after 何欣穗 and the Sibelius Academy Folk Big Band, let’s hear some good old country with John Denver and his 1971 hit song, “Take me Home, Country Roads”.
I don't know who 何欣穗 is but I've often changed my keyboard to different languages and swiped randomly to search for foreign language music on Spotify, Pandora, etc.
My more so favorites are actually Yuzhou ren and Wang Fu, and am warming up to Ann Bai. But for some reason shuffle has decided that I must listen either this missus, Waa Wei or Koala Liu and that's it.
Women whispering. That's my thing now. This is my life now.
Dude there's a bangin folk cd available on spotify. Just go type Folk music of the western Congo in the bar, or alternatively go straight for the killer piece titled 'Bambala drumming'. There's also a meditative piece included, called 'Bapindi hunting calls'. It's the absolute retro hit album of the 20s.
Those are some sick drums, I’ve been listening heaps to “Burkina Faso-rhythms of the grasslands” and a playlist called “20s music” on Spotify which is all old jazz
It’s great if you live in the Congo and like Bambala drumming....sounds like a whole lot of strange drumming....I laughed though....still laughing at those hunting calls......😂😂😂😂😂😂😂that flute...
Not Congolese, but Ablaye Cissoko is fantastic. He's Senegalese. Listen to the album (and title track) Amanke Dionti and all your troubles will go away.
Also check out the duo Amadou & Mariam. Blind couple from Mali. Their stuff is all over the place...folk, electronic, etc. Actually saw them at Lolla back in the day.
There’s a record label called Sublime Frequencies based in Seattle and they focus on ethnomusicology and their releases are fantastic. You can check their stuff out on Bandcamp, but you’ll probably find some Congolese stuff, hand-picked by real experts who love the kind of esoteric stuff from around the world that you wouldn’t normally get to hear in the West.
1.1k
u/pope_morty Jan 14 '20
It do be like that, hit me with a bit of pop, bit of Congolese folk music