When I Came to the Apple Tree - Július Žiga and the Band
created: 15. 11. 2022 11:22 modified: 15. 11. 2022 11:25
The core members of the family cimbalom band are the Žigas from Gelnica: father Július, his daughter Bohdana and son Filip. Guest members are Vladimír Plachetka, Kristián Bandy and Július Bandy. All of them are graduates of conservatories and are engaged in music production professionally. Bohdana Žigová and Filip Žiga were scholarship recipients of the Divé maky organization.
The song When I Came to the Apple Tree (Sar me geľom ke jablonka) is in two-quarter time, with a slower tempo during the verses and an accelerated tempo during the interludes. Bohdana Žigová interprets it with Romani lyrics.
Instruments and players: Július Žiga - double bass, Bohdana Žigová - cello, vocals, Filip Žiga - violin, Július Bandy - cimbalom, Kristián Bandy - viola, Vladimír Plachetka - accordion.
The record was created on December 11, 2021, at the Center for Independent Culture Wave in Prešov.
category: music
tags: vocal-instrumental modern folk sextet borrowed Romani The Folk Band of Július Žiga general audience internal
Czardas – The Folk Band of Július Žiga
created: 15. 11. 2022 10:00 modified: 15. 11. 2022 11:11
The core members of the family cimbalom band are the Žigas from Gelnica: father Július,his daughter Bohdana and son Filip. Guest members are Vladimír Plachetka, Kristián Bandy and Július Bandy. All of them are graduates of conservatories and are engaged in music production professionally. Bohdana Žigová and Filip Žiga were scholarship recipients of the Divé maky organization.
The presented composition is a czardasz, a dance song designed for couple dancing.
Instruments and players: Július Žiga - double bass, Bohdana Žigová - cello, vocals, Filip Žiga - violin, Július Bandy - cimbalom, Kristián Bandy - viola, Vladimír Plachetka - accordion.
The record was created on 11/12/2021, at the Center for Independent Culture Wave in Prešov.
category: music
tags: vocal-instrumental modern folk sextet borrowed Romani The Folk Band of Július Žiga general audience internal
Halgató – The Folk Band of Július Žiga
created: 15. 11. 2022 09:10 modified: 15. 11. 2022 09:32
The core members of the family cimbalom band are the Žigas from Gelnica: father Július, his daughter Bohdana and son Filip. Guest members are Vladimír Plachetka, Kristián Bandy and Július Bandy. All of them are graduates of conservatories and are engaged in music production professionally. Bohdana Žigová and Filip Žiga were scholarship recipients of the Divé maky organization.
The presented composition is a halgató, a slow and sentimental song intended for listening only, not dancing.
Instruments and players: Július Žiga - double bass, Bohdana Žigová - cello, vocals, Filip Žiga - violin, Július Bandy - cimbalom, Kristián Bandy - viola, Vladimír Plachetka - accordion.
The record was created on 11/12/2021, at the Center for Independent Culture Wave in Prešov.
category: music
tags: vocal-instrumental modern folk sextet borrowed Romani The Folk Band of Július Žiga general audience internal
Andro veš, andro veš (To the forest, to the forest) - The Folk Band of Július Žiga
created: 14. 11. 2022 13:53 modified: 14. 11. 2022 13:58
The core members of the family cimbalom band are the Žigas from Gelnica: father Július,his daughter Bohdana and son Filip. Guest members are Vladimír Plachetka, Kristián Bandy and Július Bandy. All of them are graduates of conservatories and are engaged in music production professionally. Bohdana Žigová and Filip Žiga were scholarship recipients of the Divé maky organization.
The song Andro veš, andro veš (To the forest, to the forest) is a dance song, the tempo changes from slow to very fast.
Instruments and players: Július Žiga - double bass, Bohdana Žigová - cello, vocals, Filip Žiga - violin, Július Bandy - cimbalom, Kristián Bandy - viola, Vladimír Plachetka - accordion.
The record was created on December 11, 2021, at the Center for Independent Culture Wave in Prešov.
category: music
tags: vocal-instrumental modern folk sextet borrowed Romani The Folk Band of Július Žiga general audience internal
Joj mamo, miri mamo (Ah Mum, My Mum) - The Folk Band of Július Žiga
created: 14. 11. 2022 12:44 modified: 14. 11. 2022 12:47
The core members of the family cimbalom band are the Žigas from Gelnica: father Július,his daughter Bohdana and son Filip. Guest members are Vladimír Plachetka, Kristián Bandy and Július Bandy. All of them are graduates of conservatories and are engaged in music production professionally. Bohdana Žigová and Filip Žiga were scholarship recipients of the Divé maky organization.
The song Joj mamo, miri mamo (Ah Mum, My Mum) is a dance song that aims to entertain the listeners and encourage them to dance.
