Which Europeans have the best folk music tradition?

[Decius]

Serbian

[ixulescu]

Romanian Hora Staccato




Romanian Folk Dances sampled by Bartok

[Gwydion]

No idea, but I know that Germans have the worst.

Can't say I am a fan of most of it either, which is odd because in terms of classical music Germans are the best.

Faroe Islands (that's still Europe right?)

I meant European in an ethnic sense rather than geographic, so Faroe counts and if one were so inclined one could include Appalachia:

[Kyp]

Can't say I am a fan of most of it either, which is odd because in terms of classical music Germans are the best.

Odd, indeed

[Veneda]

Slavs

[ixulescu]

does Americana constitute an offshoot of European culture?





even rock and roll can be considered some sort of folk music now

[Ford]

Carpathian region, south Serbia+Macedonia+Bulgaria and Scandinavia.

[Aspirin]

From my area.

[Voskos]

Definitely the Bosniak-Ottoman-Albanian mythologies of Ottoman empire , the Sultan Ali pasha and the 40 albanian thieves , Bosniensis's fables etc.

[Vojnik]

Look, most will say their folk music is the best. It's because it touches your heart on a different level when it is your own music.