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Episode 58: Jani Lang

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Show Notes

Janos (Jani) Lang is a Hungarian fiddler living in Glasgow and in this episode he shares a unique story of moving to Scotland to follow his love of Celtic music only to find himself tapping back into his roots playing Romanian, Hungarian and Roma music. He talks about the experience of immigrating to the UK and his current work with Ando Glaso, featuring traditional musicians from the local Roma community to build bridges between them and the mainstream Scottish culture. Ando Glaso: https://www.andoglaso.org/ Dallahan: https://www.dallahanmusic.com/ Music in this episode: opening is a Romanian tune we learned from the Slovenian Fiddle Gang and the closing is a couple of tunes by Liz Carroll: Anne Lacey's and Sevens.

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