Solidaire

From Portugal, the voice of an angel.








is a Portuguese musical genre, associated with the feeling of saudade, a sense of loss and nostalgia, probably initiated by the hardships of the sea.

The "queen of the Fado", Amalia Rodrigues.

And a more modern fadista, Cristina Branco.

Afrasiyab

From Peru, I can think of no one but Yma Sumac:

Her voice can span 5 octaves. How amazing is that.

Solidaire

US folk music, "North Country Blues" by Bod Dylan.

The most famous US folk song, "This Land Is Your Land", by Woody Guthrie.

A traditional gospel song, recorded by Bod Dylan.

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The folk version of an alternative rock song. My impression is that it has become much more popular than the original:


This video is a big favourite of mine. Hungarian folk dances performed by Chinese people.


My all time favourite folk song performed by Márta Sebestyén (it's the first part of the video that is worth watching/listening to, in the second part there is someone else singing):


Márta Sebestyén is some kind of a national treasure here. She also sang in a soundtrack for The English Patient:


And in a Deep Forest song:


Ádámosi csárdás by Csík zenekar:


And +1 video:

Anna James

Ur-Lugal

Re BVSC - Here the circle closes. A Cuban sings with an African Cuban-influenced group. Of course, Cuban music is heavily African influenced, so ....

Anna James

Ur-Lugal

Western Mongol throat singing.


Malian - the language is Tamashek, the group are Touaregs


Hawaiian slack-key style on 'ukulele


Read the story behind this - and how others cashed in on it.


More throat singing - Inuit style this time.


More Hawaiian stuff - this time the incomparable, late Israel Kamakawiwo'ole

Anna James

Good stuff, Ur-Lugal, thank you. I particularly liked the first two - I'm a sucker for Central AsianMongolian and North African music and post lots of this here http://www.historum.com/art-cultural...tml#post864901 and http://www.historum.com/art-cultural...tml#post864897.

An example of cross-cultural communication and influence:

Ur-Lugal

Cross cultural? How about
“When I first heard John Lee Hooker – it was in 1967, when a student friend brought back records from Paris – I thought he was an artist from my country,” Malian singer/guitarist, Ali “Farka” Touré told Eliane Azoulay writing for Calao in 1992. “Then I learned he was American, and then I thought he had stolen our music."

Apparently, American Bluesmen heard Malian music, and thought the same.

Another cross-cultural link is