Bread of the Way: Richard Souther and "Vision (O Euchari in Leta Via)"

Richard Souther, who reinterprets the work of Hildegard von Bingen, brings us the random tune for today, called Vision (O Euchari in Leta Via). Richard Souther is a composer, producer, arranger, sound designer and multi-keyboardist working in the areas of New Age, smooth jazz and contemporary Christian music. A child prodigy who studied piano from the age of three, he eventually became an in-demand session musician until his career was almost derailed by a near-fatal bout of botulism. During his four year recovery, he began to delve into electronic music. In 1994, he recorded his groundbreaking album Vision: The Music of Hildegard von Bingen with vocalists Emily van Evera and Sr. Germaine Fritz, OSB. Von Bingen was a German 12th century writer, composer, philosopher, Christian mystic, Benedictine abbess, visionary, and polymath who created one of the largest repertoires of any mediaeval composer and who stretched the boundaries of traditional monastic chant. Her music frequently had themes centering around the Virgin Mary, the heavenly in earthly life, and a desire to know the divine. Vision (O Euchari in Leta Via) can be found on Souther's 1994 album Vision: The Music of Hildegard von Bingen. There are two versions of this song on the album, a shorter cut and a full length version. This is the full length version.

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Souther; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hildegard_of_Bingen

Music That Put Him in Danger: Khaled and "Harai Harai"

Today's random tune is brought to you by Khaled Hadj Ibrahim, also known by his performing names of Khaled and Cheb Khaled. Khaled is an Algerian raï singer and songwriter who started recording in his early teens under the name Cheb Khaled and since has become a superstar and the most well-known Algerian performer in the world - he is usually labeled "The King of Raï." Khaled helped introduce raï to Western audiences, largely through adding flourishes in the 80s to traditional raï such as drum machines, synthesizers and electric guitars as well as melding the genre with other types of music such as reggae, rock and roll, and Egyptian and Moroccan pop. Later songs of Khaled introduced pedal steel guitar and Asian stringed instruments. Because his songs espoused the freedom of youth, pleasure and sex, he ran afoul of Islamic extremists who issued a fatwa against him and the style of music and caused him to move away from Algeria to France, where he continued to maintain his popularity among Algerians while simultaneously increasing his exposure to Western audiences. This song, Harai Harai, can be found on his 1994 album Khaled.

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khaled_(musician); https://www.britannica.com/biography/Khaled

Portuguese Dancing: Santana and "Africa Bamba"

Carlos Santana brings us our random tune for today. Wait, how is a rock and roll legend on this world music blog, you may ask? Carlos Santana is a Mexican-American musician whose band Santana pioneered the fusion of American rock and roll with Latin American music by highlighting Latin and African rhythms and instrumentation like timbales and congas. He started music in Mexico at five, learning violin and then guitar from his father, a mariachi musician, and he became very influenced by the music of Richie Valens, and blues artists like B.B. King, T-Bone Walker and John Lee Hooker. His guitar playing came to notice in 1966 when Paul Butterfield was unable to perform at the Fillmore West and Bill Graham was persuaded to ask Carlos Santana to fill in as guitarist with an impromptu band of musicians from Butterfield's band, the Grateful Dead and Jefferson Airplane. After forming the Santana Blues Band (later shortened to simply Santana), he quickly gained a following on the San Francisco music scene, and in 1969 gave a memorable performance at Woodstock which led to the band signing with Columbia Records. The band churned out such hits as Oye Como Va and Black Magic Woman as well as others over the next few years, but their popularity fell into decline over tensions within the group and a lot of changeover in musicians. The 1990s and beyond has brought Santana back into the limelight due to radio-friendly and more pop-oriented music, often in collaboration with many of the hit artists of newer generations. This song, Africa Bamba, is from his 1999 album Supernatural, which won nine Grammy Awards. The song was co-written by members of the Senegalese musical Touré clan, including members of Touré Kunda.

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Santana; http://www.santana.com/

Ganesh is Fresh: A Moving Sound and "Ganesh"

A Moving Sound performs today's random tune, called Ganesh. A Moving Sound is a Taiwanese music group formed in 2000 when vocalist Mia Hsieh met guitarist Scott Prairie. The group writes original compositions based on Taiwanese, Chinese and other Asian traditional music and using traditional instrumentation such as the erhu (Chinese fiddle), the zhong ruan (lute) and traditional dance and vocalization. They have served as a gateway into a genre called Pan-Asian music which the magazine Global Rhythm described as being delicately balanced between worlds. They have released four albums. Ganesh can be found on their 2006 release Songs Beyond Words.

