Taraf De Haidouks - Rustem si suite

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Comment by David Colletti on January 27, 2009 at 12:30pm

I did a project a few semesters ago for my Intro to Humanities class on Gypsy musicians and actually came across a gypsy punk band named Gogol Bordello that has an interesting mix of traditional gypsy music with the more modern punk style. I also learned during that project of Django Reinhardt's gypsy ancestry and I've always considered him one of the finest acoustic guitarists of all time.

Comment by David Colletti on January 27, 2009 at 12:21pm

Yeah, I was introduced to them in the mid 90's by my dad. I like to introduce this traditional music because it gives me energy. I don't know any other way of explaining it, I just get energized and pumped up to levels that most rock music just can't reach. I feel others should experience what this band has to offer if only once.

Comment by AlexReid on January 27, 2009 at 12:09pm

Thanks David. I was going to ask you about the context for this video, but then I just Googled it instead and discovered that Taraf de Haidouks in a Romanian group that's been around since the mid 80s performing music in the gypsy tradition, as can be seen/heard here.