Trollward - Syntagma

Fast-paced (good for headbanging) Medieval Folk Metal!

Just dropped the official video for "Broken Dolly" — Produced By Dj Jahmar , Edley Shine (Born Jamericans) on the mic. Lead single off Book of Micah Riddim, shot on location in Port Royal, Jamaica.

https://youtu.be/PcTL9Frr40Y?si=wCr36DxJ1kxovs7x

Hi everyone,

I've been searching for almost a full year now trying to track down the lyrics and Bambara transcription for the track "Sa Golo" by Malian blues legend Boubacar Traoré (from his 1996 album Sa Golo / featured in the film & soundtrack Je chanterai pour toi).

Here is a direct link to listen to the track on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAffQXly36w

Because it's an older acoustic track sung in Bambara, standard lyrics databases like Genius and Musixmatch don't have it transcribed. I know the title refers to "snake skin" (sa golo) and draws on proverbs about human character, trust, and deceit, but I haven't been able to locate the full verses or a line-by-line translation anywhere online.

Does anyone here speak Bambara, own the physical CD booklet / liner notes, or know where to find a French or English transcription? Even if someone can transcribe a few key phrases by ear, it would mean the world to me after searching for so long!

Thank you so much in advance!

https://www.allmusicas.net/en/biografia/kinito-mendez/:

“José del Carmen Ramírez Méndez, better known as Kinito Méndez is a Dominican singer and songwriter. He was born on November 18, 1963, in Azua, Dominican Republic. He is known for his merengue performances.

Many of his compositions became classic merengues such as "El cacu", "El coronel", "El boche" and "La manito".

Kinito Méndez's beginnings in Music

Kinito Méndez was a member of the merengue group Cocoband, being a fundamental piece. Their talent contributes to the creation of a new concept of meringue with a refreshing air.

In 1991, he decided to create a new project called Rokabanda. With this group, he established a very personal style classified as merengue refranero. With his orchestra, he managed to be honored with the most sacred awards of the Dominican national art chronicle (ACROARTE), obtaining Casandra awards as Revelation Group of the Year in 1992 and as Popular Orchestra of the Year in 1993. "Ají titi", "El vacano", "Rechenchen" and "Los hombres maduros", are just some of the numerous hits they presented.

Subsequently, Kinito Méndez sought new paths, left Rokabanda and decided to be Kinito Méndez & Orquesta, establishing himself as a soloist with the commercialization of the productions "El hombre merengue", "El decreto" (1997), "A caballo", "Su amigo", "D' colores", and "A palo limpio", the latter nominated for the Latin Grammy Awards, in the category of Best Merengue Album.”

Bally Sagoo - Tum Bin Jiya

Indian Pop / 90's Electronica fusion.

"Tum bin jiya" means "Living without you" in Hindi.

Besides the music itself, I like opposing duality represented in the music video.

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Dary 3alamha

My Homeland's Flag

Artist: Mehad Hamad

Genre: Aghani Wataniya (Patriotic Songs) / Khaliji Folk

Language/s: Arabic

Year: 2011

Overview: "a profound patriotic anthem that blends political allegiance with traditional Bedouin tribal values"

Note: Modern Emirati National Day celebrations are said to be incomplete without this song from UAE's answer to Bob Dylan.

Lyrics

Genre and Overview are based on Google AI's responses to "genre and meaning/analysis" prompt

Juno Reactor - God is God

Electronica (PsyTrance) with Arabic samples. The music video is weird, but wild, in an artistic way.

Shantel - Andante Levante

Traditional brass band music from the Balkans [Serbian / Romanian / Bosnian / Croatian / Greek / Bulgarian / Rom (Gipsy) / Turkish].

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De Nit

At Night

Artist: Lluís Cartes

Genre: Acoustic Folk-pop (MV Version)

Language/s: Catalan

Year: 2012

Album: Carenant L'absurd

Overview: "a poetic exploration of the human psyche's duality between the constraints of daytime conformity and the chaotic freedom of the night"

Note: The album version is apparently more upbeat with its pop rock vibe.

