Artist Info: Gabi Lunca

Gabi Luncă (born in 1938) is a Roma (or "gypsy") Lăutari singer from Romania, born in Vărbilău (Prahova County). She is a very charming performer and became a favourite of Romania's communist ruler Nicolae Ceauşescu and his wife Elena. She is also known to be a committed Christian, in a place and a time where this was a difficult position to take.

Visitors to Bucharest in the grey 1980s could witness two different worlds: Official state folklore [read more...]