Baltic Folksongs

[lI]

Like it or not,but your folk songs are clearly closed to russian folk songs.
And not closed to scando folk songs.

I beg to differ. Lithuanian folk songs are not similar to Russian folk songs at all.
.
How many similar instruments can you count apart from zither which is known in all Baltic region?

MOST POPULAR LITHUANIAN FOLK INSTRUMENTS




MOST POPULAR RUSSIAN FOLK INSTRUMENTS





Feel free to post any Russian song that would be even remotely similar to the two main types of traditional Lithuanian folk music - being very interested in folk I have never heard any myself:









Russian folk is like this:

[Nihtgenga]

No way! How come you know about them??? I always thought that lyrics is their strong side, so, frankly, I'm a bit surprised a foreigner could be into their music.

I LOVE that band!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Vilkduja can mean "fog", "dusk, twilight" or "drizzle".


One of my favourite songs:

I have that album. Actually I have all of their albums I believe. Well 6 of them. Looking at my music I notice they released an album in 2001 and then the others after 2008 so maybe I am missing something.

Well with this sort of music it is not like each European/North American country is overflowing with bands so you have to look around. I don't understand what Vilkduja sing about but I like the music.

[lI]

Anyway, I'll just take the chance to flood this topic with my favourite traditional folk songs

Aukštaitija (North East Lithuania)




Samogitia (North West Lithuania)




Dzūkija (South Lithuania)

[Dacul]

This style is quite nice.
Can you translate what she is singing there?

[inactive_member]

This song was sung in southern Lithuania after summer grain harvest during sunset adoring the Sun.

[lI]

This style is quite nice.
Can you translate what she is singing there?

I like it too

Nei vėjai pučia, nei sodai ūžia
Tik baltos žagarėlės kalnuos blizguoja
Verkia tėvelis senas būdamas
Tų vienų sūnelį vaiskan laisdamas
O kas man išars pilkų žemelį
O kas man pasėk gi kviečią grūdėlį
Žentulis išars pilkų žemelį
Žentulis pasės gi kviečią grūdelį
Nei Žentui artie nei žentui sėtie
Tik mana žentuliui karčemoj uliotie
Nei vėjai pučia, nei sodai ūžia
Tik baltos drobelės pievos baluoja
verkia motulė sena būdama
Tų vienų dukrelį svietan duodama
O kas man išverps plonas drobelas
O kas man išrašys margus raštelius
Martelė išverps plonas drobelas
Martelė išrašys margus raštelius
Nei marčiai verptie nei marčiai austie
Tik mano martelai lopšys lyliuotie

Neither the winds are blowing, nor the gardens are bellowing
Only the white branches are glittering on the hills
Dear father is crying at an old age
While he is seeing out his only son into the war
Oh, who will plough the grey land for me?
Oh, who will sow the wheat grain for me?
Son-in-law will plough the grey land
Son-in-law sow the wheat grain
Neither the son-in-law ploughs, nor the son-in-law sows
My son-in-law only larks in the pub
Neither the winds are blowing, nor the gardens are bellowing
Only the white cloths are twinkling in the fields
Dear mother is crying at an old age
While she is seeing her only daughter out into the word
Oh, who will spin the fine linen for me?
Oh, who will weave the mottled patterns for me?
Daughter-in-law will spin the fine linen
Daughter-in-law will weave the mottled patterns
Neither the daughter-in-law ploughs, nor the son-in-law sows
My daughter-in-law only swings the craddle

[Dacul]

^
Oh,how beautifull!
These people have a very poetic soul!
It was that peaceful sang revolution,from what I saw:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singing...tion#Lithuania

[member]

When Aiste sings Strazdas, I can hardly understand the words. It could be sung even in some unfamiliar language - that's how much I don't understand.

[lI]

At some places towards the end it's difficult to understand for me too but not the whole song.

Here's a more authentic version of that song (only the first verse though):

[inactive_member]

Sun, Thunder, Daugava. A known song from Latvia.