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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
Jan 4, 2024Jan 2024

Posted by Marionville
Bela Bartok was born in 1881 in a small town which was then part of the Kingdom of Hungary but due to border changes is now in Romania….descended from Hungarian nobility through his mother, he had German, Polish, Slovak and Hungarian ancestry. He...
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World Music
Jan 9, 2024Jan 2024

Posted by Marionville
I’m posting a follow up to my Earth Affair’s post from last week. Just to remind you…Earth Affair is a collective of musicians from across Northern Europe & Scandinavia and is the brainchild of Icelandic percussionist and composer Gulli Briem....
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World Music
Jan 14, 2024Jan 2024

Posted by Marionville
Another one from Nobel Peace Prize concert in 2015…on that huge stage at the Telenor Arena Oslo…this time it’s Norwegian singer Kurt Nilsen with Kygo - Firestone…
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World Music
Jan 20, 2024Jan 2024

Posted by Marionville
Today is the 5th anniversary of my elder son Graeme’s death…a sad day for me, but music as always can be a balm. Like me he was a big fan of Laura Pausini and this song of her duetting with Andrea Bocelli was one of his favourites. - Vivere or...
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World Music
Jan 31, 2024Jan 2024

Posted by Moravian
Here's an unusual band. Paddy and the Rats with Pilgrim on the road. They are described as a Hungarian Celtic Punk Rock band
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World Music
Feb 9, 2024Feb 2024

Posted by Spinliesel
Happy birthday, Carole King
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World Music
Dec 5, 2023Dec 2023

Posted by Marionville
A new young Scottish musician making a name for himself on the electronic music scene is Vincent Jäger, particularly in the sub genre of downtempo, and distinguishing himself from his contemporaries with his engaging compositions and distinctive ...
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World Music
Dec 7, 2023Dec 2023

Posted by Marionville
I just posted the Carol Of The Bells…the John Williams adaptation which was included on the soundtrack of the movie Home Alone, but I thought I’d post a more traditional version of what is a Ukrainian Christmas Carol from the early 20th century ...
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World Music
Dec 11, 2023Dec 2023

Posted by Marionville
Many people visit Thailand each year, it’s become a very popular holiday destination, not just for backpacking students on their gap year following the hippy trail of their parents, but as a mainstream holiday destination, especially for ...
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World Music
Dec 22, 2023Dec 2023

Posted by Marionville
On what is the Winter Solstice I thought I post a couple of traditional English wassailing songs…really not carols but pre Christian songs in praise of the natural world and the changing seasons, accompanied by much merriment and drinking of mead, ...
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World Music
Jan 2, 2024Jan 2024

Posted by Marionville
James Thornton was an Irish-American songwriter and vaudeville performer who is primarily remembered today for the 1898 song - When You Were Sweet Sixteen. The song was sung & recorded by many artists throughout last century, the most memorable ...
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World Music
Jan 18, 2024Jan 2024

Posted by Marionville
Malena Ernman is a Swedish classical mezzo-soprano…she’s also mother of climate activist Greta Thunberg. Here she also displays her comedic and athletic qualities as an actress in this concert performance of Rosina’s Cavatina from ...
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World Music
Jan 19, 2024Jan 2024

Posted by Marionville
It’s 4 pm…and I’ve not ventured far today…way too cold for me, so I’m having a warming drink of something a tad stronger than tea as I post this treat for you….Eurythmics. - Thorn In My Side…
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World Music
Feb 4, 2024Feb 2024

Posted by Marionville
We don’t often post anything from Turkey in the group, or ever for that matter, so today is a first I think. I’m featuring Tarkan Tevetoglu who is a popular singer/songwiter with a successful career since the early 90s. He was born in Germany...
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World Music
Feb 7, 2024Feb 2024

Posted by Marionville
I thought I’d share with you this new exciting English all girl Indie Rock Band who have recently been crowned the BBC Sound of 2024 and have guested in the last few weeks on high profile late night shows on both sides of the Atlantic with their ...
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World Music
Feb 9, 2024Feb 2024

Posted by Lilac-JadeCanada
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World Music
Feb 19, 2024Feb 2024

Posted by Marionville
She was a South African national icon…singer and civil rights activist in the 1960s, who popularised African music all around the world…in fact she was known as Mama Africa. I of course mean Miriam Makeba, and here she is performing Mayibayu in...
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World Music
Nov 7, 2024Nov 2024

Posted by Marionville
Follow-up from yesterday as promised…the Irish-Scottish Celtic musical connections to Galicia in Northwest Spain…a video from BBC Alba series in 2018 made in Gaelic with English subtitles …
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World Music
Nov 9, 2024Nov 2024

Posted by Marionville
My favourite guitarist…the Geordie Lad, Mark Knopfler. Born in Glasgow, Scotland in 1949 to Hungarian father who fled from the Nazis and English mother from Newcastle on Tyne, where he was raised from age seven…hence the “Geordie Lad” ...
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World Music
Nov 10, 2024Nov 2024

Posted by Marionville
On Remembrance Sunday the saddest Scottish song ever written, originally as a bagpipe lament after the Scots’ defeat by England in 1513 at Flodden Field . Jean Elliot added words, written in the Scots dialect…The Floo’ers O’ the Forest (are ...
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World Music
Nov 19, 2024Nov 2024

Posted by Marionville
Another post sent to me by Roger…who sadly finds he cannot post anything at present due to a strange malaise that the Agnostics site is currently experiencing. It seems that those members who live in Canada are particularly affected as Patricia is...
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World Music
Nov 22, 2024Nov 2024

Posted by Marionville
We have another one sent to me courtesy of Roger today…and it’s from my home country Scotland, from Proms In The Park at Glasgow Green in 2019. It’s a performance by two young traditional Scottish musicians with a contemporary twist to their ...
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World Music
Dec 15, 2024Dec 2024

Posted by Marionville
For Jack - @pedigojr, an Iranian folk song in Farsi to remember his late partner whose birthday was a few days ago…. Rastak. - Ey Yar (My Friend)…
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World Music
Dec 25, 2024Dec 2024

Posted by Marionville
Happy Christmas to everyone …this beautiful Victorian Carol which has words by Christina Rossetti and music by Harold Darke is one of my favourites. I think Roger tried to post it last night but was unsuccessful…so especially for @RogerBenham ...
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World Music
Jan 11Jan 11

Posted by Marionville
Here’s another great Flash Mob video which was performed in Helsinki’s Central Underground Station in 2017 to celebrate 100 years of Finland’s independence from Russia. Finlandia …which is Finland’s unofficial national anthem by Jean ...
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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.

Posted by Zoewees[shp.ee] SALDO SHOPEE GRATIS LANGSUNG CAIR 2022

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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