CORINA SÎRGHI ȘI TARAFUL JEAN AMERICANU ROMANIA ROMANIAN, ROMANI, LAUTAREASCA Corina Sîrghi, backed by the traditional all-acoustic taraf led by accordionist Shaun Williams (aka Jean Americanu) and featuring virtuoso lăutar musicians Meltiade Mihalache (violin), Marian Șerban (cimbalom) and Costel Nechita (double bass), evokes the smoky parlors of 1930s Bucharest and the Mahala block parties of the 1990s with a mix of passionate romances, sultry tangos, 昀椀ery lăutar dances, and raucous manele classics that will tame even the most troubled of hearts. 30