Tanchaz Talk - Roll Out the Sarju - January 17, 2022

Rolling out and introducing the teenage folk sensation Sarju Band’s first CD “Kedvenceink” together with founding members Laszlo and Balazs Hajdu-Nemeth calling in from Budapest. As we listen to several tracks, the brothers take us beyond the music, explaining how the recording came together, stories behind the tunes, their role models and mentors, and future plans for the group. The CD is available on Spotify, Apple Music, and http://webbolt.fono.hu/eng.sarjubanda....

Tanchaz Talk is the world’s only English-language show focusing primarily on Hungarian folk music. The show combines a mix of music and stories from host Kalman Magyar Jr. (Öcsi), one of North America’s leading Hungarian folk musicians and and author of the bestselling self-help memoir Put Your Pants On and Get to Work - Ten Principles for Zestful Living.

“Tanchaz Talk Interviews” episodes feature long-form interviews with a wide range of guests. Episodes of “Tanchaz Talk Interviews” are also available in audio podcast form on all popular podcast platforms, including Apple, Google, and Spotify (please subscribe).

Kalman has been an instrumental personality in the Tanchaz movement since the 1980’s, first with the band Eletfa in New York, and now with Gyanta in Toronto.

In Hungarian, “Táncház” literally means “dance house,” and is the focal point of the Hungarian roots revival movement. The Táncház movement has been inscribed in the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)’s Register of Good Safeguarding Practices, as “a Hungarian model for the transmission of intangible cultural heritage.”

Visit www.tanchaz.com for more information and downloadable audio episodes.