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Ruth Hunter and Ruthie Dornfeld: Rue Balkan
Passionate music from FInland to the Balkans with voice, violin, accordion, clarinet, and guitar.
East European Folklife Center: Balkanalia: Urban and Rural Folk Music From the Balkans
Balkanalia: Urban and Rural Folk Music from the Balkans, is a collection that explores the rich musical traditions of this complex region bridging Central Europe and Turkey.
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Ivo Papasov,
Three.
Edessa: EDESSA & Friends Balkan Border Music
Captures the passion and vitality that is at the heart of Balkan music. This often rambunctious band plays the intricate time signatures and highly ornamented modal music that is characteristic of the Balkans with authority and joy.
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Ivo Papasov,
Yuri Yunakov.
Stellamara: The Seven Valleys
Rising from within Turkish, Arabic, Balkan, Medieval European and Persian musical traditions, Stellamara expresses sublime devotion to the music of eastern cultures with extraordinarily beautiful vocals and instrumentation.
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Dead Can Dance,
Lisa Gerrard,
Loreena McKennitt.
goran ivanovic group: goran ivanovic group
The Goran Ivanovic Group is a pan-cultural ensemble with a sound that combines jazz and classical music with the leaping rhythms and distinctive tonal palette of Balkan music.
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Béla Fleck,Balkan Beat Box,Ore,
Gipsy Kings,Paco de Lucia,Vice,
Goran Bregović,Gogol Bordello,.
Orkestar Bez Ime: Nice Driveway Volume 1: Cheers from the Land of the Freeze
Emitting "Euro music, but not stuck-up," Orkestar Bez Ime (OBI), meaning orchestra without a name, is one of the Midwest's most sought-after international folk dance bands specializing in Balkan music.
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Bulgari,
Márta Sebestyén.
Orkestar Bez Ime: Nice Driveway Volume 2: Lake Aquanyet Days
Emitting "Euro music, but not stuck-up," Orkestar Bez Ime (OBI), meaning orchestra without a name, is one of the Midwest's most sought-after international folk dance bands specializing in Balkan music.
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Bulgari,
Muzsikás,
Three Mustaphas Three.
The Toids: Unblocked Ears
Balkan Indie New Music Textural Jazz Folk Songs
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Farmer,
John Zorn,
Market.
Christos Govetas: Pasatempo, Rebetika with Christos Govetas
This superbly recorded cd offers a window into the early Greek rebetika music of the 30's and 40's.
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Adam Good,
The Rembetika Hipsters.