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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
Aug 4Aug 4

Posted by Marionville
Today I’m posting a James Bond theme covered by Poets Of The Fall. I’ve posted them before of course because they're a really great band from Finland with one of the best lead vocalists around in Marko Saaresto. The original song was sung by...
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World Music
Aug 3Aug 3

Posted by Marionville
Yo-Yo Ma, cellist virtuoso performs Bach Prelude 2 close to nature in the melting permafrost of an Alaskan fallen birch wood on Lower Tanana Dene lands, Fairbanks, Alaska.
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World Music
Aug 1Aug 1

Posted by Marionville
I thought we’d listen to something sung in Greek today…so here is Elpida, performed and played on the piano by Konstantinos Argiros. I don’t understand the words but I’d lay bets that he’s singing for his lost love…
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World Music
Jul 31Jul 31

Posted by Marionville
Mylene Farmer is literally a Superstar in France…here she performs L’Ame-Stram-Gram, live at Stade de France, Paris…
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World Music
Jul 30Jul 30

Posted by Marionville
In 1984, a year before they became famous with their song Take On Me, when it became a worldwide hit…a-ha performing an early version of the song for the first time on Norwegian TV. after a short interview with the presenter in Norwegian where she...
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World Music
Jul 29Jul 29

Posted by Marionville
Italy is my favourite Mediterranean country…I always love visiting it for…the scenery, the people, the weather, the food, the vino…and the language, which sounds even better when expressed in a song…and who better to sing in Italian (or in ...
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World Music
Jul 28Jul 28

Posted by Marionville
It’s a sad reflection of how we as humans never seem to learn any lessons from previous wars and keep sacrificing our young men on the altar of some leader’s ambition, greedy expansionism and imperialist ideologies…especially applicable today...
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World Music
Jul 27Jul 27

Posted by Marionville
The Paris Olympics started yesterday with the opening ceremony last night on the river Seine and around the Eiffel Tower, the finale of which was the lighting of the Olympic Flame followed by French Canadian singer Celine Dion singing “L’Hymne a...
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World Music
Jul 27Jul 27

Posted by Marionville
Good morning…it’s Saturday so let’s get it started with a great song from The Script - Superheroes
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World Music
Jul 26Jul 26

Posted by Marionville
Secret Garden the Irish/Norwegian group were the first to perform and record the hit song You Raise Me Up in 2001. The song has since then been covered by many top artists who have taken the song to the top of the charts internationally…Josh ...
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World Music
Jul 24Jul 24

Posted by Marionville
Lukas Graham is a Danish pop band comprising vocalist Lukas Forchammer whose father is Irish & drummer Mark Falgren. They’ve had much success since their formation in 2012, topping the charts in their native Denmark and internationally. They ...
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World Music
Jul 22Jul 22

Posted by Marionville
One of the best classical Soprano voices of recent years is undoubtedly Aida Garifullina, she has star quality stamped all over…voice, looks, acting & modelling ability - she has it all. Here Aida, who was born in Kazan in Tatarstan region of ...
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World Music
Jul 21Jul 21

Posted by Marionville
In 1994 the Norwegian band a-ha went on an extended break…they called it a hiatus, they said they were totally exhausted from almost continuous touring for nearly ten years since they first hit the International music scene with the mega hit Take ...
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World Music
Jul 20Jul 20

Posted by Marionville
In 1986 Ennio Morricone delivered an amazingly moving score for the British film The Mission, starting Jeremy Irons & Robert De Niro. It was set in Sourh America, much in the Paraguayan jungle around the majestic Iguazu Falls and the music needed ...
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World Music
Jul 19Jul 19

Posted by Marionville
Another Lo-fi ambient piece to help us relax, study or drift off to sleep from Brazilian chillwave electronic AI music producer - Sam & The Robots…Dreamscape Wanderer
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World Music
Jul 18Jul 18

Posted by Marionville
Teenage Greta Thunberg…eco warrior and environmental campaigner has a famous mother - Malena Ernberg who is one of Sweden’s top classical mezzo-sopranos. Here she performs a live version Hans Zimmer’s “Now We Are Free” from the movie ...
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World Music
Jul 17Jul 17

