Hungarian Gypsy Music / Budapest Band Khamoro / ARC Music Audio CD 2017 / EUCD2708

UPC 5019396270824

This release features authentic contemporary Hungarian gypsy music collected from all over the country, as well as original compositions. A wide array of instruments (guitar, pitcher, cajon, darbuka, tapan, spoons, mouth bass, mandolin, violin, bouzouki, cimbalom, double bass and 4 voices) make for an infectious, interesting and entertaining album. Khamoro Budapest Band is a folklore band that plays authentic contemporary Hungarian gypsy music collected from all over the country. Besides collected music and covers, they write, compose and publish their own original songs. Their virtuosic songs are accompanied with voice bass and other colorful ornamentations in the accompanying voices and instruments. The music touches the hearts of the audiences and they can become deeply emotional. The lyrics sung in polyphonic modes are of real life stories about family, love, sorrow, and happiness.

Tracklist:

1.  Le shave/A fluk/The Boys (trad, arr. Zsolt Farkas)   2:57
2.  O chor/A tolvaj/The Thief (trad, arr. Gusztav Balogh Csompi)   2:54
3.  Moro cino gad/Az én kis ingem/My Little Shirt (trad, arr. Robert Frigur Boby)   2:26
4.  Pocsok pergetoje (trad, arr. Zsolt Farkas)   2:15
5.  Dukhal moro terno trajo/Faj az én fiatal életem/My Young Life Hurts (trad, arr. Robert Frigur Boby)  3:11
6.  O Baxtalo Rom/A szerencsés/The Lucky One (trad, arr. Zsolt Farkas)   2:29
7.  O zuralo Bashno/A csipés kakas/Pinching Rooster (trad, arr. Zsolt Farkas)   3:34
8.  Am o kasza/Van egy hazam/I Have a House (trad, arr. Gu
9.  O lilari/A kartyas/The Gambler (Zsolt Farkas)   3:06
10. O gav/A falu/The Village (trad, arr. Rébert Frigur Boby)   3:11
11. Roven more jakha/Sirnak a szemeim/My Eyes Cry   3:40
12. O mato/A részeg/The Drunk Man (trad, arr. Zsolt Farkas)   2:58
13. Balkan Toxin (Kd/imdn Gdspdr Leon)   5:16
14. Ando gyaro/A gyarban/In the Factory (trad, arr. Robert Frigur Boby)   2:19
15. De man mama but love!/Sok pénzt adj nekem anyam!/Mother Give Me
      (Gusztav Balogh Csompi) - 2:42
16. Luludyenge sungasa/Viragok illataval/With Flower Essences
      (Zsolt Farkas/Gusztav Balogh Csompi, arr. Zsolt Farkas)   3:10
17. Kanak o rom kamadoj/Mikor a férfi szerelmes/When a Man is in Love
      (Zsolt Farkas/Gusztav Balogh Csompi/Attila Kulcsdr, arr. Zsolt Farkasi)   3:00