Blog: The Lime Wire Blog

I've been dabbling in the expansive world of what is best described as "gypsy punk" for quite some time now. A broad genre, trapping all kinds of similarly styled modern bands with a more brass-driven aesthetic, its big players include Devotchka, Beat Circus , and Gogol Bordello . A hodgepodge of Roma music , Southern funk, earthly folk, and more, these bands are all unified, yet strikingly different from one another, depending on both their main area of focus and degree of modern inflections upon it. Despite my recent love and exploration of this wild musical [...]