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To date, the band has released three albums [1] [2] and have charted four singles. The band was also named New Music Weekly 2006 Country Band of the Year. [3] Originating from the St. Louis/Southern Illinois area, they have performed in concert with many music greats.
Ando Drom are a Romani music ensemble from Hungary, founded in 1984. "Ando drom" means "on the road" in the Romani language . They have devoted themselves to the preservation and continued evolution of the traditional music of their culture.
Magyars (Hungarians) in Hungary, 1890 census The Treaty of Trianon: Kingdom of Hungary lost 72% of its land and 3.3 million people of Hungarian ethnicity. The years 1918 to 1920 were a turning point in the Hungarians' history.
The early 2000s was the revival of the indie music scene all over the world which obviously affected Hungary as well. One of the earliest Hungarian band playing indie rock were The Puzzle from Kaposvár. They were the first band whose record, titled Dream Your Life, was released by an international label, PolyGram in 2000.
He entered the Hungarian music scene in 1962 and started his own band Syconor in 1964. [1] In 1967 he formed a songwriting partnership with lyricist István S. Nagy, and formed Hungária as an outlet for his songs. The earliest Hungária songs were in the style of beat music. In 1968 the band won the televised talent competition Ki mit tud?. [2]
Little is known about Hungarian music prior to the 11th century, when the first Kings of Hungary were Christianized and Gregorian chant was introduced. During this period a bishop from Venice wrote the first surviving remark about Hungarian folk song when he commented on the peculiar singing style of a maid.
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He left for Norway with László Fortuna (the only other band member from the original Edda lineup), Péter Csomós, and Endre Csillag in 1984. The band performed clubs in the evening, and wrote new material during the day. In 1985, Pataky and Fortuna returned to Hungary and restarted Edda Művek with hired musicians from Budapest.