Year of the Snake
As the new Lunar Year approaches, Beijing producer Howie Lee shares three tracks of traditional and contemporary Chinese folk music. Plus the best in new roots-based music.
Lopa Kothari celebrates the upcoming Chinese New Year, the Year of the Snake, inviting Beijing-based producer and musician Howie Lee to share three tracks from his home city including one iconic traditional tune as well as the work of contemporary artists who offer a new approach to local folk music. Elsewhere in the show, powerful indigenous Mi'kmaw music plus a collaboration between Italian vocalist Lavinia Mancusi and Portuguese artist Rossana.
Produced by Silvia Malnati
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Heart of the Dragon Ensemble
Lion Dance
- Chinese New Years Music.
- Arc Music.
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Abdulla Majnun & Wu Man
Shadiana (Celebration)
- Music of Central Asia Vol. 10: Borderlands: Wu Man and Master Musicians from the.
- Smithsonian Folkways Recordings.
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Karolina Wegrzyn
Tomu kosa dobre kosyt (Whose scythe cuts well)
- Oy Vesna Krasna.
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Ammar El Sharei
Eftekerny
- Music From The East.
- wewantsounds.
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Rossana
? La Portugaise
- ? La Portugaise.
- BAIT RECORDS.
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Frigg
Valsette
- Dreamscapes.
- Bafe's Factory.
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李谷一
Tonight is Unforgettable
- Tonight is Unforgettable.
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Mindy Meng Wang & Tim Shiel
Mirror Flower
- Mirror Flower.
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Jason Hou
Mountain Dingjun
- Mountain Dingjun.
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Lavinia Mancusi
Secondo coro della lavandaie / Fenesta 'ca lucive
- A cruda voz.
- Liburia Italy.
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Gnonnas Pedro and His Dadjes Band
Tu Es Seul
- Gnonnas Pedro & His Dadjes Band - Roi De L'Agbadja Moderne 1974-1983.
- Analog Africa.
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Wapna'kik
Wejkwita'jik (The Gathering Song)
- Wapna'kik: The People of the Dawn Sons of Membertou.
- Smithsonian Folkways Recordings.
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Heart of the Dragon Ensemble
Dance of the Golden Snake
- Classical Folk Music From China.
- ARC.
Broadcast
- Sat 25 Jan 2025 21:30麻豆官网首页入口 Radio 3
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