LATEST PRESS: NINA ROBERTS // NYCS MERCANTILE MAYHEM
![]() | “Gypsy music that spans the mind as well as the globe.” by Tom Pryor (National Geographic) |
![]() | “It’s impossible to pick just one highlight of this excellent bill of Gypsy music, but the newsiest is Mahala Rai Banda, a Romanian group making its American debut.” by Ben Sisario (NY Times) |
![]() | “Music inspired by people on the move … already billed as the largest Gypsy music event of the year” by Marty Lipp (NJ Star-Ledger) |
![]() | “Best of the Fests 2009” – Time Out NY |
![]() | “The Gypsies Are Coming! …So, Who Are the Gypsies?” by Mona Molarsky (Examiner.com) |
![]() ![]() | “NY Gypsy Festival – 2009 event & much-earlier kick-off party” on Brooklyn Vegan |
![]() | “New York Gypsy Festival Arrives” on Gothamist |
![]() | “Run don´t walk to these performances. And don´t forget your tambourines and joie-de-vivre.” – Village Voice |
![]() | “The Gypsy Festival returns, bringing tons of artists from around the world playing a range of music from contemporary Gypsy music to electronica to jazz.” – Paper Magazine |
![]() | “A ferocious bill. Be ready to get some exercise.” – Time Out NY |
![]() | “[A] runaway success … 10 days of unparalleled international revelry.” – Flavorpill |
![]() | “DJs spinning souped-up versions of old European folk songs have been drawing crowds in Europe and in the US for the past several years. Now, the scene has spread to other places.” – WNYC |
![]() ![]() | “Predictably excellent.” – Lucid Culture Blog |

















