2d Annual Midwest Gypsy Swing Festival

[Ken]

2d Annual Midwest Gypsy Swing Festival with Harmonious Wail, Pearl Django and Swing Gitan on Saturday August 7th at Art in the Barn, 5927 Adams Rd, Madison, Wisconsin. Fish Hatchery Road south of Hwy 12/18 for 5 miles, right on Adams Road, 2d barn on the left. 4pm for rare film clips and concert footage, jam session following. Concert at 6pm.
for more info call 608-221-3966.

[stevenmando]

wow I have been hooked on Gypsy swing. the other day I was at the Library in Portland Oregon and this young man was playing the guitar and he was playing Gypsy swing and it totally hooked me on it what great music , right now I want to go out and find Gypsy swing for the mandolin and start learning it , I had seen the movie about the swing generation in the 30 in germany and it had not registered untill I heard this young man playing it and it is realy good I hope this your fellow goes far , he realy good and I totally enjoyed the music . That one thing about portland we have street musicians during the summer monuths and it is a good place to get out and play music . Gypsy swing is great music

[Ken]

Stevenmando, check out Harmonious Wail's music files under the MP3 section off of the home page of this cafe. There are a lot of good modern gypsy swing groups out there, but Wail is one of my favorites.
Ken.

[stevenmando]

Hi Ken just went out and bought Bireli Lagrene Gipsy Project & Friends CD great music and stopped by the Library and talked to the young man and his friend that have been playing this great music ,the CD is really good misic .

[stevenmando]

Hi ken just bought the Harmonius wall CD herd the music and it is great. Looking for others to get a good library of Gypsy swing jazz so I can get a good feel of the music and its history also going to look for sheet music thanks steven

[Ken]

Stevenmando, I found the website for Bireli Lagrene and listened to some of their clips, really great stuff, now the only problem is trying to decide which CD to get first. Sheet music should be available for a lot of Django's stuff and there are some tablatures on http://www.mandozine.com (formerly co-mando).
Ken.

[BobLeeSwagger]

Hi,

If you love Gypsy Swing and are in the Pacific Northwest, don't forget Djangofest Northwest begining September 30th. Bands include Boulou & Elios Ferré (their father Matelo Ferret and uncles (Baro and Sarane) all played and recorded with Django and were amazing soloists), Angelo Debarre (brilliant Manouche gypsy from France), Pearl Django, Swing Gitan, The Djangomatics, Django's Tiger (from Portland) and many many others! Workshops are also scheduled and there will be plenty of serious jamming with players of all levels. Act quickly because tiny Langley Washington (on Whidbey Island) is booking up FAST!