Bluesmen's World(Music)

Zoltán Krulik, the composer-guitarist of Makám every year surprises his audience with better and better albums. The latest consists of soldier songs but song not from the point of view of the soldiers but their lovers, wives. The meeting of three wonderful female (Szilvia Bognár, Bea Palya, Ágnes Szalóki) and one male (Ádám Dévényi) voice furthermore the traditionalist but contemporary sound will fully satisfy the listener.
These beautiful Balkan songs, mostly Bulgarian and Macedonian which have become well-known in Hungary through the poetic translations of László Nagy – have also been covered by the former bands Kolinda and Gépfolklór, possibly others as well. The arrangements and compositions of Zoltán Krulik show the unequivocal marks of an unfaltering stylistic sense and an accomplished craftsmanship without the slightest suggestion of cliché or tried and tested routine. That is to say, underlying these compositions we can find genuine human sensitivity, experience and values: faith in the power of song and of melody, refined taste and temperance manifested in unmanipulated, acoustic sound, and trust in the possibility of conveying poetic metaphors and delicately shaded thoughts to the audience.

01. Van-e tenéked...?
02. Jaj, sötétben
03. Keselyű
04. Ilju
05. Fúdogál
06. Kilences
07. Katona sirató
08. Ébredj fel
09. Édesanya, kedvesem
10. Eleven
11. Gyere vélem
12. A Don-kanyar felől

Composed by Zoltán Krulik, except tracks 3, 4, 5 and 9 which are traditional.

Musicians:
Zoltán Krulik - guitar
Balázs Szokolay - sax, furulya, duda
Balázs Thurnay - kaval, voice
Eszter Krulik - violin
Zoltán Mizsei - keyboard, voice
Zoltán Kovács - double bass
Géza Orczy - derbuka, tapán, buzuki, saz

Guests:
Ádám Dévényi - voice
Szilvia Bognár - voice
Bea Palya - voice
Ági Szalóki - voice

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"Antwerp city, with its harbor, has always been a melting pot of different cultures. The Antwerp Gipsy-Ska Orkestra reflects that openness in an intriguing way; seven musicians from all over the world - each with a very diverse musical background - have teamed up to combine the pure, raw energy of authentic Roma Gipsy melodies with the ultra-danceable ska groove.

This band has it all! A charismatic front man, street credibility, incredible energy on stage, a vast variety of styles and rhythms that stretch the boundaries of what we know as ska music, striking melodies that soar with joy and dive with melancholy, improvisational skills to match a jazz combo and best of all… their own sound that is so rich and natural that one can’t help but wonder why nobody came up with this idea before.

You can see that classifying AGSO as just another ska band would be a mistake that one is not likely to make after seeing them at work.

Based solely on their live reputation they played the Melkweg (Amsterdam) with Balkan Beat Box and left the audience screaming for more. A few months later they performed at the prestigious Eurosonic festival in the ‘Stadsschouwburg’ (after the Magic Numbers) which confirmed their popularity status and has them headlining many festivals in the Netherlands and Belgium.

The debut CD which was released in June 2007, was unanimously applauded by the Belgian Press as a masterpiece, terms like all hits, no misses got the band many interviews and frequent airplay on Belgium’s Radio 1. Since the last of the band’s illegal immigrants received his permit to stay just before the release, “Tuttilegal” seemed an appropriate title.

The Musicians

Gregor - Vocals & trumpet
Kike - Alto Saxophone
Vincent - Soprano/Tenor Saxophone
Mukt i- Guitar
Suki - Keyboard
Filip - Double Bass
Alfredo - Drums

Gregor and Mukti are old friends, they played together in Moss, a hardcore punk band with Mukti on drums. At the same time Mukti played in Tachyon, at that time also a punk band (he also joined Belgian Asociality later on)... one thing led to another and Gregor became the singer of Tachyon. As this group gradually became a ska band, Kike (Argentina) was asked to join them on sax. After Tachyon split up in 2003 these three friends found each other again in AGSO.

Kosovo born Suki plays in numerous gipsy-projects.

Gregor, Vincent (France) and Kike are part of the Ambrassband, a fanfare that grew out of the Antifare.
Gregor and Kike also form the horn section of Donkey Diesel.

Filip played bass with Le Trio Perdu. After their breakup, he formed the klezmer formation On Fidldikn Mamzer with the accordeonist. He's active in the gipsy scene apart from AGSO and you also can hear him perform with Bobby's Evil, Bacalhou (Fado), Tagsim (Arabo-Andalusisch) en Delicatessen (Free). He's also recording with Lais.

Alfredo was born in Chili and also plays jazz sessions and other side projects."

01.Erkilet güzeli
02.Artik Sevmeyecegim
03.Pussinality
04.Tuttilegal
05.Djelem Djelem
06.Duy Beren
07.Suki's theme
08.Tutti Frutti
09.Duj Sandala
10.Agsong

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"The songs revolve around the theme of marriage, expressing the joys and sorrows, the reflections and celebrations of a young lass at the turning point of her life."

Extract from sleeve notes:
"Think it over young lass!" sings Marianna Majorosi, for whom - unlike the majority of her modern contemporaries - it is not the spoken word but the song that seems to be the meet authentic language through which she can fully express her thoughts and dings. She sings of the destiny of women, young and old, of their experiences and sagacity in connection with pair selection and marriage, the most significant turning point in their lives. She employs precise, sublime form, citing from the masterpieces of Hungarian folk-poetry, which convey a wide range of deep emotions and rich ideas.

Choosing one of the fundamental rites of passages of human life she presents not only the customs (The Wedding) or merry aspects (The Feast) of marriage, but also the way a girl becomes acquainted with young men at large or small scale revels. She shows us that a girl might sometimes suffer disappointment, even in her fiance, and lays the importance of the marriage decision before us in The Ceremony....

While Marianna describes the joy, merriment, sorrow and grief of women's destiny, she also offers a stylish and tasteful glimpse of the rich variety of Hungarian folk wedding customs. However, it cannot simply be stated that the listener is holding only a collection of folk customs. This disc, besides giving an overall picture of Hungarian tradition, creates an atmosphere whereby we can easily put ourselves in the position of a girl when she sets out for the church or when she is swirling in the bride's dance.

The music which accompanies the girls' singing from beginning to end is not only an excellent complement to the songs, but also demonstrates some of the wealth of regional variation to be found in the folk tunes of the Hungarian minorities across the Carpathian Basin, and adds further colour to the spirit that pervades these songs.

