''Živa voda'' ( sr-Cyrl, "Жива вода";
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: "The Living Water") is an album of traditional Serbian songs by the Belgrade group Drina, which accounted for
Svetlana Spajić
Svetlana Spajić ( sr-cyr, Светлана Спајић, born August 19, 1971, in Loznica, Serbia) is a Serbian traditional singer, performer, pedagogue, cultural activist and translator. Apart from performing Serbian traditional music, she is k ...
and
Minja Nikolić. In the form of a CD it was published by Radio Svetigora from Cetinje, 2000.
The album received very favorable reviews in professional and scientific circles, and Drina was assessed as one of the most successful Serbian traditional music groups. Even after termination of the duo, singers continued cooperation in the Singing Company of Svetlana Spajić.
[Marija Vitas]
„Od zlata jabuka“
Radio Beograd 2, 14. dec 2012.
Track listing
# Se navali Šar planina (2:33), shepherd's song, region of Šar-planina, Old Serbia
# Soko pije voda na Vardarot (2:06), Macedonia
# Red se redat kočanski sejmeni (1:54), Macedonia
# Gusta mi magla padnala (1:57), Kosovo
# Zamuči se Božja majka (2:59), Christmas song, village Vukmanovo, South-Eastern Serbia
# Problejalo mlado jagnje (3:31), shepherd's song 'per bass', village Lasovo, near Zaječar, Eastern Serbia, after singing of Bokan Stanković
# Tupan mi tupa u selo (1:58), Easter (Veligdenska) song 'per bass', village Vidrovac, near Negotin, North-Eastern Serbia
# Poranile dve devojke mlade (2:38), harvester's song 'per bass', village Seselac, Eastern Serbia
# Bela vilo na tebe mi krivo (1:55), 'per bass', village Milatovac, Homolje, Eastern Serbia, after singing of Svetlana Stević
# Oj, jabuko zeleniko (3:38), ancient wedding song, village Gračanica, Kosovo
# Ozren goro, povi brdu grane (2:56), song by wedding guest voice, region Ozren mountain, Eastern Bosnia
# Drinu vodu zatrovale vile (1:04), kantalica, village Culine, Serbian side Drina region
# Kad se sejo udamo ja i ti (1:23), kantalica, village Donja Pilica, Bosnian side Drina region
# Zaspala Joka Bogutovka (2:05), 'per voice', village Rastošnica, Bosnian side Drina region
# Što Morava mutna teče (1:18), kantalica, village Donja Badanja, Jadar, Serbian side Drina region
# Stojna moma brazdu kopa (2:01), diggers' song, village Gračanica, Kosovo
# Krajiška kontra (3:31), singing in kolo (circle), Potkozarje, Bosanska Krajina
# Nema raja bez rodnoga kraja (2:09), 'per bass', Kninska Krajina
# Gde si bilo jare moje (3:40), shepherd's song, Vranje, South-Eastern Serbia, after singing of Maja Ivanović
# Drino vodo, žubora ti tvoga (1:34), traditional, Drina, krajiško ojkanje, Kninska Krajina
Publication data
* Publisher: Radio Svetigora, Cetinje
* Performers:
Svetlana Spajić
Svetlana Spajić ( sr-cyr, Светлана Спајић, born August 19, 1971, in Loznica, Serbia) is a Serbian traditional singer, performer, pedagogue, cultural activist and translator. Apart from performing Serbian traditional music, she is k ...
(leading voice and solo) and
Minja Nikolić (back voice).
* Foreword:
Jovan (Ćulibrk) (then monk)
* Recorded in Boris Kovač studio in Bukovac, February 12–14, 2000, except the tracks 14 and 15, which were recorded in Loznica, November 1999.
* Ton master: Mare Vukmanović
* Producer:
Boris Kovač
Boris Kovač (; born 1955) is a Serbian composer and multi-instrumentalist.
Biography
Kovač was born in Novi Sad, Vojvodina region of Serbia, then part of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Yugoslavia. He studied on the accordion as a chi ...
* Mastering: Vladimir Žeželj
* Photography:
Miroslav Zaklan (Drina) and
Milinko Stefanović
* Makeup: Nataša Bošković
* Design:
Rade Tovladijac and
Zoran Tucić
Zoran Tucić ( sr-cyr, Зоран Туцић, born 30 October 1961 in Šabac) is a Serbian comic-book and graphic novel creator, architect, scriptwriter and illustrator.
He graduated from Faculty of Architecture in Belgrade with project „New E ...
* Text in Serbian and English and translation: Svetlana Spajić
Critical reception
At the end of a detailed and favorable album review, esteemed ethnomusicologist and music artist Jelena Jovanović concludes:
References
External links
Živa voda (full album) site "Izvorne pesme"
„Drina: Živa voda (2000)“ official site of the project with lyrics of all songs, Radio Svetigora, Cetinje.
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2000 albums
Svetlana Spajić albums