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Music from the Hills
Oct 16, 2022 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Music
With John Uhlemann
John Uhlemann brings you 2 hours of strangely beautiful folk and traditional music from Eastern Europe and Scandinavia, with occasional forays into the Middle East and Western Europe.
Albania, Northern Greece, Macedonia
This is the music and some of the dances I encountered in a recent trip abroad
| 3:56 PM |
| Majovci: Amdi & Salija Buloski (zurli), Muamed Saloski & Agim Gigoski (Tapani) Pravo Lazorovsko Zurli I Tapani Na Galička Svadba / Wedding In Galičnik
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| 4:05 PM |
| Eli Fara Kur Me Zbret Nga Voskopoja Hitet Shqiptare vol. 1 Supersonic 2010 a show featuring the music I heard in a recent trip to Albania, northern Greece, and the republic of Macedonia. We start in Albania
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| 4:10 PM |
| Gramoz Beqiraj pogonishte Dhropolitisa (Valle Dropullite) Alpo
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| 4:12 PM |
| (south Albanian band) Kajtushka Kenge e Valle Dasme nga Jugu Supersonic 2000 this dance has only been in Albania for about 30-40 years, and probably travelled across the border from Neighboring Macedonia, then altered to fit local tastes
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| 4:14 PM |
| Miri Tika Te rrapi ne mashkullore Xhevairet e jugut Supersonic
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| 4:18 PM |
| Vaskë Curri Unë te porta ti te vija Hit Jugu vol. 3 Supersonic 2012
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| 4:25 PM |
| Sazet e Korçës Potpuri me këngë korçare E Diell (published on artist channel) (artists channel) 2022
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| 4:30 PM |
| Sazani Times, with Ladi Bujarit (klarinet), Ramadan Gjypi (firsamonik), Bledi Veres (tarabuk), & Artur Yzeuri (llahut) Naploni/Shishet & Osman Aga/Vallja e rrugës çu kënaqëm Ekskluziviteti 1992 although some these songs are fairly old, they arrangement owes a lot to Greek music
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| 4:38 PM |
| female artist song in 9/8 Kenget e Sheküllit Elrodi 2005 a central Albanian song from the urban tradition
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| 4:46 PM |
| V. Mema Artizane Gjithmon Elrodi 1992
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| 4:51 PM |
| (unidentified synthesizer player) Vallja e gajdes Kenge eValle Dasme nga jugu (private) 2022 the dance became popular after this version came out, and now it is a wedding tradition around Korçë to play a recording and give the live band a break!
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| 4:54 PM |
| Albanian Tallava artist Rati Kërce me Tallava Supersonic
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| 5:04 PM |
| ΧΡΥΣΟΔΑΚΤΥΛΟΙ Lena moma(Eleno Mome) ΧΡΥΣΟΔΑΚΤΥΛΟΙ Φαληρεα 1998 and now on to Macedonian Greece, around te village of Florina. This is a Bulgarian dance that made its way south over 100years ago, and here played by the orchestra "Hrisodactyloi" ("golden fingers")
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| 5:07 PM |
| Zizis Kokkinopoulos Lytos Akousmata Kendro-Dytikes Makedonías Fora 2006 This dance is called "pushteno" in this area of Greece, as it is in Slavic Macedonia, but the Greeks play it faster and in 16/16, divided as a unit of 9/16 + a unit of 7/17
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| 5:11 PM |
| Μουσικοακρίτες Μπουφτσάνσκο Μακεδονικές Μουσικές Ρίζες Polytropon 1998 another dance of Slavic origin, but done by Greeks in the area, using the same name. This instrumentation uses only traditional village instruments, but put together in a non-traditional way.
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| 5:15 PM |
| Boys from Bouf Cho Cho - Armensko Makedonski Hitove - volume eleven Zorro Records 1996 Cho Cho is the Greek name, Armensko, and Slavic name for this dance from around the area of Lerin/Florina in Greece
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| 5:20 PM |
| ΧΡΥΣΟΔΑΚΤΥΛΟΙ ΡΑΙΚΟ ΧΡΥΣΟΔΑΚΤΥΛΟΙ Φαληρεα 1998
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| 5:23 PM |
| Ta Xalkina Tis Goumenissas Kori Eleni (Eleno Mome) [Disc 2] Alpha records 2004
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| 5:30 PM |
| Stefče Stojkovski More Mi Stanala Macedonian Songs And Dances From Tikvesh Region (self produced) 2010 and now to the Republic of North Macedonia, a Slavic country with a large Albanian minority, but divided up into many ethnographic sub-zones. We start with the leading exponent of the "Izvoren" style, where traditional village instruments play together in an ensemble. This is not, oddly traditional, but a product of the post WWII promotion of folklore by the then new Yugoslav government.
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| 5:34 PM |
| Volodia Stoianov Makedonsko Devojce Zemi Ogin, Zapali Me Diapason 1999 this song is known all over the region, and is played not only in the republic of Macedonia, but also in Bulgaria and in northern Greece, where they actually sing it in the original Slavic Macedonian language.
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| 5:38 PM |
| Sarah Aroeste Bitola, Moj Roden Kraj Monastir Aroeste Music 2021 after an oddly misleading intro, they break into this old chestnut in typical restaurant style
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| 5:46 PM |
| Kavadarka Roždenska Gajda Tikveški Svadbarski Pesni i Ora 2 M (cassette)
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| 5:52 PM |
| Valeri Dimchev Trio Jovano, Jovanke The Bulgarian Tamboura ARP 2001 another old song with a contemporary setting using traditional instruments, but newer harmonies
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| 5:56 PM |
| Majovci: Amdi & Salija Buloski (zurli), Muamed Saloski & Agim Gigoski (Tapani) Pravo Lazorovsko Zurli I Tapani Na Galička Svadba / Wedding In Galičnik Mister 2005 This is the way all village dance music was up until 60 years ago in Macedonia - 2-3 zurli (a shawm/oboe-like instrument) and 1-2 drums.
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