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A group to share great music with others of any type from around the world, and of any language, and taste. Everyone is welcome to join! Just keep in mind that there are other music groups in which you can post well known artists and songs which are in the mainstream US/UK music.. Read more

A group to share great music with others of any type from around the world, and of any language, and taste. Everyone is welcome to join! Just keep in mind that there are other music groups in which you can post well known artists and songs which are in the mainstream US/UK music.. Read more

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Posts Tagged "rights" By Marionville (2164) Posts by members only

World Music
Mar 6Mar 6

Posted by Marionville
It’s no secret that I love the voice of Morten Harket whose vocals make the music of Norwegian rock/pop band a-ha so instantly recognisable, but of course Morten has a solo career in parallel to the band, as does his two bandmates, Magne & Pal. ...
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World Music
Feb 21Feb 21

Posted by Marionville
In complete contrast to yesterday’s post of a-ha performing their official 1994 Lillehammer Winter Olympic Games song Shapes That Go Together, today I’m featuring frontman and lead vocalist Morten Harket paying trubute to Sam Cooke, “the king...
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World Music
Feb 19Feb 19

Posted by Marionville
She was a South African national icon…singer and civil rights activist in the 1960s, who popularised African music all around the world…in fact she was known as Mama Africa. I of course mean Miriam Makeba, and here she is performing Mayibayu in...
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World Music
Dec 15, 2023Dec 2023

Posted by Marionville
German rock band Scorpions had a massive hit with Wind Of Change in 1991 which coincided and is now synonymous with, the end of USSR and the fall of the Berlin Wall. Here they perform it at an openair MTV Unplugged concert in Athens in 2013 with ...
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World Music
Sep 3, 2023Sep 2023

Posted by Marionville
Miriam Makeba was the first African singer who could genuinely be called an international artist after she emerged in the 1960s as a civil rights activist in South Africa who used her music to publicise the campaign against apartheid. She toured ...
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World Music
Mar 15, 2023Mar 2023

Posted by Marionville
Colombian singer Shakira is a big international music star, known all around the world ..a good choice then to sing the official FIFA World Cup song in 2010 which was held in South Africa. - Waka Waka (This Time For Africa)…
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World Music
Jan 27, 2023Jan 2023

Posted by Marionville
It’s no secret to any of you of my enduring love and admiration for Morten Harket, who as well as being lead singer and frontman of a-ha is also a solo artist with many albums and other recording credits to his name, in both English and Norwegian....
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World Music
Jan 9, 2023Jan 2023

Posted by Marionville
Miriam Makeba …fondly known as “Mama Africa” was an African icon in the latter half of the 20th century. Miriam, who was born in South Africa, was a singer, songwriter, actor & civil rights activist. Here she is performing in Stockholm, ...
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World Music
Dec 6, 2022Dec 2022

Posted by Marionville
This is just an adjunct to my post yesterday re Norwegian musician, singer & frontman of a-ha - Morten Harket. In the 1990s Morten was very affected by exiled Russian Poet Joseph Brodsky’s poem about the war in the former Yugoslavia titled ...
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World Music
Oct 18, 2022Oct 2022

Posted by JackPedigo
Music from an old English song. I’m starting to get more information from the overpopulation project. People interested in this issue often post a variety of items, sort of like agnostic.com. Here is one item from a comment about property rights. ...
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World Music
Oct 14, 2022Oct 2022

Posted by JackPedigo
Read about this song in one of Alexander McCall Smith’s books “Friends, Lovers, Chocolate.” Thought it is worth sharing. I think a certain someone in the group would like it.
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World Music
Jul 23, 2022Jul 2022

Posted by rogerbenham
Chimes of Freedom (Live at Stockholms Olympiastadion, Stockholm, SE - July 1988) Bruce Springsteen One cannot listen to this enough. Oh! Oh, yeah a little bit now. Earlier, uh, today Amnesty International announced a...
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World Music
Jan 27, 2022Jan 2022

Posted by Marionville
Always one to support environmental or human rights issues, and completely unafraid to highlight and support LGBT and transgender rights…Morten Harket with his song - I’m The One - and featuring German transgender/drag artiste Sheila Wolf aka ...
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World Music
Sep 3, 2021Sep 2021

