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07/11/2009

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Last broadcast on Mon, 9 Nov 2009, 03:32 on BBC World Service (see all broadcasts).

Synopsis

Charlie revisits some of his favourite tracks that appeared since the Berlin Wall came down twenty years ago. Three of them come from former Yugoslavia: Darko Rundek is a veteran of the Croatian music and theatre scenes who achieved considerable success as a guitarist, theatre director and composer of incidental music as well as of scores for radio drama before emerging as a serious player in the world music arena in the 1990s. Brina Vogelnik is a young Slovenian vocalist while the unmistakable voice of Belgrade-born Ljiljana Buttler has earned her the title 'Gypsy Ella Fitzgerald'.

Singer, guitarist and film composer Goran Bregovic hardly needs an introduction: in this week’s programme he is partnered by Polish vocalist Kayah (pictured). Ersatz Musika, a band of ex-Soviet musicians based in Berlin, is distinguished by its own brand of somewhat lugubrious melancholy which harks back to traditional Russian ballads. Hungarian violinist from Serbia Felix Lajko is a living proof that musical, linguistic and national boundaries rarely coincide, be it in Europe or anywhere else.

Tracks played in this week's programme:

Country: Croatia
Title: Makedo
Artist: Darko Rundek & Cargo Orchestra
CD Title: La Comedie des Sens
Label: Piranha
Cat. Number: CD-PIR1894

Country: Poland & Bosina/Serbia
Title: Spij Kochanie Spij
Artist: Kayah i Bregovic
CD Title: Kayah y Bregovic
Label: Zic Zac/BMG
Cat. Number: 74321 724142

Country: Slovenia
Title: Poljanska balada
Artist: Brina
CD Title: Pasja Legenda
Label: DruGod
Cat. Number: CD DRUGOD 005

Country: Bosnia
Title: Od kako Sam Tudja Zena
Artist: Ljiljana Buttler
CD Title: The Mother of Gypsy Soul
Label: Snail
Cat. Number: CC 50010

Country: Russia/Germany
Title: Wild Grass
Artist: Ersatz Muzika
CD Title: Songs Unrecantable
Label: Asphalt Tango
Cat. Number: CD-ATR 2209

Country: Hungary
Title: Látvány (Spectacle)
Artist: Felix Lajko
CD Title: Remény
Label: A Productions
Cat. Number: CDA 004

Tracklist

  1. Country: Croatia

    La Comedie des Sens, Piranha, CD-PIR1894
  2. Kayah & Bregovi?Spij Kochanie Spij

    Country: Poland & Bosina/Serbia

    Kayah y Bregovic, Zic Zac/BMG, 74321 724142
  3. Brina Vogelnik SajePoljanska balada

    Country: Slovenia

    Pasja Legenda, DruGod, CD DRUGOD 005
  4. Ljiljana ButtlerOd kako Sam Tudja Zena

    Country: Bosnia

    The Mother of Gypsy Soul, Snail, CC 50010
  5. ErsatzMusikaWild Grass

    Country: Russia/Germany

    Songs Unrecantable, Asphalt Tango, CD-ATR 2209
  6. Lajkó FélixLátvány (Spectacle)

    Country: Hungary

    Remény, A Productions, CDA 004

Broadcasts

  1. Sat 7 Nov 2009
    23:32
  2. Sun 8 Nov 2009
    14:32
  3. Mon 9 Nov 2009
    03:32

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60 minutes

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