Amza & Dejo | Track Download

Good Example of Up Tempo Roma Music (Macedonian/Bulgarian Wedding Music)


More Commercialized (General Appeal) Style:



Amza Tairov is one of the most famous Tallava / Roma Music Musicians. Popular throughout most of the Balkan Roma Communities, Amza is known for revitalizing the synthesizer from a cheaper substitute for a original instrument into something regarded with respect in its own right in the Roma Community. With lightning fast finger work combined with lavish embellishments, the music has a ranges from fast paced dancing music to sorrowful notes lingering in the night.

In this particular collection, Amza is paired with a child singer (Dejo). The music is slower and the vocals seem to dominate unlike the Roma Music (Macedonian/Bulgarian Wedding music) that Amza has done as well.

Track List:

7 tracks, unlabeled.



Download Link:
Amza___Dejo__7_tracks_.rar



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Внимание:

Ако знаете, собствениците на тази музика, моля свържете се с Балкан час. Ние също така ще бъде щастливо да публикувате връзки за CD продажби, бъдещи концерти или обща информация. Музиката тук има цел да информира и да създаде по-голям пазар за музика.

Sechcet (Sevched) + Cita | 2007 CD | DJ Pesho Studio

Sevchet: Pare Pare (Track 2)



Sevchet: Chokolada (Chocolate, Track 3)


Cita: Live Recording


This is a more well known CD by Sevchet with many Chalga hits on it such as Chokolada, Pare Pare and others. Cita is also featured on this CD but I can't identify the tracks on youtube for preview. I've attached a live recording of Cita instead. Definitely Check out this CD

Track Listing:

1. Gio Show
2. Pare Pare (Money, Money)
3. Chokolada (Chocolate)
4. Baro Biav
5. Track 5 (Cita 2007)
6. Bajarjum tut michai (Cita 2007)
   
7. Vodka Red Bull
8. Magiq (Magic)
9. track 9 (Cita 2007)
10. moda fantaziq

Download Link:
Sevchet___Cita_-_DJ_Pesho_Studio_-_CD.rar




Disclaimer:

If you know the owners of this content, please contact The Balkan Hour. We are more than happy to remove links upon request. We also would happily post links for CD sales, future concerts or general information. The music here is meant to inform and to altruistically create a larger market for the music.


Внимание:

Ако знаете, собствениците на тази музика, моля свържете се с Балкан час. Ние също така ще бъде щастливо да публикувате връзки за CD продажби, бъдещи концерти или обща информация. Музиката тук има цел да информира и да създаде по-голям пазар за музика.

Albanian, Macedonian & Bulgarian Tallava / Roma Music - WRFL 88.1 - 03/02/2009

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Balkan Music Goes Academic | Oberlin Music Blogs!

I just happened upon a gold mine of information about Balkan Music online in the form of series of blogs required by an Oberlin College music class. The class is being taught by Jennifer Fraser, an Assistant Professor of Ethnomusicology at the Conservatory of Music at Oberlin College. The course covers a broad array of musical styles and regional genres ranging from Turkish Folk to Roma Music to Bulgarian Folk music (among others).

Here is what Jennifer Fraser has to say about the course and its blog initiative in her first blog post:

This site is dedicated to writing about and sharing our experiences interacting with these musics, along with articulating the connections between musical style and socio-cultural meanings; for example, how was music used to express sides during various Balkan wars in the 90s? How can you trace the history of socialism and roads to democratization and economic independence through musical practices in the Balkans? How do the cultural legacies of the Ottoman and Austro-Hungarian empires play out in the musical practices of today?

From my cursory browsing through the subject matter, it looks like a fascinating course that approaches Balkan music the way it should (in my opinion) be approached; through a historical, socio-cultural lens. Apparently, it just isn't me that is fascinated by the symbolic nature of Balkan music and its mixing of cultures. Regardless, I encourage those interested in Balkan music to browse through ETHN 209 and its blog posts. They the blogs are written by university students so the quality ranges between insightful to bland but it continues the conversation. These students study at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music so they are often have a much different approach to music compared to myself because they have a better understanding of the musical structure and also the historical background from other genres and styles. So, without further ado, here is the Ethnomusicology 209 course for Oberlin College:

ETHN 209 | Oberlin College | Professor Jennifer Fraser

While the entries are great, I and many other international readers probably won't want to wade through all of the individual websites to browse the collection of opinions about Balkan Music. To counter that, I have created a Google Reader of the entire class which compiles all the submissions of every student in a central place. It should update automatically whenever a student has a new post. But readers can also click the title of the post to go to the individual blog as well. Here is a public RSS Feed page that you can click to view all of the post in a centralized blog format:

http://tinyurl.com/oberlin-ethn-209

To subscribe to the RSS feed, you can just simply click the link here

Subscribe to Oberlin ETHN 209 RSS Feed (all blogs)

In Search of Tallava . . . UPDATE

My continued search for Tallava has led me into some interesting conversations in my Mahala (Neighborhood in Bulgarian but also commonly the term for the Roma Neighborhood). I've had some great conversations about the music and generally no one recognizes the music by that name. In defense, I probably really mispronounce it (Tal - la - va).

Seeing how most of the Bulgarians and Roma in my limited sample pool of five people from my town have never heard of the name Tallava, I decided to seek out opinions of people online. After searching a little, I asked some YouTube members what they think Tallava is. Romeo was kind enough to respond and add his perspective on Tallava. He is a musician in America and his YouTube page is ROMEOKLARINET. Here is what he had to say about the Tallava genre:

Tallava is not kuchek, cocek or oro (horo in Bulgaria *Editor's Note*) and it is not Albanian Roma style. This style that was ORIGINATED in Kosovo. The Roma people in Kosovo invented this style. One of the people to start this awesome style was a guy by the name of TAFA. Tafa was a roma singer in kosovo that sang in Albanian. Others musicians caught on such as LUMI, CITA, and so forth. Now most of Balkans imitate this style called TALLAVA.

I would recommend browsing through Romeo's Favorites on YouTube. He has selected a lot of Romani artists that I plan to highlight on this blog, plus it allows you to see the somewhat fluid nature of Roma music throughout the Balkans. Influences from Bulgaria are liked in Serbia / Albanian; and vice-versa. Its common for Roma in the town I live in to have Roma music from Serbia, Albanian and Macedonia (not mention Chalga/Pop Folk from all over the Balkans)

TAFA from Kosovo


I believe this is TAFA but honestly is really difficult to find anything by his name TAFA. I mean, I'm using AOL video for crying out loud . . .

Tafa, most popular singer of the "Talava"genre, with bank notes given to him by his enthusiastic audience. Photo: Svanibor Pettan
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I'm going to post so more examples of Tallava this upcoming week, one per day, some come back often for your daily dose of Tallava