MÁTKASÁG / BETROTHAL
1. Mezőség / Transylvanian Heath: Búza

VÉNLÁNY NÓTÁJA / SPINSTER'S SONG
2. Dunántúl / Transdanubia: Somogy

MENNYEGZŐ / THE WEDDING
3. Menyasszonykikérő / Requesting Of The Bride
4. Menyasszonybúcsúztató / Farewell To The Bride
- Felvidék / Uplands: Ipolyvartó
5-8. Menyasszonybúcsú / The Bride's Farewell
- Felvidék / Uplands: Magyarbőd
9. Esküvő / The Ceremony - Mezőség / Transylvanian Heath: Szék

HALOTTMENYASSZONY BÚCSÚZTATÓ / FAREWELL TO THE DEAD BRIDE
10. Mezőség / Transylvanian Heath: Magyarszovát

LAKODALOM / THE FEAST
11. Borköszöntő / Wine Toast
12. Eger környéki boros nóták / Wine Songs From The Vicinity Of Eger
13. Nászköszöntő / Wedding Party Toast
14. Bodrogközi hejehuja és elköszönő / Merry-making
From Bodrogköz and Leave-taking

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BBC Awards for World Music 2006 Winner.

Armenia is a nation that invokes many descriptions: landlocked, ancient, nestled in the foothills of the Caucasus mountains and bearer of many tragic events. Yet Armenia is also celebrated for its music, especially the duduk, a flute carved from apricot wood with a cane reed whose range is barely one octave. When played by a master such as Djivan Gasparyan the duduk creates one of the loneliest, most moving sounds ever heard.
Yet Armenia is not land locked in the past; instead, it has maintained a connection with Western thought and culture - this has been helped by a huge Armenian diaspora, many of whom live in the USA - and The Armenian Navy Band are the most brilliant example yet of how an ancient culture can comfortably blend with a contemporary one.

The Armenian Navy Band was founded by the percussionist/vocalist of Armenian descent, Arto Tunçboyaciyan. Arto likes to describe The Armenian Navy Band as 'avant garde music from Armenia' which suggests something of the band but is a little limiting. The band have a strong jazz influence and to this they bring in all manner of folkloric instrumentation so building an organic creation that, well, swings.
Along with others of the Armenian diaspora, Arto Tuncboyaciyan grew up on the outskirts of Istanbul. Arto turned to music to celebrate his culture and here he managed to keep alive the spirit of Armenia. The sorrow and loneliness, also to be found in African-American jazz and blues, are mixed here with the melancholy Armenian spirit. Yet there is also joy, love and solace.

The Navy Band is composed of twelve Armenian musicians and the compositions are all Arto originals which - using his words - 'have the sound of my life'. The instruments vary from traditional: duduk, zurna, kemanche, kanun to contemporary: trombone, alto sax, tenor, soprano sax, trumpet, bass, drums, keyboard and piano.

"I don't give direction to anybody," says Arto. "I let you imagine for yourself but what I try to give you is Love, Respect, Truth. I believe this is the path for trust. Trust is one of the simplest forms of wealth in this world. This is what we need."

01. Let Factories Open
02. Let' Not Become A Copy From A Copy
03. Let's Try A New Road
04. I Dont Forget My Faith
05. Here's To You Ararat
06. My Door Is Open For Everybody
07. Broken Waltz
08. Red Bird
09. Kef Kef ( Celebration )
10. Kitchen Song
11. Every Person Is One Life
12. Oleaman
13. Look At Your Forehead
14. For The Souls Of Those Who Passe

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The ethnic project "Bugotak" aims to play true Siberian folklore combining traditional instruments and modern technique.Bug Otak means "Wheat Father." Bugotak plays native siberian music in these variations: Mostly - northern turkic (Altai, Tuva, inc. throat singing), but also Tungus-manchurian, and music of the Deep Northern folks (Eveny, Negidaltsy, Orci etc) Mostly - traditional folklore, but also ethnic turkic rock and hard ambient.
Mostly - its own songs, but also original folk songs and tributes to rock classics, played in traditional siberian instruments.

The main idea of Bugotak's art is that only those traditions come alive, which develop itselves; stark traditions are subject to nobody. Therefore, the project declares itself to play in any style, keeping native Siberian spirit. Lovers of 'pure folk' should stay away, to avoid stagnation of native folks culture.

Bugotak was found by George Andriyanov, a multi-instrument player and throat singing performer in 2004. Year 2006 cast: George Andriyanov, Tanya Romanova, Dmitry Shvetsov.
Awards in 2006: - 'The best folklore band' within professional performers on The Baykal Necklace international festival (Ulan-Ude, Russia).

01 Ijus
02 Thunder Dance
03 My Name Is Agdam Ynal
04 The Isle
05 Fish Bowhunting
06 The Taiga Man
07 Ak Bur-Khan
08 Tumke
09 Manchora
10 Holy And One
11 Winter
12 Attack To The South
13 Bahat'dzarin
14 Kozhung Of The Rising Sun

Artists:
George 'Father Gorry' Adriano - PC, vocals, throat singing (kargyraa, khoomei, sygyt), guitar, chinese flute, fiddles.
George 'Eskape' Kolesnikov - guitars, khomus.

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"When you come from a country whose musical tradition has already been covered so well by the huge talent of Márta Sebestyén, you certainly need a very good reason to find the courage to put out a similar record.

Ágnes Herczku has every right to feel vindicated by her decision to do just that. In Gold and Blue is reminiscent of Sebestyén but is different enough and personal enough to allow Herczku to claim a part of that tradition as her own.

So, this album which is: "...not only about love, though it is mainly about that" and which speaks of: "...love's pleasures and miseries - things we would rather just sing to ourselves", as she says in the introduction, is venturing into familiar territory, albeit discovering in the process unfathomable levels of sorrow and passion in those traditional songs. Sorrow so heart-wrenching that even reading the translated lyrics asks for nerves of steel and passion so strong that it leads one into questioning the open-mindedness of our so-called 'progressive' times.

Passion and sorrow, however, are often the two sides of the same coin, a low-valued one that speaks of crushing poverty and soul-wrenching fatigue. Of women forced to marry just to combine the cattle of the two families into a substantive flock, of resilient mothers who cannot support their children's emotional needs, of young boys and girls who break every rule in order to make do in an inhospitable environment. And although on a surface level those stories seem like tales from a vicious past, soon you realize how many people face the same kind of problems today. The Brazilian girls looking for a sugar daddy abroad over the Internet, the Eastern European girls following their consumerist dreams to sexual slavery in the Liberal West, the Albanian, Mexican and Nigerian men crossing the frozen Mediterranean and the punishing desert to the American Dream or to the European Welfare State.

You think of those things while the "gypsy" violins play out their usual tales of "Hungarianess." We all know what to expect: Bartók has already showed the way and Márta Sebestyén has sung about it. Yet the fire that burns inside this music transcends all stereotypes and melts all our expectations. The recording is of such detail that small musical structures fill the room. The stories leap out of the speakers. And Ágnes Herczku sings beautifully, in a way that is both full of feeling with just a touch emotional detachment. These stories are meaningful to her, but are not her own and she points out the difference, lest we are misled into believing we know how it is to feel like that.

