| Romica Puceanu
Asphalt Tango Productions music
Sounds From A Bygone Age Vol. 2 CD (2006) (Import)
 $20.39
Romica Puceanu was the leading Romanian Lautari, or Gypsy, vocalist of her day, shining brightest in the 1960s as she sang the music of the mahala, or ghetto. With a gorgeous sense of emotion and control to her voice, it's
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| Besh O Drom
Asphalt Tango Productions Records
Can't Make Me! CD (2003) (Import)
$16.15 
Hungary's Besh o Drom is, to put it mildly, all over the map. They're a gypsy band who breaks through many of the normal barriers associated with that style, while still rooted in their heritage.
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| Fanfare Ciocarlia
Asphalt Tango Productions music
Gili Garabdi CD (2005) (Import)
$19.59
With Gili Garabdi, Moldavia's Fanfare Ciocarlia offer an interesting premise -- what if gypsy musicians had gone to America and helped invent jazz? Then they illustrate their point by brassy, jazzy takes on the "James Bond Theme" and Duke Ellington's
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| Ion Petre Stoican
Asphalt Tango Productions music
Sounds From A Bygone Age Vol. 1 CD (2005) (Import)
$18.75
Whether the 1960s and '70s qualify as a bygone age is a matter for debate, but it's a lovely surprise to have the only record by Romania's Ion Petre Stoican in print. He'd recorded four tracks in 1966, leveraging the
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| Oana Catalina Chitu
Asphalt Tango Productions music
Bucharest Tango CD (2008) (Import)
$18.75
Track Listing of songs: Pe Bolta Cand Apare Luna; Zaraza; Sub Balcon Eu Ti Am Cantat O Serenada; Bun il Vinul Ghiurghiuliu; Mana Birjar; Marie Si Marioara; Ca La Nunta; Azi Noapte Te Am Visat; Da Mi Gurita S O Sarut; Tigan
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| La Cherga
Asphalt Tango Productions CDs
Fake No More CD (2008) (Import)
$18.75 |
| Motion Trio
Asphalt Tango Productions Records
Pictures From The Street CD (2005) (Import)
$18.75
The Motion Trio might well be aptly named, since their fingers must never stop moving. The three Polish accordionists work hard to expand the possibilities of the instrument and the format on their North American debut, Pictures from the Street,
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| Gabi Lunca
Asphalt Tango Productions CDs
Sound From A Bygone Age Vol. 5 CD (2008) (Import)
$18.75 |
| Motion Trio
Asphalt Tango Productions Records
Play-Station CD (2005) (Import)
$18.75
After all, the only thing better than one guy playing an accordion is, er, three guys playing accordions. Ah, but of course -- an accordion trio.
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| Kal
Asphalt Tango Productions CDs
Kal CD (2006) (Import)
$18.45
This young band brings in influences from dance music and from other cultures, adding them to the very firm base of Roma tradition that's their bedrock. There's something very special happening on this album of Serbian Gypsy music.
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