GORDON TOBING & ORKES SINONDANG TAPIAN NA ULI

A 78 record from Gordon Tobing with Orkes Sinindang Tapian Na Uli.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

VG. AMORES & VG. YAN SINAMBELA

Vocal Group Amores and Vocal Group Yan Sinambela playing Batak songs.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

NAHUM'S BAND - RANGKAIAN LAGU2 DAERAH SUMATERA

Here's an album from the great Batak composer and musician Nahum Situmorang and his Nahum's Band.... You can find more information about him in the Tempo article (in English) here: https://magz.tempo.co/read/34402/nahum-situmorang-the-forgotten-lapo-tuak-songwriter He was born in 1908 and passed away in 1969, they made him a beautiful grave:

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ORKES PARDOLOK TOLONG MELODY - RANGKAIAN LAGU2 DAERAH SUMATRA

Lovely album from Sumateran group Orkes Pardolok Tolong Melody..... GET IT HERE Enjoy! Enjoy!

GROUP SIANJUR MULA MULA

The Sianjur Mula-mula group is a traditional Toba Batak music group founded in 1988 in the Sianjur Mula-mula sub-district of Samosir. This group focuses on preserving traditional music, such as the gondang sabangunan, and continues to thrive today through adaptations, such as the use of more modern costumes to accompany traditional ceremonies.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

TRIO GOLDEN HEART - SAPALA

Here's a cassette from Trio Golden Heart playing Tapanuli songs from North Sumatera.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

VOCAL GROUP HOTEL PARAPAT

A cassette from Vocal Group Hotel Parapat from Lake Toba in Sumatera.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

V.G. ATSARI HOTEL GROUP - LAKE TOBA PARAPAT

Here's a cassette from vocal group V.G. Atsari Hotel from Lake Toba in Sumatera and I looked it up, there actually is a hotel there that's called the Atsari Hotel, must've been there for quite a while 'cause this cassette came out in 1978.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

TRIO MARIHOT + SAULIUS & PAUL HUTABARAT - DAGO INANG SARGE

This is such a lovely jazz album from Trio Marihot with Sal Salius and Paul Hutabarat singing. They came from the Batak region in North Sumatera and all these songs came out in the 1940's on 78's and this album that came out in the 60's put them all together.... Just lovely and it kinda reminds me of a lovely holiday back in the 80's, a month in Budapest and every night, in the hotel I was staying, there were these two old guys, a piano player and a drummer playing jazz like this..... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

VOCAL GROUP EL RITHANA - LAGU2 RAKYAT BATAK

Here's an album from Vocal Group El Rithana from the Batak area in Sumatera.... GET IT HERE Enjoy! Enjoy!

BAND PUSAKA NADA - BUTET

An album from Band Pusaka Nada from the Tapanuli area in Sumatera with Danny P. Hutagalung, Lizbeth Pardede, Ingot B. Nainggolang, Leila E. Sitompul, Lien Nainggolan and Roesman Pandjaitan.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

BAND PUSAKA NADA - A SING SING SO

An album from Band Pusaka Nada from the Tapanuli area in Sumatera with Olan Sitompul, S. P. Nainggolan, Leila E. Sitompul, Lien Nainggolan, Ingot B. Nainggolan and Lizbeth Pardede singing.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

ORKES RIAMA - BONA PASOGIT

An album from Band Riama, a group active in the 60's from the Batak area in Sumatera. Singing by Basaria Nainggolan, Edward L. Tobing, Leila Sitompul, Parlin Hutagalung and Anna Manaloe. They called themselves The Blue Band before they used this band name, and this album came out in 1960.... Beautiful music.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

DRS. BONAR GULTOM & GORGAS GROUP - LAGU2 ROHANI EDISI TAPANULI VOL. 2

And staying in the Christmas sphere a bit, here's a cassette from Drs. Bonar Gultom and the Gorgas Group, Christian songs from the Tapanuli area in Sumatera.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

SARAGI SISTER'S VOL. 3

Here's a wonderful cassette from the Saragi Sister's from the Batak area in Sumatera.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

DEWI, PARLIN PARDEDE & ORKES RIAMA

Here's a 7" from Orkes Riama with Dewi and Parlin Pardede.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

YAN BERLIN - PUTRI SOLO

Yan Berlin Panjaitan was a singer of Batak pop songs in the 70's and 80's and he put out loads of albums with religious (Christian) music. He was also a vocal teacher at the RRI Radio Vocal Studio from 1978 to 1985, and many of his students became popular artists such as Ozzi Syahputra, Heydi Diana, Maya Angela, Jayanti Mandasari, Wahyu OS, Rama Aiphama, Oce Ririmasse, Laurenz Sahertian and others.... In 2017 he was on his way home in Jakarta in an angkot (a form of public transport here, a microlet) the driver started driving while he was still getting out, he fell, rolled over and plunged off the overfly they were on. He died 6 days later in a hospital from his injuries, aged 65.... Here's a lovely krontjong album from him.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

GORDON TOBING & SUARA IMPOLA - LAGU2 RAKYAT

Here's an album from Gordon Tobing with the Suara Impola group playing and singing Batak songs.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

GORDON TOBING & SUARA IMPOLA - LAGU2 RAKYAT

Here's an album from Gordon Tobing with the Suara Impola group playing and singing Batak songs.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

FERNANDO'Z GROUP

Here's a cassette from Fernando Hutabarat and the Fernando'z Group, from the Batak area in Sumatera.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!