This is one of two recordings of this song on Roma Voices Project - click here to read more about the song and hear the version by Luna Kecerovce. Veša, veša (In the Woods)Original author unknown, this recording by Gypsy Boys Gipsy Boys by Roma Voices Project Veša,...
Many Roma folk songs like this one present a challenge – it’s a simple melody and text that’s repeated over and over. How do you sing the same thing in a different way? In a way that is interesting to hear each time? When you listen to this recording of the Galakticka...
When asked about the meaning of this song, the members of Luna - usually a lively bunch - suddenly become quiet and thoughtful. “It's complicated, it’s all about death and sadness,” says Patrik Ferčak, one of the vocalists on this track. The song expresses itself with...
Sometimes a song is the best way to express what we’re feeling – this song is a perfect example. It’s a plea to those who have wandered away from God – come back! Can you feel the pull in the words and the melody? It calls to mind Jesus’ well-known parable of the...
Only a few generations ago, many Roma lived a nomadic lifestyle. They moved in camps from one village to the next, repairing metal tools, training horses, doing odds and ends… and of course, entertaining the locals with their music. Today, very few Roma still travel...
Many of our artists have said that Roma musicians strive to express all the strongest emotions that Roma experience. If that’s true, it’s no wonder so many Roma songs are also about sadness, death and dying. Pašo hrobos tells, in words and music, the...
Kejša is a short and catchy Roma pop love song that, like most Rom-pop, has been covered countless times by many artists. If you were to visit the Lunik IX settlement in Kosice, you’d likely hear a version of this song playing out someone’s...
This is an instrumental version of a well-known Roma folk song, Šukar Jakha (Beautiful Eyes). This version, performed by student musicians from the Galakticka school, is in the popular Čardaš style, but is also inspired by the popular “Gypsy Jazz” style of guitar...
A simple and joyful declaration of faith – that’s what so many Romani worship songs capture so well! Because these two songs have such similar melodies and styles, the worship band of Devleskero Kher church combined them into one recording. They are in the popular...
This is one of many Roma folk songs director Ružena Klemparova learned in her childhood from her musician father. It’s origins are unknown. While many of those songs are about love, others like this one are about sadness and the hard realities of everyday...