Posted by Marionville
An American pop singer sings an English early 18th century folk song which originated as a Cotswald Village Morris Dance tune and which was first collected by Cecil Sharpe from the fiddle playing of William Kimber in 1906. Then Australian ...
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World Music
Jul 16Jul 16

Posted by Marionville
Yesterday’s post by Roger made me think of Hungary, and that in turn reminded me of this performance of Liszt’s Hungarian Rhapsody 2 which I think is quite amazing for the dexterity of the pianist…talk about flying fingers and playing totally ...
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World Music
Jul 14Jul 14

Posted by Marionville
German Lieder is a form of poetry set to music and performed by a solo singer and a pianist which German composers such as Franz Schubert established as a distinct music genre in the early 19th century. In the 20th century German baritone Dietrich ...
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World Music
Jul 13Jul 13

Posted by Marionville
When I was at Primary School in Edinburgh, many many decades ago…this was one of the traditional Scottish songs we regularly sang…and I still can remember every word of. The Mingulay Boat Song was originally sung in Gaelic of course but as I ...
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World Music
Jul 12Jul 12

Posted by Marionville
Andrea Bocelli has joined his voice with many artists from a variety of genres over the years, and delighting us as a result. Here in celebration of his 30th anniversary as a recording artist, he joins Canadian county superstar Shania Twain to ...
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World Music
Jul 11Jul 11

Posted by Marionville
My own recent visit to Norway & the Scottish Isles made me think of The Hebridean Overture which German composer Felix Mendelssohn was inspired to write after a sea voyage around the Scottish Hebrides in 1829, especially after seeing Fingal’s Cave...
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World Music
Jul 10Jul 10

Posted by Marionville
Probably one of the best known pieces of classical music…by Pyotr Tchaikovsky, 1812 Overture. The piece was written to celebrate Russia’s successful defence and defeat of Napoleon and famously included actual cannon shots. This version, the ...
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World Music
Jul 9Jul 9

Posted by Marionville
Canadian rock star Bryan Adams performing live at the Scottish Baronial castle and ancestral home of the 11th Duke of Roxburghe…Floors Castle, Kelso in the Scottish Borders in 2022. - Here I Am…
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World Music
Jul 8Jul 8

Posted by Marionville
As a follow-up to yesterday’s post highlighting the Roman legacy in Europe of various historic sites and amphitheatres, today I’m posting this short docu video of Croatian cellists Stjepan Hauser & Luka Sulik who perform as 2Cellos. Stjepan ...
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Posted by FrayedBearNow the sanctions against Israel spread to the Euroschism Song contest.

Posted by FrayedBearA recording of an interesting broadcast on the subject of coffee by relatively well known but nonetheless superb Australian folk singer Kavisha Mazella

Posted by kocasYou will face a hurdle in the daily weaving game that you must overcome.

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Posted by ReignmondIt is tough to find sharable music from The Oppossums Of Truth. There are 3 full albums of Scientific Gospel music here. [boomplay.com]

Posted by ReignmondIt is tough to find sharable music from The Oppossums Of Truth. There are 3 full albums of Scientific Gospel music here. [boomplay.com]

Posted by ReignmondIcelandic Folk Music - Tyrkjaránid - YouTube

Posted by ReignmondOk...how about this hauntingly beautiful opera aria? [youtu.be]

Posted by ReignmondOkay, let's just say this is not like K-pop....and let it go at that. I stumbled on them about 3 years ago. [youtu.be]

Posted by ReignmondAn Irish song in Gaelic with translation [youtu.be]

Posted by ReignmondThe song title translates to I Won't Give Up by Hungarian Alternative/Indie band Intim Torna Illegál (Intimate Gymnastics Is Illegal). [youtu.be]

Posted by ReignmondGet ready for some beautiful music. I have a couple albums by Heartstrings. Sometimes I play them in the office and it is quite popular. [youtu.be]

Posted by ReignmondJapanglish Song - YouTube

Posted by ReignmondAVA Opera - The Doll's Song from "Tales of Hoffmann" - YouTube

Posted by ReignmondYoshida Brothers - Rising - YouTube

Posted by ReignmondHunnu Guren - Batzorig Vaanchig & Auli - YouTube

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