east handed have just released a fantastic new album, the result of two years intensive work
Idi Vidi means "go & see"
Idi Vidi features 11 traditional songs from Macedonia, each one a wry tale of love or woe, and perfect for dancing

	1. Poubavo devojce * listen to track * Love song – celebrating the beauty of a Macedonian girl She is like flowers from the meadow, When she sings, she out-sings the nightingale, When she dances it makes your heart dance, There is no star more beautiful than her eyes, if it were night she would make it day, When she lets her hair down she is more beautiful than a fairy. Is there a more beautiful girl in the world? No there isn’t!
	2. Jovano * listen to track * Love song She is washing clothes in the river Vardar looking up the mountain, Her mother wouldn’t let her be with him. He is waiting for her to come to his home, but she is not coming.
	3. Snošti sakav da ti dojdam Love song Last night I wanted to come to you, For that sweet dinner, But dew fell. What kind of knight are you if you are afraid of dew? So afraid you didn’t come to me.
	4. Ajde ke te prašam Disaster song, forces of nature taking lives - flood Girl is calling to the water spirit Asking her if the murky river Vardar is flowing, Yes it is flowing and it is wild with white froth Bringing the bodies of three young shepherds.
	5. Bitola * listen to track * Love for birthplace   Bitola, where I was born, I love I’ve been through many towns but didn’t find one like you Is there anybody who can say farewell to you without tears in their eyes. Bitola, my birthplace I love you from my heart Bitola my birthplace, I love you, I sing for you.
	6. A bre ludo adžamija Love song Don’t lie to me, you crazy boy, You promised to buy me a silver waistcoat, You promised to buy me a golden ring. You were playing with my hair, you loved my body.
	7. Navali se Šar planina Disaster song, natural forces take lives – this time in an avalanche Three shepherds are begging the Šar mountain to spare their lives, each of them saying that they have wife, brother or mother who will mourn them.
	8. Podigni si bre neveste Love song It is her wedding, he wants her to lift the bride’s veil so he can se her face, Her eyes, her mouth. She says there is no point as she has been sold to somebody else by her greedy parents Her father took 20 golden coins, and mother took a black waistcoat in exchange for her.
	9. Ne si go prodavaj Koljo Love song Don't waste your land, Koljo, my mother wouldn’t let me marry you. As much as land is important to you, that much my pride is important to me. My mother wouldn’t let me marry you because you are a drunkard. If she doesn’t let me, I’ll come on my own to take you. You are going from pub to pub, not coming home to sleep.
	10. Kalež bre Anjo Love song Listen, listen to me, beautiful dark-haired Ando. Listen to my music Take my Turkish religion and you will sit on silk cushions and count golden money. I am listening to you but I don’t understand Turkish.
	11. More sokol pie * listen to track * The tragic death of a hero A falcon drinks water from the Vardar. Oh Jana, white-throated Jana. Oh falcon, hero's bird, have you not seen a hero go past? The hero with nine angry wounds, all from bullets, The tenth wound stabbed with a knife.

music recorded & mixed by matthew callingham at zen tortoise studios, retford
remixed & mastered by mark mercer at G2, sheffield
art work © annie.meharg@gmail.com 2007
music & web design © east handed 2007
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