Rona..

Atat de draga imi este aceasta femeie..

Mahala Raï Banda

Frumoasa Sabina

(This beautiful song was written by Joszef Balogh Kale of the Hungarian Gypsy Band Kalyi Jag )

Pentru sora mea Sabina, cea de care mi-a fost dor sase luni in Franta.si o sa imi fie dor de cand s-o marita incolo:))

Tony Gatliff's "Latcho Drom" ..Drum bun

Am vazut cu Boje Moi un film despre drumul tiganilor din India in Spania Lacho Drom. Am suferit tot filmul, muzica asta ma rascoleste de fiecare data. Batranul care nu mai este printre noi, cel din Taraful Haiducilor, ma face sa plang de fiecare data. Este Taica Georgica al meu..cu vioara lui, cu sufletul lui care simte ce canta.

Este un film frumos, fara cuvinte. Nu are nevoie de cuvinte. Mama imi zice ca nu avem nimic in neam de la tigani. Muica mea la fel zice. Nimic si totusi imi curge ceva in sange, nu stiu ce:))Sa fie vin? Rosh? De la Lupsa??

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More stuff from Boje Moi

I Even Met Happy Gypsies (Skupljaci Perja)

Fratele Boji cunoaste

Live Kalyi Jag

Kalyi Jag - Mori shej, Sabina

"Mori Shej, Sabina (My Daughter, Sabina)" is a beautiful interpretation of what could be considered a Gipsy lullaby. It is an original compositions written by one member of the group for his infant child. "You are only just one year old / Little, tiny dear daughter / You are chattering at me / I'll buy some gold jewels for you / All the gold jewels of the world." It is worth mentioning that under the Hapsburgs, edicts were issued to force the Hungarian Roma to settle and intermarry, as well as to give up all children over the age of five to be raised as non-Roma. These edicts failed. Not only were the Roma (and the Hungarians) intractable, but most of the children ran away and found their families again.

Buter káj egy berseszki szán
Móri drágo piko séj
Vorbisz mánge káki-koki
Móri drágo piko séj

Áj mori séj, mori drago pikonyéj
Álálálá.....
Áj mori séj, mori drago pikonyéj
Álálálá.....

Mahala Raï Banda

Shaped in the Gypsy ghettos (Mahala) around Bucharest, Mahala Raï Banda (literally Noble Band from the Ghetto), combines a surprising array of trends and styles. Combining Romanian violins & accordions with a brass section consisting of army brass band veterans and a rocking rhythm section, they're the rising band from the Balkans. They effortlessly combine a knack for inventive arrangements with an indeniable ability to turn every single concert into a wild party. Tracks by Mahala Rai Banda (alongside pieces by label mates Taraf de Haidouks and Kocani Orkestar) were reworked/recreated by Nouvelle Vague, Balkan Beat Box, Dj ClicK, Forty Thieves Orkestar and Russ Jones for the Electric Gypsyland 2 project, and their "Mahalageasca" appears in the upcoming Borat (aka Ali G) film.

www.last.fm
Balkanic radio

Fanfara Ciocărlia

Fanfara Ciocărlia is a brass band of Gypsy heritage that adeptly manages to straddle two very different worlds. After playing together as a unit for less than six years, the band's 11 members can perform joyously throughout the customary 30 hours that some of their traditional ceremonies can last, and equally as well on a concert stage half way around the world. On Saturday night band members could entertain wedding guests in Zece Prajini, their Gypsy village located in eastern Romania, and by Sunday morning they could be jetting off to another continent. German director Ralf Marschalleck filmed a documentary, Iag Bari—Brass on Fire, that captures the best of Fanfare Ciocarlia's diverse worlds. The film was released in 2002. The band blends elements of the music from Turkey, Romania, Bulgaria and the Gypsies. Its musicians take pride in their ability to play as an extremely fast and tight unit, utilizing timpani, trumpets, horns, and clarinets.

Slonovski Bal

Slonovski bal breathes a wind native to the central European Balkans. A perfumed wind, blended with the centennial epic of the Gypsies and a unique mix of European, Slavic, Turkish and Mediterrennean cultures, wich brought us a unique tradition of oriental brass band music.Grooving with the roaring sounds of tubas, the water-flow of the accordeon, the tender whisper of the clarinet or the blasting clamour of the trumpet, Slonovski Bal steps out like a herb of young elephants joggling through this oriental breeze.Slonovski bal, wich means "the Elephant's Bal" in serbian, is on the top-flight revival of Eastern European music, both there and here, totaly involved in the evolution of composition and improvisation. In this way they crosses Europe boosted by the luminous energy of such dances as Coceks, Sa-Sa and devilish Kolos played at the speed of light and thunder.

www.slonovskibal.com

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Boban Markovic Orkestar

Boban Markovic Orkestar is considered to be the best Balkan gypsy brass band by many authorities. The orchestra became known better in the Western world upon their contribution to Emir Kusturica's "Underground" and "Arizona Dream".

The group members are as follows: Boban Markovic (flugelhorn), Marko Markovic (flugelhorn, trumpet, kaval), Sasa Jemcic (flugelhorn), Srdjan Spasic (flugelhorn), Dragoljub Eminovic (tenor horn), Isidor Eminovic (tenor horn), Asim Ajdinovic (tenor horn), Goran Spasis tenor horn), Sasa Alisanovic (helicon), Sasa Stanojevic (percussion), Aleksandar Stosic (percussion), Asmet Eminovic (snare drum), Nedzat Zumberovic (big drum, darbouka).

Last FM
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(Balkan Radio)

Gabi Lunca - old gipsy/romanian music

cum traducem in engleza "muzica lautareasca"?



Gabi Lunca s-a nascut intr-o familie de muzicieni in comuna Varbilau din Judetul Prahova.A inceput sa cante la varsta de 13 ani cu tatal ei Dumitru Lunca, un violonist remarcabil in cadrul Orchestei Armatei din Ploiesti, iar mai tarziu la 17 ani se angajeaza la Orchestra Flacara Prahovei din Ploiesti. Ionel Budisteanu o invita la varsta de 18 ani sa vina la Bucuresti si asa isi face debutul la radio, pentru ca apoi sa scoata primele albume impreuna cu Electrecord.

Romska hora