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Traditional folk on the balkans sounds as oriental as contemporary music there...minus the electronic beats of course. I don't think there's huge difference.
and...i know i said i won't be posting videos on that page again but this one is mandatory:
These 2 are probably the most popular male and female singers in many eastern european countries. One is bulgarian and the girl is from Ukraine. Both are amazing singers...though i am not into their style of music:
I see what you mean. This is an improvement from the standard stuff I used to hear in Russia. But still, it's only one genre of pop. Someone posted a video awhile ago of some kind of gypsy pop produced in Moldova that is said to be wildly popular all over Russia. It was awful, which isn't unusual. But I don't appreciate most pop and rock music produced in the West these days, either.
I know Amber Smith and The Kolin from Hungary. The former was booked quite often as an opener for bigger bands at Austrian festivals. Both are okay, but they certainly didn't invent anything new. Most songs are in English.
I see what you mean. This is an improvement from the standard stuff I used to hear in Russia. But still, it's only one genre of pop. Someone posted a video awhile ago of some kind of gypsy pop produced in Moldova that is said to be wildly popular all over Russia. It was awful, which isn't unusual. But I don't appreciate most pop and rock music produced in the West these days, either.
Speaking about "traditional"...there was a period in bulgaria during communism when gipsy songs were non-existent. The music was just Pop, but the lyrics weren't in English of course as English was forbidden by the communists.
Oh an by the way...don't get me irritated people or I will post a video of Azis. You were warned lol.
Speaking about "traditional"...there was a period in bulgaria during communism when gipsy songs were non-existent. The music was just Pop, but the lyrics weren't in English of course as English was forbidden by the communists.
Philip Koutev's group was big for awhile. And traditional folk orchestras. Gypsy stuff isn't popular in Bulgaria. Romania, however, is a completely different story!
I like most of the videos being posted here. I never heard of any of these artists and I don't understand any of the languages, but maybe because I'm a musician it helps in that regard. :-)
Philip Koutev's group was big for awhile. And traditional folk orchestras. Gypsy stuff isn't popular in Bulgaria. Romania, however, is a completely different story!
I am no expert in Romanian music...but it's funny as the country shares such a long border with bulgaria but "culturally" both countries have small overlap. As Natalya here correctly pointed - bulgarian music sounds more like Serbian.
Romanians however started producing mostly cheap Disco songs in romanian during the 90s, then they switched to more expensive videos of scantily clad women and their videos are these days mostly Pop in English. I guess it's European Union influence or something...
I am no expert in Romanian music...but it's funny as the country shares such a long border with bulgaria but "culturally" both countries have small overlap. As Natalya here correctly pointed - bulgarian music sounds more like Serbian.
Well I was talking about the "modern" version. The actual folklore reminded me more of Scottish music as they played the bagpipe AND wore skirts lol..
I like most of the videos being posted here. I never heard of any of these artists and I don't understand any of the languages, but maybe because I'm a musician it helps in that regard. :-)
I find most videos in any language to be camouflage for crap singing and crap playing of "hits" essentially created by studio technicians for mental midgets with spare cash. I don't watch them and instead spend a good deal of time sampling in YouTube, GoogleMusic and iTunes, and my selections are strictly based on nothing more than whether I like what I hear or not....the names mean nothing, and except for some sometimes bizarre visual creations on YT, I am spared the flash that covers trash of music vids.
Most of the playlists in my World/Pop folder are about four hours long each, and a quarter to a third, sometimes more, of the songs are non-English vocals or instrumentals of non-U.S. music. Some of the songs are foreign pop, some folk or classical from another country/culture and sometime a really spot-on mix of music styles from various places.
Some of this music is East European...just got finished listening to a playlist with Hungarian, Greek and Bulgarian songs on....as well as a lot from North Africa, the Middle East and some from India, mixed with old R&B, classic blues and some jazz.
When I lived in the U.S. people would look at tapes or CDs I put together, and almost invariably come out with "What the f*ck is this sh*t!!!"; but that is my reaction to U.S. music videos, and most foreign ones.....so it all evens out.
It's difficult for me to find translation of the lyrics into English. And I can speak Polish only a little... She sings about hot summer sun, warm sand and happiness! Movie is a little giddy (they say about it in Internet), but lyrics and sound seem to be nice!
One more song - great Polish singer Maryla Rodowicz:
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Not very eastern those Hungarian and Polish inputs. The first Hungarian was quite good, the other crap. The Polish first a nice 4/10 summer song.
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lol.
Summer is my love