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Moving_Sound; http://www.amovingsound.com/en/

On Your Beach: Inti-Illimani and "Sobre tu Playa"

Inti-Illimani brings us the random tune for today, called Sobre tu Playa. Formed in 1967 by university students, Inti-Illimani gained popularity in Chile due to their song Venceremos (We Shall Overcome) which became the anthem of the populist movement. This led to their exile - Allende's government was overthrown while they were on tour in Europe and, fearing for their safety, they stayed in exile in Italy until 1988, leading them to joke that their exile was the longest tour for any band ever. While in exile, they began to combine their Latin musical heritage with elements of European baroque and popular music, and by doing so helped create some of the first "world" music. Their music was banned in Chile, though distributed underground, and in 1988 they were allowed to return to their country. They participated actively in the campaign that ousted Pinochet from power in a democratic election, and continue their political activism to this day. However, in 2001 the band split over musical and political differences, and there are now two bands. The first retained the name of Inti-Illimani, and the second became Inti-Histórico. Sobre tu Playa is on Inti-Illimani's 2002 album Lugares Comunes.

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Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inti-Illimani

Trance Music: Indian Ocean and "Nam Myo Ho"

Our random tune for today is called Nam Myo Ho by rock band Indian Ocean. Formed in Delhi in 1990, Indian Ocean creates a fusion of folk, rock and Indian raga music, and are widely considered to be pioneers of fusion rock in India. They are also outspoken critics of record labels, releasing an album in 2010 completely online for free and preferring to generate revenue through concerts and sponsorships. Nam Myo Ho can be found on their 2003 album Jhini (re-released in 2011).

Today is also the birthday of my sister. Happy birthday, Mari!

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Ocean_(band)

Watch Your Back: Modena City Ramblers and "Giro di Vite"

Our random tune for today is courtesy of Italian band Modena City Ramblers. Started as a hobby in 1991 by a group of friends that wanted to play Irish music together, the Modena City Ramblers (or MCR) is an Italian folk band heavily influenced by Celtic themes and is often classified as folk rock. A band with an open lineup, they have had several people leave and return sporadically. They are outspoken in their left wing politics, and their lyrics often speak out against the Mafia and fascism. They have released 14 albums and 5 EPs. This song, Giro di Vite, is from their second album, 1996's La Grande Famiglia.

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modena_City_Ramblers

The Lion Sleeps Tonight: Mahotella Queens and "Mbube"

Mbube is the title of today's random tune performed by South Africa's Mahotella Queens. Formed in 1964 as a girl group ensemble backup to the vocals of Simon "Mahlathini" Nkabinde, they developed a distinct harmony within the traditions of the mbaqanga music of South Africa. The ensemble capitalized on the explosion of popularity of South African music in the 1980s due to its exposure by Paul Simon and compilation albums that began to appear. However, the ensemble also had its share of problems, with more than one breakup and turnover of members. When Mahlathini died in 1999, not long after the death of their producer and their longtime guitarist, the Mahotella Queens might have disbanded altogether but instead decided to keep going. They reached out to a younger audience by creating music with modern beats, ultimately returning to mainstream success due to a 2016 collaboration with rapper Cassper Nyovest. Mbube can be found on numerous albums featuring the Mahotella Queens - we found it on a Putumayo sampler of various artists called Putumayo Presents: Kids CD Sampler (2007). The title of the song means "lion" and is also a genre of music in South Africa. You'll recognize the familiar "weem-o-way" chorus as the same used in The Lion King hit The Lion Sleeps Tonight. The song dates to the 1920s and was written by South African Zulu Solomon Linda under the title Mbube and has been recorded under that name, as Wimoweh and as The Lion Sleeps Tonight over 40 times.

