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Hi friends! Welcome to my final blog post of the semester! This week I'm going to be sharing some cool music I found from different cultures around the world. I hope you enjoy!

The first song I found was from a Native American artist called Snow Raven SUOR. I thought this video was pretty cool because she was making nature sounds with her voice. After looking into her story, I learned that she was born in a small village in Sakha, which is in a region in Russia called the Arctic Siberia. When she was around 3 years old, she began learning how birds and other animals communicated. Just hearing how she was able to mimic the winds and the waves of the ocean just put me in awe of how talented she is. (Modern/Asia)



The next music choice I have is pretty personal to me. My mother was born and raised in the Bahamas. Junkanoo is just one giant street festival that takes place on Boxing Dat and New Year’s. A lot of the costumes use cowbells, brass instruments, and goat skin drums. Growing up, a Christmas tradition was watching the Junkanoo parade. Seeing the different costumes and floats that people come up with and the food is just absolutely amazing. I’ve only seen it in person twice in my life but it’s still always so much fun to watch with my mom, grandma, and aunt. (North America/Bahamas/Traditional)



The third song I’ve chosen is Let em go by Supaman. I really enjoyed covering this unit so I wanted to add something from this guy because he’s crazy talented. His music does a good job of combining both modern and traditional aspects of Native American music. The technology that he uses such as the microphone, beatboxing, and machine he uses to loop his voice to the Apsaalooke Jingle Dress dancer that was featured in the music video. Another thing I really like about this is how deep the meaning behind each song is and it’s not just a dope beat. (North America/Montana/Modern and Traditional)



The last song I’ve chosen was a research project done on the War Dnce from Ghana. This summer my mom took my siblings and me to a natural history museum and we watched a video very similar to this one (dare I say this might be the same video?) In this video, we see three men on the agbekor drums (which is considered a membranophone!) and four other men doing the war dance. I loved our Africa unit because it was so cool seeing the dances and just the way each person moved. (Africa/Traditional)


Thank you all so much for tuning in this semester and I hope y’all enjoyed reading and hearing some of the songs!


Comments

  1. CJ McbrideDecember 2, 2024 at 12:22 PM

    Hi Angela, I love your blog so much. I love that you put supaman in your blog, he was someone i really loved listening to! “Let em go” has such a good message and love the beat of it. Good job!

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  2. LuigiballivianDecember 5, 2024 at 2:45 PM

    Hi Angela, your blog is amazing! I feel like all the music you added to this is really original and exciting. I remember Supaman from class and I thought he was always interesting. And then the song you chose for Modern Asia, I also loved that one a lot. Really good post!

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  3. Bentlee32December 7, 2024 at 9:55 PM

    Hi Angela, I liked reading your blog post. My favorite song was the one from the Native American artist. I could tell she was singing with a lot of passion and i really enjoyed listening to it.

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  4. Emmy EstradaDecember 11, 2024 at 4:20 PM

    I liked how you talked about Superman and definitely agree with you about how talented he is. I also agree about enjoying how he combines traditional and modern music. I really like how he portrays a message in each song.Overall, really good post!

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