Korean Masquerade: Black String and "Mask Dance"

Today's random song is by South Korean group Black String, who creatively fuse traditional Korean music with other contemporary elements such as jazz in both improvised and composed pieces. Founded in 2011 as part of a Korean-UK cultural exchange, they have played at WOMEX as well as a number of other international music festivals. They build their sound around traditional Korean instrumentation such as the geomungo, bamboo flutes and percussion and incorporate jazz guitar. You can find this song, Mask Dance, on their 2016 album of the same name. However, we got it from a various artists compilation CD called Music of Korea, though I was not able to find a date of release.

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: http://sori.nyc/blackstring/