Thursday, July 29, 2010

Duquesne University Tamburitzans

Artist: Duquesne University Tamburitzans
LP: Sviraj Tamburaši
Song: "Svirajte Mi Tamburaši"
[ listen ]
Song: "Timino Kolo"
[ listen ]

Based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and founded in 1937, the Duquesne University Tamburitzans are the longest-running multicultural song and dance company in the USA! The names of five of the guys in the ensemble are listed below; that's Mark Oreskovich and Joseph Gornick handling vocals on "Svirajte Mi Tamburaši." You can read more about the Duquesne University Tamburitzans (aka. "The Tammies") here, and though you probably won't get these same fellows (hopefully they've graduated by now), you can book The Tammies for your next party on their website here. I don't know about you, but this music always makes me melancholy for the old days when this still existed—and this too, of course.

  [ The Duquesne University Tamburitzans — then ] 

[ The Duquesne University Tamburitzans — now ]

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