Gypsy folk folly - 25th anniversary
'Of Lovers, Gamblers And Parachute Skirts' that will be their new CD, on Belgium's Crammed label again, of course.
Taraf De Haïdouks also has reason to celebrate, even more than otherwise: 25 years! That is: 25 years that the West knows them as a passionate and classy party ensemble.
They can do it on the streets and on the biggest stages. They have also been jolly guests in the AB too, more than once, including in 2010 for those exceptional recordings with Kocany Orkestar.
For this 25th anniversary, musically, they will be heading back for a while to the diverse styles that have marked their career: Romanian ballades, gipsy love songs, 'old school' dance tunes, instrumentals with Turkish connotations... You know them well: Moldoveneasca din caval, Dragostea de la Clejani, Jalea lui Marius...