Shovel Guitar
Justin Johnson makes and plays an amazing three string made from a shovel.
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The Nyckelharpa
As soon as I saw a Nyckelharpa I knew I had to post about it. It’s not the only stringed, bowed instrument with keys, the Hurdy-Gurdy for example is quite similar, though that uses a static wheel. The Nyckelharpa uses a more standard bow, though it’s quite small compared to something like a violin. Check…
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Ningen Isu
A couple years ago I set out to learn what “metal” music is like in different cultures, just by typing in a country or people group and the word “metal” in YouTube. Thus I found Ningen Isu. I’ll just get out of the way that the music is GREAT. Listen below. But this first paragraph…
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Mongolian Punk
I really appreciate both music that is culturally specific as well as music that crosses cultures. I recently found this music on Youtube. Most of what I’ve listed to is from one band,Hanggai, but there’s quite a bit of it on Youtube. I’ll let Wikipedia tell you more about the band. Hanggai Band (ζηδΉι) is…