This is a demanding, difficult record that points the way to the greater mysteries of life, and particularly love; a journey more than a recording."

1. Prológus / Prologue
2. Hazám, hazám... / My Home, My Home…
3. Költözik a vándormadár... / The Wandering Bird Moves On…
4. Mikorjára menyecske lesz... / When Will A Bride Be Of This Girl…
5. Egy menyasszonyé / A Bride’s
6. Felvidéki párosítók / Match Making Songs
7. Volt nékem szeretőm... / I Had a Lover…
8. Verd meg, Isten... / God Strike Down…
9. Bánjad, asszony, bánjad... / Deplore It, Woman…
10. Arany és kék / Blue And Gold
11. Epilógus / Epilogue

Ágnes Herczku – voice
Gergely Agócs – wooden flute
Kálmán Balogh – cimbalom
Róbert Doór – double bass
Pál Dsupin – wooden flute
Sándor D. Tóth “Satya” – viola
Géza Fábri – Moldavian lute
Tamás Gombai – violin
Zsolt Kürtösi – double bass
László Mester – viola
Miklós Molnár – violin
Csaba Ökrös – violin
Gábor Szabó “Suvi” - violin

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Probably the first alum release by an authentic Gypsy band!
Sung in Gypsy and Hungarian.
Kalyi Jag, Black Fire in English, play authentic Gypsy music and have been doing so for over 20 years. They are recognised as one of the foremost Gypsy folk ensembles in Eastern Europe today. The instruments they use are guitar, jug, board and oral improvisations.
Originally released in 1987.

01. Slow song from Szatmár
What're you looking for, brother
02. Rolled song from Szatmár
Make way, children
03. Slow rolled song from Szatmár
Our daughter-in-law was fair
04. Slow song from Szekszárd
May God be lucky
05. Rolled songs from Szekszárd
a) Follow me, girl
b) I've had a new cart made
06. Cavity (oral bass) improvisations
07. Rolled song from Szabolcs
The band played till the morning
08. Transdanubian slow song
What do I need that much money for
09. Rumanian Gypsy dance from the Balkans
"Rumelaj"
10. Dance song from Nagyecsed
For forty-two nights
11. Fanny
12. Slow song from Szatmár
What's my young life
13. Rolled song from Nyírbátor
14. Stick dance tune from Szatmár
As many girls there were
15. Rolled song from Nagyecsed (1'37")
The duck goes in the water
16. Transdanubian slow song
Mother, mother
17. Rolled song from Nyírvasvári
Her soul is
18. Slow song from Nyírvasvári
Why should my mother die
19. Rolled dance song
I have a pipe and a hat

Musicians:
Ágnes Künstler - voice, snapping with fingers
József Balogh - oral bass, voice, guitar, spoons, tambura, whistle
Gusztáv Varga - whistle, voice, guitar, spoons, oral bass, dance
Béla Balogh - voice, water can, oral bass, dance

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"Yat-Kha’s unique sound revolves around the marriage of the traditional - 'khoomei' throat-singing, endemic to the group's native Tuva (the smallest and most remote republic in the Russian Federation), which allows the singer to hold more than one note simultaneously - to the modern - the (then-underground) rock and punk which inspired Albert to pick up his first electric guitar. Albert’s bone-shaking double-bass growl, coupled with his high harmonics, provide the foundation while the music is driven along by a mix of traditional instruments which contrast with Albert’s beloved electric guitar. 'Recovers' recorded late last year after the band suffered a number of disasters including stolen musical equipment, stolen passports and a car crash, Albert Kuvezin took time out to reflect on what started him on this journey in the first place, which led to the recording of this album paying tribute to the music which influenced the band. Here you can hear Joy Division, ! Led Zepplin, Captain Beefheart, Chieftains and others as you never have heard before, as Yat-Kha bring a new element to these songs."

01. When The Levee Breaks (Led Zeppelin)
02. Man Machine (Kraftwerk)
03. Ramblin’ Man (Hank Williams)
04. In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (Iron Butterfly)
05. Love Will Tear Us Apart (Joy Division)
06. Her Eyes Are A Blue Million Miles (Captain Beefheart)
07. Song About A Giraffe (Vladimir Vysotskiy)
08. Orgasmatron (Motorhead)
09. Will You Go, Lassie, Go? (trad., from the McPeake Family)
10. Toccata (Paul Mauriat)
11. Black Magic Woman (Carlos Santana Version)
12. Exodus (Bob Marley)
13. Play With Fire (Rolling Stones)
14. Song Of Mergen (Alexei Tchyrgal-Ool)

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Complementing the Duda (Hungarian Bagpipe) playing on this CD release is some fine singing and other traditional folk music instruments.
Boosting members such as Sándor Csoóri (ex-Muzsikás, now with Ifjú Muzsikás) and György Lányi (Téka Ensemble) this bag-pipe project was always going to produce something interesting. Formed in 1989 they have learnt their folk music from the undisputed masters of the Hungarian Duda: Imre Seres (Közeptúr, Hont region ,Transylvania), János Szikora (Palást, Hont region, Transylvania), and István Pál (Tereske, Nógrád region, Transylvania). The work of these master live on in the recording by the Hungarian Bagpipe Band.
On their concerts they show the leather bagpipe and the bagpipers tunes and make the public aquainted with the traditions and legends which connected with this mistycal instrument. Their first album compilated 15’th years performances.

01. Aki dudás akar lenni
02. Táncolj kecske
03. Betyár nóta
04. Hopp Sári
05. Vörös bíró
06. Palásti dallamok
07. Megütik a dobot
08. Pál István nótái
09. Karácsonyi dallamok
10. Jankovics Imre nótái
11. Aranyalma
12. Dudásom, dudásom
13. Vékony János nótái
14. Dudahimnusz

István Adorján - bagpipe, chained staff
Botond Bese - bagpipe, voice
Sándor Csoóri Jr. - bagpipe
Balázs Istvánfi - bagpipe, koboz
Zoltán Karakas - kanásztülök, voice
József Kozák - bagpipe, flute, drum, bass bagpipe
György Lányi - bagpipe, voice, drum, bzugony
Dongó Szokolay - bagpipe
Végh Andor - bagpipe, turkish whistle
Károly Vladár - bagpipe, voice
Szilvia Bognár - voice
Boglárka Csonka - voice
Orsolya Strack - voice

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Gogol Bordello is a multi-ethnic Gypsy punk band from the Lower East Side of New York City that formed in 1999 and is known for its theatrical stage shows. Much of the band's sound is inspired by Gypsy music, as its core members are immigrants from Eastern Europe. The band incorporates minor-key accordion and fiddle (and on some albums, saxophone) mixed with cabaret, punk, and dub as well as multiple languages. Phill Jupitus has described the band as "a bit like The Clash and The Pogues having a fight... in Eastern Europe."