Instruments and players: Július Žiga - double bass, Bohdana Žigová - cello, vocals, Filip Žiga - violin, Július Bandy - cimbalom, Kristián Bandy - viola, Vladimír Plachetka - accordion.
The record was created on December 11, 2021, at the Center for Independent Culture Wave in Prešov.
category: music
tags: vocal-instrumental modern folk sextet borrowed Romani The Folk Band of Július Žiga general audience internal
Čirikloro-mirikloro (Birdie-Beadie) - The Folk Band of Július Žiga
created: 14. 11. 2022 10:32 modified: 14. 11. 2022 11:30
The core members of the family cimbalom band are the Žigas from Gelnica: father Július,his daughter Bohdana and son Filip. Guest members are Vladimír Plachetka, Kristián Bandy and Július Bandy. All of them are graduates of conservatories and are engaged in music production professionally. Bohdana Žigová and Filip Žiga were scholarship recipients of the Divé maky organization.
The song Čirikloro-mirikloro (Birdie-Beadie) is performed as czardasz, a song for dancing while originally this song was a slow halgató.
Instruments and players: Július Žiga - double bass, Bohdana Žigová - cello, vocals, Filip Žiga - violin, Július Bandy - cimbalom, Kristián Bandy - viola, Vladimír Plachetka - accordion.
The record was created on December 11, 2021, at the Center for Independent Culture Wave in Prešov
category: music
tags: vocal-instrumental modern folk sextet borrowed Romani The Folk Band of Július Žiga general audience internal
Eňa ori rači (At Nine in the Evening) - The Folk Band of Július Žiga
created: 14. 11. 2022 10:23 modified: 14. 11. 2022 10:25
The core members of the family cimbalom band are the Žigas from Gelnica: father Július,his daughter Bohdana and son Filip. Guest members are Vladimír Plachetka, Kristián Bandy and Július Bandy. All of them are graduates of conservatories and are engaged in music production professionally. Bohdana Žigová and Filip Žiga were scholarship recipients of the Divé maky organization.
The song Eňa ori rači (At Nine in the Evening) is the slow and sentimental song, halgató. This type of songs are characterized by the romist Milena Hübschmannová (1988) as the ones with lyrics far more important than their melody, since one can say all with the song. In this song, the sister tells her brother that she fears for her life and begs him for protection.
Instruments and players: Július Žiga - double bass, Bohdana Žigová - cello, vocals, Filip Žiga - violin, Július Bandy -cimbalom, Kristián Bandy - viola, Vladimír Plachetka - accordion.
category: music
tags: vocal-instrumental modern folk sextet borrowed Romani The Folk Band of Július Žiga general audience internal
Andro 'di špitaľa (There, In Hospital) - The Folk Band of Július Žiga
created: 14. 11. 2022 10:12 modified: 14. 11. 2022 10:15
The core members of the family cimbalom band are the Žigas from Gelnica: father Július, his daughter Bohdana and son Filip. Guest members are Vladimír Plachetka, Kristián Bandy and Július Bandy. All of them are graduates of conservatories and are engaged in music production professionally. Bohdana Žigová and Filip Žiga were scholarship recipients of the Divé maky organization.
The song Andro 'di špitaľa (There, In Hospital) is a slow song expressing the sorrow of children when their mother dies.
Instruments and players: Július Žiga - double bass, Bohdana Žigová - cello, vocals, Filip Žiga - violin, Július Bandy - cimbalom, Kristián Bandy - viola, Vladimír Plachetka - accordion.
The record was created on December 11, 2021, at the Center for Independent Culture Wave in Prešov.
category: music
tags: vocal-instrumental modern folk sextet borrowed Romani The Folk Band of Július Žiga general audience internal
The Young Woman - The Folk Band of Július Žiga
created: 14. 11. 2022 10:07 modified: 14. 11. 2022 10:08
The core members of the family cimbalom band are the Žigas from Gelnica: father Július,his daughter Bohdana and son Filip. Guest members are Vladimír Plachetka, Kristián Bandy and Július Bandy. All of them are graduates of conservatories and are engaged in music production professionally. Bohdana Žigová and Filip Žiga were scholarship recipients of the Divé maky organization.
The song Ajsi terňi džuvľi (The Young Woman) is a slow, sentimental composition.
Instruments and players: Július Žiga - double bass, Bohdana Žigová - cello, vocals, Filip Žiga - violin, Július Bandy - cimbalom, Kristián Bandy - viola, Vladimír Plachetka - accordion.
The record was created on December 11, 2021, at the Center for Independent Culture Wave in Prešov.
category: music
tags: vocal-instrumental modern folk sextet borrowed Romani 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
