Music from the Hills (Music)
With John Uhlemann
Sun Jun 3rd 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
3:59pm | Xanthippi Karathanassi “O, stone-vaulted fountain (Brisi Mou Petrokamari - Halkidiki, Macedonia)” from Songs and tunes of Macedonia (Crete University Press 1992) —The tune is "Raiko"; the words vary from place to placeBuy it! |
4:05pm | Χάλκινα Ηχοχρώματα “Σόφκα” from χορεύοντας στην Μακεδονία ((self) 2002) —a great dance - This is the first of many examples on this show of brass music from northern GreeceBuy it! |
4:10pm | Serkos Athanasios “Zonaradiko” from Halkina me to Serkou (Thermaikos) —A danced originally from Thrace, but now popular in Macedonia as wellBuy it! |
4:18pm | Domna Menga & Ta Halkina tis Goumennissas “Raiko” from Paradhosiaka (Thermaikos) —The Goumenissas town band has a huge repertoire with at least 6 CDs out, about 75% of which is dance tunes, giving an idea of the choreological richness of the area.Buy it! |
4:21pm | Xanthippi Karathanassi “All night long she walked to and fro (Oli Ti Nixta Perpatouse - Halkidiki, Macedonia)” from Songs and tunes of Macedonia (Crete University Press 1992) —a kalamatiano style dance (syrto in 7/8) by one of my favorite singersBuy it! |
4:24pm | Μουσικοακρίτες “Πουσιτνίτσα” from Μακεδονικές Μουσικές Ρίζες ((self) 1998) —this and the following selection are both of the same dance melody ("pousidnitsa" or "pousnitsa") - in 15/8 time. The treatment is radically different. This is a "listening" arrangement for village instruments in imitation of the Slavic Macedonian "izvoBuy it! |
4:28pm | Σερκος Αθανασιος “Πουσνιτσα” from Χαλκινα Με Το Συγκροτημα Του Σερκου (Thermaikos) —see preceding notes. In this dance, the men jump up in the air and land on their knees. I have videos of this, and the dancers are all young. I wonder how ong they can do this...Buy it! |
4:34pm | Nikos Phillipidis “Gaida (Gaintra - Halkidiki, Macedonia)” from Songs and tunes of Macedonia (Crete University Press 1992) —a bagpipe imitation piece, as well as a danceBuy it! |
4:39pm | Αρχείο Ελληνικής Μουσικής (Χρονης Αηδονιδης) “ΜΠιζέρισα” from Τραγούδια ΚΑι Χοροί Της Μακεδονίας (FM - AEM)Buy it! |
4:43pm | Zizis Kokkinopoulos “Lytos” from Akousmata Kendro-Dytikes Makedonías (Fora 2006) —this is a levendikos, roughly in a complex 9+7 rhythmBuy it! |
4:49pm | Zizis Kokkinopoulos “syrto medley - Kastoria & Makedonia” from Akousmata Kendro-Dytikes Makedonías (Fora 2006) —a syrto dance set with tunes mostly from Macedonia, but some from neighboring KastoriaBuy it! |
5:02pm | Αρχείο Ελληνικής Μουσικής (Γ. Μπαγιωκης) “Όντα ΜΑν' Νιος ΚΑι Λεύτερος” from Τραγούδια ΚΑι Χοροί Της Μακεδονίας (FM - AEM) —slow songBuy it! |
5:06pm | Μουσικοακρίτες “Μπαϊντούσκινο” from Μακεδονικές Μουσικές Ρίζες ((self) 1998) —another line dance, played in the "Izvoren" style of radio Skopje in FYR MacedoniaBuy it! |
5:09pm | Βαγγελησ Γευγελησ “Σολο” from Τα Χαλκινα Τησ Γουμενισσασ (Thermaikos - Vasipap) —more from the Goumenissas band - a slow intro, followed by...Buy it! |
5:11pm | Βαγγελησ Γευγελησ “Ασβεστοχωριτικο” from Τα Χαλκινα Τησ Γουμενισσασ (Thermaikos - Vasipap) —dance in 7/8 = 3+2+2Buy it! |
5:17pm | Pangeo “Zaharoula” from Exit Visa (Pangeo www.kyklosmusic.com 2008) —a Vlach dance from Northern Greece. The tune is quite popular, and there is even a Turkish version of it, the title of which comes from the same word for sugar that the Greek title uses. The Greeks did it first, though.Buy it! |
5:22pm | Vasilis Papageorgiou “Makedonikos Horos” from Songs and Dances from Macedonia (Music Box) —this LP has a mixture of instrumentals and songs by Nitsa Tsitra and Xanthippi Karathanasi in her youth. At that time many commercial recordings of music from the area had a more "generic Greek sound"Buy it! |
5:25pm | Nitsa Tsitra “Xenos imoun ki irtha tora” from Songs and Dances from Macedonia (Music Box) —in the background one can hear the sound of the Sandouri, a small cimbalom-like instrument that almost disappeared in Greece.Buy it! |
5:29pm | Nitsa Tsitra “Tria Kariofilia” from Folk Songs from Macedonia (EMI - REGAL) —another dance song in kalamatiano rhythmBuy it! |
5:34pm | Πέτρος Γα'ι'τάνος “Άνοιξαν Τα Δέντρα Όλα” from Σαν Τα Κρύα Τα Νερά (Mercury 2000)Buy it! |
5:37pm | Πέτρος Γα'ι'τάνος “Άσπρα Μου Περιστέρια” from Σαν Τα Κρύα Τα Νερά (Mercury 2000)Buy it! |
5:40pm | Various Artists “I Magdalini” from The Songs Of Macedonia [Disc 2] (FM)Buy it! |
5:43pm | Various Artists “To sinnefo” from The Songs Of Macedonia [Disc 2] (FM)Buy it! |
5:47pm | ΧΡΥΣΟΔΑΚΤΥΛΟΙ “Lena moma(Eleno Mome)” from ΧΡΥΣΟΔΑΚΤΥΛΟΙ (Falirea 1998) —this dance is done all over Bulgaria and neighboring FYR Macedonia; this is the way the play it in northern GreeceBuy it! |
5:50pm | Βαβδινο μουσικο συγκρορημα (Stergios Karadimos & band) “Karsilamas” from Ήχοι της Παραδοσης ((self) 2002) —this solo dance in 9/8 comes from Asia minor and is still done in Turkey, particularly in urban areas on the European side of the BosphorusBuy it! |
12:00am | ΧΡΥΣΟΔΑΚΤΥΛΟΙ “Βαλκανικη Ρουμπα” from ΧΡΥΣΟΔΑΚΤΥΛΟΙ (Falirea 1998) —the translation of the Greek is "Balkan Rumba" - this is in the style of Roma bands north of the border, such as Ferus Mustafov's bandBuy it! |
Like everything else, times are approximate. Spinitron and this station are not liable for errors or omissions.