Szczera Mowa (True Speech): Čači Vorba
Label: ORIENTE MUSIK
Čači Vorba offers a fusion of Balkan, Gypsy, Polish and Ukrainian tunes mixed with wedding music and folk dance music from Romania, Moldova, Greece, Bulgaria, Serbia, Turkey, and Albania. On a foundation of traditional songs, the group of Polish and Ukrainian musicians liven up the tracks with violin, accordion, mandola, guitar, string instruments from Turkey and Greece called the kemence and bouzouki, drums from the Middle East including the darabuka, dombek and tapan, and Jew’s harp, one of the oldest instruments in the world, still in use by Turkish tribes in Asia, where it originated. The vocals of award-winning soloist Maria Natanson display a solid command of performance techniques, which is evidenced on ‘Sune Caje’, ‘Doina’, ‘Ke somas me…’, ‘Frunzulita’, and the two bonus live tracks. Fans of upbeat folk and violin music from the Balkans, Scandinavia and North America should add Szczera Mowa to their collections.
