"following my path" would be a better translation

February 20, 2019 12:39 AM

Parno Graszt - Járom az utam / ... In My World (2014) will cheer you up in the morning [SLYT]

Parno Graszt is a Hungarian/Romani folk band, playing "traditional gypsy music".

posted by kmt (3 comments total)

Holy smokes, this is great!

I hereby declare it the "Yakkety Sax For The Twenty-First Century."
posted by wenestvedt at 5:58 AM on February 20, 2019

The only group like this I have heard before is Fanfare Ciocarlia (wikipedia), who can be heard on this NPR "Tiny Desk Concert" video.
posted by wenestvedt at 6:06 AM on February 20, 2019 [1 favorite]

Huh, I became aware of Parno Garszt by a roundabout route, starting with enjoyment of the rock band Quimby and discovering a handful of genre-crossing covers of their popular "Sehol se talállak" ("Can't find [you] anywhere"). The first was a folk-inflected (in a fiddle-and-cimbalom style) cover by Csík Zenekar. The second was, of course, Parno Graszt, who had a more traditionally Roma arrangement, with the vocal background rhythm and guitars as the primary instrumentation.

Good to see some more of their music!
posted by jackbishop at 6:52 AM on February 21, 2019 [1 favorite]