A good 20 years ago we were shooting a film in the village of Csenyéte, the place known for immeasurable poverty and hopelessness in the county of Borsod, somewhere in the Cserehát-region. Mine was a minor role in the film, but I was also responsible for the soundtrack, so the crew and I set out to…
For a good hundred years it’s been the final hour, many have sounded the alarm, and you have to admit, with a reason. But the traditional domain of folk music that seems to disappear or dissolve can be observed from the direction that we today call authentic folk music, which itself has been the…