Five classic Scottish songs you can't help singing along to Welsh songs: 7 traditional Welsh folk songs you can't help singing along to The Whitby Lad This song about a young thief sentenced to life in an Australian penal colony exemplifies the 'transportation ballad'. This 18th-century genre...
Baez's unique fusion of traditional folk, protest songs, and pop melodies showcases the versatility and depth of the genre. As a seminal figure in the history of pop folk, Joan Baez's impact on the world of music is nothing short of monumental. Rock Out To Some Of The ...
This Irish folk songs list includes all the rousing classics, and some mournful ballads as well. When it comes to well-known Irish traditional folk music, the song “Whiskey in the Jar” is perhaps the most popular of all. This song is about an Irish bandit who is betrayed by the woman...
Long before rap songs were used as fodder for aspiring dance choreographers, South African artist Miriam Makeba took the traditional “Pata Pata” dance and used it for her own song. The song’s title, “Pata Pata,” means “touch touch” in the Xhosa language, in which the song was ori...
Droning zurna melodies and tumbling dhol drums vie clamorously for our attention, but Tchaparian’s mastery of more traditional tactics—rising bass, cleansing releases, and a sample looped to sound like an alarm—make the track a gem of contemporary techno, whittling down the Four Tet ...
The Oompah music starts at 10 a.m. on weekends (1 hour after opening) or Noon on weekdays (2 hours after opening). Throughout the day, it will be traditional-style music heavy on German and Austrian classics, but they will start doing more covers of modern songs by the brass bands....
Less a traditional guitar solo than a sonic orgy, which is of course appropriate to the lyric.The Velvet Undergroundwas never a band for guitar heroics, but Lou Reed rises to the occasion about seven minutes in, with a solo that crosses an Eastern raga feel with punkish anarchy. ...
The folk revival that took place at club level during the Sixties introduced a whole new audience to traditional folksong, while also bringing to the fore the concept of the earnest young singer/songwriter. When, by the end of the decade, centuries-old songs were being given a sonic make...
His innovative flatpicking style, and ability to perform traditional mountain music and bluegrass with equal skill, left a lasting impression on the genre. Watson's renditions of songs like "Deep River Blues" and "Black Mountain Rag" showcased his extraordinary musicianship. Although he passed away...
We must say that Asake is a musician who knows the power hooks can hold in a track. His albumMr. Money With the Vibedoes not miss that aspect as the listener is following the Afropop and South African Amapiano elements in his take on traditional fuji music. We haven’t heard something...