KPFA-FM Music Dept. ➔ A Concert of Serbian Tamburitza Music by Orao (Mar. 6, 1974)

Analog Audio

Event Type

Music

Origin

KPFA

Identifier

AM.1974.03.06

Program Length

66 min

Dates

1974-03-06 | broadcast
| 1974-03-06 | created

Description

Recorded on March 6, 1974 as part of KPFA’s annual fund-raising marathon, this is a live in-studio concert by Orao, a four-piece Serbian tamburitza band whose member are from the San Francisco East Bay Area. Tamburitza is a form of folk music popular in the Balkan peninsula, and which is performed on a family of string instruments, similar to the cello, bass, mandolin, and guitar. The players in this group are Voy Cheyovich, Joe Berkich, Art Rodich, and Milan Popovac. Charles Amirkhanian, and Marty Gellen are the hosts for this lively and entertaining concert, mostly devoted to traditional Serbian folk songs and dances, interspersed with brief appeals for donations.

Genres

Folk music

Musical Selections

Belgrade (3:44) -- [song about Serbians and Turks] (3:45) -- Imam jednu želju (”I have one desire”) (4:42) -- [a happy or “gay” song] (5:38) -- Tears are flowing from your blue eyes (3:54) -- Oj Srbijo mala Ameriko (”Oh Serbia little America”) (2:32) -- Oj, Spomenče, plavo cveće (3:38) -- [song about a girl] (1:33) -- [unidentified upbeat instrumental] (1:46) -- [unidentified song] (3:39) -- [unidentified dance tune] (2:09) -- [excerpt of a prerecorded unidentified song] (1:05)

Performers

Orao: (all but last song)
Voy Cheyovich, string bass (all but last song)
Joe Berkich, prim (all but last song)
Art Rodich (all but last song)
Milan Popovac (all but last song)

Subjects

Folk songs, Serbian
Folk music -- Serbia
Folk dance music -- Serbia
String band music -- Serbia

Related places

Berkeley (Calif.) (was recorded at)
Berkeley (Calif.) (was broadcast at)

Related Entities

Orao (Musical group)
Amirkhanian, Charles
Gellen, Marty
Cheyovich, Voy
Berkich, Joe
Rodich, Art
Popovac, Milan