SearchResearch Challenge (1/16/19): Gipsy Kings questions--What language and what's that musical practice?
Welcome to 2019! A new year, with new Challenges and a few new ideas. First, a quick update on the book ( The Joy of Finding Out ): I'm in the last couple of days of copyediting. Then it goes back to the publisher so they can prepare the galleys. (That's the full resolution printing of the book and the last possibility of an edit.) THEN ... off to printing! We should get them by May or June. I'll be sure to let you know when the book can be pre-ordered! On to our Challenge for this week... Late last year I went to see the Gipsy Kings in a concert at a winery in the hills over Silicon Valley. It was a spectacular evening with brilliant music that's a blend of gypsy, flamenco, salsa, and pop--all sung in Andalusian Spanish. Gipsy Kings in concert (Mountain Winery, August, 2018) Mostly. They do have one song that baffles me. It's Majiwi , which has the lyrics: ...