2007-09-10
In the early 20th century, many composers drew their inspiration from folk music, often borrowing from Gypsy music to create theur vision o f an exotic, exuberant Orient. Things have now been turned around, as the Taraf have taken hold of works by Khachaturian, Bartok, de Falla, Albeniz, Ketelbey and more, and have re-gypsified them.
K'NAAN
Troubadour
Ustad Sultan Khan
Rare Elements
THE IDAN RAICHEL PROJECT
Cottonbelly
X Amounts of Niceness: NYC Sessions 1993-2004
LADYSMITH BLACK MAMBAZO
Ilembe - Honoring Shaka Zulu
Puerto Plata
Mujer de Cabaret
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