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One guitar, three extraordinary voices, harmony, power, temperament, passion and emotions. This is music of Kali Cerchen.
Kali Cerchen ("Black Star") consists of three musicians/actors from the Roma theater Romathan in Kosice, Slovakia. In addition to their own music they also perform Roma traditional songs from Slovakia, Russia and other parts of Eastern Europe.
Besides their artistic activities, Kali Cerchen have decided to share their Roma heritage at international workshops (Gypsy Celebration Svojanov 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, Freiburg 2006 and 2007, Berlin 2006, 2008, festival Stimmen 2008). As they are very charismatic teachers, their workshops have become very popular and are attended by students from all over the world.

First CD of Kali Cerchen KAJ TE ZAV (Where to go) was released in June 2008. Buy it here: http://indies.eu/us/alba/196/kaj-te-zav-kam-ist/


Milan Godla (1967) - vocals
Milan comes from a family of musicians, and he is one of the founders of the Romathan theater. He is a singer, actor, stage manager, director, playwright and art director. His powerful voice has made him well known as an excellent interpreter of traditional Romany songs. Milan participated in several international theater projects such as "Romanovela - Love in Translation", which was presented in a number of European countries. In 2004, he received the Kosice Mayor's Award for his artistic endeavors. He writes lyrics not only for Kali Cerchen but also for Romathan. In addition to all this, Milan is a highly renowned Roma linguist and interpreter.
Marian Balog (1972) - vocals
Marian is the director of the Romathan theater and one of its principal actors. He has been active at the Romathan from its inception. He writes poetry, composes music, and writes and directs theatrical pieces with Milan. He also acted in several Czech and Slovak movies such as Zprava o putovani studentu Petra a Jakuba ("The Pilgrimage of Students Peter and Jacob" - 2000, directed by Drahomíra Vihanova) and appeared in several performances at the Roma theater Rota in Vienna. Together with Milan, he has received several awards from the Literary Fund of Bratislava for a variety of acting roles, scripts and directing efforts. He also received the Kosice City Award in 2007.

Jaroslav Godla (1986) - vocals and guitar
Jarko is Milan's son, and as such he basically grew up on the stage of Romathan theater. At the age of 17 he won the prestigious competetion for young Roma talents "Romano hangoro" (Roma voice). After graduation from Conservatoire he became a valuable singer, dancer and actor in the Romathan theater.


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Member Since: 17/08/2007
Band Website: www.kalicerchen.com
Band Members: Milan Godla - Vocal

Marian Balog - Vocal

Jaroslav Godla - Vocal, Guitar

Influences: Old European Gypsy Music
Sounds Like: Kali Cerchen
Record Label: Unsigned

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