Družina

Družina

Group from Slovakia

Genres: folk, World Music, All, croatian, Croatia

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About Družina

Druzina (The Suite) was formed in the year 2000. A group of musicians (folklorists, jazzmen and rockers) got together and their various adaptations of Slovak folklore songs developed into a style which they named the ethnobeat. They gave numerous live and TV performances in Slovakia and abroad (Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Switzerland, France) under the name Jej Druzina (Her Suite) In the year 2001 the band released a CD titled Jej Druzina, which is still selling well all around Europe. In the middle of the year 2002 the original band split into two fractions One of them is the band Druzina. Members of the band Aty Beres (bass), Boris Brna (drums) and Mita Almasiova (vocals) invited their musician friends Miroslav Baloga (violin), Janko Simiak (fujara, pipes, accordion), Martin Sabov (guitar, mandolin) and Dana Feriencikova (lead vocal) to join them, giving rise to a new professional project named Druzina. Fakts about the band DRUZINA: - A bunch of folklorists, rockers and jazzmen met in the year 2000. Their adaptations of Slovak folk songs gave rise to a new style they named ethnobeat. The band, then called JEJ DRUZINA, gave concerts in Slovakia and abroad (the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Switzerland, France...) - 2005/ March – Cd DRUZINA hit the 11th place in the prestigious worldwide chart World Music Charts Europe (www.wmce.de) among ….. nominations from 165 cd all around the world. - 2006/ September – Cd Tragare hit the 12th place in the prestigious worldwide chart World Music Charts Europe among ….. nominations from 192 cd from all around the world.

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