4:00pm

France Marolt ens., Ljubljana “Svatovska polka” from Anthology of Folklore Music volume 3 - Croatia and Slovenia (Syncoop/Folkraft 1998) —this show will start a group of shows built to showcase the music of the former Yugoslav republics, all now independent. Slovenia is the most northwestern and "Austrian" of them, as is demonstarted by this polka in typical style.Buy it!

4:05pm

France Marolt ens., Ljubljana “Da hora ta Caninaua/Ko uo na Kilo si dosei” from Anthology of Folklore Music volume 3 - Croatia and Slovenia (Syncoop/Folkraft 1998)Buy it!

4:09pm

Mira Omerzel-Terlep “Bordunske Citre - plesalka se reši hudiča (a girl-dancer saves herself from the devil)” from Slovenske Ljudske Pesmi in Glasbila 2 (RTB) —This instrument is like a slightly larger version of the Appalachian lap dulcimerBuy it!

4:14pm

Mira Omerzel-Terlep “Smrt zaprta v sod” from Slovenske Ljudske Pesmi in Glasbila 2 (RTB)Buy it!

4:24pm

(group from Rezija valley) “Ta Črni Patök” from Rezijanke (RTB (LP)) —This music actually comes from the Resia valley of Northeastern Italy, where the Slovenian minority lives. The dance is for couples. The high melody is done with the dancers turning in place, the low melody has the dancers exchanging place.Buy it!

4:35pm

Kruno Spisić “Two Dances From Međimurje” from Resonance Of Croatia (Željko Jergan) —The next several songs are from Međimurje, the province of Croatia closest to Hungary.Buy it!

4:39pm

Lado “Raca Plava po Dravi” from Pjesme i Plesovi Hrvatske (Jugoton (cassette))Buy it!

4:43pm

Ivan Goran Kovačić Folk Ensemble “Tu Pak Tam (Dekanovci, Međimurje)” from Ivan Goran Kovačić ensemble (Monitor (LP))Buy it!

4:49pm

Lado “Falila se Jagica” from Narodne Pjesme i Plesovi Sjeverne Hrvatske (RTV Ljubljana (LP))Buy it!

4:54pm

Otrov “V Goricani” from Baština Hrvatskog Sela (private 2004)Buy it!

4:57pm

Blaž Lenger uz svoj ansambl “Ruža, Ruža” from Podravski narodne pjesme pjeva Blaž Lenger (Jugoton (45rpm disc)) —a cimbalom band, but from Croatia - this style is almost defunctBuy it!

5:06pm

Zagrebačke Pivovare “Bećarac” from (45 rpm disc) (Jugoton (45rpm disc)) —the name of the band is Zagreb (capital of Croatia) brewers. This sort of swaggering song is typically full of off-color rhymesBuy it!

5:11pm

Krunoslav Slabinac & ens. “Kolo” from Krunoslav Slabinac-Kićo (Jugoton (cassette)) —more swaggering. This is a large circle dance with 2 basic steps, one done while singing or yelling out of-color verses, the other a lot more vigorous.Buy it!

5:25pm

Mark & Krunoslav Špišić with Skitnice “Lika - Lijepa I Mila - Lika” from Sviraj Svirče Drmeša ((self) 2001) —some very good traditional part singingBuy it!

5:30pm

Solo uz pjevački zbor Mladen Januš “Smilem Gora Obrašćena” from Narodne Pjesme i Plesovi Sjeverne Hrvatske (RTV Ljubljana)Buy it!

5:38pm

Željko Lukačin, Željko Kravrščan, &Branko Grđan - tambura samica, with Lado “Aj Men' Je Dika Ići U Kraljice” from Kolo Igra, Tamburica Svira Vol. 2 (Slavonija, Baranja & Bačka) (Best 1999) —these tunes are inserted here because they are played on the tambura samica, a small tambura with drone strings. Tunes for bagpipe were often played on this.Buy it!

5:42pm

M. Korkić (gajde), with Irena Kersan & Vlasta Vojtjehovski, with ansambl Joža Valhović “Šokačko Kolo” from Ansambl Joža Vlahović pleše i pjeva (Jugoton (LP))Buy it!

5:49pm

Jerry Grcevich i Žagar Band “Lička večera” from Ličke Drvoječe ((self Published)) —Jerry Grcevich is an amazing musician now living in the USA, but who recorded this in Croatia. Serbian and Croatian bar bands in the US all play in this style as well.Buy it!

5:53pm

Gajde su Gajde (Franjo Dervar, Zoltán Szabó, & Antun Vizin) “Gajde Su Gajde” from Magyarországi Horvát Dudazene (Etnfon 1997) —the title means "a bagpipe is a bagpipe..."Buy it!