About This Project
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Purpose
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The purpose of this project is to expose as many people as
possible to the amazing collection of music available in the
world.
This collection focuses primarily on out-of-print music from eastern Europe: Hungary,
Romania, Bulgaria, Greece, and the former Yugoslavia and the countries that used to be part of it (Slovenia, Croatia,
Serbia, Kosovo, Montenegro / Crnogora, Bosnia and Hercegovina, and Macedonia).
Albums from other regions are included if they were used for international folk dancing,
or if I found them interesting. A few modern recordings (CDs) are also included, especially
if recorded by local or non-commercial bands or musicians.
There is also a "Folk" region that includes a few American recordings that I think others should know about.
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Credits
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This discography represents contributions from many people including
Mary, Johnny, Art, Karen and Steve, David, Cheryl, Margaret, Ronald, Heidi, Kelly, Erik,
Glenn, Daniela, Jimmy, Lori, Yvonne, Greta, Constantine, Atanas, David, Peter,
Larry, Monica, Steve, Jerry, Anne, Pat, Robbie, Gloria, Tatjana, Krista, Mark, Martha,
and The Radost Folk Ensemble.
Many thanks to all! - Tom Deering
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Music Availability
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Unfortunately, although I own most of the recordings,
the audio from these recordings is not available from me.
I do not have the rights to publically distribute any of it, so please do not ask.
There are some albums with short MP3 samples, and I will be adding more.
If you would like to hear samples of a particular album, let me know
and I will put it on my list of next projects.
The commercial availablility of a particular recording is noted if known.
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Regions
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The regions used to categorize the music were determined primarily
by how the publishers of the recordings classified their albums;
thus, there is a large Yugoslavia section. There are also separate
sections for Croatia, Serbia, Macedonia, Bosnia, and Kosovo. Albums are
classified where it seems appropriate.
The designated regions are for album classification only and are not meant to be political.
If you think an album should be classified differently, let me know -
but please let the political past be the political past.
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Support this Project
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If you would like to support this project, please make a cash donation to:
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The Radost Folk Ensemble,
a 501(c)3 non-profit organization (www.radost.org).
- Radost will also accept donated albums - CDs, vinyl, or tapes.
Donors of usable recordings will receive a CD copy of the recording in return.
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Transliteration Notes
The album and track titles are written in the source language and alphabet where ever practical.
Latin transliterations and English translations are given in the subtitles.
Not all the languages are transliterated the same. My goal is to use these conventions:
Croatian: | Use diacriticals: Kičo and Međimurje |
Serbian & Macedonian: | Use diacriticals: Čačak and Beranče |
Bulgarian: (a mixed system that allows bi-lateral transliteration) |
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Spell out multiple-character letters: Ruchenitsa and Dobroudzha.
Special Characters:
й = j, у = ou, ъ = u,
ь = y, ю = yu, я = ya,
ий = ii, ия = ia.
Българя (Bulgaria),
Тракийска (Trakiiska),
Кольо (Kolyo)
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All of the lists are sorted by the transliterated title or name without the diacriticals.
Resources
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EMDB - Erik's Music Database - A searchable database designed to
locate musical transcriptions.
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Страница За Българска Народна (Поп-Фолк) Музика
(Authentic Popular Folklor (Popfolk) Music from Bulgaria and
Macedonia) - An amazing repository of older folk msic from Bulgaria
and Macedonia complied by Ivan Tanev Ivanov. The site is in Bulgarian.
- Blogs with Downloadable Music:
- Muzika Balkana - Balkan Music (muzika-balkana.blogspot.com)
- Serbian site with many MP3 uploads of Serbian, Romanian, Macedonian, Bosnian, Greek, Bulgarian, and some Croatian music.
- Makedonske Pesme, Ora, Etno...
- Macedonian site (makedonske-pesme-ora-etno.blogspot.com)
with MP3 uploads of Macedonian music. Large overlap with
Muzika Balkana.
Caution: may play background music.
- Фолклорна Шарения (Folklorna Sharenia)
- Bulgarian site (bulgarian-folk-treasure.blogspot.com)
with MP3 Uploads of Bulgarian music. Entirely in Bulgarian. Some overlap with
Muzika Balkana.
- Tamburitza and more ... (tamburitza78s.blogspot.com)
- Tamburitza 78s from America and Europe.
Last entry December 2011, but lots of interesting history of tamburiza bands from the early 20th century. Over 270 MP3s of 78s.
- Narodna Muzika (muzikanarodna.blogspot.com.)
- Subtitled, "Narodne Pjesme | Cîntece Populare | Népdalok -- Folk songs around the world," the site features mostly 1960s and 70s 45s from the former Yugoslavia (Serbia & Bosnia primarily).
The blog was started in October 2014. The most recent entry is January 30, 2017. Almost all the music is still available.
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Original artwork copyright © by the original artists and publishers.
Everything else copyright © 2008-2019 by Tom Deering
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