Ro music
Romanian songs of the week: ‘Young at heart’ and ‘Say hello’ by Fractures
We stumbled on this new Romanian band called Fractures on Facebook, while searching for some music inspiration – thanks to the guys at decat o Revista, who invited this band to one of their events. Calling themselves an indie, pop and post-punk band, Fractures bring a clean sound, feel good music. The song ‘Say Hello’ [...]
Romanian song of the week: ‘Nature Falls’ by Grimus
Romanian alternative rock band Grimus’ song ‘Nature Falls’ has hit the top of the music charts on radios in the country, leading the pack of Romanian songs on Radio Guerilla. We feature the song in this week’s RO song to give a little taste of Romanian rock that has the chance to be listened by [...]
Romanian song of the week: ‘Wow’ by Inna
Romanian singer Inna, already famous internationally, has recently launched a new song and video, that, based on her track record so far, will surely become widely popular. The song itself is of the disposable pop dance variety. Used, or perhaps overused is the vocal auto-tune/vocoder effect, popularly known as the ‘Cher effect’ after its use [...]
Romanian song of the week: ‘Ochii din vis’ by Loredana Groza & Dragos Chircu
Loredana Groza is one of the best known Romanian pop singers, who has always re-invented herself. This time, she tries a duo with the young singer Dragos Chircu, whom she coached at the first edition of the Voice. Although Chircu was short of winning the Voice, he landed a singing project with his coach. And [...]
Romanian songs of the week: ‘Hold me tight’ and ‘Larissa’ by Hot Casandra
Electro-pop Romanian project Hot Casandra recently launched the video for its song ‘Hold Me Tight’, which features soprano Bianca Ionescu from the Bucharest National Opera. The alternative music project, which recently launched the album “Early Nightmares”, was founded by Paul Ballo, Bianca Ionescu’s son ( in picture). The first single from this album was ‘Larissa’, [...]
Romanian band Mandinga to sing for Romania at Eurovision contest in Baku this year
Romanian band Mandinga won the national selection this week-end and will represent Romania in the Eurovision competition this year, with the song ‘Zaleilah’ (listen to the song below). Romanian band Electric Fence came second with the song ‘Sun-ta’, which was the public’s favorite. The band came second after the jury’s vote. Singer Catalin Josan came [...]
Romanian song of the week: ‘Urban Violent’ by Travka
This week we’re listening to some Romanian alternative rock. Romanian band Travka’s song ‘Urban Violent’ mixes a somehow relaxing background beat, ‘cruising the city’ kind of music, with stronger passages, where the guitar and the drums go hand in hand and raise the adrenaline level. Listen to the song below. The five-member band Travka was [...]
Romanian song of the week: ‘Wish (You were here)’ by Les Elephants Bizzares
Romanian band Les Elephants Bizzares, already a name on Romania’s alternative music scene, recently launched a video for their song ‘Wish (You were here)’. The song appears on the soundtrack of the Romanian movie ‘Kiddo’, and has the potential to become another hit for the group. Both the movie and the music video were directed [...]
Romanian song of the week: ‘Silence’ by Lucia
This week we chose rather a special song for our ‘Song of the week’ series. The tune is called ‘Silence’ and it is performed by Lucia, a newly launched Romanian artist. What makes ‘Silence’ different is that it’s the first song recorded by the 17-year old artist, who has already achieved huge success on the [...]
Romanian song of the week: ‘Da vina pe Voltaj’ (Blame Voltaj) by Voltaj
This week’s song of the week is called ‘Da vina pe Voltaj’ (Blame Voltaj) and it’s performed by … Voltaj. It is a high spirited song, like all the other Voltaj songs, and speaks about having fun without actually blaming someone for the bad things that happen because life is life and it needs [...]
Romanian tenor Bogdan Mihai to make his debut at Mikhailovsky Theatre in St. Petersburg
Romanian tenor Bogdan Mihai (in picture) will make his debut in the role of Nemorino in the opera “L’Elisir d’Amore” by Gaetano Donizetti, on the great stage of the Mikhailovsky Theatre in St.Petersburg, Russia. The opera will be on February 18, 19:00 The cast of ‘L’Elisir d’Amore’ includes Natalia Mironova – as Adina, Bogdan Mihai [...]
Romanian song of the week: Modernis by Mono Jacks
This week’s song is called ’Modernis’ and is performed by The Mono Jacks, an already well known Romanian band. The song speaks about conformist people that will do anything just to be accepted by the society. This tune is a perfect mix between powerful, ironical lyrics and catchy indie-rock beats. The Romanian band The Mono [...]