Posted by Marionville
Something from the Solomon Islands in the Pacific Ocean today….it’s called “Rooted” and pays homage to all the Pacific island peoples - artist, Mia Kami.
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World Music
Aug 7, 2021Aug 2021

Posted by Marionville
I’m moving most of you much closer to home today with a song called Ly O Lay Ale Loya (Circle Dance) which is a Native American song performed by Alborada. It conveys the stories, legends and plight of the Native Americans by combining chants of ...
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World Music
Aug 2, 2021Aug 2021

Posted by Marionville
A Gospel From A Heathen. - A thought provoking song from human rights advocate and campaigner, the lead singer of Norwegian band a-ha, Morten Harket …it’s a song of how young people (men in particular) get drawn into causes and actions they...
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World Music
Feb 21, 2021Feb 2021

Posted by Marionville
Inspired by hearing a blackbird...harpist Uno Vesje wrote this piece of music which won him first place at the 6th USA International Harp Competition for new compositions in 2019. Uno is Norwegian and studied music at the Manhattan School of Music ...
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World Music
Jan 14, 2021Jan 2021

Posted by Marionville
Today I’m posting a traditional French Breton folk song called Tri Martolod. It tells the tale of three young sailors who left Brittany bound for Newfoundland in the 18th century.
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World Music
Oct 30, 2020Oct 2020

Posted by Marionville
Miriam Makeba ...nicknamed Mama Africa, South African singer, songwriter, actress and UN goodwill ambassador & civil rights activist. Here she performs Malaika in Swahili live in 1969.
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World Music
Jun 12, 2020Jun 2020

Posted by Marionville
We’re going down under to Australia today...and an artist who is a singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Xavier Rudd incorporates environmental, cultural and humanitarian issues into his songs and is an active campaigner for the rights of...
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World Music
Nov 24, 2019Nov 2019

Posted by Marionville
I’d like to welcome two new members to the group....@mbs777s and @matt1972. Look forward to some interesting posts from both of you.
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World Music
Sep 4, 2019Sep 2019

Posted by GipsyOfNewSpain
More Argentine Tango... "La Milonga of Buenos Aires"
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World Music
Jul 26, 2019Jul 2019

Posted by Marionville
In the 1990s East Timor fought hard for their independence from Indonesia which had annexed the territory after Portugal were deposed as the colonial power in 1975. It was a cause taken up by the United Nations and they eventually gained their ...
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World Music
Jul 21, 2018Jul 2018

Posted by dede18
Sona Jobarteh and her band performed on Lithuanian TV. Historically the playing of the kora (which she is playing) was limited to males in the family, in the passing on of the Griot tradition ... but she dared to break the mold :-)
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Posted by ReignmondIt is tough to find sharable music from The Oppossums Of Truth. There are 3 full albums of Scientific Gospel music here. [boomplay.com]

Posted by ReignmondIt is tough to find sharable music from The Oppossums Of Truth. There are 3 full albums of Scientific Gospel music here. [boomplay.com]

Posted by ReignmondIcelandic Folk Music - Tyrkjaránid - YouTube

Posted by ReignmondOk...how about this hauntingly beautiful opera aria? [youtu.be]

Posted by ReignmondOkay, let's just say this is not like K-pop....and let it go at that. I stumbled on them about 3 years ago. [youtu.be]

Posted by ReignmondAn Irish song in Gaelic with translation [youtu.be]

Posted by ReignmondThe song title translates to I Won't Give Up by Hungarian Alternative/Indie band Intim Torna Illegál (Intimate Gymnastics Is Illegal). [youtu.be]

Posted by ReignmondGet ready for some beautiful music. I have a couple albums by Heartstrings. Sometimes I play them in the office and it is quite popular. [youtu.be]

Posted by ReignmondJapanglish Song - YouTube

Posted by ReignmondAVA Opera - The Doll's Song from "Tales of Hoffmann" - YouTube

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Posted by ReignmondHunnu Guren - Batzorig Vaanchig & Auli - YouTube
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