4:00pm | Maria del Mar Bonet “Sa des cavaller” from Saba de Terrer (Ariola-Eurodisc (LP) 1981) —I played this on my first show 20 years ago, and I still like the sound of this singer's voice. She is singing in Catalán, and was born on MallorcaBuy it! |
4:08pm | Cristina Branco “Manto De Açucenas” from Post-Scriptum (l'empreinte digitale 2000) —This was the CD that introduced me to the great Portuguese Fado traditionBuy it! |
4:11pm | Mighela Cesari “Quistioni (Questions)” from Di Li Venti, A Rosula (Compass Rose), Mighela Cesari canta Mighele Raffaelli (Chorus/Auvidis 1997) —This Corsican singer showed me there was more to Corsican music than their polyphonic vocal traditionBuy it! |
4:15pm | Mighela Cesari “Dimmi (Dis-moi)” from Di Li Venti, A Rosula (Compass Rose), Mighela Cesari canta Mighele Raffaelli (Chorus/Auvidis 1997) —Corsican polyphony was an exclusively male tradition until about 25 years ago when all female and mixed groups like this were formedBuy it! |
4:20pm | Actores Alidos “Cantu A Ballu” from Canti delle Donne Sarde (Finis Terra 2008) —Sardinian music - traditional dance rhythm and structure, with a modern aestheticBuy it! |
4:24pm | Llangres “CA La Zarramica” from Stura (Fonoastur 2002) —my introduction to the bagpipe bands of the Asturian Spanish folk revival - thanks, Carlos!Buy it! |
4:32pm | Varttina “Seelinnikoi” from Seleniko (Green Linnet 1992) —this was my jaw-dropping introduction to the Finnish folk revival, and still this group's best CD before they tried soft rock and new ageBuy it! |
4:36pm | Plektronite “Mazurkat 1282 & 1294” from Plektroniitit Tuloo! (Skycap www.perinneaarkku.net/plektronite 2005) —my favorite of the new groupsBuy it! |
4:39pm | Hedningarna “Vottikaalina” from Kaksi! (Silence 1992) —"the Heathens" answer to Värttinä.. - thanks for this one, Bill and DianaBuy it! |
4:45pm | Bukkene Bruse “Rotnheims-knut” from Bukkene Bruse (Grappa 1993) —a Norwegian tune given the special treatment by this all-star groupBuy it! |
4:48pm | Mats Berglund, Göran Håkansson “Polska efter Jon Andersson (major)” from 24 Polsdanser frå Finnskogen (Finnskogen Kulturverstad 2002) —from the forests of northern SwedenBuy it! |
4:50pm | Ale Moller, Lena Willemark, Per Gudmundson “Frifot - Sven Marit polskan - I Buder” from Frifot (Caprice 1991) —I found this in a catalogue shortly after starting the show and was astounded. The group came to Focal point twice; the first time the show was sparsely attended, the second time the place was packed.Buy it! |
4:56pm | Rasa “Es cigana delins biju” from Musiques des rites solaires (Inedit/Auvidis 1995) —Latvian music - from their folk revival, heavy on the old layer pagan songs that had survived in the rural areas. This group and a few others kept the Latvian national folklore alive during the Soviet period, paving the way for an incredible flowering afBuy it! |
5:00pm | Rasa “Engelitis” from Musiques des rites solaires (Inedit/Auvidis 1995) —the featured instrument is the kokles - a sort of table harp found in various forms from Finland all around the Baltic countries and into Russia where it is used for house musicBuy it! |
5:02pm | Danču mūzikas grupa “Ai Dū Maikadū” from Dūdas Latvijā (UPE www.upe.lv 2000) —This has been re-issued on ARC, available in the westBuy it! |
5:05pm | Maskačkas Spēlmaņi “Olenderu laiva nāca” from Zirnīšiem skaisti ziedi (MS 2001) —this group takes a more traditional approach to Latvian musicBuy it! |
5:08pm | Iljgji “Kalnaa Kaapu Skatiities” from Saules Meita (UPE www.upe.lv 1998) —the most versatile of the Latvian bands - they can play ritual, old style dance music, and folk rockBuy it! |
5:20pm | Sondorgo “Oj Stari Starce” from Oj Stari (Periferic Records 2005) —Serbian tambura tradition from Hungary. Any Pittsburgh Serbian bar band would recognize this styleBuy it! |
5:23pm | Sondorgo “Jeftanovicevo Kolo” from Oj Stari (Periferic Records 2005) —this group is made up of the sons of some of the members of VujicsicsBuy it! |
5:24pm | Vujicsics/Marta Sebestyen “Jozo (Ft Márta Sebestyén, Júlia Radó & Antus Vizin)” from Podravina - Croatian Dance Melodies (Periferic Records 2001) —this band set the bar the highest for this repertoire, produced more recordings, and attracted other stars such as, here, Marta SebestyenBuy it! |
5:33pm | Merita Halili “Ku T'ka Ala Moj Kumrie” from Unblocked - Music Of Eastern Europe [Disc 3] (Elipsis Arts 1997) —The liquid voice of the incomparable Albanian singer Merita Halili can be heard live every summer at the Balkan Camps run by the EEFC (www.eefc.org)Buy it! |
5:38pm | Eli Fara “Osman Taka” from më thotë zemra ((private)) —Thanks to Cees Hillebrand for this, and for 90% of the Albanian music I have played on this showBuy it! |
5:41pm | Qirjako, Irini “C'u mbush mali plot me krushq” from Sorke Moj (Elrodi) —Except for her work with the polyphonic group "Ensemble Tirana", I have no recordings of this south Albanian singer in traditional repertoire.Buy it! |
5:47pm | Kazim Koyuncu “Narino” from Hayde CD ALBUM (Metropol Müzik Üretim 2004) —this starts a set of Turkish and Laz music from the Black Sea CoastBuy it! |
5:51pm | Karmate “Çhela” from Nayino (Kalan Müzik 2010)Buy it! |
5:55pm | Hülya Polat “Laz Kizi” from Niye Utaniyisun (MSR Prodüksiyon 2002)Buy it! |
5:58pm | Salamat Sadïkova “Ay Nuru (Moonlight)” from The Voice of Kyrgyzstan (Frequency Glide Enterprises www.kyrgyzmusic.com 2001)Buy it! |
Like everything else, times are approximate.
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