MP3 Pangeo - Northern Borders
Compelling vocal and instrumental music from Northern Greece will have you dancing before you can say "Ipiros".
11 MP3 Songs
WORLD: Eastern European, FOLK: Traditional Folk
Details:
Pangeo is a five member group based in Seattle drawn together by a passion for the music of Greece and the Balkans. With a taste for old-style dance music they are equally at home playing ballads from the mountains of Epiros in Greece, or lively tunes from the Bulgarian border area. The instrumentation includes clarinet, accordion, violin, guitar, percussion and voices for a sound that transports you to another world! This CD features traditional music from the North and West of Greece mostly Macedonia and Epiros. Music doesn''t seem to respect political boundaries and spills and blends as you approach borders, in this case the borders with the former Yugoslavia and Albania. Some of the tunes we chose exist on both sides of the Greek border and that is part of their charm, reminding us of cultural connection in stormy times.
Members:
Christos Govetas: clarinet, voice
Ruth Hunter: accordion, voice
Sandra Dean: violin
Dave Bartley: guitar
David Bilides: doumbeleki, daouli, defi