Epic four-disc Anthology of Moravian folk music of the early 21st century

The four-album representative selection of bands and singers who have significantly contributed to maintain an authentic form of musical traditions of their region is an attempt to reflect the current form of popular music-making in large and small Moravian folklore regions.

Each part of the four-album compilation is completed with explanatory notes and a booklet outlining the music history of a particular region, its most important ensembles, musicians and singers. Each album is packaged in a separate paper digipack with at least 28 page booklets and it is also possible to purchase each of the albums separately. A special package will include all 4 digipacks in a cardboard box.
CD1 - HORŇÁCKO: Unbroken musical tradition


The Horňácko region is located on the eastern edge of South Moravia, in the foothills of the White Carpathian Mountains, just below the highest mountain Javořina near the border with Slovakia. The closeness of Slovakia is reflected in the music similarity, rhythm and the language of Horňácko and Slovakian songs. Areawise it is a micro-region but the significant cultural heritage is present in Hrubá and Malá Vrbka, Kuželov, Louka, Lipov, Javorník, Suchov, Nová Lhota villages, in the settlement Vápenky and many solitary houses in Mlýny. The name Horňácko was first used by the collector František Bartoš in 1889 to designate the origin of tunes in the collection National Moravian Folk Songs; local teachers then continued spreading this name.
What is especially important for Horňácko is the continuous tradition of folk music-making that has been going on for hundreds of years. The oldest recorded form of folk music (mid-18th century) was “gajdování“ (playing backpipes): single “gajdoš“- piper played to the dance and accompanied himself on “gajdy“ (two-part bagpipes with continu.......
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