L'Europeo Magazine No. 88 | Our Life is Popfolk | December 2023
How did it happen that our lives unfolded between “Tigre, tigre”, “Doko, doko”, “Sine, sine”, “Gatsi, gatsi”, that we were taught to seek consolation in vodka, jumping with our feet towards the young boys in our 4-4-2 system — where white Mercedes and red Ferraris became the measure of happiness, and speeding through red lights and brawls in the neighbourhood tavern turned into a national symbol of our idea of freedom?
L’Europeo: Our Life is Popfolk is a peculiar continuation of the questions posed long ago by Dr. Krastyo Krastev, founder of the “Misăl” circle: “Who are we? And why are we like this?” — telling the story of the never-ending Bulgarian transition through its most cherished musical offspring: chalga.
Chalga as politics, as social and criminal reality, as spiritual longing and social diagnosis. The drunkenness of a nation that still doesn’t know what to do with its hangover.
With a special free supplement: Popfolk Songbook of the greatest hits of the Transition!
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- • Language: Bulgarian
• Size: 22 x 26 cm
• Pages: 200
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