Lyrics

Genre and Overview are based on Google AI's responses to "genre and meaning/analysis" prompt

Ensiferum - By the Dividing Stream

Ensiferum is a folk metal band from Finland. Some of their pieces are purely folk music (mainly medieval and Viking-era influenced folk music), with no heavy metal at all. This is one of them. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.

Tiburk - Kanikani

Reggae Dub with Eastern vocals.

Paktofonika - Jestem Bogiem

Oldschool rap from Poland.

"Jestem bogiem" means "I am a god".

The violin strings in the instrumental, the DJ scratching the vinyl and the verbal flow of the rappers make it an interesting piece of music, even if one does not understand Polish.

113 - Tonton du Bled

French rap / hip-hop. The instrumental is based on traditional Arabic music from the Maghreb (North Africa).

MaddaBrassKa ist eine zehnköpfige Brass-Band ( gegründet 2011 ) aus Fulda in Osthessen, die für ihren energiegeladenen Mix aus Party-Blasmusik, Pop und Hip-Hop bekannt ist.

MaddaBrassKa is a ten-piece brass band (founded in 2011) from Fulda in East Hesse ( Germany ), known for its high-energy mix of party brass music, pop, and hip-hop.

Runallakta - Taita Wagrita

🙏 Dear Reddit community,

From Uganda to DRC to Kenya, Mali, S.A. All other the continent, my ears are fully open to receive your artists and music suggestions :)

Listening wholeheartedly to:
• Makambo & Land of anaka - Geoffrey Oryema,
• Mutoto & Le Bonheur - Lokua Kanza,
• Kothbiro & Obiero - Ayub Ogada,
• ubukho bakho - Bongeziwe Mabandla,
• Usiku Mwewa & Nguye - Ntsika,
• Milele - Trésor,
• Dianfa - Rokia Traoré.

Open to explore more of this wonderful music. Wishing you a lovely day/eve.

Hee all,

I am a teacher, a musician and ethnomusicologist from the Netherlands. At the end of October I will start teaching a new workshop series on folk music/traditional music and dances from the six continents for primary school children. In this worship series I’d like to teach them one song/dance per workshop trying to at least cover four continents. So we can perform the songs/dances in a little concert at the end of the series.

For the continent of Africa I found a beautiful lullaby from DR Congo (I think. Although there is a chance it is the Republic of Congo but of course often times folksongs transcend borders). The CD on which I found it calls it “Wa wa wa”. Do you know this song? And could you help me translate it / tell me more about it? On the CD that I own it does give a French translation but it’s not entirely clear to me how it’s fits over the whole lyrics of the song. Thanks a lot for your help in advance!

Here is a Spotify link to the version of the song that I’m using: https://open.spotify.com/track/5fjKkFgUevxLMftb0Q8qYl?si=6b323b1dcf2f47bc

And here is a YouTube link to a different variant of the song with a slightly different lyrics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGc8rSr7Zz4&list=RDMGc8rSr7Zz4&start_radio=1

These are the versions lyrics sung on the CD/Spotify:

Wa wa wa

Wawa, wawa hé muana wu dilé hi

(bis)

Kusuna bidilu biaku mama nda

I bi bi ghâna tiyé

Kusuna bidilu biaku mama nda

I bi bi ghâna tiyé

Wawa, wawa hé muana wu dilé hi

(bis)

Kusuna bidilu biaku mama nda

I bi bi ghâna tiyé

Kusuna bidilu biaku mama nda

I bi bi ghâna tiyé

Eh éh éh I bi bi ghâna tiyé (bis)

Eh, éh, éh malari bi tama ku

Ntuma

Dodo (French translation)

Dodo, dodo bébé

Ne pleure pas

Sèche tes larmes

Ne te rends pas malade

Ne pleure pas, mon petit

Calme-toi

Any recommendations for my radio show?

Etran de L'Aïr - Imouha

Music genres: Tuareg rock / Desert blues.

Etran de L'Aïr are a Tuareg (nomad) band from Niger, a country in West Africa, bordering the southern part of the Sahara desert.

Ensiferum - Lai Lai Hei

Medieval-influenced Folk Metal from Finland. In other words, a blend of medieval folk music and heavy metal, sung in Finnish.