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Bulgaria to the Bayou


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True Life Trio full profile / Vocals, Guitar, Accordion, Violin / 3 musicians

Other players: Leslie Bonnett, Briget Boyle, Juliana Graffagna


Full program notes

Subject to change:

  1. At My Window - by Juliana Graffagna

  2. Balkanpolska - by Ola Bäckstrom, excerpt of “Blue Rondo à
    la Turk” by Dave Brubeck

  3. Ti kako ekana o kaimenos - Epirot region, Greece, traditional
    Oh, wretched me, what wrong have I done that they call me a murderer?

  4. Qaj Maro - Përmet, Albania, traditional, from Merita Halili
    You took the road to Mirsirë…you left me alone…cry, Mara, cry, my daughter.

  5. Kožiljo, pisan i šerjan - Rhodope region, Bulgaria, Sestri Kušlevi, arr. adapted
    We’re invited to a work party…where the girls will spin fine thread and the young men will play bagpipes.

  6. Oyfn oyvn zitst a meydl - Yiddish, traditional, from The Pennywhistlers / Ivane, Ivane - Losi, Lemko region, Ukraine, from Mariana Sadovska, arr. Juliana Graffagna
    On the hearth sits a girl embroidering a dress…a boy flew in…now there are two sitting on the hearth, not embroidering. / Everyone is against me because I love Ivan…

  7. Lova lova leini/O fader vise - traditional sun prayer from Norway / hymn from Älvdalën, Sweden, arr. traditional/Leslie Bonnett

  8. The One I Love is Gone - by Bill Monroe

  9. Cu ti tu dissi - Sicily, from the repertoire of Rosa Balistreri
    Breath of my soul, you are my love. Better to die than suffer this pain…

  10. Ils ont volé mon traîneau - Cajun, traditional, from the repertoire of Cléoma Falcon
    Hip and Taîauts (dogs) stole my sled and my hat, dear.

  11. Solitaire - by Juliana Graffagna

  12. Spring Song - Ukraine, traditional / The Saints’ Delight - Sacred Harp tradition, W.M. Cooper, arr. Juliana Graffagna
    Come out, Ivanku, and sing to us…all winter we didn’t sing, waiting for spring.

  13. I Am Stretched On Your Grave - Ireland, translation by Frank O’Connor; music by Phillip King, arr. Leslie Bonnett

  14. Je m'endors - Cajun, traditional, arr. Leslie Bonnett
    I fall asleep…the sun has set…I am far from home.


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