Shirley tells a story about how she learned this tune off the radio on the road to Haifa where it was played incessantly on an Israeli radio station. It’s never been out of her repertoire since, and as she seems intent on teaching to every musician in London. We still have no idea what it’s called.
Possibly it’s Macedonian. But it is most definitely Balkan, and most definitely a Tune.
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