Parno Graszt is not just another Gypsy band from Eastern Europe playing traditional Gypsy music...
PARNO GRASZT IS A MASSIVE BLAST OF ENERGY which totally shook the world when their 1st record Hit The Piano got in the TOP10 of World Music Charts Europe in 2002.
Songlines starred them as ’The Source of Gypsy music’ while BBC made an up-close documentary about their simple rural life back in their village.
After 3 studio records and tours in Europe, India and the USA, Parno Graszt was selected to showcase at WOMEX 2009, the #1 international summit of world music. As RealWorld Records appraised, ‘we loved as they kept on singing out in the crowd after they finished their set and the stage was being cleared – a great moment of spontaneity.’
József Oláh - voice, guitar, tambura
Mária Váradi - voice, dance
Viktor Oláh - voice, guitar, dance
Mária Balogh - voice, dance
Krisztián Oláh - accordion
Sándor Horváth - voice, spoons, dance
János Oláh - double bass
János Jakocska - voice, guitar
István Németh - scat, beatbox
13/04/2012 L'Orange Bleue - Vitry Le François (51)
07/04/2012 Festival Welcome In Tziganie - Auch (32)
18/02/2012 Espace Prévert - Savigny Le Temple (77)
17/02/2012 Espace Prévert - Savigny Le Temple (77)
14/08/2011 Sziget Festival (Hongrie)
07/08/2011 Ördögkatlan festival (Hongrie)
06/08/2011 Hódmezővásárhely festival (Hongrie)
30/07/2011 Gelénes (Hongrie)
28/07/2011 Művészetek Völgye - Kapolcs (Hongrie)
22/07/2011 Kobuci kert - Budapest (Hongrie)
21/07/2011 Babelsound Fesztivál - Fonyód (Hongrie)
16/07/2011 Plock - Gypsy Festival (Pologne)
29/06/2011 VOLT festival (Hongrie)
26/06/2011 Amsterdam Roots festival (Pays-Bas)
16/06/2011 Színes Kavalkád Roma Fesztivál - Pécs (Hongrie)
05/06/2011 concert (Hongrie)
04/06/2011 Horse riding competition (Hongrie)
03/06/2011 Workshop in Transylvania w. Fanfara Shavale
22/05/2011 concert (Hongrie)
15/05/2011 Budapest (Hongrie)
14/05/2011 concert (Hongrie)
07/05/2011 Budapest (Hongrie)
05/05/2011 Komarom (Hongrie)
Songlines, UK
« They do not use sources of Gipsy
music – they are the source itself.
[..] Some of the songs are about the hardships of life, but most are escapist — fast, furious and catchy as hell with nonsense words and oral percussion. It's the romantic Gypsy cliché. Life is shit, but let's escape it for as long as we can and forget about tomorrow. "We are born like this," says Jozsi. "All our life is music and when I'm happy or sad I express it with music. That's why I've been playing like this since I was born. »
Real World Records, UK
« The authenticity and energy of this
Roma group was so vividly apparent in their vibrant, high-energy performance. I loved how they kept on singing out
in the crowd after they'd finished their set and the stage was being cleared - a great moment of spontaneity not often
seen in the WOMEX showcases. »
The Herald, UK
« This Hungarian gypsy troupe certainly knows how to turn a gig into a party. »