folksong

Explore "folksong" with insightful episodes like "Iwe Kiko // Olugbenga Adelekan - pt 1", "O muzyce osobiście: Marta Burdalska [M. Lorenc]", "Ep. 25: MLK Day: Role of Spirituals within African American Culture, with award-winning musician and educator Bruce Henry", "Loathly Ladies" and "Introducing Fairies and Fairyland" from podcasts like ""Old Tunes Fresh Takes", "muzykatradycyjna.pl", "Enhance Life with Music", "Modern Fairies" and "Modern Fairies"" and more!

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Iwe Kiko // Olugbenga Adelekan - pt 1

This episode we're joined by Olugbenga Adelekan who is asking you to reimagine Iwe Kiko, a traditional Yoruba song about agriculture and remembering tradition in an increasingly urbanised world.

Olugbenga is a Brighton based DJ, producer and musician, perhaps best known as the bassist in Metronomy and a one half of 'sleek, sci-fi influenced pop' duo Eku Fantasy. He's worked with the likes of Damon Albarn, Paloma Faith and La Roux as well as remixing tracks for Laura Marling, Janelle Monae, Mew, Alt-J, Depeche Mode and the Scissor Sisters as well as co-producing a track on Solange’s A Seat At The Table.

His childhood was split between Nigeria and the Netherlands, before moving to the UK where he finished school in South London and then studied at King's College, Cambridge. We were interested to hear about Olugbenga’s approaches to music production, and also how growing up in different cultures informs his attitudes towards tradition and traditional music.

Check out Eku Fantasy’s music here.

/// TAKE PART ///

Charts: example score, chords & lyrics (.pdf)
Playlist: YouTube playlist of existing versions of Iwe Kiko.

Find a quick guide on how to submit here.

Olugbenga will be back to listen to your takes in the second part of this episode released on Monday 23 August. If you’d like to be included in the podcast then try and get your version to us by Monday 16th August to get your versions included in the podcast. Drop us a message if you have any questions.

/// COMMUNITY ///

If you’re interested in getting deeper into the conversation, come and join our group on Facebook. There’s been some amazing chats over the last month with people sharing demos, feedback and ideas.

/// MUSIC CREDITS ///

6:28 - Living On The Outside - Eku Fantasy
11:30 - Reset - Three Trapped Tigers [Olugbenga Edit]
14:37 - Divine - Laura Marlin [Olugbenga Remix]
22:25 - Iwe Kiko - Ayomide Dosumu
30:35 - Iwe Kiko - Stephen Ayodotun
35:55 - Ise Agbe - Deepest [ft. Kdsky]
42:16 - Iwe Kiko - Jumbo Aniebiet
46:43 - Iwe Kiko - ITCellos

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enJuly 26, 2021

O muzyce osobiście: Marta Burdalska [M. Lorenc]

Jedną z najważniejszych cech muzyki muzyki tradycyjnej od zawsze była jej jej użytkowość. W pracy wyznaczała rytm i pomagała przetrwać najbardziej żmudne i ciężkie chwile. Była też elementem, który tworzył atmosferę zabawy i odmieniał codzienność, który budował wspólnotę. Nawet z pozoru zwyczajne spotkanie dzięki muzyce mogło przerodzić się w prawdziwe święto. O poszukiwaniu i zrozumieniu tego doświadczenia opowiada Marta Urban-Burdalska • Więcej na www.muzykatradycyjna.pl • Realizacja – Forum Muzyki Tradycyjnej • Dofinansowano ze środków Ministra Kultury i Dziedzictwa Narodowego w ramach programu Instytutu Muzyki i Tańca „Wspieramy, czyli projekty wspierające artystów w walce z pandemią COVID19”

plDecember 19, 2020

Ep. 25: MLK Day: Role of Spirituals within African American Culture, with award-winning musician and educator Bruce Henry

In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, we take a look at the rich history and function of music and spirituals within African American culture, including its relationship to gospel music, ragtime, blues and jazz, soul, and hip hop/rap. Listeners will also hear about the incomparable Harry Belafonte, and the unique cultural preservation of the Gullah/Geechie region of the southern coastal US.

Links and notes related to this episode can be found at https://mpetersonmusic.com/podcast/episode25

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Enhance Life with Music

en-usJanuary 14, 2020

Loathly Ladies

Carolyne Larrington and Fay Hield talk about the loathly lady: the hideous hag who knows the secret that the hero seeks, and whom he must learn how to respect. In the last podcast of the current series, Carolyne Larrington and Fay Hield discuss the figure of the loathly lady. Sometimes transformed through her own agency, sometimes the victim of a spell, she knows the secret of what women really want; can the hero who marries her put his new-found knowledge into practice? We also talk about monstrously transformed women; those who await the hero with the courage to look beyond appearances to the inner beauty of the beast.

enFebruary 26, 2019