It's Laotian: Lo'Jo and "Vientiane"

Today's random song is by Lo'Jo, a French band that performs songs drawing from world music, gipsy music, North African music and French folk songs. Lo'Jo began in 1982 in the French city of Angers and performed locally for several years - with a rotating cast of band members and alongside acrobats, street actors, mimes and dancers. They became known worldwide in the 1990s after touring around Europe and appearing in New York City. In 1995 they solidified their lineup by adding Berber musicians Yamina Nid El Mourid and her sister Nadia - which opened the band to influences from North African music. This song, Vientiane, can be found on their 2012 album Cinéma el Mundo.

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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lo'Jo; http://www.lojo.org/

Hear Them Grow: Lo' Jo and "Noisy Flower"

Lo'Jo, a French band that performs songs drawing from world music, gipsy music, North African music and French folk songs, brings us the random tune for today. Lo'Jo began in 1982 in the French city of Angers and performed locally for several years - with a rotating cast of band members and alongside acrobats, street actors, mimes and dancers. They became known worldwide in the 1990s after touring around Europe and appearing in New York City. In 1995 they solidified their lineup by adding Berber musicians Yamina Nid El Mourid and her sister Nadia - which opened the band to influences from North African music. This song, Noisy Flower, can be found on their 2017 album Fonetiq Flowers.

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.

National Anthem Translated: Lo'Jo and "La Marseillaise en Creole"

French band Lo'Jo, which performs songs drawing from world music, gipsy music, North African music and French folk songs, brings us our random tune for today, called La Marseillaise en Creole. Lo'Jo began in 1982 in the French city of Angers and performed locally for several years - with a rotating cast of band members and alongside acrobats, street actors, mimes and dancers. They became known worldwide in the 1990s after touring around Europe and appearing in New York City. In 1995 they solidified their lineup by adding Berber musicians Yamina Nid El Mourid and her sister Nadia - which opened the band to influences from North African music. La Marseillaise en Creole can be found on their 2012 album Cinéma el Mundo. The title of the song refers in part to the French national anthem.

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.

Shipwrecked: Lo'Jo and "El Cabo Blanco"

Our random tune today is by Lo'Jo, a French band that performs songs drawing from world music, gipsy music, North African music and French folk songs. Lo'Jo began in 1982 in the French city of Angers and performed locally for several years - with a rotating cast of band members and alongside acrobats, street actors, mimes and dancers. They became known worldwide in the 1990s after touring around Europe and appearing in New York City. In 1995 they solidified their lineup by adding Berber musicians Yamina Nid El Mourid and her sister Nadia - which opened the band to influences from North African music. This song, El Cabo Blanco, can be found on their 2012 album Cinéma el Mundo. The song is about two shipwrecks.

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.

Berber Shop in France: Lo'Jo and "Alger"

Lo'Jo, a French band that performs songs drawing from world music, gipsy music, North African music and French folk songs, brings us the random tune for today entitled Alger. Lo'Jo began in 1982 in the French city of Angers and performed locally for several years - with a rotating cast of band members and alongside acrobats, street actors, mimes and dancers. They became known worldwide in the 1990s after touring around Europe and appearing in New York City. In 1995 they solidified their lineup by adding Berber musicians Yamina Nid El Mourid and her sister Nadia - which opened the band to influences from North African music. Alger can be found on their 2012 album Cinéma el Mundo.

Globalquerque Video 1: Lo'Jo on the Plaza Mayor Stage

The opening act of Globalquerque, Lo'Jo, kicked off the festival with a bang on September 19th at the Plaza Mayor Stage at the National Hispanic Cultural Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Lo'Jo is from France, and was founded in 1981 in Angers by Denis Péan (singer/keyboards) and Richard Bourreau (violin/kora). They released their first album in 1993, and in 1995 added the members that make up their present lineup - Berber singer/saxophonist Yamina Nid El Mourid and her sister Nadia (vocalist). This brought them more recognition on the world music stage, and they were subsequently added to the WOMAD circuit. They have released ten albums. This video was shot by Michael L. Hess, edited with YouTube and is hereby presented to you. I don't normally post phone-filmed video but my phone seems to get decent sound. I don't know the name of the song Lo'Jo performed.