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Why The Mountains Are Black: Primeval Greek Village Music 1907-1960

Various

2016 · Folk, World, & Country

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Why The Mountains Are Black: Primeval Greek Village Music 1907-1960 by Various

Why The Mountains Are Black: Primeval Greek Village Music 1907-1960 is a Folk album by Various, originally released in 2016. On Gatefold: 4 pressings tracked.

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Spanning from 1907 through the height of the Cold War, these splendidly remastered recordings of Greek folk music suggest the timeless continuity of Balkan traditions. Many of these sounds are clearly those of a world now vanished, with the oldest cut here, a stark ballad entitled “Golfo,” performed by an unknown villager on the floghera (a bamboo flute popular with Greek shepherds). Yet one can also hear the modern world approaching, with hints of klezmer in Christos Baniakas’ fast-paced “Eseis Padia Vlahopoila” and Dixieland flavor in the positively swinging “Enas Aetos-Tsamiko.”

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Tracklist

Side A

  1. A1Kalamatianos = Dance Of Kalamata
  2. A2Sousta Rethymniotiki = Sousta Dance Of Rethymno
  3. A3Giati Ine Mavra Ta Vouna = Why The Mountains Are Black
  4. A4Ousak Tsiftelli = Tsiftelli Rhythm Dance In Ousak Mode
  5. A5Enas Aetos = An Eagle
  6. A6Mirologi-Epirotiko Makedoniko = An Epirotic-Macedonian Lament
  7. A7Makedoniko Hasapiko = Hasapikos Dance Of Macedonia

Side B

  1. B1Selfos = Nightingale
  2. B2Enas Aetos-Tsamiko = An Eagle ? Dance
  3. B3E Triantafylllia = The Rose Tree
  4. B4Pera Ston Pera Maxala = Over To The Other Neighborhood
  5. B5Syrtos Haniotikos = Syrtos Dance From Hania
  6. B6Syrtos Politikos = Dance From Constantinople
  7. B7Kalymnikos Issos = Dance From Kalymnos

Side C

  1. C1Arvanitiko O Aetos = An Eagle, Arvanitiko Style
  2. C2Svarniara = Reckless Woman
  3. C3Kalamatianos = Dance Of Kalamata
  4. C4Platanos = Plane Tree
  5. C5Golfo = A Ballad
  6. C6Patinada Tis Nifis = Wedding Dance
  7. C7Pousteno, Boufiou = Loose Dance

Side D

  1. D1Karagouna, Gianniotiko = Karagouna Dance, Ioannina-style
  2. D2Kotta Mou = My Chicken
  3. D3Syrtos Politikos = Dance From Constantinople
  4. D4Eseis Padia Vlahopoila = You Young Vlach Children
  5. D5Kritiki Sousta = Fast Dance From Crete
  6. D6Tzarama = Shepherd Flute Song
  7. D7Kalymniki Sousta = Dance From Kalymnos

Sound DNA

  • Folk

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