| Eastern Blok / Folk Tales |
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| Album: | Folk Tales | Collection: | World | |
| Artist: | Eastern Blok | Added: | Nov 2007 | |
| Label: | Self-Release | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2007-11-11 | Pull Date: | 2008-01-13 | Charts: | Reggae/World |
| Week Ending: | Jan 13 | Dec 16 | Dec 9 | Dec 2 | Nov 25 | Nov 18 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Oct 12, 2021: | Cafe Nakhil (rebroadcast from Mar 28, 2019) Balkan Healer, Tango Pajdusko | 4. | Dec 14, 2007: | No Cover, No Minimum Tricycle | |
| 2. | Mar 28, 2019: | Cafe Nakhil Balkan Healer, Tango Pajdusko | 5. | Dec 11, 2007: | At the Cafe Bohemian Balkan Healer | |
| 3. | Jan 08, 2008: | At the Cafe Bohemian Sapik | 6. | Dec 04, 2007: | At the Cafe Bohemian Balkan Healer |
| Album Review |
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| Decca Reviewed 2007-11-11 | ||
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Eastern European folk tunes played as jazz. A tight and compelling combination, led by Croatian jazz guitarist Goran Ivanovic. He’s joined by sax, clarinet, flute, bouzouki, bass, and perc. The playing is really wonderful and he’s one hell of a talented guitarist. For fans of both world music and jazz. *1. Mid/upbeat klezmer-infused folk jam. Intricate & delicious. 2. Starts slow & dramatic. Picks up to a mid/up bellydance wiggle. *3. Upbeat Balkan jazz jam. Gypsys meet Dervishes in Chicago. 4. Lyrical, delicate and cinematic w/sweeping melodies & sadness. 5. Sephardic-y strings/perc. Mid becomes crazy-fast jazz folk dance. 6. Slow, w/blocks of sounds. Spare & dramatic. *7. Light mid/downbeat meander w/great solos & a small club sound. 8. Slow clarinet/perc drone. Builds gradually but retains spareness. *9. Mostly midtempo w/insistent perc & strings at counterpoint. Cool! | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Tango Pajdusko | 5. | Kopanitsa | |||
| 2. | Songs From The Black Sea | 6. | The Moon In The Labyrinth | |||
| 3. | Balkan Healer | 7. | Sapik | |||
| 4. | Sorrow's Secret | 8. | Wisdom Of The Sands | |||
| 9. | Tricycle | |||||