Live Wires

Hailing from Hungary Sondorgo's music takes heart from the Eastern European folk canon. Provenance in their original works is heard from Serbian, Croatian, Macedonian, Turkish, Jewish and gyspy traditions. The tambura instrument too sits at the centre chakra: a small, agile plucked instrument musicologically aligned with the more commonly known mandolin. The tambura matched with winds and accordion is a perky sound, curious and communicable all at once. Söndörgo's traditional repertoire pulls from the back catalogue of the old masters, Béla Bartók and Tihamér Vujicsics included therein. Söndörgo hark to tradition whilst flag-bearing at the vanguard of newness. This album is their live testament captured in crystalline clarity; it's recommended that you turn up the dial and play it loud.