In 2007 the reputation of Napra spread like wildfire throughout the country as their appearances at the biggest festivals were unanimously greeted as a great success. We can safely declare that 2007 was the year of Napra, although it seems that 2008 will be theirs as well, since right at the beginning of the year they gave a common performance together with Barbaro on the stage of MÜPA (The Palace of Arts), where they brought the house down in front of a full house. The enthusiastic reviews of this concert from the experts show that not only are they able to set the pulse racing among the audience, but among the critics as well. The latest news is their success in the most important national popular music awards, in which they won the 2008 Fonogram Award in the category of "World Music Album Of The Year", and the year has only just begun!

MUSIC
The majority of the band members are well-acquainted with and respect folk music. This can be detected both in the music and the lyrics, although the arrangement of the original traditional material and their mode of expression is rather different, both novel and elemental. By now we have learnt that the marriage of the accordion, the drums and the electric guitar with the acoustic instruments such as the cimbalom, the violin and the viola is not at all impossible. If you want to listen to some real musical originality and appreciate virtuoso instrumental technique, then you cannot miss Napra or their recently released debut album entitled 'Oh, What A World…' directed by two world-famous producers from London, Ben Mandelson and Rob Keyloch.

BAND
The world music band Napra was formed in Budapest in the autumn of 2004. The common point of departure for the musicians of Napra is the folk music of the Carpathian Basin, but instead of using it in its authentic form they interpret it in the light of contemporary culture, transposing it into modern sound. In order to do that, of course, it is important that the band members are well-acquainted with the folk music of the region and can move freely within this musical world, and that they are able to adapt its stylistic elements to any musical situation with ease. The members have played in bands well-known on world- and folk music stages and have achieved some fame for their successful performances. Their outstanding instrumental knowledge, virtuosity and dynamic mode of performance endow their music with special power. Combining the electric with the acoustic, the mix of electric instruments (drums, bass guitar, guitar) with folk instruments (violin, viola and cimbalom) results in an original sound characteristic to Napra.