Laci Nitra - Aďes aba me maťuvav
created: 19. 03. 2024 07:32 modified: 19. 03. 2024 07:33
The song "Aďes aba me maťuvav" - halgató, was documented on the Vlachika Roma Culture Festival named Amari Luma (Our World) in Komárno, as a part of a performance of a family music band Laci Nitra. Author of the lyrics and music is Ladislav Németh, who is also the performer.
category: music
tags: vocal-instrumental modern folk orchestra original Romani Ladislav Németh general audience internal
Našaďom savoro - Manuša
created: 09. 01. 2024 14:37 modified: 09. 01. 2024 14:38
The members of the band Manusha (People) are professional musicians. The music project had been initiated by the Slovak singer Julia Kozakova; the musicians are Lubomir Gaspar on cimbalom, Viliam Didias on violin, Vojtech “Belu” Botos on viola and Jan Rigo on double-bass. In 2022, with the support of the Fund for Development of the National Minorities’ Culture in SR, and The Bratislava Self-Governing Region, the band released the album with the same name. The album presents 10 songs – all of them are the traditional Romani songs, played in arrangements by Manusha.
In 2022, the Documentation and Information Centre of the Romani Culture began to document the Romani cimbalom bands, especially those which carry on the family musical tradition.
The song Našaďom savoro (I Lost Everything) is a halgato (slow, sentimental song), sung in original version by Julia Kozakova.
category: music
tags: vocal-instrumental modern folk quintet original Romani Manuša general audience internal
Odoj tele - Štefan Cína and the Folk Band (Down, there)
created: 19. 05. 2023 15:27 modified: 28. 08. 2023 16:50
The Romani folk song, recorded on July 8, 2022 as part of the series Documentation of Romani Cimbalom Folk Bands in Slovakia. It’s a dance song in fast tempo, the traditional Romungro czardasz. The Cínas (the siblings Štefan – accordion, Martina – violin, vocals) learned the song at home from their father, who learned it from his father. The lyrics of the song is in the Romani language.
category: music
tags: vocal-instrumental modern folk orchestra original Romani Štefan Cína's Folk Music Band general audience internal
Vaker, vaker (Speak, Speak) - Gitana and Ďusi Band
created: 10. 10. 2022 14:04 modified: 10. 10. 2022 15:22
The folk song originally from Balkan region, lyrics by Eduard Čonka, performed by the singer Gitana (stage name), her civil name is Adriana Drafiová, musical accompaniment by Ďusi Band, the folk cimbalom orchestra. The song arrangment shaped it for fitting into rom pop genre. The video was recorded on November 19, 2021 in Prešov, The Center for Independent Culture Wave. Gitana (A. Drafiová) - vocals, Július Bandy - dulcimer, Samuel Bandy - violin, Roland Horváth - clarinet, saxophone, Kristián Bandy - viola, Július Bandy junior - double bass.
Gitana
Musical talent is her family heirloom. Gitana (Adriana Drafiová) used her gift and became an accomplished singer of mainly electro swing and gypsy swing. Already at the age of seventeen, she sang with various bands abroad, performed in Hungary with Jozef Szabo, a respected singer, and later on her years long collaboration with the Kmeťoband began. She also sang a duet with Juraj Benetin, the lead singer of Korben Dallas, which is the opening song of Pixar's animated short film Lava from 2015.
Ďusi Band
Romani family folk band from Prešov, led by the cimbalist Július Bandy. He and his three sons produce and preserve the best traditions of Romani dulcimer music in Slovakia. They perform independently or in collaboration with a wide range of Roma and non-Roma artists. The guest member is Roland Horváth (clarinet, saxophone) from Rimavská Sobota.
category: music
tags: vocal-instrumental modern rom-pop quintet original Romani Ďusi Band Gitana Adriana Drafiová general audience internal
Pal o ňebos (From Heaven) - Gitana and Ďusi Band
created: 13. 06. 2022 13:09 modified: 13. 06. 2022 13:09
The original song (music by: Gitana, lyrics: Gitana) performed by the singer Gitana (stage name), her civil name is Adriana Drafiová, musical accompaniment by Dusi Band, the folk cimbalom orchestra. The song belongs to rom pop genre. The video was recorded on November 19, 2021 in Presov, The Center for Independent Culture Wave. Gitana (A. Drafiová) - vocals, Július Bandy - dulcimer, Samuel Bandy - violin, Roland Horváth - clarinet, saxophone, Kristián Bandy - viola, Július Bandy junior - double bass.
Gitana
Musical talent is her family heirloom. Gitana (Adriana Drafiová) used her gift and became an accomplished singer of mainly electro swing and gypsy swing. Already at the age of seventeen, she sang with various bands abroad, performed in Hungary with Jozef Szabo, a respected singer, and later on her years long collaboration with the Kmeťoband began. She also sang a duet with Juraj Benetin, the lead singer of Korben Dallas, which is the opening song of Pixar's animated short film Lava from 2015.
