Pui de Dor
Ana Everling
An album inspired from Romanian tradition, played by Chicago jazz musicians.
A hot bread on the table, a stream of water, the song of a turtle dove. “Pui de Dor” [puj-de-dor] is an exploration of the culture of a beautiful land, Republic of Moldova, and its historic Romanian cultural heritage.
“Pui de Dor” aims to bring to the surface a forgotten longing for one’s origins, and a bit of homesickness for the sacred village, where we all came from.
Vinyl Record, signed
Context
About Ana Everling & Patrick Donley
Ana Everling was born in Chisinau, Moldova, 1987. From 7 to 14, studies solfege, piano and canto at the “Iulia Hasdeu” music school, where sings and performs with the “Trison” children choir. Between 18 and 23, studies jazz performance at the Academy of Music, Theater and Fine Arts in Chisinau, and sings in her first jazz band. At the age of 23 moves to the USA. Starting 2015, sings in various projects with different styles: jazz, Latin American folk, pop, Balkan, Electronic music. Her storytelling and vision is one of a woman’s journey of studying music in art schools in Moldova to busking on the streets of Chicago and now sells out venues throughout the United States. In 2019 Ana, together with pianist and arranger Patrick Donley produced the album “Pui de Dor”.
Patrick Donley has made a career playing piano, guitar, and other instruments in Chicago since graduating from the University of Michigan's music school in 2011. He is fueled by a passion for musical culture and heritage which has led him to live, study and work in a variety of places including Europe, South America, and Africa. Patrick finds passion in accompanying musicians with unique experience and an understanding of the musical traditions they represent.
The band
Ana Everling - vocals, percussion; Patrick Donley - guitar, piano, banjo, percussion; Alex Brescanu - caval, fluier, percussion; Stephanie Pielok - violin, vocals; Olya Prohorova - violin, vocals; Kitt Lyles - bass; Hunter Diamond - flute, clarinet, saxophone, percussion; and our guest drummers: Juan Pastor and Neil Hemphill.
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Credits
The album contains 14 songs from Ana Everling’s homeland, Republic of Moldova.
Music by: Zlata Tkaci, Tudor Chiriac, Mircea Oțel, Ion Macovei, Eugeniu Tamazlîcaru, and folk music from Moldova, Basarabia and Bucovina areas.
This project was made possible by a grant from Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events 2020, and the generous contributions of Laszlo Revesz, Mihai Lehene, Marius Stan, Cristian Lupuț, Adrian Angyalosy, Oana Dobreanu.
Special thanks to the Chicago Center for Music Education for providing music instruments. Graphic design by Casa Imago.
Vinyl Record, signed