https://youtu.be/M_Ib9CnhTyQ
Roma Voices – Faith and Expression
https://youtu.be/5lwN7CG5MK8
Project Spreads Roma Music for the World to Hear It
I still remember our first visit to the Lunik 9 settlement in Kosice, Slovakia. By that time, nearly eight years ago, the neighborhood was already known as one of the largest Roma slums in Central Europe. It seemed out of place – an ugly holdout of poverty in a...
Out & About
“Out & About” is an instrumental song written by the students and director of the Galakticka School Band. This is not the kind of music these students would typically play. Rather than emulating their popular Roma musical icons of today, this song...
Nane Cocha (I Have Nothing)
Nane Cocha is an old Roma folk song that’s taken on new life in recent years. It’s a simple ballad about a young girl who’s getting married, leaving everything behind for her new life. No one is sure where the song originally came from or how old it is....
Roma Voices trailer
https://youtu.be/8dvb5cji8RU
Namuk Man (Don’t Leave Me)
In our interviews and conversations during this project, one theme kept coming up again and again: Roma express all kinds of emotions through their music. This song is a perfect example, born of a time of fear and sadness. “One day my grandmother went to the doctor...
Ty si Boh (You are God)
The song “You Are God” was written by Michal Turtak and is used in worship at the Devleskero Kher church in Kosice. Just a few months after he became a Christian, Turtak wanted to find a way to express his thankfulness and praise to God. “It was a time I was growing...
Roma Voices: Education
https://youtu.be/HVenwVQ2VIc
Cooperative Baptist Fellowship
Galakticka elementary School
Lutheran Church Rankovce
Devleskero Kher
