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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 14, 2018

 Travelling Tunes w/ Dr. Kirsten Zemke: September 14, 2018 Kirsten Zemke: September 14, 2018, 28.92 MB
Fri 14 Sep 2018

It's a rip-ROARING time on Travelling Tunes this morning, with Dr. Kirsten Zemke bringing in some jungle sounds. With Glass Animals Pools, Flying Lotus's Melt! and The Acid's Animal, it's a chirpy time with Mike and Kirsten. 

Travelling Tunes w/ Dr. Kirsten Zemke: September 7, 2018

 Travelling Tunes w/ Dr. Kirsten Zemke: September 7, 2018 Kirsten Zemke: September 7, 2018, 31.53 MB
Fri 7 Sep 2018

What is the doctor recommending today? That's right, the french horn, folks. Showcasing Bon Iver's Towers (...is it even in this one?), The Who's Overture and Kanye West's All Of The Lights. To be honest, Kirsten's just happy she got bFM to play Rihanna. Good work.

Travelling Tunes w/ Dr. Kirsten Zemke: August 31, 2018

 Travelling Tunes w/ Dr. Kirsten Zemke: August 31, 2018 Kirsten Zemke: August 31, 2018, 29.69 MB
Fri 31 Aug 2018

Kirsten brings all the animals into the studio today. All the animal sounds, and there are _a lot_ to choose from. A lot of animals and a lot of tracks, that is. Ratatat's Wildcat, The Avalances Frontier Psychiatrist, and Prince's La La La, He he Hee feature this morning, as well as special shout out to Missy Elliot's Work It because how could we not?

Travelling Tunes w/ Dr. Kirsten Zemke: August 24, 2018

 Travelling Tunes w/ Dr. Kirsten Zemke: August 24, 2018 Kirsten Zemke: August 24, 2018, 24.99 MB
Fri 24 Aug 2018

Kirsten triggers some fond memories for Mike, memories of the Casio VL Tone. You know, that keyboard look a like that makes high pitched noises, and solves math problems. Yep, that one. As heard in The Falls' The Man Whose Head Expanded, Thievery Corporation's Letter To The Editor, Trio's Da Da Da and Luke Haines's Big Daddy Got A Casio VL Tone.  

Travelling Tunes w/ Dr. Kirsten Zemke: August 17, 2018

 Travelling Tunes w/ Dr. Kirsten Zemke: August 17, 2018 Kirsten Zemke: August 17, 2018, 32 MB
Fri 17 Aug 2018

Travelling Tunes w/ Dr. Kirsten Zemke: August 10, 2018

 Travelling Tunes w/ Dr. Kirsten Zemke: August 10, 2018 Kirsten Zemke: August 10, 2018, 33.27 MB
Fri 10 Aug 2018

The Calliope, yeah, that keyboard with the pipes coming out of it. That creepy thing. Whats that all about?
Dr Kirsten Zemke delves into the weird and wacky history of Calliopes, from The Circus to Baseball. 
Track List
Sly & the Family Stone - Life
Buffalo Springfield - Broken Arrow
Tom Waits - Calliope

Travelling Tunes w/ Dr. Kirsten Zemke: August 3, 2018

 Travelling Tunes w/ Dr. Kirsten Zemke: August 3, 2018 Kirsten Zemke: August 3, 2018, 25.89 MB
Fri 3 Aug 2018

Bee-ee-bap-ba-baddap-boh. Whether you deem it affectation, annoyance, or amazing, scat is surprisingly free of genre constraints. Plus, we picked some good ones here. Promise. Biddle-de-bop. Pow.

Travelling Tunes w/ Dr. Kirsten Zemke: July 27, 2018

 Travelling Tunes w/ Dr. Kirsten Zemke: July 27, 2018 Kirsten Zemke: July 27, 2018, 24.04 MB
Fri 27 Jul 2018

Mike really had this one coming, didn't he: the airhorn. Don't say you weren't warned.

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.