“Climbing the World Tree” takes listeners on a journey through this universal mythic symbol across musical cultures. From Kate Daisy Grant’s contemporary British folk tribute to the ash tree, through Latvian, Magyar, and Norse interpretations, to Bartholomäus Traubeck’s experimental translation of tree rings into piano notes, we journey through diverse sonic landscapes. There’s even a brilliant slice of French pop courtesy of Frêne. The program culminates in Bronius Kutavičius’s powerful Lithuanian oratorio “The Tree of the World” – a piece that emerged during the Baltic “Singing Revolution” and speaks to both cosmic harmony and cultural resilience. The DJ apologizes for mangling the pronunciation of so many words!
Tag: World
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0033: Songs of Earth
Our series aims to collect music that “celebrates the Earth,” but that can take many forms. Earth is huge, after all. In this episode we feature new releases that celebrate the whole planet. In fact, every song in this mix has the word “Earth” in the title. No instrumentals in this one. Call them “songs of Earth.”
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0025: Songs of Many Tongues
Though we often focus on songs in English, that’s only because we’re linguistically challenged. We’re always interested in hearing songs that celebrate the Earth in other tongues. Love of Earth is global, as is concern over ecological crisis, and nothing illustrates that better than songs in rich array of languages. We barely scrape the surface here.
Listen on our site, Mixcloud, or PRX.