01. Sacred Darling
02. Voi-la intruder
03. Greencard husband
04. Passport
05. Start wearing purple
06. Shy kind of guy
07. Mussolini vs. Stalin
08. Letter to mother
09. God-like
10. Nomadic chronicle
11. Letter to castro (costumes for tonight)
12. Unvisible zedd
13. Sex spider
14. No threat
15. Against the nature

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The band Leningrad was set up by Sergey Shnurov (a.k.a. Shnur) in St. Petersburg in 1997.
Leningrad's line up has changed quite a few times, although their backbone has always remained guitars, drums and a strong brass section. Sometimes keyboards were added, an accordion, double bass, xylophone, balalaikas or even a singing saw. Their last massive line up changes occurred in 2002. Shnur recorded the album 'Piraty XI veka' together with the musicians of St. Petersburg ska band Spitfire. Soon the whole Spitfire gang became part of Leningrad, which again significantly raised the musical level.

01. WWW
02. Bljadi
03. Pidarasy
04. Komon evribadi
05. Sobaka Baskervilej
06. Rezinovyj muzhik
07. Mne by v nebo
08. Ljudi ne letajut
09. U menja est' vse
10. Novyj god
11. Banany
12. Bez tebja
13. Privet, Dzhimmi Hendriks

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Zurgó was formed in 1993, in Budapest, in Hungary.
The members' aim is to collect the music of the "csángó" - a Hungarian minority living in Romania - to present it in concerts and thus preserve it for the coming generations.
In 2004 the Zurgó became the first Hungarian folk group to be given the Bezeredj Award of Ministry of Cultural Heritage, and in 2007 the Zurgó was awarded the title Béla Bartók Prize by the Advisory Board of Hungarian Arts Award.

"On the present album we invoke Gregorian melodies, ballads, laments and love songs, dance melodies of medieval, renaissance and modern origin, recalling the festivities, joy and sorrow of generations that have passed. All this is music of the Hungarian speaking minority in Moldva (Moldavia), Romania, the Csángó people, that we have been collecting from their elders and their grandsons and granddaughters. The past has a message for the present in all these wonderful melodies, the heart of time is beating in them."

The Zurgo Ensemble on this CD release present the music and traditions of the ‘Csango’ Hungarians living in Moldavia. Since 1992 they have collected dance music and songs from the Moldavian Csangos and play them on traditional instruments such as the violin, kaval, kobza, whistle and drum etc. In their native Hungary they are regular performers of their art and have appeared on many radio and television programmes.

The "Csángó"-s
Moldavia is the territory, beyond the East Carpathian mountains, belonging to Romania today, where there were Hungarians arrived in several waves. From the 13th to the 18th centuries there were several migrations of Hungarian settlers to Moldavia. Their descendants are the people we call 'Csango' today.
They established their own settlements in Moldavia and have preserved their independence from the Orthodox Moldavian Romanians. Thus their culture has medieval European and Asian elements as well as Romanian, Balkanian, Slav and Turkish ones due to living close to those peoples. This is true for the music, as well as the dances, that are diverse even in their forms: beside round and pair dances, the so - called chain or line dances are also characteristic. Gregorian melodies, laments, ballads and new-style folk songs can be found in their culture as well as chain and line dances of ancient origin, the renaissance 'kettős'- a walking and fast couple dance-and the 19th-century Hungarian csardas.
On 23rd May 2001, the Permanent Committee of the General Assembly of the European Council accepted the Finnish Tytti Isohookana Asunmaa's report which stated that the Csangos of Moldavia speak a former version of Hungarian and have archaic traditions, colourful folk art and culture which are of special importance for Europe.


01. Magyaros - Old Hungarian dances
02. Antaloké - Two Antals' melodies
03. Györgyi Ilonával - At the end of the garden...
04. Nunta - Wedding (5'48")
05. Vőlegénysirató - Mourning song
06. "Fenn a csillag, fenn az ég..." - Stars and the sky above
07. "Szeretőm e táncba..." - My lover in the dance...
08. Márton víg Gergele - Gergely's song
09. Juhajgatás - Shepherd's song
10. "Ha folyóvíz volnék..." - If I were a river...
11. Kyrie eleison
12. Havajgatás - Consolation
13. Szép asszonyok éneke - Song of the witches

Musicians:
Lídia Draskóczy - fiddle
Andrea Navratil - voice
Félix Benke Ágoston - drum, jew's harp, leaf whistle
László Demeter - koboz (lute)
Bercel Nagy - wooden whistles, tale-teller
Csaba Sófalvi Kiss - wooden whistles, kaval

Guests:
Mária Petrás - voice
Géza Fábri - koboz, voice

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The band was formed in 1987 in the most underdeveloped - and culturally most authentic region of Hungary - in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county. Their name, PARNO GRASZT means WHITE HORSE: “White” as the symbol of purity, “Horse” as the symbol of freedom.

The core of the band consists of nine musicians, the expanded number is eighteen - including ten dancers of three generations – with ages from 10 to 72.

If a guest visits their small village in time of wedding, christening, funeral, ball or any other kind of ceremony, he will experience that the whole population takes part in the band - the instruments go from hand to hand and everybody is a dance master. Maybe this spirit of living tradition makes their concerts such a frenetic celebration.

The band adapted almost every Gypsy folk song from different parts of Hungary and also from the neighbouring countries. They play different communities' authentic music with the aim to save the traditions, the musical and dancing culture of the Gypsy society and to share them with the audience.

The band represents a special dialect of Gypsy music. Besides the typical tunes they take over Hungarian melodies into their songs. They have not only performed but also created folklore during the recording of their albums. They use traditional instruments like guitar, double bass, tamboura and also unique ones like spoons, water can, 'oral bass' and the taragot. These instruments are only known in original Gypsy folk music. The songs reflect a wide range of emotions of Gypsies.

Their first album was released in May 2002 by the renowned Hungarian folk label, FONÓ RECORDS. Not long after the official release the album hit Nr. 7 on the WORLD MUSIC CHARTS EUROPE which was at least surprising since never before any Hungarian bands got into the Top Ten. Since then the songs of Parno Graszt are being played continouosly by numerous European world music radio stations.

