Can't Make Me!

Gyi!

Attention! World Music fans beware, the Hungarians are coming! Here is a group whose followers take to the dance floor at the concerts first note, and do not stop dancing til the horns final blast. Besh o droM's music is a highly original alloy of the East European folk music vernaculars of Hungary, Rumania, Bulgaria, Southern Slav, combined with Greek musical dialects, with subtle hints of Turkish and Middle-Eastern leanings and a dash of Balkan flavour.

The band was formed in Budapest in August 1999, going on to release many albums and tour extensively for the past twenty years. Proof that there is demand for a band that simply can’t be squeezed into any single category. Their name has come to represent a fusion of unrestrainable rhythm, melodious tunes, instrumental virtuosity, and a guarantee of cheerful, dance-driven audiences. They often find themselves at odds with folk purists due to their reworking of traditional music - it's as if they take their material out of a museum showcase, only to arrange it in a new and highly original fashion, considering this heritage as anyone's treasure trove. Their name, Besh o droM, is a Gipsy idiom for 'Go your own way!' which is certainly what they do.

Pettik Ádám - derbuka, water can, percussion, lead vocal, Barcza Gergo - alto saxophone, ney, vocal, Sidoo Attila - guitar, vocal, Csurkulya József - cimbalom, vocal, Tóth Péter - trumpet, vocal, Békési László - tenor saxophone, clarinet, vocal, Zsoldos Tamás - bass guitar

Hungarian artist with an original alloy of East European folk music vernaculars, Greek musical dialects, and Gypsy, Turkish and Mid-East leanings.

Besh o droM 

Eastern European tradition is not preserving ashes, but passing on the fire!

Besh o droM's music is a highly original alloy of East European folk music vernaculars such as Hungarian, Rumanian, Bulgarian, Southern Slav, Greek musical dialects, not to speak of the marked Gypsy, Turkish and Mid-East leanings. 

Attention, World Music fans beware: the Hungarians are coming!

Here is a Hungarian group whose following takes to the dance floor at the first notes of each concert and just can not stop dancing. Besh o droM's music is a highly original alloy of East European folk music vernaculars such as Hungarian, Rumanian, Bulgarian, Southern Slav, Greek musical dialects, not to speak of the marked Gypsy, Turkish and Mid-East leanings.

The group often finds itself at odds with the folk purists as they take their material out of the museum showcase to arrange it in their highly original fashion - considering this heritage as anyone's treasure trove. Their name, Besh o droM, is a Gipsy idiom for 'Go your own way!'. And so they do.

The New York Times
‘"… An oom-pah that's unstoppable at any speed... ...The Hungarian band Besh o droM plays a more self-conscious but still adrenalized fusion of music from around and beyond the Balkans …"

‘… this album is a confident, virtuoso and hugely enjoyable feast of music drawn from diverse sources but all clearly stamped with Besh o Drom's marker… ‘

Besh o droM 1

‘ … An oom-pah that's unstoppable at any speed... ...The Hungarian band Besh o droM plays a more self-conscious but still adrenalized fusion of music from around and beyond the Balkans … ‘

Besh o droM 2

'… Un album étonnant et détonant grâce à une fantastique section de cuivres des Balkans au groove funk… '

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Besh o droM

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