Erdőfű – Martin György Kalotaszegen (Fonó, 2022)
Hungary’s Erdőfű Band selected 17 items from hundreds of hours of archival sound recordings to include on this album, forming a retrospective of Martin’s Kalotaszeg collection work titled “Martin György Kalotaszegen.”
Notably, Erdőfű strives to deliver the authentic sound of a field recording. Martin György’s step-son Éri Péter (from Muzsikás Ensemble) joined Erdőfű for this record, playing viola and double bass. Other guests were Salamon Soma on accordion and flute, and Porteleki Áron on drums.
Dr. Martin György “Tinka” Erkel prize winning Hungarian ethnographer, folk dance researcher and musicologist did field collection work in Transylvania’s Kalotaszeg region for 27 years, from 1956 until his death in 1983. His film documentations of traditional dance and sound recordings of instrumental music, singing, whistling and ethnographic interviews with local informants are unparalleled in value and number.
Erdőfű: Maruzsenszki Andor on violin; Kiss-Balbinat Ádám on vocals, yodeling, violin; Éri Márton on viola; and Éri Katalin on cello, double bass.
Guest contributors: Éri Péter on viola, double bass; Salamon Soma on accordion, flute; and Porteleki Áron on drums.
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Author: Angel Romero
Angel Romero y Ruiz has dedicated his life to musical exploration. His efforts included the creation of two online portals, worldmusiccentral.org and musicasdelmundo.com. In addition, Angel is the co-founder of the Transglobal World Music Chart, a panel of world music DJs and writers that celebrates global sounds. Furthermore, he delved into the record business, producing world music studio albums and compilations. His works have appeared on Alula Records, Ellipsis Arts, Indígena Records and Music of the World.