01.Rávágok a zongorára
02.Tu zsanesz - Te tudod
03.Zsotar - Elmegyek
04.Majdik aba szokero - Majd megnézem, mit csinálok
05.Kodi phenel mange - Azt mondja nekem
06.Odi phenel cino savo - Azt mondja a kisfiam
07.Szajbőgő improvizacio
08.Te na mero - Ne haljak meg
09.Khade sukar - Igy szép
10.Dikho aba le cserhaja - Nézem a csillagos eget
11.Khele le cinisej - Tancol a ciganylay
12.Ratyake phiro - Este járok
13.Sukar szi muri romnyi - Szép a feleségem
14.Retyija pijo - Pálinkat iszok
15.Vojake save - Jókedvű fiúk
16.Cirde muri giji - Húzd el a notámat
17.Ande gava - Jarom a falut
18.Dhukal muro jilo - Fáj a szivem
19.Parno graszt - Fehér ló
20.Paszabi pergető
21.Szaszman Devla Piranyi/Volt szeretőm

József OLÁH (tamboura, guitar, vocals)
Géza BALOGH (guitar, vocals)
János JAKOCSKA (guitar, vocals)
János OLÁH (double-bass, vocals)
István NÉMETH (water cans, oral bass)
Sándor HORVÁTH (vocals, spoons)
Krisztián OLÁH (accordion)
Mária BALOGH (vocals)
Mária VÁRADI (vocals)

Guests:
László FEHÉR - taragot
Kálmán BAKOS - viola

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"Nothing can inspire an artist more than being challenged. The artist in question is Nikola Parov, New York based and playing in the world-famous formation RIVERDANCE."

Nikola Parov is a featured artist in the Riverdance Orchestra, playing a wide variety of instruments: kaval, gadulka, bouzuki and gaida. As well as recording with Bill Whelan, Andy Irvine, Zsarátnok, and Márta Sebestyén and composing dance music for the Hungarian State Folk Ensemble.

“Budapest producer, Nikola Parov, not only constructs modern chamber-folk arrangements... but also plays a staggering array of instruments himself.”

1. Anonym
2. Trance Danubius
3. Diva's Smile
4. Mayo Woman
5. Satyr's Night
6. Tsami
7. Ritual
8. Passio

Musicians:
Nikola Parov - vocals, acoustic guitar, oud, bouzouki, gaida, kaval, gadulka, flute, tin whistle, clarinet, piano, keyboards, programming, percussion
Berecz András - vocals
Des Moore - electric guitar
Zoltán Lantos - violin
Mairtin O'Connor - accordion
Davy Spillane - pipes
Kenneth Edge - soprano saxophone
Ferenc Kovács - trumpet
Ottó Rácz - oboe
Noel Eccles - drums, timpani, percussion

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"The second record by Montreal's Black Ox Orkestar places the group at the forefront of a 'new Jewish music' that rejects contemporary fusion and musty nostalgia in equal measure. With backgrounds in folk, punk-rock and free jazz, the group's four musicians distill Balkan, Central Asian, Arabic and Slavic sources into a coherent, impassioned sound that gives teeth to old Jewish songs. Never relying on museum-piece reverence or an obvious, forced collision of musical forms, Black Ox is rewriting a Yiddish songbook in ways that sound organically anchored to tradition without being suffocated by it. Nisht Azoy (Not Like This) builds dramatically on Black Ox's debut (Ver Tanzt?), striking a similar balance between vocal and instrumental tunes, but with more intensity, mystery, and a readiness to stretch things out, whether in the incantatory opener "Bukharian" or the clomping crescendos of "Az Vey Dem Tatn" and "Tsvey Tabelakh". Further upping the ante with greater use of percussion and group singing, the band's entirely acoustic instrumentation pumps and pulses with explosive energy and emotion. Radwan Moumneh captures the 4-piece band (at Montreal's Hotel2Tango studio) with a detailed warmth and authority, and a large cast of guest players expands the group to bona fide orchestral size on "Tsvey Tabelakh". The slow plaintiveness of vocal songs "Ikh Ken Tsvey Zayn" and "Golem" rank among the group's most spine-tingling, mesmerising moments. "Ratsekr Grec" summons a Balkan dance rhythm in one of the album's more overtly traditional arrangements, adding a flurry of colliding horns down the home stretch. Taken as a whole, the cycle of songs on Nisht Azoy further opens up a world, inspired by Jewish diasporic culture and politics, that challenges conventional appropriations and forges music that is highly original, deeply felt and very much alive. As the band writes: "Nisht Azoy is the melancholy and uncompromising sound of our mongrel music splitting at the seams, the boat creaking as we drag our friends on board. As we sing in Tsvey Taybelakh: 'When you come to a strange city, my love / Think of my words / When you come to deep waters, my love / You will not drown in sorrow / When you come to great fires, my love / You will not be burnt in sorrow.'"

1.Bukharian
2.Az Vey Dem Tatn
3.Violin Duet
4.Ikh Ken Tsvey Zayn
5.Ratsekr Grec
6.Tsvey Taybelakh
7.Dorbriden
8.Golem

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"Where the previous two albums from Leicestershire based A Hawk And A Hacksaw were dark and dusty delights that happily referenced such disparate genres as the Spaghetti Western, Captain Beefheart and Raymond Scott, their new LP 'The Way The Wind Blows' is a far lighter affair that shifts it focus squarely onto folk traditions. Sharing two members with Beirut (Jeremy Barnes and Heather Trost), A Hawk And A Hacksaw explore a similar aural topography - with the opening 'In The River' full of lazy horns, wheezing melodies and waltzing accordion, all of which conspire to create a wonderfully rolling Bavarian folk atmosphere. Partly recorded in a remote Romanian village with members of Fanfare Ciocarlia (recent winners of Best European Artist at the Radio 3 World Music Awards), 'The Way The Wind Blows' really does sound timeless; conjuring up images of dusky mountains and bustling villages. Choosing a dramatic stomp that has a distinctly Turkish flavour, the title track is a rich and rimy affair that juxtaposes an ominous accordion line with some piquant strings which prevent the piece becoming dour or overcast. From here, 'Song For Joseph' introduces militaristic drums to a pathos drenched vocal that will keep pulling you in despite its poignant undertow, 'God Bless The Ottoman Empire' is a jaunty slice of indie-folk that wouldn't sit out of place on college radio, whilst 'GaDJe Sirba' cross-breeds Eastern Europe with Duke Ellington style horns. It works far better in the ear than it does on paper... Closing with the couplet of 'Salt Water' and 'There Is A River In Gailsteo' (the former a brooding piano and string epic, the latter a tender shimmering lament), The Hawk And The Hacksaw have made an album that sticks to its musical ethics doggedly whilst losing not a jot of listenability."

