09/11/2012

Radiocentras

Radiocentras

Radiocentras is one of the most famous online radio station on Lithuania. Radio centras is broadcasting popular songs and music and broadcasting from Klaipeda, Lithuania. This Lithuanian live online radio station is playing Lithuanian Music, Adult Contemporary etc genres of music.

Lithuanian folk music belongs to Baltic music branch which is connected with neolithic corded ware culture. In Lithuanian territory meets two musical cultures: stringed (kanklių) and wind instrument cultures. These instrumental cultures probably formed vocal traditions. Lithuanian folk music is archaic, mostly used for ritual purposes, containing elements of paganism faith.Different vocal and instrumental forms developed, such as lyrical, satirical, drinking and banqueting songs, musical dialogues, wedding laments, games, dances and marches. From an artistic standpoint the lyric songs are the most interesting. They reflect the entirety of the bride’s life: her touching farewells to loved ones as she departs for the wedding ceremony or her husband’s home, premonitions about the future, age-old questions about relationships between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, and the innermost thoughts and emotions of the would-be bride.Chronicles and historical documents of the 13th through 16th centuries contain the first sources about songs relating the heroics of those fallen in battle against the Teutonic Knights. Later songs mention the Swedes, there are frequent references to Riga and Battle of Kircholm; songs collected in the early 19th century mention battles with the Tatars. Songs from uprisings and revolutions, as well as guerrilla resistance and deportation songs are also classified as wartime historical songs.

Radio Information:

Location: Vilnius, Lithuania

Language: English

Genres: Pop, Hits, Vilnius

Web Site: www.radiocentras.lt