Dance tune in 9/8 from the northern part of Greek Thrace, near
the Bulgarian border.
We learned the tune from a dance tape presented by Joe Kaloyanides Graziosi. It is played on a short end-blown shepherd's flute called floghera (similar to a kaval), and tarabuka.
credits
from Late Harvest,
released January 1, 2004
David Skidmore (floghera) and Dean Brown (tarabuka)
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