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahotella_Queens; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lion_Sleeps_Tonight

From the Heart: Ray Kāne and "Wai O Ke Aniani"

Our random tune for today is by Ray Kāne, the legendary Hawaiian slack key guitarist. Kāne's middle name, Kaleoalohapoina'oleohelemanu, loosely translates as "the voice of love that comes and goes like a bird and will never be forgotten." His deceptively simple guitar style, coupled with unique ways of brushing, plucking, hammering on and pulling off the strings resulted in his "nahenahe" or sweet sounding music that he always felt should be played or sung from the heart. He was one of the first slack key masters to play public concerts and tour widely, and made his first recordings in 1961. In 1987, Kāne was honored as a national living treasure by the National Endowment of the Arts. Ray Kāne died in 2008, but his music lives on. This song, Wai O Ke Aniani, is from his 1998 CD Wa'ahila.

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_K%C4%81ne

Foxy: Yanase Miho and "Kitsune"

Yanase Miho brings us our random tune for today, called Kitsune. I couldn't find any information on Yanase Miho, so you'll just have to listen to the song and try to infer her essence from it. However, the title of the song refers to a fox, and kitsune have an integral part in the myths and legends of Japan. They are trickster figures, and during the Edo period in Japan were even considered witches with the ability to shapeshift, but they are also guardians, friends, and even lovers and wives. They are generally broken down into good foxes (zenko) and bad foxes (yako). Kitsune were thought to be able to even possess young women by entering them underneath their fingernails or through their breasts - the victim then often begins to slightly resemble a fox. Mental illness was explained by fox possession. They are often associated with Inari, the deity of rice in the Shinto religion, for whom they were messengers but also could actually be Inari, with the androgynous god taking on their form. Kitsune can be found on Yanase Miho's 2010 album Futatsu No Kotori.

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitsune

Indi-progenitors: Rumillajta and "El Sicuri"

Our random tune is performed by Rumillajta (the name means "stones ruins" in Qechua). Formed in 1980 in Bolivia, they are one of the most important progenitors of modern Andean music and their themes are based around folk tradition and nature as well as social themes such as coca, foreign exploitation and indigenous rights. Most of the group's instruments were built by lead flute player Adrian Villanueva. Rumillajta has apparently disbanded since 2001, but as modern pioneers their influence lives on in groups that incorporate indigenous sounds. You can find this song, El Sicuri, on their 1984 album City of Stone (re-released in 2006) and on the compilation CD Putumayo Presents: Music of the Andes (2014). The name of the song refers to the player of a traditional Andean panpipe and of a style of Andean music consisting of interlocking panpipes that extend the range of the instrument accompanied by drum.

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumillajta

Love Hurts: Wayne Toups and Zydecajun with "True Love (Don't Leave Me Blue)"

Today's nice random tune is a waltz by Wayne Toups and Zydecajun. Songwriter and accordionist Wayne Toups is a well-known Cajun musician from Crowley, Louisiana. He started playing accordion at 13 and soon was winning local contests. He later began to combine Cajun music, zydeco, R&B and rock into a genre he labeled Zydecajun. Though he released his first album in the 1970s, his first album with the Zydecajun sound was 1986's Zydecajun. Besides releasing 16 albums and providing soundtracks for movies such as Steel Magnolias, Toups has also collaborated with such artists as Mark Chestnutt, Sammy Kershaw, Alan Jackson, George Jones and Garth Brooks. This song, True Love (Don't Leave Me Blue), is from his 1991 album Fish Out of Water.

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Toups; http://www.waynetoups.com/

Beautiful, Tragic Voices: Women of Mombazo and "Vimba"

Today's random tune is by the South African group Women of Mombazo. They were formed by the wife of Joseph Shabalala, founder and leader of Ladysmith Black Mombazo. Nellie Shabalala created Women of Mombazo as an allied group to Ladysmith Black Mombazo in the 1970s, but unfortunately she was shot and killed by a masked gunman in 2002, after which Women of Mombazo disbanded. The song is called Vimba, and it can be found on the various artists compilation CD Putumayo Presents: Women of Africa, released in 2004.

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nellie_Shabalala

The Little Shoemaker: Ffynnon and "Le Petit Cordinier"

Today's tune, Le Petit Cordinier, is by Welsh band Ffynnon. A trio, they perform songs deeply ingrained in the traditions of the British Isles, which includes songs sung in Welsh as well as music from Scotland, Cumbria, Brittany, and other Celtic and English traditions. Their music consists of vocals accompanied by keyboards, fiddle and accordion. On Le Petit Cordinier, the only accompaniment to the vocal is piano, and it can be found on their 2006 album Celtic Music from Wales.

