Photo: Hurlak
The fire is there before our eyes (or rather in our ears), dancing at the heart of Hurlak's music.

Hurlak

For the record, they're natives of the Tours region in France. For eager ears hearing them for the first time, they're far harder to pin down.

The Hurlak Four could have escaped from a Kusturica film or the misty dreams of some Romanian Gypsy or other, and we'd be none the wiser. —Courtesy Calabash Music