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Release Date: 20-07-2003
Label: Rough Guides
Catalog Number: RG1101-2
Barcode: 605633110128
Musical Style: World
Track Listing:
| Disc 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manto De Açucenas (Portugal); Cristina Branco [03:03] | 10 | Remate (Spain); Pepe Habichuela [03:04] |
| 2 | Arapiko Louloudi (Greece); Eleftheria Arvanitaki [03:14] | 11 | Repülj Madár, Repülj (Hungary); Márta Sebestyén & Muzsikás [03:37] |
| 3 | Ebla (Italy); Lucilla Galeazzi [04:31] | 12 | Dónal Agus Mórag (Ireland); Altan [04:27] |
| 4 | To Nie Ptak (Poland/Yugoslavia); Kayah & Goran Bregovic [04:38] | 13 | Puirt A Beul (Scotland); Mairi Mac Innes [03:10] |
| 5 | Dilele (Bulgaria/Romania); Angelite with Fanfare Ciocarlia [03:59] | 14 | 10,000 Miles (England); Eliza Carthy [02:59] |
| 6 | Knödelpolka (Austria); Die Knödel [01:38] | 15 | Isabelle (Belgium); Laïs [03:38] |
| 7 | Opa Cupa (Serbia/Bosnia); Aban Bajramovic & Mostar Sevdah Reunion [03:45] | 16 | Fønix (Norway); Annbjørg Lien [04:08] |
| 8 | Ne Nado Grustit, Gospoda Oficerui (Russia); Zhanna Bichevskaya [03:50] | 17 | Veli (Sweden/Finland); Hedningarna [05:03] |
| 9 | Ces Dieux-Là (France); Gabriel Yacoub [03:42] | 18 | Naar Oostland (Germany); Jams [03:57] |
Review:
'The album makes a great purchase even before you realise that the album is released to benefit Amnesty International.’ - fRoots
Description:
A folk-music renaissance is taking place throughout Europe, as fiddle, accordion and acoustic guitar music – at times confined to rural villages – has once again become the rage throughout the continent. This album is an acoustic musical journey across the continent, featuring the leading virtuosos of Spanish flamenco, captivating vocalists of Portuguese fado and Greek rembetika, infectious Gypsy balladeers, enthralling Balkan choirs, energetic brass bands, and touching Nordic and Celtic fiddlers. In a continent that has been divided by linguistically defined political borders, as this collection reveals, Europe’s musical language is universal.
