Various Artists / Rough Guide Balkans
| Album: | Rough Guide Balkans | Collection: | World | |
| Artist: | Various Artists | Added: | Apr 2003 | |
| Label: | World Music Network | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2003-08-25 | Pull Date: | 2003-10-27 | Charts: | Reggae/World |
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| Week Ending: | Oct 12 | Oct 5 | Sep 28 | Sep 21 | Sep 7 |
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| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Sep 01, 2011: | Diaspora Mix
Jarnana, Djeli Mara |
4. | Nov 11, 2003: | "I. Y. E..." Nick England - music.calarts.edu/faculty/nengland.html (1923-2003)
Chaje Shukarije |
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| 2. | Nov 27, 2010: | Rough Guides
Belmont |
5. | Oct 07, 2003: | the jewish alternative
Hora De La Bolintin |
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| 3. | Jan 02, 2009: | No Cover, No Minimum
Jarnana |
6. | Sep 30, 2003: | At the Cafe Bohemian
Pet Je Kumi |
Album Review
Fo
Reviewed 2003-08-24
Reviewed 2003-08-24
[Coll.]: ROUGH GUIDE TO THE BALKANS
World Music Network, 2003
A good compilation of music – mostly folk or folk-based – from all over the Balkan region (Albania, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia are all represented). There's a fair amount of gypsy music, as you might expect, with an emphasis on brass bands, but some modern surprises near the end.
All tracks are air-worthy. Fo's Picks: 1, 2, 6, 8, 11, 13, 15
01. great voice; ballad then gypsy-jazz
02. uptempo folk-rock; slashing rhythm
03. brass band w/a funky eastern beat
04. pleasant folk bounce, moaning vox
05. quick brass band; great snare drum
06. screaming vox; quick & twisty tune
07. brass band; doo-wop/disco rhythm
08. great cymbalom/violin bounce
09. slower: sad vox/clarinet/guitar/violin
10. saxophone: folk start, then long solo
11. nice fem duo, cool rhythmic support
12. Bulgarian fem chorus, love medley
13. bagpipe & synth; duo vox; circular
14. somewhat trippy modernized folk
15. beautiful polyphonic singing; short
[Fo] - 8/22/03
World Music Network, 2003
A good compilation of music – mostly folk or folk-based – from all over the Balkan region (Albania, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia are all represented). There's a fair amount of gypsy music, as you might expect, with an emphasis on brass bands, but some modern surprises near the end.
All tracks are air-worthy. Fo's Picks: 1, 2, 6, 8, 11, 13, 15
01. great voice; ballad then gypsy-jazz
02. uptempo folk-rock; slashing rhythm
03. brass band w/a funky eastern beat
04. pleasant folk bounce, moaning vox
05. quick brass band; great snare drum
06. screaming vox; quick & twisty tune
07. brass band; doo-wop/disco rhythm
08. great cymbalom/violin bounce
09. slower: sad vox/clarinet/guitar/violin
10. saxophone: folk start, then long solo
11. nice fem duo, cool rhythmic support
12. Bulgarian fem chorus, love medley
13. bagpipe & synth; duo vox; circular
14. somewhat trippy modernized folk
15. beautiful polyphonic singing; short
[Fo] - 8/22/03
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