01.In The River
02.Way The Wind Blows
03.Song For Joseph
04.Fernando's Giampari
05.God Bless The Ottoman Empire
06.Waltz For Strings And Tuba
07.Oporto
08.Gadje Sirba
09.Sparrow
10.Salt Water
11.There Is A River In Galisteo

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Yat-Kha come from Tuva, out on the borders of Siberia and western Mongolia. They dress like throw-backs to the hippy psychedelic era, and create some of the most extraordinary noises on the planet. Albert Kuvezin is an exponent of the local style of throat-singing, which allows the performer to hold more than one note at once while producing surely the deepest growls on record. He is also a guitarist who likes to switch between gentle acoustic passages and frantic electric solos, and he leads a band that also includes such traditional Tuvan stringed instruments as the Igil. The resulting songs are gloriously exhilarating, being at their best treating Tuva's gutsy traditional songs to the trademark blend of wild rhythm and growls. These range from exuberant growled rockers like Come Along to slow growled ballads, all with lyrics in English and sounding as if he is desperate to join the western pop mainstream.

01. Come Along / A.Kuvezin
02. Amby Baryp / trad.arr.A.Kuvezin-K.Mongush
03. Langchyy Boom / trad.arr. YAT-KHA
04. Carry Me Through / A.Kuvezin
05. Dorug Daiym / trad.arr. YAT-KHA
06. Coming Buddha / A.Kuvezin
07. Eki Attar / trad.arr. YAT-KHA
08. The Steppe, The City, The Sea / A.Kuvezin
09. Uzhur-La Bar / A.Kuvezin
10. Khandagaity / trad.arr. YAT-KHA
11. Voyager / A.Kuvezin
12. Teve-Khaia / trad.arr.A.Kuvezin
13. Tuva.Rock / A.Kuvezin
14. Amby Baryp (remix) / trad.arr.A.Kuvezin-K.Mongush

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Soundtrack for 2006 film composed by Tony Gatlif (Gypsy music).

01. Tchiki Tchiki - Tony Gatlif, Beata Palya
02. Fureur - Tony Gatlif, Beata Palya
03. Mahala - Tony Gatlif
04. Le vent - Tony Gatlif, Beata Palya
05. Le chant du Pope - Tony Gatlif
06. Mamaliga - Tony Gatlif
07. Doina Ciorba - Sandu Ciorba, Tony Gatlif
08. La fête des masques - Tony Gatlif, Beata Palya
09. Je t'ai cherché - Tony Gatlif, Beata Palya
10. Le tzigane heureux - Tony Gatlif
11. Déchirant - Tony Gatlif
12. Tchiki Ciorba - Tony Gatlif, Sandu Ciorba
13. Le Regret - Tony Gatlif
14. Fureur intrumental - Tony Gatlif
15. Promesse Live - Tony Gatlif
16. Le souffle - Tony Gatlif
17. Libre Zingarina - Tony Gatlif
18. Promesse Tony - Gatlif, Beata Palya

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ALTAI THROAT SINGING

Back in ancient times Altai was populated by a spiritual civilization. At present the civilization is gradually fading away, but its glow still remains in the form of Altaikai throat singing. Altai kai nowadays is the bridge between the ancient spiritual world of Altai and modern civilization.

A throat singing band "AltaiKai" was founded in 1997. Its goal is conservation and development of the Altai traditional culture and customs. "AltaiKai" is:
- a prize-winner of All-Russia and international festivals and competitions;
- a member of the Russian Federation's folk-lore union.
- a member of the international organization of folk art of UNESCO.
- a winner of the UNESCO prize. Samarkand. 2001.
- a record-holder of the Guinness' "Book of the Achievements and Records" for the longest performance of throat singing in 2003.
- a gold medal winner of the Moscow "Delfiyski Plays" in 2000.
- a gold medal winner at the international festival of throat singing "Dyhanie Zemli" ("the Ground's Breath"). Ulan-Ude. 2005.
- a winner of the G.I. Choros-Gurkin's prize of the Republic of Altai.

The band performed in Russia, Kazakhstan, Kirgizia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Mongolia, Czech, Austria, Norway, Switzerland, Finland, Turkey and the USA.

The members of the group organized three throat singing festivals "Altyn Taiga", where representatives from the Republics of Tyva and Khakasia and such foreign countries as Japan, England and the USA participated.

Despite the fact that Altai throat singing is a tradition with centuries-long history, nowadays it is still a well-established and demanded part of contemporary world music.

01. Baatyrdyng Soozi (Warrior's Words)
02. Altaiym (My Altai)
03. Alkyshtar (Prayers)
04. Kara-suu (Spring Water)
05. Ulaganym jaanyr (Janger Style Song from Ulagan)
06. Shunu Baatyr (Shunu Warrior)
07. Komuzym, oino, oino (Play, Play, My Khomus)
08. Jebren kai la tunur (Ancient Kai Song amd Tunur-Drum)
09. Oyim, oyim
10. Jai (Summer)
11. Kaan Altai (Khan-Altai)
12. Juuchyldar (Hero-Warriors)
13. +Bonus Jai. Slush (Al Korchagin) feat. AltaiKai "Bathing birds remix".

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The Armenian Navy Band was founded by the percussionist/vocalist of Armenian descent, Arto Tunçboyaciyan. Music is a fundamental element of his life, by which he tries to communicate his greatest values:"love, respect and truth".

The group is composed of twelve Armenian musicians, among the best that live in Armenia at the moment. The compositions are all original of Arto Tunçboyaciyan which -using his words - "have the sound of my life".

This music is pervaded by sonorities taken from the Armenian and Anatolian tradition fused with elements coming from different musical experiences, amongst them jazz.

Arto's original compositions express the sound of the past generations along with today's life; this is what he calls "avant-garde folk". We can say that the Armenian Navy Band represents the synthesis of Arto's musical journey and life experiences. As an ensemble with particular virtuosity, it also has great ability in performing live music and compositions taken from the tradition and from the current culture of Armenia.

The musicians of this ensemble range from ages 20-45. The instruments vary from traditional: duduk, zurna, kemanche, kanun to contemporary: trombone, alto sax, tenor, soprano sax, trumpet, bass, drums, keyboard and piano. This ensemble together with the unique vocals and percussion and sazabo of Arto creates a musical journey of the past and present, bringing the sound into the future.

