if i hadnt crashed my minivan i would have totally bumped this after i transferred it to cassette tape format

usually i blasted spanish folk music because it made for a very confusing scene.

We so need a folk music channel

"Shawty" is nothing more than the "cool" way to say shorty in the rap world (also, most of them seem to be from the south... whose folk music their songs are LITERALLY all based on... even "The Chronic").

Remember, it's not Usher... it's "Urshur".

LOL. One in 365 sounds about right.

Happy harping! I can barely manage an F chord on the guitar so I'm not even going to try to veer past the traditional in the musical instrument department.

In reply to this comment by Ornthoron:
You're welcome. I have one at home, and it's quite hard to do something that actually sounds musical without hurting your teeth. But it's really fun to try.

And hey, I just noticed that we have birthday on the same day! That must be like ... 1 in 365 chance!

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Thanks for your help! Good to know.


In reply to this comment by Ornthoron:
"What sounds like a didgeridoo" is actually a mouth harp, which is used in folk music all around the world. This guy is damn good at playing it.

You're welcome. I have one at home, and it's quite hard to do something that actually sounds musical without hurting your teeth. But it's really fun to try.

And hey, I just noticed that we have birthday on the same day! That must be like ... 1 in 365 chance!

In reply to this comment by blahpook:
Thanks for your help! Good to know.


In reply to this comment by Ornthoron:
"What sounds like a didgeridoo" is actually a mouth harp, which is used in folk music all around the world. This guy is damn good at playing it.

Thanks for your help! Good to know.


In reply to this comment by Ornthoron:
"What sounds like a didgeridoo" is actually a mouth harp, which is used in folk music all around the world. This guy is damn good at playing it.

"What sounds like a didgeridoo" is actually a mouth harp, which is used in folk music all around the world. This guy is damn good at playing it.

I grew up there and (years before this song) it was not uncommon to hear people say "I hate Winnipeg" and mean it -- I've said it too. Reasons:

• The winters are punishing (I remember in the early 1990s once we had five days in a row of -70C with windchill, and usually in January at least it's around -40C, which is also -40 in Fahrenheit if you're having trouble with Celcius).
  
• The summers are thick with mosquitoes -- YWG has the worst number of them in North America after the Everglades.
  
• It's isolated, being at least five hours' drive from the next fair-sized city (eg. Fargo), seven from Minneapolis, 13 from Chicago or Calgary. Six hours from Montreal, OTOH and for example, will get you to Quebec City, Ottawa, Toronto, all Vermont, Boston, and NYC.
  
• It feels more like a big town than a proper city, which I grant some might prefer, but not me. It's also kind of hick, being in the middle of wheat country. I grant also that Winnipeg has a surprisingly vibrant arts community (and a great summer folk music festival that is a huge draw for both artists and audiences, far and wide) but still.

the instruments are of Balkan origin. Croatian, to be exact, although these folk music instruments are also known and used in Serbia and parts of Slovenia

I don't have excuses, I just don't have a life so I come here more often than is good for any human being. My first experience here was of bannination for self-linking, so I guess you don't have an excuse either. You knew I was a bastard and you reinstated my account anyway so now you're stuck with me and my Slovenian folk music posts and pop philosophy. Serves you right!

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Your folk music sifts were wonderful, merci!:)
(BTW I upvoted Krupo's sift..and in case you know any more notorious catchy Slovenian pop "shit", let me know, I may like/sift it )

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one of few videos i saw on the sift that came from my country and it has to be this shit - where on earth did you digg this up?
and the lyrics are equaly lame, trust me on this one

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I'd love to see more of this stuff getting sifted instead of the mainstream pop culture songs that everyone knows inside and out. Not that they're in any way subpar to the classical folk songs of each country, but folk music from different countries really is awesome and not something one would normally get to hear.

Yes, we discussed this already with regard to "Yva/Barbie"..:)
The production value of this production (images/sound) is indeed lower..
but I like this song (heavy 80s influences, esp. New Order comes to my mind) better.

But aren't we all living more and more in a global culture?
One of your recents posts
http://www.videosift.com/video/Alina-Orlova-Amazing-Lithuanian-songstress-and-artist
seems to be more authentic and related to the Baltic climate..reminds me of Kandinsky/folk music.