The song relies on a dense, multi-layered arrangement of fiddles, cymbalons, and accordions .
The performance often features the powerful, soulful vocals of Viorica Rudareasa , emphasizing a raw relationship between the narrative words and the driving musical pulse. Clejani Love Song
Reviewers from PopMatters and the World Music Report highlight the track's role in establishing the "conceptual tone" of the album: The song relies on a dense, multi-layered arrangement
“Blending Roma and jazz styles with fiddle, cymbalon and more on a tribute to their hometown, they move on from "Clejani Love Song" with "Manele Pomak", a sliding, involving, tune which wraps itself around you.” PopMatters · 10 years ago “[The music] sets the conceptual tone for the
The "Clejani Love Song" is a standout track by the legendary Romanian Romani ensemble , featured on their acclaimed 2015 album Of Lovers, Gamblers and Parachute Skirts .
“[The music] sets the conceptual tone for the songs that, for all their relative harmonic conservatism, expand what the medium can do to explore uncharted emotional territory.” World Music Report · 10 years ago