Music from the Hills (Music)
With John Uhlemann
Sun May 6th 2012 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 | Tanec “Majskovo oro” from Tanec RTB LPV-1211) (RTB) —this is in 18/8 divided 11+7, or 2+2+3+2+2+3+2+2Buy it! |
4:05pm | Trajce Trenkoski “Penčo Vojvoda oro” from Trajce Trenkoski (MRT) —This show is all music from the former Yugoslav republic of Macedonia, a mainly Slavic-speaking country that also has numbers of Albanians, Roma and TurksBuy it! |
4:09pm | Trajce Trenkoski “Eleno oro” from Trajce Trenkoski (MRT) —this dance is done a lot in Northern Bulgaria, but has spread in the last 100 years to FYR Macedonia and is even done in northern GreeceBuy it! |
4:13pm | Tanec “Žetarski Pesni” from Tanec RTB LPV 1210 (RTB) —this is "National Ensemble" music from the largest of the old Tito-era ensemblesBuy it! |
4:21pm | duet Divna Gieva - Dušica Bojadžijeva “Digni si mare mori očite” from Tanec (RTB LPV 1236) (RTB) —this tune is in 9/8 divided 2+3+2+2Buy it! |
4:24pm | Ćalgii “Oj Zarino prva sevdo” from Староградски Бисери со чалгиите на МРТ (MRT (cassette)) —this is urban "starogradski" music played by a Ćalgija ensembleBuy it! |
4:27pm | Pece Atanasovski ens. “Ovčepolsko Oro” from Macedonian Dances Of Pece Atanasovski 2 (BM www.bourque/moreau.com 2002) —one of the signature pieces (in 11/8) by the legendary bagpipe player Pece Atanasovski, who actually visited St. Louis about 33 years ago, and is now deceasedBuy it! |
4:30pm | Bapčorki “Koga osunva Pustata Streda” from (45 rpm disc) (RTB) —this famous female vocal trio is here accompanied in "izvoren" styleBuy it! |
4:35pm | Pece Atanasovski ens. “Sitna Lisa” from Macedonian Dances Of Pece Atanasovski 2 (BM www.bourque/moreau.com 2002) —another dance tune played in "izvoren" styleBuy it! |
4:42pm | Tale Ognenovski i nar. orkestar Golevski-Nančevski “Nevenino oro” from Makedonska Ora (EPY-3851) (Jugoton) —this style is that of radio Skopje and is derived from the urban traditionBuy it! |
4:44pm | Stefče Stojkovski “More Mi Stanala” from Macedonian Songs And Dances From Tikvesh Region ((self) 2010) —this song in 7/8 (3+2+2) is in the "izvoren" style as it is currently being played by its greatest contemporary exponentBuy it! |
4:53pm | Various Artists (tambura player not listed) “Reka Na Životot (Tambura)” from Ezgija (Mister 2009)Buy it! |
4:56pm | Stefče Stojkovski “Oti Ne Igraiš Vece” from Macedonian Songs And Dances From Tikvesh Region ((self) 2010)Buy it! |
5:05pm | Meglenki “Sarakino (Meglinki, from Amolpias, AEgean Macedonia)” from Meglenki (PTC (Radio Televizia Skopje)) —song in 7/8Buy it! |
5:07pm | Μουσικοακρίτες “Σαρακίνα” from Μακεδονικές Μουσικές Ρίζες ((self) 1998) —A Greek group doing the preceding tune in their homage to the "izvoren" styleBuy it! |
5:09pm | Kaval so Tambura duet “Dejgidi ludi mladi godini” from The Art of Macedonian Kaval (Mister 2008)Buy it! |
5:14pm | Goran Alački “Blaženo Estradno oro” from Goran Alački (Mister 1995) —In his youth, Goran Alački was a firebrand of the accordion; now he plays in more traditional style, and even has a 3-CD set out with traditional dances.Buy it! |
5:22pm | Jove Kekenovski “Vardarski Vez” from Makedonska Ora (Jugoton (cassette)) —this musician won first prize in accordion 3 times.Buy it! |
5:25pm | Jove Kekenovski “Kukusko oro” from Makedonska Ora (Jugoton (cassette)) —this is in "Eleno Mome" rhythmBuy it! |
5:28pm | Blagoja Deskoski “Abre momce Makedonce” from Blagoja Deskoski - violina (MRT)Buy it! |
5:31pm | Blagoja Deskoski “Ribarsko Oro” from Blagoja Deskoski - violina (MRT) —tune in 9/8Buy it! |
4:35pm | Vaska Ilieva & ans. Stevo Teodosievski “Iznika mi Badem Drvo” from Macedonia (Monitor) —this LP recording from the 1960's, a re-issue of Yugoslav recordings, did more than any other to publicize Slavic Macedonian music in the US. Vaska Ilieva was a very well-know singer in Yugoslavian Macedonia at the time.Buy it! |
4:39pm | Vaska Ilieva & ans. Stevo Teodosievski “Ostanala Žena Udovica” from Macedonia (Monitor)Buy it! |
5:42pm | Various Artists “Zelena Gora (Kaval)” from Ezgija (Mister 2009)Buy it! |
5:47pm | Milaim Destanovski “Goce Berberot” from Etno Maleš ((self) 2011) —This Macedonian Rom kaval player comes from Berovo and is normally regarded as a resource for traditional material. This is his creative side.Buy it! |
12:00am | DD Synthesis (Goce Dimovski) “Pomnis Li” from Swinging Macedonia ((self))Buy it! |
Like everything else, times are approximate. Spinitron and this station are not liable for errors or omissions.