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A group to share great music with others of any type from around the world, and of any language, and taste. Everyone is welcome to join! Just keep in mind that there are other music groups in which you can post well known artists and songs which are in the mainstream US/UK music.. Read more

A group to share great music with others of any type from around the world, and of any language, and taste. Everyone is welcome to join! Just keep in mind that there are other music groups in which you can post well known artists and songs which are in the mainstream US/UK music.. Read more

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World Music
May 23, 2023May 2023

Posted by Marionville
Yesterday Roger posted a song from Hungary about a butterfly and it reminded me of this song from a 2001 Norwegian film “Oyenstikker” or Dragonfly. It’s soundtrack was written by Magne Furuholmen and later his band a-ha covered this the title...
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World Music
May 22, 2023May 2023

Posted by Marionville
I’m taking us to Stockholm today…to The Polar Music Prize ceremony in 2013, and Swedish singer Nenéh Cherry performing with Carlou D who is from Senegal. - 7 Seconds…written by Youssou N’Dour.
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World Music
May 21, 2023May 2023

Posted by Marionville
One of the most popular recording stars of the 1930s was Al Bowlly. He was a Mozambican/South African born British vocalist and jazz musician who recorded over 1,000 songs. Here’s one of them courtesy of British Pathe’ Newsreel - The Very ...
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World Music
May 20, 2023May 2023

Posted by Marionville
Anuna is an Irish choral ensemble who perform a hauntingly beautiful mixture of ancient Celtic music and contemporary Irish songs. They were founded by Irish composer Michael McGlynn in 1987 under the Irish Gaelic name An Uaithne which was ...
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World Music
May 19, 2023May 2023

Posted by Marionville
Live from Sydney Opera House - 2CELLOS, otherwise known as Croatian cellists Luka & Stjepan, performing with Sydney Symphony Orchestra - Now We Are Free from Gladiator…
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World Music
May 18, 2023May 2023

Posted by Marionville
Last weekend Liverpool hosted the Eurovision Song Contest on behalf of Ukraine who had been winners in 2022. This year the 2023 competition was won by Sweden, represented by Loreen with her song Tattoo. Loreen is a two-time winner having already ...
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World Music
May 17, 2023May 2023

Posted by Marionville
Today -17th May - is Norway’s National Day…a public holiday when Norwegians will dress up in their traditional national costumes and be unashamedly patriotic, waving their flags and marching behind brass bands in the streets. Every town in ...
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World Music
May 16, 2023May 2023

Posted by Marionville
On this day …16th May 1845, French classical composer Gabriel Faure’ was born. He is amongst my favourite composers and the Pie Jesu from his Requiem is quite divine…however I’m posting his Pavane in F sharp, opus 50 which I think is such a...
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World Music
May 15, 2023May 2023

Posted by Marionville
I was away with my choir family at the weekend..a social event wrapped around a concert engagement at Ards Friary in Co.Donegal…which is only a two hour drive from here where I live in Co. Tyrone, but of course it’s travelling to a different ...
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World Music
May 11, 2023May 2023

Posted by Marionville
@Ray13 posted a cover by Emily Linge yesterday and it reminded me of how talented Emily, who is based in Dubai but is half Norwegian/half English, is. I have to remind myself whilst listening and watching her perform that she is only 15 years ...
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World Music
May 10, 2023May 2023

Posted by Marionville
We Brits are an eccentric lot and often our popular music reflects that eccentricity….like this hit song from 1967 which was also a top 5 hit in Germany of all places! Whistling Jack Smith, a pseudonym of Liverpool born singer Billy Moeller - ...
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World Music
May 9, 2023May 2023

Posted by Marionville
One of my favourite musical instruments is the cello…at certain times I can endlessly listen to it’s mellow beautiful tones…and I have recently discovered the YouTube channel of Norwegian cellist Harvard Bilsbak who is a member of the Arctic ...
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World Music
May 8, 2023May 2023

Posted by Marionville
Dimash Kudaibergenov is a phenomenon…his vocal range quite simply extraordinary. He is the singer who emerged on a talent show in Kazakhstan in 2010 and has astonished the classical music and international entertainment world ever since. As well...
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World Music
May 7, 2023May 2023

Posted by Marionville
I promise this is the one and only coronation related post I’m making, as I’m no fan of the monarchy nor am I a royalist. The only part of yesterday’s coronation I really waited in anticipation to hear sung live was the anthem composed by ...
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World Music
May 6, 2023May 2023

Posted by Marionville
Keiino is a Norwegian trio which is a high energy pop dance act…who represented their country at Eurovision in 2019 finishing in 3rd place, but taking first place and winning the Melodi Grand Prix in 2021. Here they perform a medley of their hits...
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World Music
May 4, 2023May 2023

Posted by Marionville
The Fisherman’s Friends is a group of old school friends from Port Isaac in Cornwall who had a reunion in 1990…then in their late twenties…and who decided they’d form a singing group, mainly to sing folk songs & sea shanties (unsurprisingly ...
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World Music
May 3, 2023May 2023

Posted by Marionville
German band Kraftwerk was a pioneer of electronic music in the 1970s…here they perform Die Roboter live on West German TV in 1978. It’s interesting because of the current alarm that robotics and AI is going to make humans increasingly redundant ...
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World Music
May 2, 2023May 2023

Posted by Marionville
In the true sense of an International artist, in the 1960s Puerto Rican singer/songwriter Jose Feliciano became a best selling artist around the world. One of his biggest hits in 1968 was a cover of the Doors hit Light My Fire…here performed ...
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World Music
May 1, 2023May 2023

Posted by Marionville
I swear that everything sounds better expressed in Italian….and rap is no exception! Here ‘s Grido, featuring Sylvie Simbi. - Fumo e Malinconia (Smoke and Melancholy) ….I bet making up after an argument is better in Italian ...
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World Music
Apr 30, 2023Apr 2023

Posted by Marionville
I’ve always enjoyed Caribbean Reggae music as it always makes me think of sunshine & happiness…so we’re off to Jamaica today with Oje Ken Ollivierre popularly known as Protoje and featuring Chronixx - Who Knows?
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World Music
Apr 28, 2023Apr 2023

Posted by Marionville
The Celtic fringes of Europe comprise more than just Ireland, Scotland and Wales…the Celts, who originated and migrated from the Upper Danube basin of Central Europe, settled all around the westernmost Atlantic shores of the continent as far south ...
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World Music
Apr 26, 2023Apr 2023

Posted by Marionville
Kenyan born Roger Whittaker was a great favourite of my mother’s…a really talented musician and performer, renowned for his whistling as he demonstrates in this clip from a show in Edmonton, Canada in 1976.
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World Music
Apr 25, 2023Apr 2023

Posted by Marionville
Anneli Drecker with the song she wrote and recorded with Norwegian group Bel Canto in 1992, live on NRK TV in 2002. - Shimmering Warm and Bright.
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World Music
Apr 24, 2023Apr 2023

Posted by Marionville
I’m back on home turf here in Northern Ireland today with a song which was written by one of Ireland’s most famous, and prolific songwriters - Percy French who was born in Roscommon in 1854 and who died in 1920. The Mountains of Mourne is ...
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World Music
Apr 23, 2023Apr 2023

Posted by Marionville
A Russian contestant on The Voice takes on a-ha’s Summer Moved On, only the bravest take on this song with its record-breaking held note…but she makes a decent stab at singing the song. However she does chicken out on the long note at a mere 10...
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