Artist Info: Kek Lang

The gypsy families whose members make up the group Kek Lang (blue flame) were discovered when Tony Gatlif was making his film Latcho Drom. They all come from a little village near Nyabator in the eastern part of Hungary, where the songs still reek of mud, woodsmoke, bad vodka and loud swearwords. In typically Romany style this mixed group sings surprisingly complex folk music accompanied by accordion and guitar with jug or spoon used as percussion. [read more...]