Over the Easter weekend I stayed with a bunch of marauding musical Romany gypsies at a gathering called Utsiben in Wollombi valley north of Sydney. My friend Sarah sang with her band Lolo Lovina at the local wine bar. We dined on stew cooked in a cast iron pot on the camp fire. My 10 year old godson got to play with fire, horses, kids, wagons, music and mud.
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How 'Romany' were they really?
Australia's full (or so it seems) of folks in painted carts who play eastern European folk music badly, but gypsies are real people - a race, not just a subculture you can join because you left your office job.
Yes, these guys are the real deal. Sarah is Romani and sings in Romane. Her band Lolo Lovina has a website, you can take a look here www.myspace.com/lololovinamusic
Thanks for your comment,
Regards from Talisa
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