Late Winter Carol: Tomás Kočko & Orchestr with "Kračún"

I know, I know, it's a little past Christmas for a carol, but it's still technically the Christmas season. Today's random tune is called Kračún and it is by Tomás Kočko & Orchestr. Tomás Kočko is a Czech singer, songwriter, composer and arranger and also a researcher into the art, history, culture and religion of Moravia and the Slavs. His orchestra combines elements of rock, folk and jazz with traditional music and has won awards for their work. The instrumentation is modern acoustic stringed and woodwind along with percussion and traditional folk instruments. You can find Kračún on their 2011 CD Koleda/The Carol.

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://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomáš_Kočko; http://www.kocko.cz/

Winter Solstice: Tomás Kočko & Orchestr with "Kračún"

In keeping with yesterday's seasonal tune, we have today's random tune by Tomás Kočko & Orchestr called Kračún. A songwriter, composer, arranger from Moravia (Czech Republic) and researcher of music from Moravia and the Slavic countries. The music of Tomás Kočko & Orchestr combines the traditional with elements of rock, folk and jazz, and his albums are award winning. Tomás Kočko has also directed musicals and opera, and has acted in Prague stage productions of Jesus Christ Superstar, Hair, West Side Story and Beach Blanket Babylon. You can find Kračún on the 2011 album Koleda/The Carol.

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.

Hang Ten: DVA and "Surfi"

Today's song is by Czech duo DVA, made up of Bára Kratochvílová and Jan Kratochvíl, who create rich musical landscapes with vocals, instrumentation and electronics, creating an aural collage in pop, kitchen beatbox, tango, cabaret, circus, and radio noise. In their work, they write "pop for non-existing radio" and "folklore for non-existing nations." Their lyrics are most often in imaginary languages. This song, Surfi, is from their 2013 CD Nipomo.

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.

Imaginary Voices: DVA and "Nunki"

Today's song is by Czech duo DVA, made up of Bára Kratochvílová and Jan Kratochvíl, who create rich musical landscapes with vocals, instrumentation and electronics, creating an aural collage in pop, kitchen beatbox, tango, cabaret, circus, and radio noise. In their work, they write "pop for non-existing radio" and "folklore for non-existing nations." Their lyrics are most often in imaginary languages. This song, Nunki, is from their 2013 CD Nipomo.