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Source: http://compassrecords.com/artist/ffynnon/

Foreign to Me: Sezgin Inceel and "Yabancı"

German-Turkish singer-songwriter Sezgin Inceel performs the random tune for today, called Yabancı. Based in Munich, is a performer and teaching artist who draws on acoustic-folk, ethnic world and jazz music. With a Phd in music education with a specialty in music and language learning connections, he hopes to spread knowledge and experience of learning languages through music to the world. He has performed with famous Turkish artists such as Sezen Aksu and Sertab Erener. A multi-instrumentalist, he plays piano, guitar and flute. Yabancı can be found on his 2018 EP Ümitvâr.

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Source: https://sezgininceel.com/

Far from Seattle: Duman and "İstanbul"

Today's random tune is called İstanbul, and is by Turkish rock band Duman. The band was founded in 1999 and blends elements of Turkish folk music with rock and grunge as well as utilizing an Arabic vocal style. They have had a big influence on the rock scene in Turkey. İstanbul can be found on the soundtrack to the documentary Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul, released in 2006.

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duman_(band)

They Perform with Daggers: Iberi Choir and "Odoia"

Today's random tune is by the Iberi Choir from the Republic of Georgia. Established in 2012, this polyphonic male choir's goal is to popularize Georgian folklore in Georgia and beyond by maintaining the ancient Georgian singing traditions. They look for traditional songs, even from the pagan era, as well as from all regions of Georgia and then modernize them in their vocalizations. Their songs range from rousing drinking songs to sad folk songs. This song, Odoia, is from their debut album First (2014).

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Source: http://www.iberi.ge/

The Future Will Come to You: Arema Arega and "Ay"

Today's random tune is called Ay and is performed by Cuban singer-songwriter Arema Arega. Born in Voronezh, Russia to an Ethiopian father and a Cuban mother, Arega grew up in Cuba, discovering music at the age of 14. She currently supports herself with her music and doing illustrations and drawings for books and magazines - a skill she learned when she thought she wanted to be a painter. Her repertoire consists of over 200 songs, and once during a practice session in Havana's Plaza de Armas, she impressed Sting and gave him a CD. He said he'd be in touch, but later she realized she never gave him a way to contact her. However, her music is all over Havana's radios. She can play in styles ranging from soul to rap to trova, and she can sing in multiple languages, including English and French. A couple of years ago, Gilles Peterson found her and asked her to appear on his Cuban compilation album. Ay is from that album, called Gilles Peterson Presents Havana Cultura: Anthology, released in 2016. The song reminds us to live in the present, and not to worry about the future because the future will come to us.

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Source: https://havana-club.com/en-ww/havana-cultura/arema-arega

Trembling Guitar String: Pink Martini and "Taya Tan"

Pink Martini brings us the random tune for today, called Taya Tan. Formed in 1994 in Portland, Oregon by Thomas Lauderdale, Pink Martini was originally created because Lauderdale, who worked in politics, thought that most bands at political functions were loud and boring. He asked a fellow Harvard classmate, China Forbes, to join the band, and their first single, Sympathique, was nominated for song of the year at the Victoires de la Musique awards in France. Described as a little orchestra, the band consists of 10-12 members and features a multilingual repertoire that crosses the lines of jazz, classical, Latin and classic pop. Forbes splits lead singing time with Storm Large. The band has collaborated and performed with many other musicians, and their music has appeared in films and television. You can find Taya Tan on their 2007 album Hey Eugene! The song is in Japanese and equates love and music.

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_Martini

Shaped by Place and Parentage: Yungchen Lhamo and "Lhasa"

Yungchen Lhamo, a Tibetan exile in New York City, sings today's random tune. Lhamo's name translates to "Goddess of Song," and was given to her by a lama after her birth in Lhasa. Fleeing Tibet in 1989, she first lived in Australia and then in New York. She tours extensively, singing unaccompanied, and has collaborated with artists such as Annie Lennox, Billy Corgan, Sheryl Crow, Michael Stipe and Peter Gabriel, to whose label, Real World Records, she is under contract. This song, Lhasa, can be found on her 2008 album Ama, and is dedicated to her father who co-wrote the song.

