Kategorie: Song Planet
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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…
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Peace Begins Within Ourselves
About León Giecos Argentine Peace Hymn Sólo le pido a Dios (The Only Thing I Ask of God) León Gieco’s peace song Sólo le pido a Dios should of course not be missing in an Advent calendar dedicated to peace. Like hardly any other song, it highlights the importance of civil courage and disobedience…
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Don’t Shoot! Don’t Be Silent!
A Song by Zemfira about Direct and Indirect Violence In 2005, the Russian singer-songwriter Zemfira wrote the song Nye strelyaitye (Don’t shoot). In a video clip from 2022, she explicitly relates the song to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. A Singer in the Sights of the Media In 2007, Zemfira commented in…
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Little Song about my Life (And the first love …)
Bulat Okudzhava’s Little Song About My Life. While the Soviet leadership was trying to secure peace through repression and nuclear weapons, intensive discussions were taking place in dissident circles about the mental prerequisites of war and peace. This is also reflected in Bulat Okudzhava’s Little Song About My Life. Bulat Okudzhava (1924…
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