Dragan Ristic is a Serbian Roma with a mission. All his life he wants to fight against the prejudices that exist about Roma gypsies. The two main prejudices are that Roma are criminal and / or musical virtuoso. But it is precisely this musicality that may be the key to the emancipation of the Roma. Kal is a popular band in Serbia, a route that strangely enough went through abroad because the band
… was picked up there earlier. Due to a deal with a German label, their songs ended up in record bags of the DJs who spread the Balkanbeats virus from Berlin to the rest of Europe. Ristic is the gypsy variant of Manu Chao, who likes to bring a festive mix of rock, dance and gipsy music with fun hopping. The level on Radio Romanista varies. Ding Deng Dong sounds like a Eurovision nothing, while the exciting Turkish Blues and the sentimental ballad Chiquita dare to dig a little deeper. Kal immediately gains credibility. (PdK)more
