| Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino / Ballati Tutti Quanti |
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| Album: | Ballati Tutti Quanti | Collection: | World | |
| Artist: | Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino | Added: | Aug 2004 | |
| Label: | Dunya | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2004-11-29 | Pull Date: | 2005-01-31 | Charts: | Reggae/World |
| Week Ending: | Jan 30 | Jan 16 | Jan 2 | Dec 26 | Dec 19 | Dec 12 | Dec 5 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Aug 12, 2008: | At The Café Bohemian Mara L'acqua | 4. | Jan 13, 2005: | Sun in Libra, Moon in Pisces Kalinifta | |
| 2. | Jul 21, 2006: | No Cover, No Minimum Ninna Nanna Tarantata | 5. | Dec 28, 2004: | At the Cafe Bohemian Ballati Tutti Quanti | |
| 3. | Jan 25, 2005: | At the Cafe Bohemian Ni Pizzecau Lu Core | 6. | Dec 23, 2004: | Sun in Libra, Moon in Pisces Ninna Nanna Tarantata |
| Album Review |
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| Fo Reviewed 2004-11-15 | ||
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CANZONIERE GRECANICO SALENTINO – “Ballati Tutti Quanti Ballati Forte” Dunya/Felmay, 2004 From Salento in southeastern Italy (the heel of the “boot”) comes this fun exploration of tarantism, the famous 16th-century apocryphal illness that was supposedly derived from a spider bite and could only be fought off through ecstatic dancing (which was otherwise banned by the church. hmmm…). Now a new generation, possessed not by spiders but by cultural pride, has rediscovered the wild music of the tarantella. The upbeat songs on this disc are every bit as frenzied as the history suggests, but there are slower numbers too, just as good. Lyrics are in the regional dialects. Fo’s picks: 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 13 1. super-fast violin, guitars, tamborine; happy chant-like vocal 2. relaxed tempo but still rather intense, drum beat, guitars, male/female duet 3. fast again, with more of a folksy, festival air, sawing accordion 4. relaxed and loose, sounds just like rural Mexican music! 5. slow group dance with upbeat chorus, shows Greek influence in the region 6. midtempo, forceful, with loud group vox; brief gentle moments in between 7. relaxed and gentle sailor’s song, swaying melody, group vox 8. romantic ballad: guitars and duo male vox; reminds me of Cuba 9. steady, a village march kind of thing: pretty music, chant vocals 10. sleepy sailor’s song with guitar/violin/duet vocal 11. another fast one, with accordion and sing-song vocals 12. gentle music but raucous vocals: like the end of a long night’s drinking 13. an accelerated lullaby: guitars, male/fem duet, very nice… then bursts out into 10 minutes of uptempo folk jamming! Whee! [ Fo ] – 11/15/2004 | ||
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