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Music CD details
'Balkanalia -
Urban and Rural Folk Music
from the Balkans'
Various Artists
(EEFC101)
Selected from over 200 entries this compilation features members of the US
organization East European Folklife Center (EEFC) 'whose mission is to educate the general public about the the folk music, folk dance, and folklore in the Balkans...'
For more on the EEFC see their web site at:
www.eefc.org
Folk music and dance expert Yves
Moreau is a member of the selection panel, so you can be assured
that it is authentic and of a high standard.
CD booklet includes full lyrics and translations.
'In a swirl of modes and moods, instruments and languages, this collection captures the sweep of Balkan music in the United States. It reflects the variety and skill of an expanding circle of musicians, coast to coast and overseas, who have over the past three decades taken part in the Balkan Music & Dance Workshops of the East European Folklife Center
(EEFC).
The workshops originated in the 1970s in intimate weekend gatherings of Balkan enthusiasts in the California woods. From this they have grown into week-long instructional programs on both coasts, staffed by some of the finest Balkan music performers/teachers to be found anywhere. Each summer EEFC programs draw hundreds of dancers, singers and instrumentalists.
For all their diversity in skill, age and origins, they share a love of Balkan music, the rich mix of cultures and styles found in this complex region bridging Central Europe and Turkey. They also tend to share, as the title of this CD suggests, the inclination to have a really good time. Days of lessons and practiceflutes in the cabin, bagpipes in the woodsgive way to culture corners, group sings and dance parties that can go till dawn.
Some of the musicians featured here were born and musically trained in the Balkans, some in North Americas ethnic communities. Others are connected by their passion rather than their heritage. Whatever their background, they make up a remarkable circle, and this CD brims with their energy.'
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'Balkanalia -
Urban and Rural Folk Music
from the Balkans'
Various Artists
(EEFC101)
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Artist |
Song Title - Country |
| 1. PANGEO - Christos Govetas (clarinet, vocals), Ruth Hunter (accordion, vocals), Sandra Dean (violin), Dave Bartley (guitar), David Bilides (percussion) | Kondi
Kondoula - Northern Greece/Western Macedonia |
| 2. BALKAN CABARET - Mary Sherhart (vocals), Joe Finn (violin), Michael Lawson (accordion), Rich Thomas (bass), with guests Dan Auvil (doumbek, zils) and Mark Forry (bugarija) | U Dul Basti - Bosnia |
| 3. HARMONIA - Alexander Fedoriouk (cimbalom), Walt Mahovlich (accordion), Marko Dreher (violin), Andrei Pidkivka (sopilka, nai), George Trambitas (taragot), Catalin Petrescu (bass) | Canta Cucul Primavera - Romania |
| 4. ZIYIA - Dan Auvil (doumbeleki), George Chittenden (clarinet), Beth Cohen (violin), Christos Govetas (vocals, laouto), Lise Liepman (santouri) | Me Kalese Mi Arhondissa - Greece |
| 5. TRIO SLAVEJ - Carol Silverman (vocals), Mark Levy (clarinet), Kalin Kirilov (accordion, synthesizer, and arrangement) | Lenorije
Chaje - Romani song |
| 6. Goce Dimovski (zurla), accompanied by Angele Dimovski (zurla) & Orce Dimovski (tapan) | Staro Meraklijsko Oro - Republic of Macedonia |
| 7. MEDNA USTA - Dena Bjornlie, Ruth Hunter, Anne Cleveland | Grada Se Gradi - Bulgaria |
| 8. NOVO SELO - Eran Fraenkel (kaval), Jim Finn (gajda), Alan Zemel (tambura), Dan Kollar (tapan), Zora Dominko (vocals), Lauren Brody (vocals) | Tri Bilbila Poev - Republic of Macedonia |
| 9. NEAR EAST FAR WEST - Souren Baronian (clarinet, riqq), Haig Manoukian (oud), Polly Tapia Ferber (darabukah), George Chittenden (clarinet), Lise Liepman (santouri) | Dersim/Eench Anem - Turkey/Armenia |
| 10. All parts arranged and performed by Mark Forry, engineered by Barry Phillips. | Dobra Vecer U Barba Sibeta Ovde - Croatia |
| 11. EDESSA & FRIENDS - Lise Liepman (santouri), George Chittenden (guitar), Dan Auvil (doumbek), Paul Brown (bass), Ari Langer (electric violin) | Roumaniko -
Greece |
| 12. Sophia Bilides (vocals, zils), Harry Bedrossian (oud), George Stathos (clarinet), Nikos Veropoulos (doumbeleki) | Amanes - Greece |
| 13. Mark Levy (clarinet), Kalin Kirilov (accordion, synthesizer) | Izvezdane Na Bulkata & Pravo Horo ("Leading Out the Bride") - Bulgaria |
| 14. Angele Dimovski (kaval), accompanied by Goce Dimovski (kaval) & Orce Dimovski (kaval) | Sarplaninska Ezgija - Republic of Macedonia |
| 15. Jim Stoynoff (clarinet), John Roussos (santouri), Bill Demitropoulos (electric bass), Pete Mestousis (percussion) | Ta Merakia Tou Karakosta - Greece |
| 16. Tanya Dosseva (vocals), Lyuben Dossev (kavals), Ivan Georgiev (gajda), Tzvetan Tzvetkov (gudulka), Kostadin Buradjiev (tambura), Ivan Kirishev (kontra bass) | Damjanku Kuskun - Strandza, Bulgaria |
| 17. SVIRAJ - Raczar Lopatic (violin, vocals), Lenny Tepsich (bass), Danilo Yanich (bugarija), Vlad Popovich (brac, celo) | Lence Bre Duso - Republic of Macedonia |
Duration (65'45") |
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