World Music on Continental Drift

In addition to its 90% Romanian ethnic population, Romania is home to variety of minorities from around the Europe and this has created a unique multicultural environment. Romanian traditional and folk music has been kept alive and is still popular and has also inspired many contemporary bands. For this edition of Continental Drift, we tried to select variety of old and new traditional and folk songs and instrumental pieces and also dedicated a fair portion of the playlist to Romanian contemporary music. As always, Global Shuffle segment ended this show with half-an-hour of music from our friends on our MySpace page.

Playlist:

Format: Track – Artist / Album

• Song From Codru – Various Artists / Authentic Romania

• Alulnelul

• Horea oilor (Romanian traditional shepherd folk song from Transylvania, Maramureș area)

• Cântecul ciobanului (Performed by Surorile Osoianu. Romanian traditional shepherd folk song from Moldova, Basarabia area)

• Bugeacul (Romanian traditional folk song from Wallachia, Muntenia, Argel area, performed at pipe (”fluier”))

• Cântec de leagăn (Performed by Sofia Vicoveanca. Romanian traditional lullaby folk song from Moldova, Bucovina area)

• Bătrânească (Performed at shepherd’s pipe (”caval”) by Paul Stângă. Romanian traditional folk song from Moldova area)

• Tilincă (Performed by Tudor Ungureanu at pipe (”tilincă”). Romanian traditional folk song from Moldova area)

• Învârtită cu strigături (Performed in 1930’s. Romanian traditional folk song from Transylvania area)

• If I Could Split My Life Into Two Pieces 1 (a) – Various Artists / Authentic Romania

• Dadica  – Various Artists / Authentic Romania

• Sirba – Various Artists / Romania: The Romanian Lautari

• Shepherd’s Doina – Various Artists / Romania: The Romanian Lautari

• Parintii Mei (My Parents) – Jean de la Craiova / Muzica Lautareasca Veche (Old Romanian Gypsy Music)

• Cantec De Ascultare (A Song To Listen To) – Choir Conducted By Paraschiv Oprea /Greetings From Romania Vol 3

• Sanie Cu Zurgalai (Sledge With Bells) – Choir Conducted By Paraschiv Oprea / Greetings From Romania Vol 2

• Iarna grea, muierea rea (Hard Winter, sad Woman) – Maria Tanase / Maria Tanase, Vol. 1 – Folk Romanian Songs, Recordings 1936-1939

• Doina: Cind eram copil d-un an  – DUMITRU FARCAS/MARCEL CELLIER / The Art of the Romanian Taragot

• Otosfogat – nemEZ

• Focuri Vii – Focul Viu

• Breaza ca la Buzau – Nadara Gypsy

• Born to be Wild – Fanfare Ciocarlia

• Mahalageasca – Mahala Rai Randa

• Stay Near My Soul – Grup Folk Clasic

Global Shuffle Segment

Warsaw Village Band

Music of our MySpace friends! Listen here.

• To You Kasiunia – Warsaw Village Band

• Grains de Beauté – Céu

• Spark BukharaGardens – Shazam

• Utria – Lulacruza

• Te Va – LoCura