Had a hoot on Sunday at the Philharmonic seeing a live show called "Fanfare Ciocarlia, Gypsy Kings and Queens". Can't refer you to anywhere on the web about them as I haven't found a web address. But if you search Youtube there are a number of brief clips of their live shows.

To cut a long story short, it was a fascinating mix of eastern and southern European folk-ish style music, mostly claiming to have some sort of Gypsy background. It really managed to maintain a kind of carnival atmosphere, with different performers joining and leaving stage for different numbers throughout. This included spanish guitar; almost jazz style trumpet; gypsy-peasant brass; saxophone; and various singers from Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania, Macedonia. Oh, and belly-dancing style dancers.

It all made for a very lively and entertaining show. Bit odd though. If you'd told me beforehand that I was about to see a dozen pudgy balding middle-aged men mucking around on stage, well...

It was still great fun though.