a tough year for the Roma. In countries across Europe, including the Czech Republic, there is growing hostility to Romany communities. Prague’s 11th annual celebration of Romany ...

Before the advent of the European Union and its open borders, long before Germany had been invaded by the Turks and France by the North Africans, two groups vied for the distinction of being the most ...