Thank You Madonna

At the Live Earth Concert yesterday, Madonna, performed "La Isla Bonita", introducing me to Eugene & Sergey from Gogol Bordello. I absolutely loved that song that they played interspersed throughout Madonna's song. The violin is what gets me. I needed to find out what it was.

Well after searching & searching through Gogol Bordello's songs on iTunes, I couldn't find it. Then I found a link to a NPR interview they did last year and there it was. It's called "Lela Pala Tute" (English name - Dying After You). I even found a MP3 of them singing it on NPR. I now want to find the lyrics.

I like some of Gogol Bordello's songs, classified as Gypsy Punk; the ones with Roma or Romani music predominantly played. Romani is what is usually called Gypsy. The lead singer, Eugene, grew up in the Carpathia region where Ukraine, Romania, Hungary meet.

I simply love this music. I want more of it !!