Ďusi Band
Romani family folk band from Prešov, led by the cimbalist Július Bandy. He and his three sons produce and preserve the best traditions of Romani dulcimer music in Slovakia. They perform independently or in collaboration with a wide range of Roma and non-Roma artists. The guest member is Roland Horváth (clarinet, saxophone) from Rimavská Sobota.
category: music
tags: vocal-instrumental modern rom-pop quintet original Romani Ďusi Band Gitana general audience internal
Rovava (I Will Cry) - Gitana and Ďusi Band
created: 13. 06. 2022 13:07 modified: 06. 10. 2022 15:45
The original song (music by: Gitana, lyrics: Eduard Čonka) performed by the singer Gitana (stage name), her civil name is Adriana Drafiová, musical accompaniment by Dusi Band, the folk cimbalom orchestra. The song belongs to latin pop genre. The video was recorded on November 19, 2021 in Presov, The Center for Independent Culture Wave. Gitana (A. Drafiová) - vocals, Július Bandy - dulcimer, Samuel Bandy - violin, Roland Horváth - clarinet, saxophone, Kristián Bandy - viola, Július Bandy junior - double bass.
Gitana
Musical talent is her family heirloom. Gitana (Adriana Drafiová) used her gift and became an accomplished singer of mainly electro swing and gypsy swing. Already at the age of seventeen, she sang with various bands abroad, performed in Hungary with Jozef Szabo, a respected singer, and later on her years long collaboration with the Kmeťoband began. She also sang a duet with Juraj Benetin, the lead singer of Korben Dallas, which is the opening song of Pixar's animated short film Lava from 2015.
Ďusi Band
Romani family folk band from Prešov, led by the cimbalist Július Bandy. He and his three sons produce and preserve the best traditions of Romani dulcimer music in Slovakia. They perform independently or in collaboration with a wide range of Roma and non-Roma artists. The guest member is Roland Horváth (clarinet, saxophone) from Rimavská Sobota.
category: music
tags: vocal-instrumental modern rom-pop quintet original Romani Ďusi Band Gitana Adriana Drafiová general audience internal
Žaneta Štipáková - Čhajori romaňi
created: 09. 07. 2021 09:59 modified: 09. 07. 2021 10:06
Zaneta Stipakova, an actress and singer in the Theater Romathan, sings the Romani folk song Romani Girl, accompanied by the professional pianist, a teacher at the elementary music schools, a composer and a Romani hip-hop performer Miroslav Rac, whose artistic pseudonym is BG. The song Romani Girls is a sort of anthem for the Roma in Slovakia, as it's lyrics express the hard life of Roma during the WWII and the Romani holokaust. The video was recorded on 24th of August, 2015 in Presov, at the event titled Live Book: word - picture - sound, organized by the State Research Library in Presov, as commemoration of the Romani holokaust.
category: music
tags: vocal-instrumental modern folk solo original Romani Žaneta Štipáková Miroslav Rác general audience internal
Sabrosa - Romani Girl
created: 28. 09. 2020 16:17 modified: 27. 11. 2020 02:00
Romani Girl is a song still considered the anthem of Slovak Roma. It relates to the period of the Second World War and the suffering of the Roma in labor and concentration camps. It's a slow and sad song. The Sabrosa band retains the rhythm and character of this song. The vocal-instrumental group Sabrosa was formed in the village of Raslavice in the district of Bardejov. It originally consisted of three singers and instrumentalists. At present, Sabrosa performs as a sister duo: Aneta Duždová - lead singer, Jana Duždová - guitar, singing.Musicians: Július Hudi (dulcimer), Alexander Bunda (viola), Vojto Bunda (double-bass), Miloš Goroľ (violin).
category: music
tags: vocal-instrumental modern folk solo original Romani Sabrosa general audience internal
Romani Girl
created: 10. 09. 2020 19:57 modified: 27. 11. 2020 02:00
Romani Girl is a song still considered the anthem of Slovak Roma. It relates to the period of the Second World War and the suffering of the Roma in labor and concentration camps. It's a slow and sad song. The Sabrosa band retains the rhythm and character of this song. The vocal-instrumental group Sabrosa was formed in the village of Raslavice in the district of Bardejov. It originally consisted of three singers and instrumentalists. At present, Sabrosa performs as a sister duo: Aneta Duždová - lead singer, Jana Duždová - guitar, singing.
category: music
tags: vocal-instrumental modern folk duet original Romani Sabrosa general audience internal
Romathan - The Spririt of Music and Singing
created: 27. 04. 2020 10:12 modified: 27. 11. 2020 02:00
Video recording of the dance performance of the Romathan Theater was recorded on 18 September 2014 at the A. Duchnovič Theater in Prešov,v during the implementation of the National Project Documentation and Information Center of Romani Culture. The Orchestra of Romathan Theater and its soloists offer the watchers a mixture of instrumental and vocal-instrumental compositions.
category: music
tags: vocal-instrumental modern mix orchestra original Romani Romathan general audience internal