Kal - Portrait
Kal are a Roma band from Serbia. They were founded in 1996 by lead singer and guitarist Dragan Ristic. The musicians are originally from Valjevo in the southwestern part of Serbia, but they all now live in Belgrade. Read here more about Kal.
Kocani Orkestar - Portrait
The Kocani Orkestar come from the Turkish-speaking Roma community of Kocani, a city in the eastern part of Macedonia. The group refer to their musical style as being “Romska Orientalna Musika”. Read here more about the Kocani Orkestar.
Lida Goulesco - Portrait
Lida Goulesco is a Russian singer with Roma roots. She was born 1917 in Petrograd in Russia, and was the daughter of the famous violin player Jean Gouselco.
Ljiljana Buttler - Portrait
Ljiljana Buttler (Petrovic) was a Roma singer from Bijeljina in Bosnia and Herzegovina. She was born in Belgrade in 1944 and passed away in Dusseldorf on April 26, 2010. She was the daughter of a Croatian singer and a Serbian Roma accordionist.
Loyko - Portrait
Loyko are a Roma ensemble from St. Petersburg, Russia. The group were originally formed as a duo by violinist Sergey Erdenko with Igor Staroselzev in 1990. The group got their name from fellow Roma and role model Loyko Sobar, a legendary virtuoso violinist of 19th Century Russia. Read here more about Loyko.
Lulu Weiss - Portrait
Lulu Weiss is a guitarist from Landau in der Pfalz, Germany. He is a Sinti and one of the key names in Sinti jazz (often also called Sinti swing). Read here more about Lulu Weiss.
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