TSP Saturday April 23, 2016 / Corinna Škėma Snyder on Macedonian Music

Listener comments!

6:24pm geezerette:

God I love this show! Thanks Rob. :D

6:26pm coelacanth:

good evening Rob and geezrette, & invisible listeners

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6:32pm Ken From Hyde Park:

Another Saturday night in paradise!

6:36pm geezerette:

Howdy, coel & Ken! Are we lucky or what?
(rhetorical) :)

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6:39pm Bas NL:

Hi Rob!

6:49pm Fre:

there is a riot goin on. please support us http://www.dw.com/en/macedonia-colorful-revolution-paints-raucous-rainbow/a-19203365

6:52pm Biljana:

Please support the Protestiram movement in Macedonia by raising awareness about the movement's struggle against the authoritarian regime! #протестирам #protestoj #шаренареволуција https://www.facebook.com/ColorfulMacedonia/?fref=ts

6:59pm Rob W:

Good evening everyone, thanks for listening!

7:04pm geezerette:

Sounds like birth place of klezmer.

7:08pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...Turkish, hm...

7:09pm T4:

This is a great sound. Thanks for this program.

7:21pm SeanG:

diggin it

7:22pm Rob W:

Thanks SeanG, T4 and everyone!

7:24pm yoryo:

Hello from Grrrreece, thank you for the divine music like listening seeing the natural fields of this great tradition and the moving movement!

7:28pm Rob W:

Thanks yoryo!

7:47pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Rich, beguiling music. Fascinating erudition from your guest.
Thx so much!

7:49pm yoryo:

Kilometers of unpaved music! What a gift for nature!

8:14pm coelacanth:

Rob, everything i've heard has been gorgeous!
...one for the archives -especially as i missed big patches of the first 1/2.

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8:17pm Bas NL:

Thanks very much for the beautiful music and great recordings Corinna!

8:18pm coelacanth:

Thanks Corinna!

8:25pm Mark R:

Rob, thanks for including all the gig info so we can catch some of these beautiful musicians live.

8:26pm Rob W:

Sure thing Mark R. I know I'm a little obsessive... in fact I also have an events page at www.wfmu.org... where you can see more...

8:27pm Rob W:

And on behalf of Corinna, thanks coelacanth and everyone!

8:27pm coelacanth:

obsession has it's place!

8:29pm geezerette:

so true .

8:30pm coelacanth:

...Rob, the image on my left - what kind of music are they playing?
who are they?!
...what are they drinking?!!

8:32pm coelacanth:

oh! i see it! never mind! (unless you know what they're drinking!)

8:36pm geezerette:

coelacanth,they are a great looking group aren't they.
They have the aspect of classical musicians,you can actually see their commitment on their faces.

8:36pm Rob W:

Corinna Mentioned the annual all day Balkan music and dance (and cider drinking!) Wassail at Breezy Hill Orchard in Staatsburg, NY. The date is May 21, fb here: www.facebook.com...

8:38pm geezerette:

& i'd have a glass of whatever it is;I suspect mint tea though.

8:42pm Dave in Vermont:

That FB link for Veles Chalgija has video from the same session that is in the photo at the top of the page.

8:42pm coelacanth:

damn. i got excited. that cider festival is close to my home; but i don't think i can afford that.

8:44pm mink:

cider always wins. ... follow the cider :)

8:44pm coelacanth:

- and yes, geezerette i'll join you! 'want a murphy stout?

8:45pm T4:

This is such an important program. Thank you for the music and the illuminating talk Rob.

8:45pm mink:

Cider festivals are the best. Just want a field and one stage and kids and dogs running round.. yey cider festivals

8:45pm coelacanth:

ha! yeh mink. the truth is i KNOW i can't afford it, but that might not stop me!

8:46pm Dave in Vermont:

hear! hear! T4

8:47pm geezerette:

coel, I love stout! I'll have one in your honor. :)

8:48pm coelacanth:

...it's possible a friend is doing the sound for that too. he does a lot of shows in this area, and he has a particular fondness for music from that general region of the planet. (he's in a balkan group and a turkish group)

8:49pm mink:

Ah bless you Coel. But you can have a folkie rave at home too. Sometimes the kitchen party folk rave is the best :)

8:49pm geezerette:

mink: sounds like a description of heaven. Cheers to cider fests!

8:49pm coelacanth:

cheers, geezerette!

8:50pm Dave in Vermont:

Thanks, Rob and thanks to Corinna.

8:52pm mink:

Cheers to all. Coel it sounds kind of special..? Tent / outside gigs are fun. But addictive!

8:53pm coelacanth:

well, mink, what i'm scheming (sp?) is that i might pay my way by carrying amps and such.

8:53pm geezerette:

:) :D

8:53pm mink:

I like it I like it :) :) :p

8:54pm mink:

argh, I need to make an account. The pop maths quizs are killing me! not the time for kuman

8:56pm coelacanth:

actually, i wrote off festivals years ago. i prefer up-close in a small bar to big hype and complication. this seems different though.
...balkan dancing and cider! -it just sounds amazing!

8:57pm mink:

Jeez, does anyone know what kumon is? I just googled it. It this weird learning class I got sent to.... it almost looks religious...

8:58pm mink:

yea I can't do big festivals any more.. I want to see the stage! But smaller festivals are good.

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8:59pm Bas NL:

Thanks Rob; again a great show!

8:59pm coelacanth:

mink i never heard of that.

8:59pm mink:

Awesome show, thanks! awwweesommmmeee

9:00pm coelacanth:

Thank you Rob and Thank you Corinna!
later on folks!

10:11pm corinna:

Thanks for listening and thanks to Rob for inviting me. Re the Breezy Hill Wassail, truly no one will be turned away for lack of funds, so don't let that hold you back!

10:13pm corinna:

and re the drinking - the clarinet, violin and ud player are muslim and drinking soft drinks. the dajre player is orthodox and he was having a touch of rakija, "for the voice."