Music from the Hills (Music)
With John Uhlemann
Sun Mar 6th 2011 4.00pm–6.00pm
R=listener request. N=music new at the station. L=local music. Your purchases using the Buy it! links
Time zone: central
4:00pm | Costel Vasilescu “Hora de la Mimiu” from De Joc și voie bună (Electrecord) —the musician plays a muted trumpet - very much a "city" instrument - in this dance tuneBuy it! |
4:03pm | Costel Vasilescu “Mă suii pe munți de sticlă” from De Joc și voie bună (Electrecord)Buy it! |
4:08pm | Constantin Stanciu “Căntăreț de mahala” from Căntăreț de Mahala (Electrecord) —the title means "singer from the mahala - Gypsy neighborhood at the edge of town"Buy it! |
4:12pm | Romica Puceanu & The Gore Brothers “In Grădina cu tufani” from Sounds from a Bygone Age Vol. 2 (Asphalt Tango Records 2006)Buy it! |
4:20pm | The Gore Brothers “Hora lui Gore Ionescu” from Sounds from a Bygone Age Vol. 2 (Asphalt Tango 2006) —these are archival recordings by one of the premier bands of the '60s in RomaniaBuy it! |
4:22pm | Romica Puceanu “Umblai țara-n lug și-n lat” from Gyspy Queens - 1 (Network 1999)Buy it! |
4:24pm | Gabi Lunca “Fericit e omul pe lume” from Gypsy Queens - 2 (Network 1999) —"happy is the man out in the world"Buy it! |
4:31pm | Gabi Lunca “Omul Bun N-Are Noroc” from Gypsy Queens - 2 (Network 1999)Buy it! |
4:35pm | Romica Puceanu “Într-o joi de dimineață” from Gypsy Queens - 2 (Network 1999) —the phenomenal cimbalom accompaniment on this track is by the incomparable Toni IordacheBuy it! |
4:46pm | Ion Petre Stoican “Hora Lăutărească” from Sounds from a Bygone Age, Vol.1 (Asphalt Tango Records 2005) R Buy it! |
4:49pm | Ion Petre Stoican “Hora” from Sounds from a Bygone Age, Vol.1 (Asphalt Tango Records 2005) —the long cimbalom solo the introduces this is by Toni IordacheBuy it! |
4:52pm | Toni Iordache “Cântec de ascultare și brează” from Sounds from a Bygone Age, Vol. 4 (Asphalt Tango Records 2007) R —this is a well-known song of the era, followed by variations on itBuy it! |
4:55pm | Toni Iordache “Ca la Breaza” from Sounds from a Bygone Age, Vol. 4 (Asphalt Tango Records 2007)Buy it! |
5:01pm | Gheorghe Lambru “Deschide ușa, nevastă” from Comori ale muzicii lăutărești - Gheorghe Lambru - acordeon și voce (Electrecord) —one of the old greats - he died in 2002. Toni Iordache's son Leonard was his son-in-lawBuy it! |
5:03pm | Frații Gore “Chindia (Joc din Vlașca) - horă lăutărească - Brîu din Vadul Stânchii” from Comori ale muzicii lăutăresti -Taraful Fraților Gore (Electrecord) —the Gore brothers (Aurel - violin, Victor - accordion) had a band that accompanied all the famous singers of the timeBuy it! |
5:08pm | Ion Albesteanu “Hora de la Oltenița” from Ion Albesteanu (Electrecord)Buy it! |
5:12pm | Ion Albesteanu “Sârba de la Slobozia” from Ion Albesteanu (Electrecord)Buy it! |
5:18pm | Florea Cioacă “Hora Boldenilor” from Comori ale muzicii lăutăresti - Florea Cioacă - vioară (Electrecord) —"the dance of the needle sellers"Buy it! |
5:21pm | Florea Cioacă “Brîul de la Ișalnița” from Comori ale muzicii lăutăresti - Florea Cioacă - vioară (Electrecord) —one of the great fiddle tunes of southern Romania. A briu is a belt - so this is a belt or shoulder-hold danceBuy it! |
5:24pm | Dona Dumitru Siminica “Leliță Floare” from "la Șalul cel Negru" (Electrecord) —this is a man singing in falsetto - a very common thing up until recently, and considered part of the artBuy it! |
5:28pm | Ion Miu “Moșule, te-aș întreba” from Mari Maeștri Muzicanți (Electrecord)Buy it! |
5:31pm | Ion Miu “Brâul Piteștenilor” from Mari Maeștri Muzicanți (Electrecord)Buy it! |
5:39pm | Fărămiță Lambru “Șapte văi și-o vale adâncă” from "La Șalul cel Negru" (Electrecord)Buy it! |
5:43pm | Bebe Serban “cântec ca la Vlașca” from Comori ale muzicii lăutărești - Bebe Serban și Costache Florea (Electrecord)Buy it! |
5:46pm | Bebe Serban “Geamparalele din Dobroiești” from Comori ale muzicii lăutărești - Bebe Serban și Costache Florea (Electrecord)Buy it! |
5:54pm | Ionică Minune “Sârba oltenilor” from Ionică Minune și Dragostea pentru acordeon (Electrecord)Buy it! |
6:00pm | - “-” (-) —The recordings from the Romanian "Electrecord" label used here can be found on the Electrecord web site, or from http://www.passiondiscs.com/ - a very reliable source for a lot of good Eastern European musicBuy it! |
Like everything else, times are approximate. Spinitron and this station are not liable for errors or omissions.