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Vama Veche was a Romanian soft rock band, founded in 1996, the same year in which they recorded the song that would become a big hit in Romania the following year, "Nu am chef azi", with their first concert taking place on 28 November 1996 at Lăptaria lui Enache.
Tudor Chirilă (born 28 May 1974 in Bucharest, Romania) is a Romanian actor, musician, and writer. He was the lead singer of the bands Vama Veche and Vama.As an actor, he has featured in both short and feature-length films and has appeared in plays under the direction of Alexandru Darie, Alexandru Dabija, and Horațiu Mălăele, among others.
Vama Veche (historical names: Ilanlâk, Ilanlâc, Turkish: Ilanlık) is a village in Constanţa County, Romania, on the Black Sea coast, near the border with Bulgaria, at 28.57 E longitude, 43.75 N latitude. It is part of the commune of Limanu and in 2002, it had a population of 178. [1]
On 17 August, the next concerts took place on the Romanian seaside in Costinesti and Vama Veche ("Stufstock Greenfest"). On 31 October "Zdob și Zdub" band was nominated by the Russian TV Channel A-ONE in four categories of the RAMP 2007 Awards - Rock Alternative Music Prize: "The Band of the Year", "The Video of the Year", "The Hit of the Year ...
In 2000, Madonna (pictured in 2015) topped the chart for six weeks with "Music"; "American Pie" also reached the summit. Kylie Minogue's (pictured in 2012) "Can't Get You Out of My Head" was the most-broadcast song in Romania in 2001. Las Ketchup (pictured in 2016) claimed the summit for nine weeks in 2002 with "The Ketchup Song (Aserejé)".
The typical folk ensemble from Maramureș is zongora [1] and violin, often with drums. Maramureș is a remote province (like Bucovina) and its traditions include some of the most ancient Romanian instruments and peasant music. Its music shares many features with Bucovina.
In Romania, the syntagm muzică populară (English: popular/folk music) is used to denote a musical genre based on folklore, but distinct from it.The distinction is both in form and essence and it arises mainly from the commercial aspect of the popular music. [1]
Lăutar, according to the DEX ("Dicționarul Explicativ al Limbii Române" — "The Explanatory Dictionary of the Romanian Language"), is formed from lăută (meaning "lute") and the agent suffix-ar, common for occupational names. Originally, the word was used only for the peasant Romanian musicians who played the lăută.