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Sample Track 1:
"To You Kasiunia" from People's Spring
Sample Track 2:
"Chassidic Dance" from People's Spring
Sample Track 3:
"Who is Getting Married" from People's Spring
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Warsaw Village Band

People's Spring (World Village)

The six- member group mixes ancient timbres with new tech-

nology in its striking arrangements of Polish folk songs and dances. The instruments -- fiddles, trumpet, dulcimer, bass, hurdy- gurdy and drums -- sound rough, raucous and loud enough to resound through the open countryside. Some of the singing is harsh. But one of the women has a sweet, childlike voice. The lyrics deal with love, longing, marriage and death. The rhythms are repetitive, the harmonies archaic. The electronic effects add a contemporary gloss. At the end, trendy remixes transform a couple of traditional numbers into Indian trance music and a Polish DJ's dance grooves. B

 04/11/04
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