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Written in fRoots issue 246, 2003
BALKAN PLAYBOYS
Balkaninis
Felmay FY 8064 (2003)
Hungarian Nikola Parov on kaval, gadulka, clarinet, bouzouki, oud and gayda,
with the other four Playboys purveying violin, accordion, kontratambura, ocarina
and percussion, whips through tunes assembled from undefined but generally
Bulgarian and Romanian traditions with the tightness and class we’ve come to
expect of him. www.felmay.it
© 2003 Andrew Cronshaw
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