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V/A – Nang Presents: New Masters Vol. 4 – Sare Havlicek

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This year will be remembered for the come back of in all it’s glory and make sure that  gets a slice of credit with a party mix album of Havlicek’s top remixes!

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Music Documentaries at Sheffield Doc/Fest 2011 – 8-12 June, 2011

Sheffield Doc/Fest Trailer 2011 from Sheffield Doc/Fest on Vimeo.

This year’s programme is packed with docs about musicians and subjects ranging from Hole drummer Patty Schemel, to A , to Genesis P-Orridge, to a record shop in Upon Tyne, to gypsies and Slovakians, to 2 men who shout a lot at each other (not so much music as a cult phenomenon), to Queen, to Justin Bieber, to , to Michael Nyman, to Siddheswari Devi to more

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Celebrating Sanctuary London 2011 – Sunday, 19 June 2011, 2 – 7pm

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On Sunday, 19 June, Celebrating Sanctuary , the annual free which launches Refugee Week (20-26 June 2011), returns to the Bank with a profusion of new talent, including the dazzling from , one-man orchestra , young virtuoso vena player , the glittering harp collaboration “Home is Where The Harp Is” and nu-skool singer Kerieva

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Romano Bumburumbum – Book Review

We love culture from marginalised communities around the world, but what of our own? 100 metres from where I write this, live in a crook of a flyover, their children had never known asthma until they were moved there. Some of their fellow children have been involved in writing a book for other children to enjoy

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Goran Bregovic – Alkohol

There’s no letting up for the Serbo-Croat superstar as he gathers his Wedding and Funeral Band for a mighty blast of Romany polyphony

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Kal – Radio Romanista

They call it and – a frenetic -rock that recreates the energy of ’s popular live performances in their native Serbia.

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Mor Karbasi – The Beauty and the Sea

MySpace does the business again as -based Israeli singer Mor Karbasi blossoms from internet rumour to new and exciting prospect in one highly-accomplished step

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Selim Sesler – Anatolian Wedding

On paper, it’s not too promising: a collection of wedding songs played by master clarinettist. The reality though is a thrilling tour de force of a region’s music refracted through the prism of its most intense social experience.

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V/A – Gypsy Beats and Balkan Bangers

A flawed but admirable attempt at combining modern beats and traditional music.

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Garth Cartwright – Princes Amongst Men: Journeys with Gypsy Musicians (Book)

In recent years, there has been an explosion of interest in all things . With Fanfare Ciocarlia receiving international attention, being widely touted as Johnny Depp’s favourite band, Shantel conquering the globe’s more eclectic dancefloors with his Bucovina Club releases and Eugene Hutz of outfit starring in the recent screen adaptation of ‘Everything’s Illuminated’, the stock of this oft-neglected corner of has rarely been higher.

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Vertente – Tanto Tempo

Those folks at seem to have got into their swing again on the 12″ front…

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