Romanian band Fierbinteanu wins Antonin Dvorak remix contest
Romanian band Fierbinteanu is the winner of the Antonin Dvorak music remixes contest launched by the Czech Centre in Bucharest to mark 170 years since the birth of the composer. The winning band was announced recently at a party at the Czech Center, where all the tracks that entered the competition were played. The prize is a three days trip in Prague. Over 30 Romanian musicians responded to the contest launched by the Czech Centre Bucharest in December last year, to celebrate the 170 [...]
Romanian song of the week: ‘Insomniac’ by C.I.A. feat Ciprian
This week’s recommendation is dedicated to people who have trouble sleeping. It’s a hip-hop song called ‘Insomniac’ and is performed by Romanian band C.I.A. The beginning of the song – which, unlike many of Romania’s power tunes these days, is in Romanian- features the voice of Romanian TV anchor Andreea Esca, who reads a piece [...]
Romanian song of the week: Gameplay by Manfellow
Our choice for this week’s song is a tune from the recently formed Bucharest band Manfellow. The song is ‘Gameplay’ and its playful rhythm makes a bright day seem even brighter. Manfellow are an alternative post-rock band founded in 2011. They won the second prize at Stufstock Festival 2011 last August – Newcomers section [...]
Romanian song of the week: ‘You give me love’ by Stefan Stan ft. Alex Velea
This week’s song is still hot from the recording studio and features Stefan Stan, the winner of the first edition of the Voice of Romania competition, that ended in December last year. Stan recorded the song together with the HaHaHa Production, recording company of his coach in the show, Romanian artist Smiley. Interest in Stefan [...]
Romanian song of the week: (I don’t wanna) Think Twice by Electric Fence
This week’s song is all about dynamic beats, shouted lyrics, accordion passages and the urge to not think twice. The song ‘(I don’t wanna) Think Twice’ is performed by Electric Fence. Elena Vasile and David Ciente formed the group at the beginning of 2009 and the current line-up is Elena Vasile (lead vocals), David Ciente [...]
Overview of 2011: Top 10 Romanian songs
Going back a few years, a select group of Romanian artists started to break into the international charts and get airplay on radio stations across Europe, as well as elsewhere in the world. Romania-Insider.com searched for the top ten Romanian songs of this year. There’s plenty more where these came from – stay tuned to [...]
Romanian song of the week: ‘These are the times’ by DJ Marika feat Badoi
DJ Marika, known to clubbing lovers for his Selectro Wednesday evenings in Expirat & The Other Side Clubs, launched a new single together with Dragos Badoi. DJ Marika – by his real name Florin Marica (in picture)- and Badoi came up with a song called ‘These are the times’, a catchy electronic music beat. In [...]
Romanian song of the week: ‘Lasati-ma sa trec, sunt artist!’ by Mes Quins
This time we have a song by Mes Quins, a band considered one of the most interesting newcomers on the Romanian electro-synth-pop scene by press and fans after their first single, ‘Printeso’ (Princess). ‘Lasati-ma sa trec, sunt artist!’ (Let me go, I am an artist!) is a satirical song about creative types that take themselves [...]
Romanian song of the week: ‘Fire’ by East Roots
This week’s song is performed by East Roots, a Romanian reggae band, and it’s called ‘Fire’. It has a positive vibe – as reggae songs usually have- and a rythhm that is likely to catch on the Romanian club scene. East Roots band was founded in 2009 and brought a new sound that combines drum & bass, reggae, ska and dancehall with sitar and pan flute. The band’s [...]
Romanian song of the week: ‘Eskimo’ by Kumm
Romanian band Kumm’s ‘Eskimo’ is all about catchy beats and lyrics that stick in your head and put a smile on your face right after you listen to it. Kumm’s indie-alternative ode to feeling good is the second single from their upcoming sixth album, which is as yet unnamed. The first single was ‘Foul Play.’ Kumm [...]
Romanian song of the week: ‘This time’ by Cuantune
Romanian Nu Jazz band Cuantune has released a new song that easily made it into our Romanian song section. Their new tune, called ‘This time’, has a new video as well (listen to the song and watch the video below). You could mistake Cuantune for an international band, their sound is really good and most [...]
Romanian song of the week: Sonata in La Minor by ROA (Rise of Artificial)
Romanian band Rise of Artificial (ROA) has launched a new song and a video that we choose to feature in this week’s Romanian song article. The video of the song ‘Sonata in La Minor’ premiered on Tuesday on Music Channel. If you’ve listened to their previous well known song ‘Ne place’ (We like it), you’ll [...]
Romanian songs of the week: Lala Song and Azi NU, by Grasu XXL feat Guess Who
When we started researching for this week’s Romanian song, we had just one tune in mind, but we ended up adding a second one, played by the same Romanian artists: Grasu XXL and Guess Who. The latter is an artist that seems to have gained popularity. You might have heard his song ‘Tot mai sus’ [...]
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