Sámi singer Kajsa Balto and the NRK Radio Orchestra bring their unique adaptation of well-known Christmas music – in this first ever Sámi Christmas concert at the Opera House in Oslo in 2024.
Thanks Viola for the heads up. They also recorded this event for a CD – a unique blend of hymns and yoik (a traditional form of song in Sámi music).
https://www.svtplay.se/video/jABYYmA/jul-med-kajsa-balto-och-kork?video=visa
Thanks Steve Weeks for sending me this wonderful traditional drum and dance from Greece. What a fantastic sound the musicians create. One of the brass players plays the melody and the other just plays a single drone note using circular breathing!
Info – Musicians: Giannis Malamas-zournas, Christos Malamas-zournas, Ilias Dimanos-daouli. From the performance of the Chorostasis entitled “10 Years of Chorostasi-In the Cycle of Time” (Dora Stratou Theatre, 7 and 8 June 2014).
This heart cry comes out of a land that has suffered so much – Mozambique.
Thanks Paul for sharing this instrumental version from Jakarta, Indonesia. I bet you didn’t expect to hear this song in 7/8 
I want to introduce a fantastic initiative called Urban Praise Project. Mark Tate writes “Everyone in the video is from the community and so we acted out people giving up some of the hardships that people face on our estate. The video culminates with community coming together signifying unity and letting go of the hard stuff.”
Ezra Kwizera wrote this beautiful song Mama, honouring mothers – Thanks Graham Ord for sharing.
On Thursday 24th February 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine. Five days later, this fanfare was composed by Torbjörn Hultmark, and the score sent to friends to use as they saw fit. Our good friend Chris Mitchell has added his creativity to the piece.
Incredible use of brass and modern dance beats – wow!
The Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela, which caused a sensation at the Proms in 2008, is the product of an extraordinary music education system that has been running for more than 30 years. Children as young as two get intensive music lessons designed to steer them away from the dangers of the street. Thanks Tim for sharing this clip.
Now that’s church Get your dancin’ shoes on!
A beautiful piece from the South Iceland chamber choir.
This video brings back wonderful memories of being with the Mandinka people in The Gambia. A beautiful people full of rhythm and dance. This song highlights this wonderful country. The kora is an instrument traditionally passed from father to son. Sona Jobarteh is one of the few to break that tradition.
Thank you Matthew for sharing this beautiful folk song from Georgia – only wish the donkey had sung too!
Thanks Ruthy for finding this blessing dance and song from Alaska and Yukon.
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