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is, perhaps, little known to the wider world. The late Enver Hoxha's iron fisted devotion to the philosophies of Mao Zhedong didn't exactly turn Albania into a tourist destination, so their pop music might be considered a trifle insular. While it's clearly very much in the same style as Greek and Turkish music, the Albanians can still come up with a good tune now and again
as here the JB's tenorman takes on Marvin Gaye's 1973 seduction classic, much beloved of movie cliche writers
courtesy of South American funkster Johnny Alf (not the best name in the business, no...). I don't know much about this chap, and the CD is a few rooms away, so let's just enjoy the music
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Alf - according to the indispensable reference book "Bossa Nova" by Ruy Castro - was one of the original Rio scenemakers of the Fifties, a progenitor of bossa. Castro notes that Alf's first 78, recorded in '54, is often cited as proto-bossa, though it's more like a samba with some jazz flavorings. Still....
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And this instrumental track, by Edessa, is from their CD "Balkan Border Music". It's called "Valle Korcare". I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.
For some inexplicable reason, the main song doesn't play, but the one in comments does. It sounds like something from a Turkish wedding with "special" raki - which is meant as a compliment....
First tune's playing fine here, so when you switch back on all may be well