Michal Shapiro explores the music of the Roma

A groundswell of attention for Gypsy music has built slowly over the last few years. Ethnomusicologists have always been fascinated by Roma, but the public has only recently caught the fever. Although we have subliminal markers in our culture ("gypsy cab," "gypsy moth," "Gypsy Rose Lee" and the ubiquitous "gypped") the Gypsy as a real and breathing person is only now emerging.