- Skaz (Valentina Soboleva—small domra, vocals; Vadim Bubnov—balalaika prima; Grigori Gartsman—domra alto; Vladimir Moryakov—balalaika bass)
- Balastroika
- Pan Records
- The Dmitri Pokrovsky Ensemble (Dmitri Pokrovsky—artistic director, Tamara Smyslova—soloist, Dmitri Fokin, Alexander Kondurin, Anna Konukhova, Maria Nefiedova, Elena Sidorenko, Velodia Teplov, Olga Uketcheva, Evegenny Vedernikov, Sergei Zhirkov)
- The Wild Field
- Real World Records
- Goran Ivanovic Group (Goran Ivanovic—guitar, Douglas Rosenberg—saxophone, Matthew Scott Ulery—acoustic bass, Michael Caskey—drums and percussion)
- Goran Ivanovic Group
- Balkan Song Records
- Olga Bell (voices, synths, samples, jaw harp), Andrea Lee (cello), Logan Coale (electric bass), Grey McMurray (electric guitar), Gunnar Olsen (drum kit, percussion, samples), Jason Nazary (drum kit, vibraphone, glockenspiel, percussion, samples)
- Krai
- Lox & Flossy Music
Today's program focuses on the traditional folk music of Eastern Europe and the Balkans and the music it has influenced. Our first album "Balastroika" comes from the Russian balalaika-and-domra folk instrumental ensemble, Skaz. Our second album is "The Wild Field" from the Dmitri Pokorovsky Ensemble. It features the songs of Russia's Boyar's Children, Sayan Peasants, Nekrasov Cossacks and Old Believers. Our third album, the eponymous album of the Goran Ivanovic Group, draws its inspiration from the music of the Balkan countries of Macedonia, Bulgaria, and Serbia. The final album of this week's program signifies a return to Russia and the United States with "Krai" from Olga Bell, an American composer, producer and performer born in Moscow, raised in Alaska and based in Brooklyn. The word "krai" is a Russian noun meaning "edge, brink, border, frontier, hinterland."