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Travelling Tunes

Ethnomusicologist Dr Kirsten Zemke leads us around the world on a new musical exploration each week. Thanks to Drake Street Studios.

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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.

Travelling Tunes w/ Dr. Kirsten Zemke: July 17, 2020

Travelling Tunes w/ Dr. Kirsten Zemke: July 17, 2020 Kirsten Zemke: July 17, 2020, 27.35 MB
Fri 17 Jul 2020

This week we're talking a genre the listeners are most definitely familiar with, Brit Pop. Featuring  Suede's Beautiful Ones, Oasis' Cigarettes & Alcohol and Elastica's Connection.

Travelling Tunes w/ Dr. Kirsten Zemke: July 10, 2020

Travelling Tunes w/ Dr. Kirsten Zemke: July 10, 2020 Kirsten Zemke: July 10, 2020, 28.41 MB
Fri 10 Jul 2020

This week features a genre with some debate around it. Dr. Kirsten Zemke brings us Weeb music, featuring Susumu Hirasawa's The Girl In Byakkoya, Tōru “TK” Kitajima TK's unravel [from Tokyo Ghoul], and Shokotan & Dempagumi's Punch Line! Theme Song.

Travelling Tunes w/ Dr. Kirsten Zemke: July 3, 2020

Travelling Tunes w/ Dr. Kirsten Zemke: July 3, 2020 Kirsten Zemke: July 3, 2020, 34.2 MB
Fri 3 Jul 2020

We're going to the US today for Minneapolis Sound, paying homage to Prince and featuring Sheila E.'s A Love Bizarre, Klymaxx's Meeting In The Ladies Room and Janet Jackson's Control.