A blog about world and global music from a guy who co-hosts the KUNM Global Music Show, 89.9 FM Albuquerque/Santa Fe, http://www.kunm.org. I post one song a day, with reflections on the music, life, and whatever else comes into my mind.
Friday, January 5, 2018
Preaching from the Choir: Cantus and Frode Fjellheim with "Njokte"
Today's random song is called Njokte and is by the Norwegian choir Cantus with composer Frode Fjellheim. Fjellheim is a Norwegian yoiker, pianist and synthesizer player who founded the group Transjoik, but is best known for composing the opening song for the Disney animated movie Frozen. Cantus is a female Norwegian choir consisting of about 30 amateur voices. They have won international awards for their music, and they provided the voices for Fjellheim's opening composition for Frozen, called Vuelie. You can find Njokte on Cantus' 2017 album Northern Lights. The song starts at about 1:45.
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/Cantus_(Norwegian_female_choir) and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frode_Fjellheim
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