Dojdavme Macedonian Dances

This album was recorded by radio station 2MBS-FM Sydney Australia while Orkestar Grupa Pecalbari was on tour 1979. The music features traditional instruments and 71 year old Mile Kolarov one of the finest Kaval players and folk dance teacher playing in Tanec for several years and on Radio Skopje, together with Gaida player Lazo Nikolovski. Linsey Pollak organised the tour and had learnt Macedonian Gaida from Lazo when in Macedonia. Linsey Pollak and Chris Gunstone (Tambura) played in the band for the Zivko Firfov folk dance group based in London UK. Together they performed in Yugoslavia at the Ilinden Festival Bitola 1978. Both had spent many months in Macedonia collecting folk music and dances. The Australian Tour for Orkestar Grupa Pecalbari lasted 2 months with concerts and folk dance workshops in Sydney, Wollongong and Melbourne.