Zither Manä, born as Manfred Zick is a bavarian zither player, born in 1947. He’s one of the greatest musicians in the nearest area around our village. Listen to him playing Pink Floyd on the Zither:
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Music from Canada/Ukraine – DoVira
DoVira [do-VEE-ruh] is a new Canadian music group blending the roots of Ukrainian musical heritage with Western styles such as jazz, rock, and electronic music. Listen to their awesome good song “Nese Halya Vodu”:
Music from France – Zaz
Zaz is a french jazz and chanson singer, born in 1980. Listen to her song “On Ira”, from her latest album ‘Recto Verso’:
Music from the US – Billy Joel
This is Billy Joel performing “The Longest Time” in London in 1984. The song starts at 2:30 but the beginning is worth watching, too. :)
Music from Mexico – Maná
Maná is a pop rock band from Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, which already won three Grammy Awards. The were founded in 1978 and play a mix of pop, rock, latin pop with influences from Reggae. Listening to this song often while cycling traing on the home trainer, I thought I’d share it with you to. “Vivir Sin Aire” is so dreamy good!!!
Listen to their classic Clavado en un Bar
Music from Portugal – Tiago Bettencourt & Mantha
Tiago Bettencourt is a Portuguese singer who was born in Coimbra, and now lives in Lisbon. Working together with Mantha they are a great duo! Listen to their awesome song “Eu Esperei”:
Music from the UK – The Heavy
No, The Heavy, a british band has nothing to do with heavy metal. Their music is a mix of neo-soul, indie, funk and blues. They formed in 2007, and are known for their heavy neo guitar sounds. Listeb to their great song “And When I Die”:
Music from Switzerland – Plassix
Plassix is swiss DJ and electronic music producer. Here’s his great relaxing song “Impulsiv”:
Music from South Africa – Freshlyground
This Afro-fusion band was formed in Cape Town in 2002. The band members variously hail from South Africa, Mozambique and Zimbabwe. Freshlyground’s musical style blends elements of traditional South African music (such as kwela and African folk music), jazz and indie rock. Listen to their latest single “Take me to the dance”, from the album Take me to the dance:
And here more about their brand new album, seems really great!
Music from France/Germany – Yann Tiersen & KlangKuenstler
Yann Tiersen, born in Brest in 1970, is a French film music composer best known for his soundtrack to “Amelie”. And Michael Korb alias KlangKuenstler is a bavarian electronic music producer.
Listen to the original “Amelie soundtrack”:
And the “Elektronische Welt der Amelie”, in english the “Amelie’s electronic world”:
