Söndörgő is composed of descendants of immigrants who fled to Hungary from the Turkish troops from Serbia in the 16th century. Their rhythmically sharp and not yet well-known music is a stark contrast to the Hungarian bands that have been known so far, in which the dulcimer and violin play the main role. Although stylistically based on South Slavic roots, it does not try to preserve them in museum folklore and is open to all related influences. Söndörgő play instruments that sound familiar, but actually belong to a distinct family of Balkan tambouras. Their lute-tambour resembles a five-stringed guitar, the bass-tambour looks like a double bass with a metal eye, as folk musicians often played this large instrument while walking and had it suspended from their bodies. The virtuosically mastered strings sound like surreal Balkan bluegrass at a sharp tempo and were a shocking discovery for Western audiences. Until then, they had known Hungarian music mainly through Romani bands, or the Muzsikás group or similar ensembles that drew inspiration from the styles of the Hungarian mountain communities of Transylvania. More