The Gypsy Road A Musical Migration From India To Spain (1999)

" Few compilations of Gypsy music are as broad-minded as Gypsy Road.The Gypsies who enrich this CD come from India (Musafir) and Turkey (Kemani Cemal), as well as Spain (Gerardo Nunez, Casta), Italy (Acquaragia Drom), and France (Energypsy). Gypsy culture has, of course, been a part of Eastern Europe for centuries, so it's only right that several tunes on this album would be recorded in that part of the world. The Eastern European Gypsies heard on Gypsy Road come from Bulgaria (Yuri Yunakov), Hungary (Ando Drom, Kalyi Jag), Romania (Taraf de Haidouks), and naturally, Russia (Loyko, Kolpakov Trio). But as diverse as this CD is, one can hear the parallels between these artists. Most of them use what is called "modal" or "scalar" playing; even if you don't understand the technical meaning, you can recognize modality when you hear it. Gypsy Road is a fine collection that world music enthusiasts should make a point of acquiring. (Alex Henderson)|