Ruchenitsa comes from our pal John Peekstok of the group Telynor. He wrote it by accident (an honored aspect of the folk tradition) while trying to recall a Stanley Greenthall tune he had heard. When he checked back to the original he discovered that he had "remembered" a completely different melody. We took it, chopped it up and rearranged it -- not quite beyond recognition.
credits
from Round the Corner,
released January 1, 1997
Jarrod Kaplan: percussion
Tania Opland: fiddle
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