FEELGOOD FOLK Clarinet master Ismail Lumanovski (left) and Marco Peris, Inspector Gadje manager and drummer, are featured in ‘Balkancisco.’ (Photo courtesy of Balkcancisco) Once a week, in San ...

An insightful new book chronicles the rise and fall of a musical genre that for a time – for better or worse – became the ‘world’s window into Balkan identity’. For a while, Balkan folk was “the new ...

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If Arab club music, Israeli hip-hop and klezmer had a ménage à trios, its love child might sound something like Balkan Beat Box. Joining musical genres and artists across political spectrums the group ...

Assistant Editor Ryan Bradley’s weekly exploration of great global music, in collaboration with Nat Geo Music. Gypsy music is ancient and, like many very old things, has its roots in India. Its people ...

The sound of Balkan Beat Box carries a faint reminder of the day the circus came to town, with dancing ladies and big trombones. But the dancers are belly dancers and the saxophones and brass recalls ...