Program:
La livezile lui Ion (Romania)
Sambra oilor din Maramures (Romania)
Hora (Romania)
Breaza de la Hulubest (Romania)
Geamparalele Lui Haidim (Romania)
Mikro Kopeliddaki Mou (Greece)
Ti Si Moja Sreca :: You Are My Good Fortune
Aj Dolco Vreme :: The Time Has Come
Makedonsko Devojce :: Macedonian Girl
Gypsy Kolo
Golden Earrings
Kazi Zasto Me Ostavi (Tell Me Why You Left Me)
Ovaj Mirisni Cvetak (This Little Scented Flower)
Verka Kaludjerka (Verka's Done For)
Mala Garava (Dark-Skin Lass)
Tesko Je Umreti (It's a Hard Thing to Die)
Andro Verka (Andro Verka)
Placem Vec Tri Dana (Three Days Now I Have Been Weeping)
Mustafa (Mustafa)
Rupuni (Rupuni)
Ispod Palme (Beneath the Palm Tree)
Karanfile, Cvijece Moje (Carnation Flower)
Jos Ne Svice Rujna Zora (Day Has Not Yet Dawned All Ruddy)
Aide Mor' Milia
Güvercin
Da Li Znaeš, Pomniš Li
Krivo Horo
Dağlar, Dağlar
Potamia
Derde Derman
Razlozko Kalajdzijsko Horo
A oilor (Romania)
Usti, usti babo (Serbia)
Oh Ljubav, ljubav (Serbia)
Preserka (Serbia)
Vito pellumbesha (Albania)
Besena rovena (Albania)
Djinji Dinji Bubamara
Marushka
A journey into Balkan blues, a specific genre of folkoric and popular music from Southerneast Europe which takes its roots from Ottoman and Gypsy music and finds its inspirations in the tumultuous history of the Balkans. Balkan blues is at the same time a "unifying" music for this region but a type of music that takes its power from the multitude of ethnic groups in those countries. The songs are often very rythmic, sang by a masculine voice and depict joyous moments such as weddings but can also carry a form of poetic melancholia and loneliness.
- We first explored the popular songs of Balkan blues and then looked at more specific movements: Sviraj, a central Balkan/American group influenced by Croatian, Serbian and gypsy sounds. Mostar Sevdah Reunion a bosnian band performing tradional Sevdalinkas, medieval songs of passion and fervor. Calgija a particular Macedonian folk modernized through the inclusion of Turkish music. Finally, gypy influences on Balkan sounds through Serbian and Albanian songs.
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