TORA, by GRAIU

TORA

by GRAIU

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1.	Anamisa di doi lai munts (live) 04:06	buy track
2.	C-așa giucau bătrânii 02:26	buy track
3.	Afro-Doina (live) 00:46	buy track
4.	John the Revelator medley (live) 05:19	buy track
5.	Durostore 01:51	buy track
6.	Ascultats la fete 03:19	buy track
7.	If I had my way 02:55	buy track
8.	Nu nă dzăț patrioți (live) 02:43	buy track
9.	Coanticu lu Boșca (live) 03:49	buy track
10.	Cucule, penele tale (live) 01:37	buy track
11.	Mushuteatsa ataua, fiată (live) 02:13	buy track
12.	Early in the morning (live) 02:57	buy track
13.	Cântecul miresei (live) 02:40	buy track
14.	Batu Giumaru 02:56	buy track
15.	Chitu Mila (live) 02:48	buy track
16.	Preste codru-am amnaveit (live) 02:15	buy track
17.	Mi lo dorlu (live) 03:01	buy track
18.	Soul of a man (live) 03:58	buy track
19.	Trandafir de pe răzor 03:06	buy track

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Fusing in sound and spirit African-American music from before blues and jazz with Balkan Romance (Vlach) heritage, GRAIU is the Romanian word for local vernacular language and traditional music.
TORA (Aromanian word for now) transcends time and space in a multicultural, stylistically coherent melting pot, bringing together field-holler and doina, spirituals and ritual songs, outlaw ballads and prison work songs, gospel, slave shouts, love and sorrow tunes, in the Vlach dialects Aromanian, Megleno-Romanian, Istro-Romanian and Daco-Romanian alongside the African-American vernacular. A contemporary reinterpretation, organically integrating the richness of traditional singing styles, of music not created for entertainment purposes, from the then into the now.

credits

released January 29, 2023

Alina Ciolca - vocals; Mac Marian Aciobăniței - guitar; Adrian Chepa - bass, percussions, Jew's harp
Live and studio recording : GRAIU; Mix & mastering : Vladimir Vovek;
Photo : Costin Dincă ; Artwork : Medicine Madison

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GRAIU Bucharest, Romania

Dark folk fusion Balkan Romance meets African-American vernacular

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