Beni Sape Sibiu -

The most accessible album. Features a stunning cover of Django Reinhardt’s "Minor Swing" but played in 7/8 time (Bulgarian rhythm). It sounds impossible to dance to, yet the audience always finds a way.

Beni Sape Sibiu, Gypsy Jazz, Romanian music, Transylvania, Jazz Manouche, Lăutari, Sibiu nightlife, Violin music, World music. beni sape sibiu

If you ever find yourself walking the cobblestones near the Evangelical Cathedral, and you hear the distant wail of a violin fighting against a double bass, follow it. You will find a crowd of strangers hugging each other, crying and laughing at the same time, swaying under the streetlights. The most accessible album

"I am not a museum piece," he said in a recent interview for Songlines Magazine . "My grandfather played for weddings in the mud. I play for festivals on the moon. The music must live. If it doesn't swing, it is dead." Beni Sape Sibiu, Gypsy Jazz, Romanian music, Transylvania,