Favorite Musical Countries

Pete C · May-19th-2003, 02:12 PM

USA
Brazil
Cuba
India
Mali
South Africa
Senegal
Spain
France (as long as I can count Django as French)
Hungary

Tanager · May-20th-2003, 08:30 AM

Not disagreeing with or supplanting your choices, but augmenting them:

Mexico
Puerto Rico
Ireland
Iran (really Persia)
Pakistan

I'm assuming you meant in modern times?

Uli · May-20th-2003, 08:36 AM

Greatly augmenting the list by adding

Congo, Nigeria, Jamaica and Trinidad

mke · May-20th-2003, 08:56 AM

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Originally posted by Pete C
France (as long as I can count Django as French)

Why would you do that?

I wonder what music they make in Bhutan.

Tanager · May-20th-2003, 09:11 AM

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Originally posted by mke
I wonder what music they make in Bhutan.

Bhu-Tango?

(sorry.)

Pete C · May-20th-2003, 09:23 AM

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Originally posted by Uli
Greatly augmenting the list by adding

Congo, Nigeria, Jamaica and Trinidad

Absolutely. For me all were contenders except Jamaica (I hate reggae. So sue me.) Madagascar is also a contender.

Pete C · May-20th-2003, 09:24 AM

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Originally posted by mke
Why would you do that?

So, your allegiance is to your adopted country?

Pete C · May-20th-2003, 09:30 AM

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Originally posted by mke
I wonder what music they make in Bhutan.

"Jigme Drukpa "Endless Songs from Bhutan"
Label: Grappa / Heilo; HCD 7143; 16 Tracks; Playing Time: 55.24 min
Jigme Drukpa is a Bhutanese musician who currently lives in Norway, where he is studying for a degree in ethnomusicology at the University of Bergen. He plays a range of traditional Bhutanese instruments, the dra-nyen (Bhutanese lute), yangshin (Asian hammered dulcimer), dong lim and zur lim (flutes) and kong-tha (bamboo mouth harp), and sings in the two distinctive styles of Bhutanese secular music, zhung-dra and bö-dra. With this album (the first-ever release of Bhutanese music on CD), he takes the opportunity of introducing this music, rarely heard outside Bhutan, to the wider world.
Bhutan has never been colonised nor occupied another country throughout its history, which means it was able to develop a fairly unique musical tradition without assimilating outside influences to any great extent. Much of the music is somewhat similar to Tuvanese / Mongolian throat singing with its long notes and lute accompaniments. The tunes featuring dong lim or zur lim, on the other hand, remind me of Native American flute music. To Western ears, it certainly all sounds very exotic and evocative of wild, lonely landscapes. The press release accurately describes it as "meditative and soothing". It takes a bit of getting into, but it is rather beautiful once you do.
Grappa Musikkforlag
Anja Beinroth"

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...glance&s=music

mke · May-20th-2003, 11:17 AM

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Originally posted by Pete C
So, your allegiance is to your adopted country?

More importantly, was Django's allegiance to his adopted country?

Tanager · May-20th-2003, 11:21 AM

Well, Django may have been born in Belgium, but he grew up in France, made most of his music there, and died there. I'd call him "French" for the purposes of placing him in a musical tradition, to be sure.

Brian Olewnick · May-20th-2003, 11:42 AM

Only because I've happened to investigate their music more than others, my favorites would be:

Japan
China
Indonesia (including Bali)
Viet Nam
Iran
Madagascar
Senegal
South Africa
Morocco
Cambodia

Sergio Zamora · May-20th-2003, 12:08 PM

Jamaica. That little has given more great music to the world per capita than anywhere I can think of.

Pete C · May-20th-2003, 03:51 PM

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Originally posted by Brian Olewnick
Indonesia (including Bali)

Is that a political statement?

Sand · May-20th-2003, 04:23 PM

Jigme Drukpa came to a college up in the mountains - about 35 miles from my home - to study Bhutanese music :-) Before he returned home (no brain drain in Bhutan) he learned to play (some) hardanger fiddle.
And while you were discussing Jigme Drukpa, I was playing a minidisc with some tracks from master fiddler Hauk Buen's "Feledåm" ( or "Feledam").

Jonathan Sutton · May-20th-2003, 04:50 PM

Poland
Russia

England's not bad, either.

Jonathan Sutton · May-20th-2003, 06:15 PM

Germany
Austria

mke · May-21st-2003, 06:58 AM

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Originally posted by Sand
Jigme Drukpa came to a college up in the mountains - about 35 miles from my home - to study Bhutanese music :-) Before he returned home (no brain drain in Bhutan) he learned to play (some) hardanger fiddle.
And while you were discussing Jigme Drukpa, I was playing a minidisc with some tracks from master fiddler Hauk Buen's "Feledåm" ( or "Feledam").

Did he go to "study" or to "teach" Bhutanese music?

My initial comment was a throwaway, but now I'm genuinely curious.

Knike · May-21st-2003, 08:20 AM

USA (for all that Jazz)
Switzerland (they got Jazz too)
Cuba
Jamaïca
Ireland
Great Britain
India
Indonesia
Senegal / Mali / other African
Scandinavian Countries
Italy
Germany

Brian Olewnick · May-21st-2003, 09:22 AM

Shouldn't have left out Ghana....

Tanager · May-21st-2003, 09:23 AM

Okay, this list is getting pretty long. What are some countries that should be left out?

Brian Olewnick · May-21st-2003, 09:29 AM

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Originally posted by Tanager
Okay, this list is getting pretty long. What are some countries that should be left out?

Well, Canada, obviously!!! ;-)

stonemonkts · May-21st-2003, 09:50 AM

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Originally posted by Tanager
Okay, this list is getting pretty long. What are some countries that should be left out?

Switzerland
Austria
Lichtenstein

Uli · May-21st-2003, 10:01 AM

England is overrated

Knike · May-21st-2003, 11:16 AM

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Switzerland
Austria
Lichtenstein

Why do you think they should be left out ??
Ok, Liechtenstein maybe, but I know a pretty cool funk-band from Liechtenstein, and one of my own bands is 1/4 Liechtensteinish.....

Sergio Zamora · May-21st-2003, 01:03 PM

There are very fertile electronica, experimental and improvising scenes in Austria. Lotsa music.

I always thought Liechtensteinwas made up.

clinthopson · May-22nd-2003, 11:26 AM

USA , except for pop, shitkick, most rock and rap
Mexico, give me a tequila shooter and Huapangos any time
Canada, can a country which gave us Celine Dion and Anne Murray be all bad?
Cuba, great cigars and Abrahim Ferrer
France, or "Freedom" if you will

Pete C · May-22nd-2003, 11:39 AM

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Originally posted by clinthopson
Canada, can a country which gave us Celine Dion and Anne Murray be all bad?

Canada's a contender if only for Paul Bley.

Tanager · May-22nd-2003, 12:12 PM

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Originally posted by Pete C
Canada's a contender if only for Paul Bley.

Didn't Canada give us Oscar Peterson, too?

Pete C · May-22nd-2003, 01:23 PM

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Originally posted by Tanager
Didn't Canada give us Oscar Peterson, too?

Yeah, but for me that wouldn't grant it contender status.

Sergio Zamora · May-22nd-2003, 01:26 PM

Canada gave us Alannah Myles. Remember "Black Velvet"? Yeah, Black Velvet.

And Bryan Adams!

And the guy who sang "Hot Child in the City"!

I ask you, what more do you want?