really interesting and gets into the dark side of how Roma music was alternately exploited and repressed through different eras. as someone who collects Electrecord LPs (the state record label from Romania) it's a good reminder of how much was constrained and never recorded.

#Romania #folklore #Roma #Lautar #electrecord

Romani Music in Communist Romania: Propaganda, Control, and Resistance | The Attic

Over four decades of communist rule in Romania, Romani professional musicians known as lăutari lived a paradoxical existence.

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randomly thought of this legendary bootleg wedding video featuring my musical hero Toni Iordache, as well as some other legends of Romanian music like Ionică Minune and Ion Drăgoi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcABG6gmCTM

#Romania #FolkMusic #cimbalom #fiddle #accordion #RomanianMusic #lautar

Tony Iordache, Ionică, Mieluţă Surdu, Ion Drăgoi (Cristi Udilă)

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On FB someone shared this Youtube video I have watched a million times and now I have to watch it again.
Some grainy handheld video of a wedding in Romania during the communist era with some of the most legendary folk musicians of the era casually jamming, including my personal musical hero Toni Iordache on #cimbalom, the top violinist Ion Drăgoi. and #accordionist Ionică Minune (the only one of the 3 still alive and playing). What a wedding.
#Romania #FolkMusic #Lăutar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcABG6gmCTM
Tony Iordache, Ionică, Mieluţă Surdu, Ion Drăgoi (Cristi Udilă)

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