01.: They Love Me 15 Feet Away
02.: Rooster Run
03.: My Aunt Mary Doesn't Care About My Jacket
04.: Shadows Of Clean Spirits
05.: Can Money Buy Royalty
06.: Love Respects Truth
07.: Blue Chestnuts
08.: Kudumda
09.: Don't Go Far Away From Yourself
10.: ANB Sailing Song
11.: One Up One Down Sometimes Make A Left Turn
12.: New Apricot
13.: Let's Have Fun At The Border

MUSICIANS:

* Arto Tunçboyaciyan - Percussions, vocals, sazabo
* Anahit Artushyan - Kanun
* Armen Ayvazyan - Kemanche
* Armen Hyusnunts - Tenor & soprano sax
* Ashot Harutiunyan - Trombone
* David Nalchajyan - Alto sax
* Tigran Suchyan - Trumpet
* Norayr Kartashyan - Blul, duduk, zurna
* Vardan Grigoryan - Duduk, zurna
* Arman Jalalyan - Drums
* Vahagn Hayrapetyan - Piano, keyboards
* Vardan Arakelyan - Bass

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Beáta Salamon whose singing voice and virtuosity on the violin are the specialities of Méta founded the ensemble. This formation is working together since 1999. The very base of our work is playing in dance houses. We learn our musical repertoire from archive material and from our own collections. We try to pass on our personal experiences to our students in the art school, at our courses in folk music and in our summer camps.
In different plays, we have performed in the most popular theatres of Hungary. Our adventure into world music is the Heavy Méta formation, in which perform the experts of the Hungarian blues-life too. As a representative of the Hungarian folklore movement, our band regularly gives concerts at home and abroad and also performs at international festivals and musical competitions.

The important points in our career:
1983 The title of the "Young Masters of Folk Art"
1990 MTV (Hungarian Television) Competition for Folk Ensembles - first prize
1999 eMeRTon-Prize (Hungarian Radio Ltd.)

Our adventure into world music is the Heavy Méta formation, in which such experts of the Hungarian blues-life perform as Tamás Takáts, Zoltán Sipeki, György Ferenczi and Gábor Molnár.

01. Free bird
02. I like you
03. Mária,Mária
04. Pace
05. Love
06. Moldva
07. Pentecostal rose
08. Variations
09. Spring,spring
10. Black mourning
11. Manly
12. Paradise

Beáta Salamon-voice, fiddle - leader
Attila Gera-wind instruments
Zsolt Nagy-3 and 4 stringed viola, drum
Zoltán Porteleki-hammered dulcimer, hurdy-gurdy, viola
Mohácsy Albert-double bass, cello, koboz, gardon
Ferenc Németh-voice, drum

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This is a real curio! This disk in Switzerland in 1979, it was published in only some hundred copies. The music the folk the superb alloy of the rock and the jazz.

Az Unikumot a Gépfolklór együttesből kivált zenészek 1978-ban alakították. Az együttest előbb ismerték külföldön, mint itthon, nyugatnémet fesztiválokon vettek részt, 1979-ben Svájcban nagylemezük jelent meg, csupán pár százas példányszámmal, ez az egy lemezük létezik. Zenéjükben a folk, a rock és a jazz stílusjegyeit ötvözik.

01 Extase
02 Little Bird
03 Suite De Danses De Roumanie Et Dobrudza
04 Mon Coeur Soigne
05 Musique Bulgare
06 Crepuscule-Aube
07 Danses De Szatmár

Róbert György - drums, blockflute, voice;
Balázs János - violin, double bass, voice;
Matolcsy Eszter - violin, voice;
Dabasi Péter - mandolin, guitar, cello, voice.

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The story of Barbaro:
It was a new years eve party back in 1986 when Herpai and Jorgosz met. They had a blast… As a matter of fact they had so much fun that they decided to form a band. After the drunkennes was gone the plan was still alive and the band was coming together quickly.
In February of '87 in the basement of the Lágymányos Community Centre the "ancient" Barbaro started rehearsing. Sándor Cziranku - guitar, Sándor Herpai - drums, Miklós Lengyelfi II. - bass, Ökrös Csaba - violin and Tzortzoglou Jorgosz - lead vocal and derbuca. The Band first live gig took place at the Diósgyõr Folk Festival in the summer of '87. The Band's unusual sound was a huge success. The first formation of the group didn't live too long. First Ökrös, then Lengyelfi said good bye to Barbaro. They got replaced by Nikola Parov and Tamás Zsoldos.
Barbaro made its first album in 1990 with it's new line-up. The album contained covers of folk songs and it was released on Hungaroton Records. Titled simply: Barbaro I.

01 - Kerek a szöllö (Round Is The Grape)
02 - Haramia (Brigand)
03 - Bánat (Grief)
04 - Kórus (Choir)
05 - Elment az én rózsám (My Rose Is Gone)
06 - Adjon az Isten (God Give You)
07 - Kesergés (Lamentation)
08 - Gyere ki te (Come Out You)
09 - Barbár tánc (Barbaric Dance)
10 - Hösi ének (Heroic Song)

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"Folkrádió is a not-for-profit, 24-hour online radio service featuring traditional folk music. It primarily broadcasts Hungarian folk music, but music of other peoples and ethnic groups living in the Carpathian Basin, as well as other types of music of folk origin also can be heard on Folkrádió. The Folkrádió Foundation has been founded to maintain the radio and the website.

The idea of Folkrádió was born at the end of 2001. Since traditional folk music could hardly be heard on any channel, we felt it important to have a radio that filled this gap. After creating the necessary technical and legal conditions, on March 15, 2003 the first, experimental show went on the air. Folkrádió is run by enthusiastic folk music lovers who receive no compensation for their work. Currently the radio can only be heard online but we plan to launch the service via other channels as well.

In the meantime many supporters and volunteers have assisted the project. Among our professional supporters we are proud to mention the Hungarian Heritage House and the folklorist István Pávai whose advices and assistance means particularly much to us. We work together with a lot of folk music labels, musicians and collectors, therefore new releases appear almost immediately on our playlist.

The folkradio.hu domain name not only leads to a folk music radio channel but also includes a searchable folk music database and an Internet meeting place for folk music lovers. On our Hungarian-language pages visitors can also find lyrics, an event calendar, a press review, a photo gallery, links, a forum and a mailing list.

We hope Folkrádió will continue to spread and share the love for this beautiful music for a long time."

Folkradio

New acoustic music mixing Hungarian trad components into jazzish, eclectically influenced arrangements on sax, folk flutes, guitar, mandolin, percussion etc. Cellist Judit Bonyár's vocals move from trad through Piaf-esque to jazz. Ingenious and well played but seems so carefully planned and rehearsed it doesen't quite break loose and stir.

01 Esőtánc
02 Elrepülnék
03 Szerelem
04 Porba húzó
05 Elvirágzik
06 Jaj, de bolond

Judit Bonyár – vocal, cello, pipe
József Gáspár „Gazsi” - saxophone, flute, trumpet, vocal, mouth organ
Péter Hűvösvölgyi – guitars, mandolin
Zoltán Tóth „Csüli” - drums, percussion

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Journey in Gitania to obtain an insinght into the wonderful world of the gypsy folk music.

A cigány folklór eredendően világzene. Internacionalizmusát mi sem bizonyítja jobban, mint hogy a Vízöntő együttes Gitania Express című albumán a régi magyar udvarházak világa éppúgy megelevenül, mint a spanyol románcok esengése.

