Headwind: Silver Sepp and "Tuul Võttis Mind Pääle"

Today's beautiful, simple song is by Estonian singer-songwriter Silver Sepp. Known for his use of almost everything to make music, such as bikes, nails, water-filled wash basins, coffee cups, and more, he fashions his own instruments out of such materials to incorporate into his music. You can find this song, Tuul Võttis Mind Pääle, on Silver Sepp's 2013 album Mis Asi See On?

Listen to songs like this and more on the KUNM Global Music Show every Monday night from 10 pm - 1 am Mountain Standard Time. Live streaming, program information and the two-week digital archive can be found at http://www.kunm.org.

Sources: https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_Sepp

Polka Now: Trad.Attack! and "Nüüdispolka"

From Estonia, Trad.Attack!, an innovative band from Estonia provides us with our random tune for today. Trad.Attack! starts from a base of Estonian traditional folk songs and adds modern rock and pop influences as well as looping of past voices in Estonian music and culture. They are a multi-year multiple winner of the Estonian Music Awards. Formed in 2013, the band has a goal of performing in every country in the world. At last count they were up in the 30s. You can find this song, Nüüdispolka, on their 2017 CD Kullakarva (Shimmer Gold). No, it is not nudist polka - it means Polka Now!

Listen to songs like this and more on the KUNM Global Music Show every Monday night from 10 pm - 1 am Mountain Standard Time. Live streaming, program information and the two-week digital archive can be found at http://www.kunm.org.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trad.Attack!; http://tradattack.ee/

What Do You Mean?: Trad.Attack! and "Mõmm"

Trad.Attack!, an innovative band from Estonia provides us with our random tune for today. Trad.Attack! starts from a base of Estonian traditional folk songs and adds modern rock and pop influences as well as looping of past voices in Estonian music and culture. They are a multi-year multiple winner of the Estonian Music Awards. Formed in 2013, the band has a goal of performing in every country in the world. At last count they were up to 31. You can find this song, Mõmm, on their 2017 CD Kullakarva (Shimmer Gold).

Listen to songs like this and more on the KUNM Global Music Show every Monday night from 10 pm - 1 am Mountain Standard Time. Live streaming, program information and the two-week digital archive can be found at http://www.kunm.org.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trad.Attack!; http://tradattack.ee/

A Dark Haired Woman: Diskreetse Mango Trio and "Must Naine"

Our random tune for today is by the Diskreetse Mango Trio from Estonia. Founded in 2003, the Diskreetse Mango Trio formed around a fresh new sound by fusing traditional Estonian folk music with modern styles such as rock and reggae. The band became very popular in Estonia and won the 2007 Estonian Music Awards on the strength of their debut album. The band has put out two albums, the latest in 2014, and four singles. You can find this song, Must Naine, on their 2007 debut album Prigadi-Pragadi.

Listen to songs like this and more on the KUNM Global Music Show every Monday night from 10 pm - 1 am Mountain Standard Time. Live streaming, program information and the two-week digital archive can be found at http://www.kunm.org.

Sources: https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diskreetse_Mango_Trio, http://www.diskreetsemangotrio.ee/

Folk Rock Gold: Trad.Attack! and "Kullakarva"

Our random tune for today is by Trad.Attack!, an innovative band from Estonia that starts from a base of Estonian traditional folk songs and adds modern rock and pop influences as well as looping of past voices in Estonian music and culture. Trad.Attack! is a multi-year multiple winner of the Estonian Music Awards. Formed in 2013, the band has a goal of performing in every country in the world. At last count they were up to 31. You can find this song, Kullakarva (Shimmer Gold), as the title song on their 2017 CD of the same name. Apparently, Bandcamp defaults to another song, so if you want to hear Kullakarva skip ahead to track 12...however, this is a very nice album in its entirety.

Listen to songs like this and more on the KUNM Global Music Show every Monday night from 10 pm - 1 am Mountain Standard Time. Live streaming, program information and the two-week digital archive can be found at http://www.kunm.org.

Folk-Rockin' Estonia: Paabel and "Meeste Laul"

The band Paabel brings us the random tune for today, called Meeste Laul. From Estonia, Paabel infuses jazz, pop and other modern musical sensibilities with traditional Estonian folk songs. In fact, the sextet is made up of five musicians who worked mostly in jazz, and one who worked mostly in folk. Brought together in 2007 for a competition in folk music reinterpretation, they have won since many music awards in Estonia and have performed in Finland, Lithuania, Hungary and the United States. Meeste Laul is from their 2012 album Üle Järve.

Listen to songs like this and more on the KUNM Global Music Show every Monday night from 10 pm - 1 am Mountain Standard Time. Live streaming, program information and the two-week digital archive can be found at http://www.kunm.org.

Gimme Some Shuga: Olchey and "Chavadak (Song of the Hero of Socialist Labor)"

The random tune for today may bring back memories of the Cold War and communism. The song is called Chavadak (Song of the Hero of Socialist Labor). However, this is not just some old era Soviet propaganda band. The group that sings the song, Olchey, is an attempt to explore the similarities between the Asian and European ethnic music in Russia. Part of the band comes from the Karelian region, which is in Northwest Russia near Finland and Estonia. The other part of the group comes from Tuva, which is in south central Russia near Mongolia and whose people have ethnic and cultural ties to the Mongolian people. Olchey was conceived by actor and musician George Beletsky as a way to find intercultural communication through traditional wisdom as translated into modern times. The band, originally all Tuvan, achieved this synthesis when two members of the Karelian band Va-ta-ga joined Olchey. Olchey began creating a new sound with the combination of these two traditions. The result was the 2010 CD Shuga, the name of which means the fragile layer of ice at the water's edge in Karelia and "thin" in Tuvan. Chavadak (Song of the Hero of Socialist Labor) can be found as the fourth track on Shuga, and features lots of Tuvan throat singing to a funky yet ethnic beat.