Wide-ranging, irreverent and humorous, packed with fascinating - and sometimes tragic - details on lands and people who are rarely heard from.
Princes Amongst Men is the only book to provide an overview of Gypsy music across the Balkans, documenting remarkable artistry in former Yugoslavia, Romania and Bulgaria. It is also the only travelogue available through terrain many consider to be Europe's 'Badlands', covering ghettoes and villages, railways and motorways, weddings and funerals, festivals and dive bars.
No other writer has emulated the spirit of Jack Kerouac on the Balkan roads, in search of adventure, artistry and romance. This updated and expanded new edition transforms Cartwright's original 2005 text - including fresh interviews, further travel writing and the latest updates on music making and society across the Balkans.
Rezensionen / Stimmen
Get on board for a wild road trip with the best soundtrack ever -- Cerys Matthews Cartwright's portmanteau overflows with juicy vignettes, dry wit and sharp insights. He reports with expertise and candour and shares stories which are both fascinating and thrilling. Essential reading -- Dave Randall, author of Sound System: The Political Power Of Music No one writes about Balkan music with the insight and joy that Cartwright does. I am from and of the Balkans and, reading Cartwright on the music of my homeland, ensures I learn so much -- Amira Medunjanin A classic book by my favourite expert on Balkan music; a must for the shelves of any music buff -- Joe Boyd The best book yet written about the Gypsies. Tough, entertaining, informative and refreshingly free of the bullshit outsiders often bring to the subject. A real achievement -- Professor Ian Hancock
Sprache
Verlagsort
Harpenden, Herts
Großbritannien
Produkt-Hinweis
Illustrationen
Work includes 8 pages of full colour illustrations
Maße
Höhe: 198 mm
Breite: 129 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-85730-620-3 (9780857306203)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Garth Cartwright is an award winning journalist and author. As a teen Garth was inspired to write on (and promote) Kiwi punk bands, thus a career in words/music beckoned - by the age of 21 he was New Zealand's foremost music and visual arts journalist. Leaving in 1990 to explore the US, he purchased a rusty Buick Skylark for $500, hit the road and, in some ways, has never stopped. Since 1991 he has lived and worked in London. He regularly contributes to the Guardian and Financial Times and is the author of seven nonfiction books, while his Substack has an international readership. A passion for sharing musical enthusiasms has never dimmed - from 2005- 2022 he hosted a monthly Balkan/folk music night in Brixton. When not writing or travelling, Garth likes to collect records and DJ.
