Wow.. Shared by an accordionist friend. Putting aside the exoticising tone of the newsreel, this is a fascinating glimpse of Roma life in New York at the end of the 1930s. The accordionist is recognizable as Mishka Ziganoff, a Christian Roma klezmer musician & recording artist of the 1910s and 1920s. Too bad the audio quality is so bad.
#accordion #Roma #MusicHistory #OldNewYork #NYhistory #FolkMusic
https://youtu.be/jpZRQvDVBY8?si=kvNTSw3bu7fn4NnM