01.Jabipapi
02.Coki kutya (Be off Dog)
03.Álom álom (Dream Dream)
04.Árva árva (Orphaned)
05.Kirci kondás (Swineherd You)
06.Cigány valcer (Gypsy Waltz)
07.Fáj a kutyámnak (My Dog`s Foot)
08.Üssetek verjetek (Give me a Good Drubbing)
09.Uccu kurva (Get on You Whore)
10.Szilvaédes (Plumpsweet)
11.Azt hittem (I Thought)

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Ando Drom (On the Road) Gypsy folklore group was founded in Budapest 1984. This was their first release and is on their own label. They make their own arrangements as well as composing their own material. The songs are sung in Gypsy Language, accompanied by guitar, mandolin and tambura; for percussion they use spoons, jugs, wooden through and oral bass.
The group generally performs with 8 members, but for their concerts they also often invite young talented Gypsy musicians as special guests.
Since the members come from different segments of the Hungarian Gypsy population, the group presents a wide range of styles and variations within Gypsy music and culture.
They present the traditional music and dances of the Gypsy people in an authentic and, at the same time, modern way. In addition to their concert tours abroad, they often perform in Hungary, where Ando Drom is considered to be one of the most renowned Gypsy folklore groups. They were honoured twice with "Nívó-díj", a high Hungarian musical award.'

01 - Mori Gázshi (My Wife)
02 - Bajba, Bajba Pélem (I Got into Trouble)
03 - Zöld az erdő (Green Is the Forest)
04 - Lindráji Szi Ádi Gilyi (Sleepy Is This Song)
05 - Ná Kámel Tná (Does Not Love Me)
06 - Áháj Delvá (Oh My God)
07 - Pundela
08 - Le Shavore (The Kids)
09 - Kanak Szomasz (When I Was a Little Boy)
10 - Szi Ek Sej (She Is the One)
11 - Csasco Jilo (My Gypsy Darling)
12 - Khaj Phirel O del (Where Can God Be)


Musicians:
János "Guszti" Lakatos - jug, oral bass
Mónika Juhász "Mitsoura"- vocal, oral bass
Mónika Horváth- voice
Antal "Anti" Kovács jr - voice, guitar, oral bass
Jenõ Zsigó - voice, guitar, mandolin, tambura, oral bass
Antal "Goima" Kovács - vocal, wooden spoon, oral bass
István Balogh - wooden trough, oral bass

Guests:
Kálmán Balogh - cimbalom
József Parádi - contrabass, bass guitar
Kornél Horváth - percussion
Lajos Kathy Horváth - violin

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Bugotak plays Siberian music in a traditional folk basis, but their musical references are so diverse to be classified by genre (let's call it Siberian Contemporary music). They even dare to cover rock classics, in their traditional Siberian instruments. The main idea of Bugotak's art is that only those traditions come alive, which develop itselves; stark traditions are subject to nobody. Therefore, the project declares itself to play in any style, keeping native Siberian spirit. Lovers of 'pure folk' should stay away, to avoid stagnation of native folk’s culture.

Bugotak is an ethnic project found in 2004 in Novosibirsk, Russia, by Sayan Andriyanov, a multi-instrument player and throat singing performer.


01. Kujma An Ude-- traditional song
02. Tompo Evenki - traditional sond about Tampo river
03. Charash Toola a "goodwish" - song in Southern Altai (Kazakh) tradition
04. Ajan eke-eke, muhene! - Negidaltsy free-manner song about performer's life.
05. Altyn Achyk - Siberian Gipsy manner
06. Gongoini Orochi - shamanists performance
07. Oito Lo Kys Oiroth's - (Northern Altai) tradition
08. Bahatsadzadzaryn - Close to Koryaki ekengynmyn
09. Nergedej Eveny - elk ritual
10. Limbi, kargyraa,- top-shur Variations to 'The Horse King', Eastern Tuva
11. Tompo beat
12. Min Chuguruk Final joke: Deep Purple in tuvan style

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Irén Lovász is not only one of the most respected Hungarian folk singers in the world. She is also an academic scholar in Human Sciences, she is a doctor (PhD) of Ethnography. She combines very well her scientific knowledge and her musical talent in her solo concerts, lectures and performances. Irén grew up in the middle of Hungary. In her family folk songs were sung on a daily basis and she learned her first folk songs from her parents and grandparents. As a university student of Linguistics and Literary Sciences she went on singing and began to collect and study ancient Hungarian folk songs in different regions of Hungary and the Carpathian Basin: Romania, Slovakia, Croatia among ethnic Hungarians.
From 1987 - 1995 she worked as an ethnomusicologist at the Hungarian Museum of Ethnography, Department of Ethnomusicology dealing with the famous collection of Béla Bartók, Zoltán Kodály and László Lajtha.

In 2003 she has got The SINGER OF THE YEAR eMeRton AWARD in Hungary.

In 2005 she set up a new band, and with them she made a new cd: Cloud Doors. The new music is based on archaic Hungarian folk songs, sacred songs and medieval Gregorian chants. The style is: ethno-jazz, worldmusic, crossover.

01 Motto
02 Polorum Regina
03 Angyali üdvözlet / Angelic Salutation
04 Én fölkelék / I arose (első versszak nélkül)
05 Ó, Szent István / Oh, Saint Stephen
06 Ave Maris Stella
07 Alle-alleluja / Alle-alleluyah
08 Mária, Mária / Mary, Mary
09 Menybe vitt leány / The Girl Taken up to Heaven
10 Fellegajtó / Cloud-doors
11 Altató / Lullaby (Én fölkelék, első versszakkal)

LOVÁSZ Irén (ének / voice)
LUKÁCS Miklós (cimbalom)
SZOKOLAY DONGÓ Balázs (duda, furulya, szaxofon / bagpipe, recorder, saxophone)
MIZSEI Zoltán (szintetizátor, ének / synthesizer, voice)
FARKAS Zoltán (gitár, basszusgitár / guitar, bass guitar)
GYULAI Csaba Gyulai (ütőhangszerek / percussion)

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Balogh Kálmán is one the foremost Hungarian players of the cimbalom, a type of hammer dulcimer played with mallets like a vibraphone. Gypsy jazz continues a fabled European musical tradition harking back to the collaboration of masters such as gypsy guitarist Django Reinhardt and violinist Stephane Grappelli, connecting the ancient folk music traditions to Central and Eastern Europe with the chord progressions and swing of jazz. Balogh's cimbalom becomes a new and compelling voice centering a band that also includes acoustic bass, acoustic guitar, trumpet and violins.

01. Gypsy Colours
02. Calusul Dance
03. Transylvania Suite
04. Hora (F# minor)
05. Klezmer Tunes
06. Hora de la Bim-Bim
07. Suite for Trumpet
08. A Csitári Hegyek Alatt
09. Macedon Tunes
10. The Lark
11. Bolgar Gypsy Horo

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