Music of Syria – Farid El Atrache

Farid el Atrache ( also al-Atrash and al-Atrasch; born October 19, 1915 in al-Suwayda, Syria; † 26 December 1974 in Beirut, Lebanon) was a Syrian -Egyptian composer, singer and actor.

Hekayet Gharami a song withing a movie stared by Magda an Egyptian Star Acress of the late 50, 60, 70 until…Co-stared Farid El Atrash the singer of this song.

Music from Poland – Dikanda

Dikanda is a Polish folk group that was founded in 1997 in Szczecin. The band’s music is influenced by folk music and music from different nations, such as from Poland, Belarus, Bulgaria and Macedonia. There are also influences from Yiddish, from Roma and Kurdish music.

 

Music from the Faroe Islands – Eivor

Eivør Pálsdóttir (born 21 July 1983 in Syðrugøta / Faroe Islands) is a Faroese singer and composer. She sings soprano and accompanied himself on the guitar

or as in theis example on a “tambourine” here is her song Trollabundin

and another song in english , totally different

and a cover from Kate Bush “Hounds of Love ” because i love this song so much

Music from Oman – DJ AA

DJ AA startet DJing in clubs in Boston about 7 years ago. Listen to his great mix of “Small Bumps” by Ed Sheeran & Chromatics:

Music from Germany – KlangKuenstler

Michael Korb alias KlangKuenstler is a bavarian electronic music producer. Listen to his latest song “Barfuß auf Wolken”, a great one!

Music from the US – Slayer – RIP Jeff Hannemann (guitar )

Jeff Hannemann , guitarist of the Trash-Metal band “Slayer “(California)  died yesterday due to liver failure  at the age of 49 .

Music from Norway – Wardruna

Wardruna is a musical project based on Nordic spiritualism and the runes of the Elder Futhark. It was started by Einar “Kvitrafn” Selvik in 2003, along with Gaahl and Lindy Fay Hella.

The project began in 2003 and has since released two albums, each based on a set of runes. There are plans to release at least one more disc, based on eight more of the runes.(wikipedia)

The video shows  the way to Bergen (Hordaland, Norway) , here is their song “Algir-Stien Klarnar”

 

Music from Poland – Gods and Demons

This song , or better these 4 or 5 songs come from Poland , as i could translate the title , the songs have all the same topic , gods and demons in slawonian mysticism , i could not identify the interpreters….. sorry , if someone can help , please don´t hesitate 7

Here , i found a good article about this topic ( in polish ) try to translate it with an online translator

 

Music from Canada – Austra

Austra is a three-man Canadian New Wave band founded  in 2010 around  the Toronto Latvian-Canadian singer-songwriter Katie Stelmanis. The band’s name refers to the goddess of light in Latvian mythology.

Here is her song “Home”