Romano Drom
Presented with The NY Gypsy Festival
Thursday September 20
11:30 PM
$25.00
Joe's Pub at The Public
Theater
425 Lafayette Street
New York City
www.joespub.com
Tickets available at The Public Theater box office or By phone at
212-967-7555 Joe's Pub Tickets
Featured artists include:
Romano Drom
The NY Gypsy Festival
" With their first album for Daqui two years ago,
Romano Drom demonstrated once and for all that they are one of the most
stimulating Hungarian gypsy groups. This album plays enthusiastically on every
possible charm of this type of music, with impressive summits of rhythmic
virtuosity, ear-rending melodies and a whole host of joyous, clear innovations.
...it all goes with such good technique in vocal percussions and the famous
Hungarian jug, and has energy and pride to spare."
- World
Since 1999, Romano Drom has traveled around the world with
its original and unique way of interpreting Olah Gypsy music. 30 years ago the
Olah Gypsy music was still based on voices and rhythms and played in the
community only. Romano Drom, which means "gypsy road" in the Romani language,
was founded in Budapest by Antal Kovács and his late father by dissidents of the
group Ando Drom. Their original sound uses the genuine music of Kovács' people
to open it to a larger public, as well as also composing new songs, mostly based
on traditional melodies and lived experiences. The songs keep the energy of the
music, but adding a influences of the surrounding world, creating a sound
characterized for its masculine energy and sincerity and powerful
instrumentation of guitars, percussions, accordion, violin, and double bass
grooving together. Romano Drom plays as well in theatres as in festivals,
interpreting a personal repertoire and compositions, avoiding clichés and
touching the public by its sincerity.
