Chudoba Polkas, Lullabies & Wedding Songs 14.99
It's traditional Polish folk, but there's incredible energy and not a trace of academic revivalism in this. They are also on the compilation Travellin' Companion: Poland.
MP3 Track for free : Hej Rupuni.mp3 More info and some audio samples
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Notes from the CD and some audio samples
The folk
ensemble Chudoba (=meagre possessions) has been founded in 1993 by students
of the Wroclaw University in Poland. Their debut at the festival of student
songs has been a great success. So they decided to work on the concert circuit.
Showcases for radio and televison were followed by extensive touring in
Poland, Austria and Germany. Chudoba won prestigious prizes from radio programmes
(New Tradition award for the No 1 folk band in 1998) and performed at international
festivals in Austria (Gutenbrunn Folk Festival), Germany (Bardentreffen
Nürnberg), Belgium (Dranouter) and Hungary (Sziget). Chudoba
collects and rearranges folksongs from the Polish mountains, from the Czech
Republic, from Bulgaria, Serbia, the Ukraine and especially from the lemkish
region in the southeastern part of Poland. The band sticks to a broad variety
of acoustic intruments like accordion, flute, mandolin, double bass, dulcimer,
jews harp and guitar. They still play their music with a lot of joy and
passion. Two records
have been released in Poland so far: Gray Muzyka (Play this music) and Nasza
Polka (Our Polka). Chudoba's first release for the international market
features their favourite polkas and lullabies, wedding- and lovesongs. a powerful dance tune from the Silesian Beskid
mountains the Slovakish Lemki is a small nation of
highlanders living partly in the
southeast part of Poland, partly in the Ukraine and Slovakia. This song
tells the story of a young man avoiding the arranged marriage by
joining the army. 3.
Muzyce weselnej (wedding party music) this folk song from Podlasie, the eastern
part of Poland, tells the story
sometimes hard and ungrateful work of musicians at weddingof the parties. 4.
Powidz mi ma mila (Tell me my dear) a love folk song with a traditional melody
from the Czech Republic and lyrics
coming from the Silesian Beskid mountains in Poland. Lemki love song 6. Czom ty ne pryjszol (Why didn't you
come) another Lemki love song with a charming melody 7. Poleczki Slåskie (Silesian
Polkas) embarrassing folk song from Upper Silesia 8. Ajde, Jano a folk song from Serbia in the 7/8 rhythm 9. Andziulenka (girl's name) wedding folk song from the Podlasie region
with a slightswing arrangement 10. Komaryk (The moscito) humorous ukrainian folk song 11. Polka na noge (Dance polka) raw folk tune from the Rzeszow region, collected
by the Sowa family 12. Korczma (Inn) Slovakish Lemki folk song, it tells the story
of fatal consequences of unfair inn management a popular Gipsy folk song which has been
adapted and sung by Edith Piaf 14. Jonicek (man's name) folk song from the Silesian Beskid mountains
for singing during the farmer's work 15.
Stoi Lipka (lime tree is standing) love song from the Silesian Beskid mountains
region 16. Juz jo wiecej (I will do nothing
else) a song from the Karpaten mountains 17. Ktoztam po komorze (who is in the
pantry?) a wedding folk song from the Kurpie region 18. Holub (Pigeon) Ukrainian love folk song 19. Chudobnom mnie mama miala (My mother
has had me modest) lullabye from Podhale mountains 20. Rozlecialy mi sie (The pigeons have
flown away from me) folk song from the Lublin region 21. Weselta si ludzie (rejoice folks) wedding song from the Spi region about shortlived
happiness resulted from marriage 22. Iowano, Iowanko Macedonian love song about lovers who are
waiting and can't meet. Line-up Magorzata Kunert:
violin, backing vocals Sylwia Swislocka-Karwot:
lead vocals, percussion Hubert Babiarz:
lead vocals, mandolin, classical guitar, sopilka flute,
double bass and uzbek drum Piotr Kowalski:
drum with small cymbal, percussion, double bass, jews harp,
backing vocals Marek Niewiadomski:
Byelorussian dulcimer, pan flute, jews harp Krzysztof Opalski:
acoustic guitar, snare drum, drum with small and big cymbal, kazoo, harmonica,
backing vocals Robert Ruszczak:
lead vocals, sopilka flute, mandolin, drum,accordion Jacek Ryszewski:
double bass, classical guitar, violin, backing vocals Katarzyna Ryszewska:
lead & backing vocals, percussion
The Songs
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