Keep It Country: Bulgaria - The Place Where Music Never Dies

Record ID: 126691
  • Title: Keep It Country: Bulgaria - The Place Where Music Never Dies
  • Date: 13th February 1990
  • Summary: COUNTRY MUSIC REFLECTS THE UPS AND DOWNS IN THE LIVES OF ORDINARY PEOPLE THROUGH OUT THE WORLD. COUNTRY SONGS SPEAK HEART TO HEART. "BIG BIG COUNTRY" EXTENDS T HE BORDERS OF COUNTRY MUSIC WITH SIX FILMS MADE IN NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE, TEXAS, CALIFORNIA, KENTUCKY, MEXICO AND BULGARIA AND EXPLORES SOME OF ITS MAJOR THEMES. 'BULGARIA - THE PLACE WHERE COUNTRY MUSIC NEVER DIED" - BULGARIAN MUSIC REFLECTS THE OPPRESSION OF 500 YEARS UNDER THE TURKISH YOKE. THE NATION'S IDENTITY WAS PRESERVED IN THE UNIQUE SOUND OF THE FEMALE VOICE - A SOUND OF PURE DISTILLED SA DNESS. YANKA RUPKINA IS THE TAMMY WYNETTE OF BULGARIA. BLONDE, GLAMOROUS AND A STAR IN HER OWN COUNTRY, SHE IS BEGINNING TO ACHIEVE THE INTERNATIONAL ACCLAIM SHE DESERVES. BUT, IF WOMEN HAVE MADE SINGING THEIR OWN, THE INSTRUMENTS ARE MENS TERRITORY. THEY ARE ALL VIRTUOSI, PLAYING A RANGE OF TRADITIONAL INSTRUMENTS LIKE THE GAIDA (OR BAGPIPE), TAMBURA AND GADULKA TO THE CLARINET AND ACCORDIAN.
  • Description:HANK WANGFORD GOES INTO MORE DETAIL ON VARIOUS ASPECTS OF COUNTRY MUSIC.
  • Broadcaster:Channel 4
  • Collection: Channel 4
  • Genre:Entertainment
  • Producer:Unspecified
  • Programme Episode:Episode 6
  • Transmission Date:13/02/1990
  • Rights:On Request
  • Decade: 1990s
Register