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Palatka Gypsy Band
Palatka Gypsy Band is a Folk music, folk band formed by five musicians from the Transylvanian village of Pălatca ( or ''Palatka''), Cluj County, Romania, led by the first violin Florin Codoba. Name The group was originally named by Raoul Weiss and Lóránd Boros for concerts held between 2006 and 2008 at Café Aux Anges (a concert venue in Cluj-Napoca, Romania managed by Raoul Weiss), following the widespread use of this phrase in the English-speaking folk music, folk community in Budapest and in Hungarian people, Hungarian diaspora, e.g. in Bob Cohen's online contributions to the study and promotion of this peculiar music. Pălatca Pălatca is a Transylvanian village 20 miles northeast of Cluj-Napoca. Today most of its inhabitants speak Romanian language, Romanian as their main language; once predominant, the Hungarian language, Hungarian speaking community is still present, as well as a large Romani people, Gypsy minority, once trilingual (Romani language, Romani-Hungarian-R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Folk Music
Folk music is a music genre that includes traditional folk music and the contemporary genre that evolved from the former during the 20th-century folk revival. Some types of folk music may be called world music. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted orally, music with unknown composers, music that is played on traditional instruments, music about cultural or national identity, music that changes between generations (folk process), music associated with a people's folklore, or music performed by custom over a long period of time. It has been contrasted with commercial and classical styles. The term originated in the 19th century, but folk music extends beyond that. Starting in the mid-20th century, a new form of popular folk music evolved from traditional folk music. This process and period is called the (second) folk revival and reached a zenith in the 1960s. This form of music is sometimes called contemporary folk music or folk rev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
