If you’re fond of donkeys & like a bit of Georgian polyphonic singing accompanied by a panduri, check out @MandiliTrio
The trio was originally a four piece group, but a few months ago their baritone, Michael Gove, went missing & hasn’t been seen since. (H/T @MarieAnnUK)
You may have missed my story on ‘Shanty Pete’ & sea shanty addiction

Just as the world was waking up to this danger, along comes Georgian polyphonic singing

It can start slowly - the tapping of a toe - but like shanties, these songs are highly addictive & extremely contagious.
TRANSLATION

BOY: I went to the forest to gather wood, I cut a tree in a ravine
Oh, girl, how I like your beautiful neck

GIRL: Don’t pester me, boy, my joy & sorrow
Is that your nose or Shakriani bridge?

More random snippets of✨lockdown music👉 THREAD👇 https://twitter.com/StefSimanowitz/status/1346146859312701442
Translation👇

Following concerns that the line “Is that your nose or Shakriani Bridge?” - although funny - could be seen as body-shaming, I tracked down the boy in the song, Misha Gakharia

He doesn’t object to the lyric, & it’s true

His nose DOES look like the Shakriani Bridge
Oh boy!

If you like @MandiliTrio & you like house music, you will love this Deep House version of another one of the trio’s stunning songs, Apareka, remixed by RAFO & Tamerlan

Thanks to @darrenraven for flagging🙏🏽
The remix is of @MandiliTrio’s first song to go viral, back in 2017

Apareka is a courting song and goes:

“The night sky is covered in blankets of stars
Where are you, boy, I can't see you
The night passed with their conversations
Dewy morning appeared”
#BREAKING Following my exclusive story last month about "Shanty Pete" - a advertising exec who became hooked on sea shanties during lockdown - I had a call from his wife today

As feared, Pete discovered #triomandili & a new addiction set in

His new nickname is "Polyphonic Pete"
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