Music CD details

Parno Graszt

'Ravagok a zongorara -
Hit the Piano'

(FA-202-2)

Musicians:
Jozsef Olah - tambura, guitar, voice
Janos Jakocska - guitar, voice
Maria Balogh - voice
Geza Balogh - guitar, voice
Sandor Horvath - voice
Istvan Nemeth - can, oral bass
Maria Varad - voice
Janos Olah - double bass, voice

Guests:
Laszlo Feher - taragot
Kalman Bkos - viola

Label - Fono Records, Hungary
Released 2003

Video clip:
Ratyake phiro - Este jarok
Deszi Georgiev and Emil Biljarski

Authentic Gypsy music from Eastern Europe

'This gypsy music is not copied from the source -
it is THE source!'

This is a combined audio and CDrom disc. It will play as normal in an audio CD player. The CD contains CD-ROM material - a short video of made on the 1st May 2002 during the Mayday celebration in the band's village of Paszab.

Paszab is a small village in eastern Hungary, and it is here against a background of high unemployment and racism that Parno Graszt play their extraordinary music. The music they play is an integral part of everyday life in their vibrant village community. 

The gypsy band Parno Graszt were recently featured in a BBC 4 TV programme in the UK. The programme shows the vibrant village culture that still exists today in Paszab today, a community of gypsies in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg. That this culture is still alive today is due, in no small way, to the fact that some 50 years earlier a village elder saw that external influences were eroding this way of live. Despite having no real education he set about ensuring that the subtleties of their gypsy way of life - music, dance etc, were preserved for the future.

Todays' generation now revere these traditions and keep them alive in Parno Graszt. The core members may only number 7 but this can swell up to over 20  - including ten dancers of three generations - aged from 10 to 71 years old, when the occasion demands it.

Transportation in the village is still a horse and cart. The importance of their horse being acknowledged in the name they call their gypsy band: White Horse = Parno Graszt.

When a guest visits their small village in time of wedding, christening, funeral, ball or any other kind of ceremony, they will see that the whole population joins the band - the instruments go from hand to hand and everybody is a dance master.

Maybe this spirit of living tradition makes their concerts such frenetic celebrations. They have not only performed, but have also created folklore during the recording of their current album too - some of the songs where written while staying in the studio.

Parno Grast means "White Horse". White as the symbol of purity and Horse as the symbol of freedom.

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Visit the Parno Graszt web site at:
www.ParnoGraszt.hu

Parno Graszt

'Ravagok a zongorara -
Hit the Piano'

(FA-202-2)

This symbol  indicates an mp3 sound clip for that track. Click on the symbol and wait for the clip to start. For more information click here. Tracks

1. Ravagok a zongorara (2'45")

2. Tu zsanesz - Tu tudod (2'41")

3. Zsotar - Elmegyek (4'39")

4. Majdik aba szokero - Majd magnezem, mit csinalok (1'49")

5. Kodi phenel mange - Azt mandja nekem (4'06")

6. Odi phenel cino savo - Azt mondja a kisfiam (2'08")

7. Szajbogo improvizacio (3'10")

8. Te na mero - Ne haljak meg (2'59")

9. Khade sukar - Igy szep (3'25")

10. Dikho aba le cserhaja - Nezem a csillagos eget (2'38")

11. Khele le cinisej - Tancol a ciganylany (2'58")

12. Ratyake phiro - Este Jarok (3'14")

13. Sukar szi muri romnyi - Szep a felesegem (2'30")

14. Retyija pijo - Palinkat iszok (3'10")

15. Vojake save - Jokedvu fiuk (3'22")

16. Cirde muri gili - Huzd el a notamat (3'30")

17. Ande gava - Jarom a falut (3'35")

18. Dhukal muro jilo - Faj a szivem (4'49")

19. Parno Graszt - Feher lo (3'15")

20. Paszabi pergeto (3'13")

21. Szaszman devla pirany - Volt szeretom (2'51")

22. Ratyake phiro - Este jarok (Bonus track on CDrom - videoclip)

Duration (66'47")

Our mp3 samples are approximately 30 seconds long and of low(ish) quality for a fast download (file size app 300KB)

Watch a video of Parno Graszt Parno Graszt video courtesy of YouTube (click once on play symbol and wait for video to start) The above video content is for general interest only and does not appear on the CD release.

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