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

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Subject to change:

At My Window - by Juliana Graffagna
Balkanpolska - by Ola Bäckstrom, excerpt of “Blue Rondo à
la Turk” by Dave Brubeck
Ti kako ekana o kaimenos - Epirot region, Greece, traditional
Oh, wretched me, what wrong have I done that they call me a murderer?
Qaj Maro - Përmet, Albania, traditional, from Merita Halili
You took the road to Mirsirë…you left me alone…cry, Mara, cry, my daughter.
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.
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…
Lova lova leini/O fader vise - traditional sun prayer from Norway / hymn from Älvdalën, Sweden, arr. traditional/Leslie Bonnett
The One I Love is Gone - by Bill Monroe
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…
Ils ont volé mon traîneau - Cajun, traditional, from the repertoire of Cléoma Falcon
Hip and Taîauts (dogs) stole my sled and my hat, dear.
Solitaire - by Juliana Graffagna
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.
I Am Stretched On Your Grave - Ireland, translation by Frank O’Connor; music by Phillip King, arr. Leslie Bonnett
Je m'endors - Cajun, traditional, arr. Leslie Bonnett
I fall asleep…the sun has set…I am far from home.

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