Kategorie: Songs
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The Omnipresence of Love
On the Song O Teu Murmúrio (Your Murmur) by the Portuguese Band OqueStrada The song O Teu Murmúrio (Your Murmur) by the Portuguese band OqueStrada is about the magic of love: its power to transform ourselves and the world by making us see life through different eyes. Your Murmur1 Your…
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Peace after the End of the World
On Angelo Branduardi’s song La favola degli aironi (The Fairy Tale of the Herons) n his song La favola degli aironi (The Tale of the Herons), Angelo Branduardi paints a remarkably peaceful picture of the apocalypse. In doing so, he illustrates that nature can manage perfectly well without humans –…
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Białystok, my Home
Karolina Cicha & Spółka feat. Bart Pałyga: Białystok majn hejm Jewish culture and music have left their mark on many areas of European life. Much of it, however, has been erased forever by Nazi barbarism. With her album Yiddishland, the Polish artist Karolina Cicha has made an attempt at musical revival. Białystok,…
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Longing for a Sheltered Culture
About the Kurdish Folk Song Lo Şivano (The Shepherd) The Kurdish folk song Lo Şivano (The Shepherd) is a poetic expression of the Kurdish people’s desire for cultural self-determination. A particularly beautiful version is by Mehmet Atlı and the string quartet Anadolu. The ShepherdShepherd, oh shepherd,I adore you, guardian of the living!Even if the sheep…
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A Plea for a Self-Confident Africa
Habib Koité: Africa n his song Africa, Malian singer-songwriter Habib Koité encourages his compatriots to rather trust in their own cultural and material resources instead of depending on Western aid. Africa The sons of Africa wanted to go for a walk.Far, far they went,to the borders of the continent,where they had…
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The Revenge of Nature
On the Song Glædur (The Embers) by the Icelandic Band Mammút The embersMy salty sparks,a burning scourge to your brow,your vicious blood,sting into your face.Let your breath flow back into me,Lord, give me the power to avenge,let my breath ignite the air,let me burn the placewhere we have lived.Let your breath flow back…
