Music of the Month
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Our June 2020 selection for Music of the Month Aboriginal Folk Songs Of Taiwan
Folk Music of China, Volume 5
Aboriginal Folk Songs Of Taiwan features songs from ethnic minority groups living in Taiwan: Amis, Atayal, Saisiyat, Tsou,
Paiwan, Rukai, Bunnun, Seediq and Truku. These aboriginal ethnic groups are distributed across
mountainous areas, high plateaus, and flat plains, adhering to various beliefs, lifestyles and musical
cultures.
You can also buy this and previous Music of the Month titles in our shop
(and save a little on postage for more than one CD).
These CDs were donated to RootsWorld by Naxos Music. We thank them, and you, for supporting the magazine and radio program.
Andrew Cronshaw writes, "I'm guessing most people, even those with considerable knowledge of the musics of the world, listening to this CD with no information would have no idea where it's from... These aren’t any kind of scratchy archive recordings; they were made in May 2014, in Taiwan but it’s not clear whether on location or not. They have reverb; its application in ethnic field recordings is sometimes a point of discussion, but here it’s tasteful and effective."
Read Andrew's full review.
"Drinking Song (Amis)"
"Weaving Song" (Saisiyat - excerpt)
Nose flute solo (Paiwan - excerpt)
Pray For The Harvest (Bunun - excerpt)
These CDs were donated to RootsWorld by Naxos Music. We thank them, and you, for supporting the magazine and radio program.
You can also buy this and previous Music of the Month titles in our shop (and save a little on postage for more than one CD).
