The High Lonesome Polyphony of Albania

Hysni (Niko) Zela and the Albanian Iso-Polyphonic Choir
@ the European World Music Expo
1 - Zura nje bilbil me vese - I caught a Nightingale in dew- love song very rich of metaphors
2 - Syzeza - Black eyed - love song
3 - Shoke nat e shoke dite - Friends of nights and days - dramatic song a la Romeo and Juliette
4 - Dola nje dite nga mali - Wander in the mountain - love song
5 - Legjenda e ures - The bridge legend - while the title is referred to the bridge it is dedicated to the Rozafa castle legend. The girl that accepted her sort to be a human sacrifice (buried alive in the walls) for the castle and that asked to leave out one breast to feed the toddler, one eye to watch and one arm to pamper him.
6 - Dollandyshe vogelo - Little Swallow - Love song
7 - Mu thane syte mu thane - My eyes are dry - Dramatic migration song of a mother that has run out of tears because the son came back home dead right before the wedding ceremony.