I was curiously turned onto it by watching a Frank Zappa interview. It is strange that I was watching a Zappa interview in the first place, because I do not really like him. And I mean him. His music I find tedious, though he was a great guitarist. But in his interviews he’s arrogant, pompous, and condescending. I end up wondering, “Why did you even do the interview??” Lou Reed was the same way. They were both unpleasant people. Unlikable.
But this Bulgarian folk music is sublime. Those chords and harmonies are bananas! And it’s angelically beautiful. Turn off classic rock FM (for the rest of your life), and try some of this.