Many Roma folk songs like this one present a challenge – it’s a simple melody and text that’s repeated over and over. How do you sing the same thing in a different way? In a way that is interesting to hear each time? When you listen to this recording of the Galakticka...

This is one of many Roma folk songs director Ružena Klemparova learned in her childhood from her musician father.  It’s origins are unknown.  While many of those songs are about love, others like this one are about sadness and the hard realities of everyday...

When we hear a Roma pop song and ask someone what the song's about, we usually get a confident, straightforward answer:  [Shrug] Love!  Romantic love is one of the simple joys that can be found in the difficulties of daily life – that’s why it’s celebrated...