4:00pm | Eli Fara (with Merita Halili) “Kolazh (Mora Rrugen per Janine)” from Përtej (Fuga)Buy it! |
4:12pm | Fëmjët e Gjirokarës (Gjirokaster children's choir) “Bajamet e Lagjes” from Obelisku (Vodafone Albania foundation) —this is sung using the traditional polyphonic style of southern AlbaniaBuy it! |
4:14pm | Dashuri Hysa & Fiqerete Doko “Të kanë ardhur shokët” from Loz një mollë, loz një ftua (Elrodi)Buy it! |
4:21pm | Dashuri Hysa & Fiqerete Doko “Krushqë” from Loz një mollë, loz një ftua (Elrodi)Buy it! |
4:25pm | Eli Fara “Çupeze Beqari Moj” from Hitet Popullore (Fuga)Buy it! |
4:29pm | Rilinda Velaj “Ylli sabahut” from Diaspora - sofra e kenges (Elrodi 2009)Buy it! |
4:34pm | Lazarela “Gajdexhiu” from Maratona volumi 4 (Elrodi 2009)Buy it! |
4:37pm | Grupi Termi Tepelene “Mos aman per koken ten” from Maratona volumi 4 (Elrodi 2009)Buy it! |
4:42pm | Liri Rasha “Shetita ane e mbane” from Nusja me te bardha (Elrodi)Buy it! |
4:50pm | Liri Rasha “Shkurta e Hoklit” from Nusja me te bardha (Elrodi)Buy it! |
4:53pm | Liri Rasha “Shtate Liqejte elures” from Nusja me te bardha (Elrodi)Buy it! |
5:01pm | Shkurte Fejza “Gurbeti” from Rapsodët Sëbashku (Fenix) —this, and the next 2 selections, are all by former Kosovo singers, now recording on Albanian labelsBuy it! |
5:06pm | Remzie Osmani “Kur bashkon hana dy nana” from Rapsodët Sëbashku (Fenix) —a song in 5/8, divided 2+3Buy it! |
5:10am | Nikoll Nikprelaj “Kënga e Zagrepit” from Rapsodët Sëbashku (Fenix) —the weird "field recording" intro is not explained. The song, except for the percussion, is very traditional. Nikprelaj originally trained as a medical student, but gave it up to become a singer. His first tape was recorded in the 1980sBuy it! |
5:16pm | Sh. Levendi & S. Lame “Leskovik o gur i thatë” from Mariola - Për gëzime (Elrodi) —"Leskovik, O dry stone" - Leskovik is a village in the barren mountains that divide modern day Greece from Albania.Buy it! |
5:20pm | Voçi “Shikoj në dritare” from Mariola - Për gëzime (Elrodi)Buy it! |
5:24pm | Refat Sulejmani “Salo moj Salushe” from Mariola - Për gëzime (Elrodi)Buy it! |
5:30pm | Vëllezërit Aliu “Oj fato fato” from Vëllezërit Aliu (Albanota) —This is in modern "slow chochek" style. The Aliu brothers come from north Kosovë.Buy it! |
5:34pm | Irma (Libohova) “Guri Xixa” from Napoloni (Elrodi) —this is a sort of "folk-disco" bit. She follows her with a chochek in the next selectionBuy it! |
5:40pm | Irma (Libohova) “Arvanitase” from Napoloni (Elrodi)Buy it! |
5:45pm | Dani “Potpuri Dasme (1)” from Turbo Mix Dasmash (Fenix) —"Dasmash" and "Dasme" in these titles refer to "wedding" - this is basically an Albanian Rom wedding DJ set. The "tracks" are artificial - this is essentially one long take without separation.Buy it! |
5:50pm | Dani “Veshu Plakë (potpuri dasme 2)” from Turbo Mix Dasmash (Fenix)Buy it! |
5:55pm | Dani “Tallava (potpuri dasme 3)” from Turbo Mix Dasmash (Fenix)Buy it! |
Like everything else, times are approximate.
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