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Travelling Tunes

Ethnomusicologist Dr Kirsten Zemke leads us around the world on a new musical exploration each week. Thanks to drakestreetstudios.com.

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Travelling Tunes w/ Dr. Kirsten Zemke: September 25, 2020

Travelling Tunes w/ Dr. Kirsten Zemke: September 25, 2020 Kirsten Zemke: September 25, 2020, 22.99 MB
Fri 25 Sep 2020

Today Dr. Kirsten Zemke takes us back to 2011 as she dips our toes into the wonderful audio pool of Vaporwave. The two words of the day are memesis and playbour, so check out this podcast to find out why! 

Travelling Tunes w/ Dr. Kirsten Zemke: September 18, 2020

Travelling Tunes w/ Dr. Kirsten Zemke: September 18, 2020 Kirsten Zemke: September 18, 2020, 25.41 MB
Fri 18 Sep 2020

Dr. Kirsten Zemke is bringing us some serious Friday feelings with Reggae. Featuring Toots & The Maytals' 54-46 Was My Number, Jimmy Cliff's The Harder They Come, and Burning Spear's Marcus Garvey.

Travelling Tunes w/ Dr. Kirsten Zemke: September 11, 2020

Travelling Tunes w/ Dr. Kirsten Zemke: September 11, 2020 Kirsten Zemke: September 11, 2020, 24.22 MB
Fri 11 Sep 2020

Grab your matini's because this week Dr. Kirsten Zemke is taking us into the world of Space Age Bachelor Pad Music. Featuring Juan Garcia Esquivel's Surfboard, Martin Denny's Hypnotique, and Yma Sumac's Gopher.

Travelling Tunes w/ Dr. Kirsten Zemke: September 4, 2020

Travelling Tunes w/ Dr. Kirsten Zemke: September 4, 2020 Kirsten Zemke: September 4, 2020, 30.96 MB
Fri 4 Sep 2020

On this weeks episode of Travelling Tunes, we're travelling into the world of Spoken Word. Dr. Kirsten Zemke brings us Iggy Pop's A Machine For Loving, Meatloaf's Wasted Youth, and Gil Scott-Heron's Whitey On the Moon.

Travelling Tunes w/ Dr. Kirsten Zemke: August 28, 2020

Travelling Tunes w/ Dr. Kirsten Zemke: August 28, 2020 Kirsten Zemke: August 28, 2020, 23.55 MB
Fri 28 Aug 2020

Red Dirt, a genre Rach and Tess are not hugely familiar with, lucky we've got Dr. Kirsten Zemke to enlighten us. Featuring Jimmy Lafave's Red Dirt Roads at Night, Cross Canadian Ragweed's Sick And Tired, and Turnpike Troubadours' Gin, Smoke, Lies.

Travelling Tunes w/ Dr. Kirsten Zemke: August 21, 2020

Travelling Tunes w/ Dr. Kirsten Zemke: August 21, 2020 Kirsten Zemke: August 21, 2020, 28.57 MB
Fri 21 Aug 2020

Nothing like some electro to kick off your weekend, Dr. Kirsten Zemke takes us through how this genre came to be. Featuring Herbie Hancock's Rockit, Kraftwerk's Numbers, and The Egyptian Lover's Egypt, Egypt

Travelling Tunes w/ Dr. Kirsten Zemke: August 14, 2020

Travelling Tunes w/ Dr. Kirsten Zemke: August 14, 2020 Kirsten Zemke: August 14, 2020, 28.33 MB
Fri 14 Aug 2020

Dr. Kirsten Zemke brings us Pronk, featuring Don Caballero's Let’s Face It Pal, You Didn't Need That Eye Surgery, Mr. Bungle's Pink Cigarette, and Bubblemath's The Sensual Con.

Travelling Tunes w/ Dr. Kirsten Zemke: August 7, 2020

Travelling Tunes w/ Dr. Kirsten Zemke: August 7, 2020 Kirsten Zemke: August 7, 2020, 26.58 MB
Fri 7 Aug 2020

This week we're diving into the world of Blues. Featuring Robert Johnson's Crossroad Blues, Ma Rainey's Call Me Anything, But Call Me! and Howlin' Wolf's Back Door Man.

Travelling Tunes w/ Dr. Kirsten Zemke: July 31, 2020

Travelling Tunes w/ Dr. Kirsten Zemke: July 31, 2020 Kirsten Zemke: July 31, 2020, 28.94 MB
Fri 31 Jul 2020

Today we're talking the genre no-one seems to want to admit they love, it's dubstep. Dr. Kirsten Zemke brings us Skream's Midnight Request Line, Rusko's Cockney Thug, and Skrillex's Scary Monsters And Nice Sprites.

Travelling Tunes w/ Dr. Kirsten Zemke: July 24, 2020

Travelling Tunes w/ Dr. Kirsten Zemke: July 24, 2020 Kirsten Zemke: July 24, 2020, 27.42 MB
Fri 24 Jul 2020

You might know this genre from shows such as Glee, Dr. Kirsten Zemke brings us the wonderful world of Acapella. Featuring Tracy Chapman's Behind the Wall, The Beach Boys' Our Prayer, and Boyz II Men's It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday.