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Ukrainian Village Music
Release Date: 1994-02-04, Audio CD, Arhoolie Records
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- Posted: Sep-28-2006
Amazingly powerful music
These songs help you realize how close village music of the world is. It sometimes sounds exactly like fiddling from the Appalachian mountains! There are 24 different songs on this set, all recorded back between 1928 to 1933. These are the types of songs our grandparents would have been dancing...
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- Posted: Aug-04-2000
Ukrainian Village Music Is A Gem!
There will always be unappreciative and disappointed individuals in this world who will not take a liking to a fiddle. One reviewer bemoaned..."out of tune intruments", and "disturbing" music. Hmm. Perhaps the "reviewer" is out of tune...with the folk music genre. If the performers on this...
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- Posted: Mar-14-1999
disappointing.....instruments out of tune
Would return this CD if I could....very disappointing out of tune instruments are very disturbing even though it is a historical recording...unexciting
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- Posted: Dec-09-1998
Underground Ethnic Festival
True rural Ukrainian folk music is found in this CD! (Trendy British/Celtic folkies could learn a thing or two from these raw, foot stomping gems.) If you're looking for the huge orchestated sound, this is not for you. If you want to expose yourself to fiddle music for the people, pick this up!
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- Posted: Jun-29-1998
WONDERFUL!
Being of Ukrainian descent, I was intrigued initially by the historical aspect of this CD, but concerned that the quality of the music might be disappointing. Was I wrong! This is great, foot-stomping Ukrainian folk music.
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