The album Gyezz by Hungarian ensemble Söndörgö has attained the highest position on the World Music Charts Europe for September 2024. Gyezz features special guest…
Söndörgö Tops World Music Charts Europe for September 2024
Tag: Hungarian music
Söndörgő, Explorers of Hungarian and Balkan Traditions
(headline image: Söndörgő ©The Orbital Strangers Project) Söndörgő, a Hungarian band known for its mix of traditional music, classical sophistication, rock energy, and the pure…
Söndörgő Leans Towards on Gyezz
Söndörgő – Gyezz (Ground Up Music / L’Autre Distribution, 2024) Hungarian ensemble Söndörgő has enlisted the talents of a distinguished guest for their latest album,…
Balamuc’s Multicultural Heritage Shines on ‘Tarkabarka’ Album: A Fusion of Bulgarian, Hungarian, and Romanian Folk Music
Balamuc – Tarkabarka (Self-released, 2023) Balamuc, a London-based Eastern European musical group, released their album Tarkabarka on June 2, 2023. The album features a celebration…
A Fascinating Retrospective of Martin’s Kalotaszeg Collection
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…
Armenian Pianist Kariné Poghosyan Presents “Folk Themes”
Renowned Armenian-American pianist Kariné Poghosyan has released a new album titled “Folk Themes” (Navona/Parma Recordings, 2023). The piano master selected a set of piano music…
Tárkány-Kovács’ Cimbalom Treasures
Tárkány Trió – A cimbalomprímás (Fonó, 2022) The album “A cimbalomprímás” by virtuoso musician Tárkány-Kovács Bálint celebrates the Hungarian hammered dulcimer known as cimbalom. Tárkány-Kovács…
Hungarian String Band Tradition, Inscribed in the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Hungarian string band tradition was inscribed in UNESCO’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity this month. The string band tradition is one…
Artist Profiles: Meszecsinka
Meszecsinka (pronounced “Mesetchinka”) is one of the leading Hungarian world music bands. The group combines folk music traditions from Hungary and Bulgaria with throat singing,…
A 20th Anniversary Celebration of Besh o droM
Besh o droM – 20 (Fonó, 2019) Hungarian band Besh o droM celebrated its twentieth anniversary with the album titled 20, released in 2019. The…