Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Ukrainian-American Fiddle & Dance Music



These recordings of traditionnal dance music, recorded in America between 1926 and 1936 by ukrainian immigrants, sounds as lively and joyful as any american old-time string band music or irish music from the same period. So if you like traditionnal fiddle music, take a listen and be ready to dance and rejoice with these incredible music.

4 comments:

Uncle Gil said...

Que de belles et bonnes choses sur ton blog...
Bonne continuation, l'ami, et fais nous découvrir d'autres petites merveilles comme celles déjà en place.

Mason said...

This is amazing. I never would nave thought to pick this up, but I'm glad I downloaded it. It kind of reminds me of Hadigner's Fiddle.
Some of the double stops are pretty wild. Anybody know if they're using alternate tunings?

The Irate Pirate said...

I have no clue what tuning they're in...but it's an evil one! Like the hardanger fiddlers, this is devil-music -- just listen to the howls and churchbells in Pyesna O Bodnarevnye. Wild wild deep forest music! This kind of joyful madness can't be faked! It could only come from Eastern Europe.

David Houser said...

Thanks for this and several others I've downloaded from your blog. I looked at this record a million times at a store I worked at, and must have even thrown it on to check it out, but it never got me enough to bring it home. I know better now.