AL COMPAS DEL MUNDO – programa #59, Musical Romani

AL COMPAS DEL MUNDO – programa #59, 1-5-23

The night they invented 'Lady of Spain'

Playlist

01 Goran Bregović, Emir Kusturica - Ederlezi Time of the Gypsies (Serbo-Croatia)

02 Remedios Silva Pisa - Naci en Alamo ( Vengo) (Spain)

03 Goran Bregović - Kustino oro (Serbo-Croatia)

04 Estrella Morente - Tangos de Pepico (Spain)

05 Kalyi Jag - Beás Himnusz (Hungary)

06 Rota, Romanyi - Diri, Diri, So Kerdjan (Hungary)

07 Latcho Drom - Flamenco en Badajoz (Spain)

08 Ando Drom - Keren chave (Hungary)

09 Anonimo - Beás cigányzene (Hungary)

10 Goran Bregović - Ederlezi avela (Serbo-Croatia)

11 Estrella Morente - En lo alto del cerro (Spain)

12 Vasilis Paiteris - Dio-Dio (Dui-Dui) (Greece)

13 Barcelona Gipsy Balkan Orchestra con Fuat Güner - Dere Geliyor Dere (Turkey and pan-European)

14 Yiannis Saleas - To learn about love - Tin Agapi Yia Na Mathis (Greece)

I'd like to teach the world to Dui-Dui

Romani, Gypsy…is there a difference? Ask them. Many find the term “Gypsy” derogatory and so as every people ought to be able to choose the word that describes the all-important “I”, it seems right to switch away from Gypsy. Don’t feel gipped! You can still toss Flathead, Blackfeet, and Gros Ventres (Big Bellies) around without a great likelihood of getting stomped.

Is it a surprise to learn that the Romani have long been known as a musical people? Ever since migrating out of India centuries ago, they have arrived to centers throughout Europe (mostly), the United States and Latin America only to find themselves shunned and unemployable due to age-old prejudices. Back in the day a sure-fire way to scare a child was to warn them “If you don’t behave the Gypsies might steal you!” Right. Like they don’t have enough of their own. Anyway, music was a means of income and a way to thaw relations somewhat with the dominant class. A most excellent movie that tells this story is Latcho Drom, by Tony Gatlif. See it!

Also, listen to the sounds of Romani artists from Spain, Serbo-Croatia, Hungary, Turkey and Greece in this playlist. Though evolving out of disparate local traditions, there is a feeling of longing and resilience that connects them all - Jim Haas

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