Zdob și Zdub (English rendering: Zdob shi Zdub) is a Moldovan band that combines elements of hip-hop, hardcore punk, and Romanian folk music. Often referred to as ZSZ by fans, Zdob și Zdub is onomatopoeia for the sound of a drum beat. The group represented Moldova in the 2005 Eurovision Song Contest, finishing sixth, and […]

Gogol Bordello is a self-styled “gypsy punk” band that formed in Manhattan, NY, in 1999. The band’s unique fusion of influences is largely the brainchild of frontman Eugene Hütz’s own unconventional history. Hütz, born Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Nikolayev-Simonov (Евгений Александрович Николаев-Симонов), is a Ukrainian-born expat whose Romani heritage (his mother is partially of Servitka ancestry) inspired […]