Princes Amongst Men

Name: Princes Amongst Men
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SKU: 9780857306203
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Journeys with Romani-Gypsy Musicians

By Garth Cartwright

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Wide-ranging, irreverent and humorous, this book is 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,... Read More

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Princes Amongst Men

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Wide-ranging, irreverent and humorous, packed with fascinating and sometimes tragic details on lands and people who are rarely heard from.

Description

Wide-ranging, irreverent and humorous, this book is 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 ghettos 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.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780857306203

Publisher: Oldcastle Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 23 April 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Oldcastle Books Ltd

Illustration: Work includes 8 pages of full colour illustrations

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 368

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About the Author

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 FinancialTimes andis 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.