A look back at Transcarpathia’s legendary Manyo family of musicians
Author Archives: Shaun Williams
Nicolae Gheorghe: “Testimony of a Țigan” (1982)
English translation of an important treatise on Romani rights in socialist Romania
Odessa, Yiddish Pearl of the Sea
Gangsters, lemons, and Jewish musical heritage in the legendary port city
Transcarpathian Tsymbalist
An interview with Volodymyr Korolenko of the “Hudaki Village Band”
Manyo Takes Manhattan
The “Manyo” Family Band from Tiachiv, Ukraine visits New York City
Cimbalom tuning, Soviet style
Thoughts on tuning from the experts of yesteryear
Alushta, Crimea – Ukraine’s Coney Island
Post-Soviet beach culture in pre-annexation Crimea
“New RTF File Here” Toolbar Script for OSX
A tool for Mac power-users
How-to: Correct Ukrainian Cyrillic ID3 tags in iTunes
Tires of your Cyrillic ID3 tags getting jumbled in iTunes?
Danny Rubinstein, Klezmer Clarinetist
My 2008 short film “Danny Rubinstein – A Portrait with Variations”