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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: July 20, 2018

 Travelling Tunes w/ Dr. Kirsten Zemke: July 20, 2018 Kirsten Zemke: July 20, 2018, 21.01 MB
Fri 20 Jul 2018

Kirsten's speaking about the Mbira, the handheld device that kind of looks like a piano, right? With Konono No.1's, Paradiso, Björk's Earth Intruders, and Jens Lekman's, A Little Lost showcasing this harmonic little number with a huge sound. Dr. Zemke has done it again, folks.

Travelling Tunes w/ Dr. Kirsten Zemke: July 13, 2018

 Travelling Tunes w/ Dr. Kirsten Zemke: July 13, 2018 Kirsten Zemke: July 13, 2018, 19.95 MB
Fri 13 Jul 2018

This weeks topic is a little different, the Dirty Blues... Stumbling across this niche genre while researching the jugs, Kirsten was attracted to what she found. With tracks like The Topper's Baby Let Me Bang Your Box, Blind Boy Fuller's What's That Smell Like Fish?, and Bo Carter's Your Biscuits Are Big Enough For Me, we discover a whole new type of persuasion.

Travelling Tunes w/ Dr. Kirsten Zemke: July 6th, 2018

 Travelling Tunes w/ Dr. Kirsten Zemke: July 6th, 2018 Kirsten Zemke: July 6th, 2018, 33.27 MB
Fri 6 Jul 2018

This week, Kirsten's in with the ukulele for us. Tiny Tim's Livin' In The Sunlight, Lovin' In The Moonlight, James Hill's The Satisfactory Waltz, and Eddie Vedder's Sleeping By Myself, as well as a special final track, just for a listener. While Kirsten educates Mike on the roots of this special number, apparently Tess knows a thing or two as well... 

Travelling Tunes w/ Dr. Kirsten Zemke: June 29, 2018

 Travelling Tunes w/ Dr. Kirsten Zemke: June 29, 2018 Kirsten Zemke: June 29, 2018, 28.3 MB
Fri 29 Jun 2018

Kirsten's back. Fighting fit and ready for us with... The Whisky Jug! Mikey's sceptical, but can Kirsten sway his feelings on this humble piece of pottery with the Whistler & His Jug Band's Pig Meat Blues, Mungo Jerry's classic hit, In The Summertime, and 13th Floor Elevators's, You're Gonna Miss Me?

Travelling Tunes w/ Dr. Kirsten Zemke: June 8, 2018

 Travelling Tunes w/ Dr. Kirsten Zemke: June 8, 2018 Kirsten Zemke: June 8, 2018, 26.6 MB
Fri 8 Jun 2018

Kinky, sensual and RSI-inducing, Kirsten has a yarn about castanets. From courting women to expensive resin and string, if you've ever wondered about the origin of these Pipi-shaped clackers, wonder no more. Mikey and Kirsten talked about and over Lucero Tena's Mi Dulce Mulata, The Crystals' Uptown and the smooth clanky-clanks of The Johnson Brothers' Hernando's Hideaway.

Travelling Tunes w/ Dr. Kirsten Zemke: June 1, 2018

 Travelling Tunes w/ Dr. Kirsten Zemke: June 1, 2018 Kirsten Zemke: June 1, 2018, 28.52 MB
Fri 1 Jun 2018

Is it distortion? It is overdrive? Is it intentionally grainy or are my ears deceiving me? 50 years of defining rock 'n' roll and yet the fuzz pedal just brings up more questions than it answers. Your favourite ethnomusicologist's looking at Jimi Hendrix' Foxey Lady, Sonic Youth's Starfield Road, and MBV's Only Shallow in an attempt to settle your wildest queries. 

Travelling Tunes w/ Dr. Kirsten Zemke: May 25, 2018

 Travelling Tunes w/ Dr. Kirsten Zemke: May 25, 2018 Kirsten Zemke: May 25, 2018, 34.98 MB
Fri 25 May 2018

Kirsten googled what makes the saxophone so sexy and it didn't lead her to any bad sites. A win for all! This week we're looking at David Bowie's Young Americans, Pink Floyd's Us and Them, and In A Sentimental Mood by the jazz icon himself, John Coltrane. 

Travelling Tunes w/ Dr. Kirsten Zemke: May 11, 2018

 Travelling Tunes w/ Dr. Kirsten Zemke: May 11, 2018 Kirsten Zemke: May 11, 2018, 29.27 MB
Fri 11 May 2018

The double bass is perhaps the truest test of showmanship according to Kirsten. This week, we cover Elvis Presley's That's Alright (Mama), Lou Reed's (dirty AF) Walk On The Wild Side, and The Cure's The Lovecats. Plus, a mini review of the Jim Henson restrospectacle for that one devoted listener who really, really wanted to know. We love you. 

Travelling Tunes: May 11, 2018

 Travelling Tunes: May 11, 2018 Travelling Tunes: May 11, 2018, 29.27 MB
Fri 11 May 2018

Travelling Tunes w/ Dr. Kirsten Zemke: May 4, 2018

 Travelling Tunes w/ Dr. Kirsten Zemke: May 4, 2018 Kirsten Zemke: May 4, 2018, 30.96 MB
Fri 4 May 2018

Mikey and Kirsten consider themselves beatboxing savants, particularly in the realm of kathak-inspired rhythmic retention. Listen as we make fools of ourselves allll for your listening pleasure. The things we do, I s2g.