The Gazsa Band is on a North American tour.

Sample their music and find out where you can hear them live and how to join their upcoming Hungarian folk dance camp in Michigan - in the Magyar Mix on Sunday at 1 pm.

We have an other great show, impressive line up for you on this coming Sunday afternoon in our regular 1pm slot.

Some of the artists on the show:

István Papp and the Gázsa Band

Kálmán Balogh and the Gypsy Cimbalom Band

Ghymes Band

Csík-Bekecs Bands

Hegedős Band

Don't miss !

Don't miss the Magyar Mix on Sunday at 1 pm when we will play some great folk dance songs from the tradition, passed down from musician to musician, including but not limited to Gázsa (István Papp) and his band, and we always mix in other styles just to keep things interesting ...

Tune in and enjoy!

The Téka Band is currently on tour in the Midwest and the Magyar Mix crew caught up with them in Bloomington, Indiana where they were giving a concert closely followed by a Hungarian folk "dance-house" streching well into the night (or was it the morning already ??? ) as part of the 28th György Ránki Symposium by the Indiana University on "Folk Music Revival and the Dance-House Movement in Hungary"

Hear about this and more when Magyar Mix interviews the Téka Band on Sunday at 1 pm - as always ...

To learn more about this great band, please visit their website (also in English) by clicking on the picture above.

This Sunday the bulk of the show will feature music from Istvan Pal (Szalonna - means Bacon) and his band bringing you some of the most beautiful folk melodies of the Carpathian Basin.
The members of the band are currently musicians for the dancers of Hungarian State Folk Ensemble - the very same group that visited Iowa just a short year ago ..

We hope you will like them ...and don't forget to tune in on Sunday at 1 pm CST [Rebroadcast Sundays at 3am]

To pre-listen to some of the songs we are going to play, their website is:

http://www.szalonnaband.com/lemez.html

Dear KRUU Listeners,

It is not often that we celebrate our first year of existence - in fact it might not happen more than once ...
Sooo if you like the Magyar Mix, or if you don't like the Magyar Mix but willing to give an other try, or if you don't know what Magyar Mix is or if you just happen to turn on your radio set on September 30th at around 1 pm, we hope that you will listen to our anniversary edition when we hand pick the best tunes of this past year for your Sunday afternoon enjoyment of the musical fruits of a far away culture...

Live broadcast: September 30th / 2007 - 1 pm sharp

Don't miss "Besh o droM" on Magyar Mix - Sunday at 1 pm !

We will play as many songs from this great band's 4 CDs as possible in one short hour ...

   Besh o droM in Gypsy language means "sit on the road" literally, but its real meaning is "follow your path, get on with it". It is also wordplay in Hungarian meaning "I am rolling…"(a cigarette).
The band's line-up is centred around a highly experienced pair of fantastic musicians, Gergo Barcza and Ádám Pettik. Besides being friends and brother-in-laws, they have been playing together for many years. They choose the musicians they like to work with and select the musical material for the tracks.
An urban wedding band, Besh o droM's sound is ethnic tradition with the best of club culture, the unique sound of the cimbalom with jazz improvisation, a fantastic Balkan brass section with locked-down funk grooves.  read more »

Tune in Sunday - April 8th - at 1 pm

18-year-old Hungarian folk singer and zither player Alexandra Berta is giving a short interview and we will play a number of songs from her new album "Ifijúság gyöngykoszorú.."

If you'have missed the Sunday broadcast you can still catch the show on Tuesday  at 10 am
or listen to the interview here in English:  http://kruufm.com/node/704 or in Hungarian here: http://kruufm.com/node/703
 

"It is my belief, that once the magic of folk music has touched your soul, you will be enchanted by it forever..."       read more »

"What do the Hungarian people want? Let peace, liberty, and harmony prevail!  read more »

"Speaking Freely's" Dennis Raimondi did a live phone interview with the Hungarian State Folk Ensemble who are on tour presently traveling through California. It will be rebroadcast Thursday morning at 8am along with a translated interview by Laszlo Papp with the Ensemble's dance director.

On Sunday January 28th at 1pm, Laszlo Papp will replay the interview in Hungarian as part of his show "Magyar Mix", which he shares with his son Almos.
(Listen to the interview in Hungarian by clicking on the play icon here: )

Click here for the English translation:
http://kruufm.com/node/266


If you like the songs of "Magyar Mix" you will love the songs and dance from this group:

Hungarian State Folk Ensemble
Eighty Dancers and Folk Gypsy Orchestra

Regarded as one of the greatest folkloric dance ensembles in the world, the company performs authentic folk-music and preserves the folk dances and traditional costumes of Hungary and Hungarian-inhabited areas.  read more »