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yungchen_Lhamo

My Love: Abdel Ali Slimani and "Habibti"

Abdel Ali Slimani brings us today's tune, called Habibti. A raï singer from Algeria, Abdel Ali Slimani grew up surrounded by all kinds of different music - Arab, Saharan, reggae and Western funk and then witnessed the explosion of raï. He eventually moved to England and became a DJ in North London with an enthusiasm for raï music. He came to the attention of Jah Wobble, who was looking for a lead singer for his band Invaders of the Heart. That led to Slimani singing at WOMAD at a sensation-causing concert in Toronto. He sang with the band for three years, contributed vocals to a Sinead O'Connor song, and was the first Arab singer to appear on the British music chart program Top of the Pops. Habibti is from his 1995 solo debut Mraya, which touches on themes of home and longing. The song features backup vocals by Natacha Atlas of Transglobal Underground.

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Source: https://realworldrecords.com/artist/332/abdel-ali-slimani/;

Not the Libation, but Just as Intoxicating: Great Big Sea and "Margarita"

Today's random tune is by Great Big Sea and is called Margarita. Great Big Sea is a band that was formed in 1989 under the name Newfoundland Republican Army and has become known for its rock interpretations of Newfoundland folk songs drawing from the island's Irish, Scottish and Cornish heritage. Every year between 1996 and 2000 they won East Coast Music Association's Entertainers of the Year until they stopped submitting their name to allow other bands to compete. They have also been nominated several times for the Juno Awards, Canada's top music awards. They have released nine studio albums, three compilation albums, and three live albums. As of 2015 the band is said to be retired, though members Alan Doyle and Séan McCann have been performing solo but using Great Big Sea Material. Margarita is from Great Big Sea's 1999 album Turn.

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Big_Sea

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).

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

Paris-scat: André Minvielle and "Flambée Montalbanaise"

A little French accordion with some vocals makes up our random tune for today, called Flambée Montalbanaise. The song is by André Minvielle, a French singer and percussionist who sings in what he calls vocalchemistry, a mix of scat, blues and rap. He sings in both French and Occitan, and often accompanies himself with hurdy gurdy, percussion, sound effects, and even a bottle. Flambée Montalbanaise is one of the first songs where he made a name for himself when he sang it on the album The Paris Musette (1990, re-released 2010). I first heard Flambée Montalbanaise on the various artists compilation The Rough Guide to Paris (Second Edition), released in 2010.

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Source: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Minvielle

Path of Sorrows: Brave Combo and "Camino de Dolores"

Today's random tune is by Brave Combo. Brave Combo is a polka, rock and worldbeat band from Denton, Texas that was founded in 1979 by multi-instrumentalist Carl Finch. They incorporate a number of styles including polka, norteño, salsa, rumba, cha-cha-cha, choro, samba, two-step, cumbia, charanga, merengue, ska and others. They also have played and recorded covers of well-known songs in styles very different from the original. They have won two Grammy awards, have appeared as animated characters on The Simpsons, and were an influence on Bob Dylan who recorded a Christmas song, Must be Santa, in a style almost identical to Brave Combo's version and acknowledged it in an interview. This song, Camino de Dolores, can be found on their 1995 album Polkas for a Gloomy World.

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brave_Combo

Blabber Mouth: Puerto Plata and "Jala Leva"

Puerto Plata brings us the random tune for today. The stage name of Dominican musician José Cobles, Puerto Plata's music and singing is reminiscent of guitar music heard in the Dominican Republic in the 1930s and 40s, before it was stigmatized by dictator Rafael Leónidas Trujillo, who preferred accordion-heavy merengue tipico. By the 1960s, after Trujillo's assassination, Dominican guitar music began to develop into bachata. Plata does not play bachata, however, but a music closer in style to contemporary Cuba, even though it is inspired in the Dominican past. In addition, Plata's band features some of the Dominican Republic's finest musicians, such as guitar legends Edilio Paredes and Frank Mendez. This song, Jala Leva, can be found on Plata's first internationally distributed CD, Mujer de Cabaret, released in 2007. The song is about a gossipy person.

