All posts tagged “obereks”

September 28, 2010
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Some Polish folk music

An oberek can be a formal dance or in the Polish-American tradition, a brass-driven social dance. It can also be a folk tune – and regular readers of this blog will know how charged up I get when I hear a little roots music. Here’s… Read More

July 5, 2010
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Obereks

An oberek is a lively Polish dance, kind of like a fast waltz, like this… Here’s a beauty: …and here’s one played by more concertina players than ought to be allowed to be in one room together at any one time…