{"product_id":"songbirds-albanian-music-from-78s-1924-1948-var-songbirds-albanian-music-from-78s-1924-1948-various-artists-cd","title":"Songbirds Albanian Music From 78s 1924-1948 \/ Var - Songbirds: Albanian Music From 78s 1924-1948 (Various Artists) [CD]","description":"\u003cp\u003eAlbania holds several groups of people within it's borders. The primary division lies between Ghegs, who inhabit the territory north of the Shkumbin river, and Tosks, who live south of it. There are only a small number of songs on this collection that might be labelled as 'Gheg' - characterized by monophony, well-defined rhythm and musical accompaniment (today often a two-stringed chifteli). The most distinctly so feature a single, strident voice and a triumphal tone that recalls the northern tradition of epic poetry. The Tosk musical dialect is defined by polyphony, imitative melodic lines and, prior to urbanization, a total absence of musical accompaniment. The Tosk sub-dialect is heavily represented in this collection, particularly by the Asllani family of Leskovik, who not only recorded prolifically but were also responsible for three of the labels represented on this collection. The eldest brother, Ajdin, owned and operated both MI-RE and ME-RE and, finally, BALKAN, making recordings in New York, Detroit, Thessaloniki, Ioannina, Athens, and Istanbul. Most of the music is drawn from a very distinct 'acoustic niche' in a very particular place, southern Albania-a topography, a way of life-in a dialect laid down, layer upon layer, from parent to child, over many hundreds of years. This music is rendered in a musical dialect both very rich and very close to home. Imagine the former inhabitants of Leskovik coming home at the end of a long day pulling their grocery cart through the streets of Boston to drop the needle on one of these 78s, or tuning in to Nuçi Cujo's radio hour, and hearing their song. We may not have heard this song before, but with a little training conflict gives way to a singular harmony, and emotions ring crystal clear.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cdiv data-bt-autogen\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIslam Jonuzi and Friends - E Qarë e Leskovikut\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eÇoban Arifi and Sabri Fehimi - Me Doçkën e Bardhë\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRiza Bylbyli - Korba o Çeço\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVangjel Leskovikut - Kaba me Gërnetë\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSelim Asllani and Group - Valle Krushkave\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSelim Asllani and Group - Laca Kapetani\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eZonja Qerimé and Friends - Ballét me Sedef\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRiza Bylbyli - Pogonishte\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJonuzi and Friends - Valle Devolliçe 1\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAndrea Pappas, Athanas Mone - E Mjera Unë e Mjera 1\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJonus Lamçe and Sabri Fehimi - Valle Devolliçe 1\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCercis Nesim - Dorën o Djal Dorën 1\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRiza Bylbyli (Vlonë) - Kapitani i Vlonës 1\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRiza Bylbyli - Bahje Dru me Pershullim 1\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKonitsa (Real name unknown) - Vallja e Manushaqeve 1\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eZ. Kjuj  - Ngrehun Mahmudi 1\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGrupi Sazet  - Valle Kolonjare 1\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eZoj Hatixhja - Ç'u Ngrys Herët në Mjes 1\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRiza Bylbyli - Kishin Uj Ata Burime 2\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePaulin Pali (of Shkodër)  - Re Moj Vajz e Mas Qit Ojna 2\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGirls Choir of the Franciscan Convent of Shkodë - Valle Shqipnijet 2\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eXhemal Asllani and Sabri Fehimi - Hunde Bukur Qelibar 2\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSelim Asllani and Hafize Asllani  - Viktori t'u Bëftë Nëna 2\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKonitsa (Real name unknown) - Valle me Dy 2\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSelim Asllani and Hafize Asllani - Goca e Berberit 2\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMusikantet Zotto (Thomas Zotto violin)  - Taksim-Sazesh 2\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRafail Bulgareci and Risto Pandavani  - Nja Shtatë Kokona Duall në Vodenë 2\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSelim Asllani and Hafize Asllani - Untitase Me Sake 2\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eZ. Hamid Latifi - Prendoj Dilli Dha Aksham 3\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eZ. Islami Riza - Lace Gjinokastra 3\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSelim Asllani and Hafize Asllani - Valle Sta Triya 3\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eZoti Xhemal Asllani  - Ne Rrapi në Mashkullor (Gjinokastrite 3\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSelim Asllani and Hafize Asllani  - E Qarë e Asllan Leskovikut 3\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRiza Bylbyli - Sikur Merrje Xhemalin 3\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eZ. Kjuj - Kanga E Dhandrrit 3\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJonus Lamçe and Sabri Fehimi  - E Qarë me Gërnetë 3\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSelim Asllani and Hafize Asllani  - Tjalem t'Ambël Seç Ma Ke 3\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJonuzi and Friends - Valle Beraçe 3\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAjdin Asllani (Nichola Doneff violin, Beqir Hyman, Ilias Permeti vocals) - Këngë Si Hëna 4\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShoqnija Toshkrisht  - Napuljoni Izet Bej Taksim 4\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRiza Bylbyli - Osman Taka 4\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMati Kola (Instrumental trio) - Ç'e Ninjova Ramazanin 4\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSelim Asllani and Hafize Asllani - E Qarë e Selimit 4\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChiorchi Gazel - Delvino Zaza Delvina 4\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePando Opingari (Fyell, Spiridon T. Ilo guitar) - Valle Kasapçe 4\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKonitsa (Real name unknown) - Samari i Bariut 4\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eZ. Islami Riza - Bahje Dru me Pershullim 4\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChiorchi Gazeli  - Kapetan Kirjako 4\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eÇerçis Nesim and Sabri Fehimi - Kur Më Shkon Sokakut 5\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eZ. Sylejmani  - Alija Fetah Rikut 5\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRiza Berati  - Ç'a Miku 5\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSelim Asllani and Hafize Asllani  - Hysnije Moj Dylbere 5\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSelim Asllani and Hafize Asllani - Kush Të Ka Moj Ruskë 5\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRukia me Gocat e Eumes Tiranë  - E Bukur Je Fatime 5\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePando Opingari (Pando Opingari fyell, Louis Rassias lauto) - Valle Devolliçe 5\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSelim Asllani - Valle Hasanajt, e Shtruar 5\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSpiridon T. Ilo (Vocal, Pando Opingari fyell, Louis Rassias laouto) - Kënga e Bektashinjve 5\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eZ. Sadik Azbiu - Vajza e Valavet 5\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eZ. 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