Sonny and his Wild Cows
Formed in 2002, the band Sonny and his Wild Cows has been a popular fixture at major blues, rock and roll, and jazz festivals and clubs across Europe for many years; they have performed in 19 countries, often as the first Hungarian act at festivals with a long history. The band’s show captures the sultry musical atmosphere of 1940s and 1950s America: a surprisingly exciting medley of rhythm and blues, early rock and roll, blues, rockabilly, gospel, and other genres of the era, performed with an authentic period sound.
Schedule
Since its inception, Zene Háza has considered it its mission to showcase the musical life of rural Hungarian towns. The next venue for the “City in the House” series is Sopron. The festival, which showcases the musical life of Hungary’s most loyal city, will take place in the spirit of the diversity characteristic of the house, organized jointly by Zene Háza and the city of Sopron. On the festival’s first day, Saturday, the Petőfi Band—the orchestra of the artists at the Petőfi Theater in Sopron—will make its debut, and Sonny, a native of Sopron, will perform with his band, Sonny and His Wild Cows, evoking 1940s and 1950s America with rockabilly and rhythm and blues.
House of Music Hungary
A music education centre and concert venue in the heart of the City Park, behind the airy futuristic glass facade of Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto.