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Jacqueline du Pré with Daniel Barenboim
With its beautiful, versatile vocal sound, this baroque instrument features not classical pieces but genres of all kinds. But where does it play a strong, influential and essential part? And perhaps alongside the sound, where it might also feature in lyrics?
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Welcome to the bar. What else is happening here besides whisky …?
Jazz scat to beatboxing, Appalachian eefing to Scottish Puirt à beul, Indian bol and Blackfoot songs to Tuvan throat-singing, this week we go beyond language to explore the intricacy of the voice as a non-lexical instrument
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If you go down to the woods tonight …
If you go down to the woods today … then listen carefully. You will hear intriguing tales by guest playlister Suzi, and marvellous songs inspired last week's topic. Find out where the path might lead …
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La laaaaaaaaa !!!
Male or female, soul or opera stars to pop or metal rockers, boy sopranos to countertenors, this week we elevate our range to pick out how a high-range voice can lift a song even greater heights
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Rockin' out? Hanging out. Some stimulating music-inspired Nordic images by the Finnish painter Markku Laakso
Sex and saunas, nature and technology? You bet. From the attractive to the ironic and meta, Song Bar regular DiscoMonster presents a sensual, cultural and exceptionally entertaining personal discourse on Nordic culture with a selection from last week's nominations
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Summer in Scandinavia?
Beautiful and sparse, acoustic to electronica, folk to metal, share your musical discoveries that capture the cultures of Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland and Iceland
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