Gabi Luncă's lyrics & chords

Gabi Luncă (b.1938) is a Romany singer of urban lăutarească music from Romania, born in Vărbilău, Prahova County. Her father was also a lăutar (a member of a professional clan of Romany musicians), a violinist much respected among lăutari because he was a "notist" (he knew to read music). Her mother died when she was little, and this left a major impression on her life - many of her song deal with the "mother" theme. She was a favourite of Romania's communist ruler Nicolae Ceauşescu and his wife Elena. In the later part of her life, ...read more