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puerto_Plata_(musician)

In Pain: Federico Aubele and "Pena"

Today's random tune is by Federico Aubele, an Argentine singer-songwriter. Aubele works in a variety of different styles, including reggae and dub. Born and raised in Buenos Aires, he moved to Berlin during the Argentine crisis in 2002 and lived there for several years. He submitted a demo by email to Thievery Corporation's Eighteenth Street Lounge Music, which landed him a spot on the label and subsequently his debut album. He has played at the Austin City Limits Music Festival, has contributed music to the US TV series Alias and the US movie The Take. He later moved to Barcelona where he released another album, and now lives in Brooklyn. This song, Pena, can be found on his 2007 album Panamericana on the various artists compilation Putumayo Presents: Tango Around the World (2007).

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federico_Aubele; http://federicoaubele.com/

Drawing Air: Mercan Dede and "Hininga"

Our random tune for today is by Mercan Dede, also known as DJ Arkin Allen. Dede is a Turkish-French musician and composer who draws inspiration from Sufi music. He is a player of the ney (a Turkish flute) and the bendir (a hand drum), and he fuses traditional Turkish acoustic music and other eastern styles with electronic sounds, horns, dance beats and his Sufi spirituality. This song, Hininga, is from his 2007 CD Nefes (Breath).

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Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercan_Dede

Blowing Hope: Miriam Makeba and "West Wind"

Legendary singer Miriam Makeba brings us today's random song, called West Wind. A South African singer, actor, UN Goodwill Ambassador and civil rights activist, she released several popular songs and albums in the United States with her best known being Pata Pata in 1967. Of mixed Swazi and Xhosa lineage, she began her career singing in the vocal style of mbube, which draws upon indigenous music, American jazz, ragtime and Anglican church hymns. Her music is often associated with Afropop and world music. She sang in many languages, but never Afrikaans, the language of white South Africans, because she said "When Afrikaaners sing in my language, I'll sing in theirs." She saw her music as a tool for activism, and her civil rights activism against apartheid was well known; however she did not describe her music as political, but rather as a reflection of her experience and pain growing up and living under apartheid. Her reputation as an anti-apartheid activist, however, meant that many of her songs, political or not, were banned by the South African regime. She was a friend and frequent collaborator with Harry Belafonte, she was married to South African jazz musician Hugh Masekela from 1963-68, was good friends with Nina Simone and a whole host of entertainers and activists who believed that music and activism could and should reinforce each other. In 1968 she married American Black Panther leader Stokely Carmichael, which soured US audiences on her and she and Carmichael left the United States to live in Guinea. West Wind can be found on her 1966 album The Magnificent Miriam Makeba, her 1967 album Pata Pata, as well as on compilation albums, including the album I got it from, 2017's Zaire 74: The African Artists, which is a live album of the African artists who performed at that famous concert.

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/Miriam_Makeba

My Blood: Pekko Käppi & K:H:H:L with "Mun Vereni"

Warning! Before you watch this video, be aware that there is some sexual imagery in the form of a sex toy at the beginning of the video.

Today's random tune is by Pekko Käppi & K:H:H:L, a band from Finland led by Käppi who has been described by fRoots as "Finland’s wild man of the jouhikko (bowed lyre)." A folk music composer and singer as well, he changed the sound of the jouhikko by plugging it into an amplifier and by incorporating blues and rock into his playing. The result sounds like deep roots American south firmly lodged in traditional and contemporary Finland. This song, Mun Vereni, can be found on their 2015 album Sanguis Meus, Mama! and on the various artists compilation Arctic Paradise 2015.

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://nordic-notes.de/en/artists/pekko-kaeppi-und-khhl/

Monkey Business: Ada Milea with Dorina Chiriac and Radu Banzaru and "In Oaza"

Our randomly selected song today is called In Oaza. It is a fantasy story for children sung by Romanian singer and actress Ada Milea with the help of Romanian actors Dorina Chiriac and Radu Banzaru. Ada Milea began her career in the Transylvanian city of Târgu Mureș and after starting in theater she became a singer. She has released 11 albums. Dorina Chiriac is described as one of the most beloved Romanian actresses of her generation, and received an award for her work in the film Terminus Paradis. Radu Banzaru is best known for his roles in the movies The Whistleblower, Amen, and Restul e Tacere. In Oaza tells the story of Apollodorus who, in a desert oasis, is approached by a sad monkey who wants to marry him. Unfortunately for them, the monkey's parents will not let it happen. I guess that's the lesson kids - don't ever marry a monkey! In Oaza can be found on Ada Milea's album Apolador, released in 2004.

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://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada_Milea;