This song list has been moved from the RRT section The Magic of a Good Mix #1 Choose to Love The Universal Language of Music We need a cosmopolitan* approach which seeks integration, not divide. J-Calvin Choose to Love Youtube song video (2018) https //www youtube com/watch?v=g4v6SpMKDQU Note from PF: The basic idea is to love one’s self first, then love others. By using a multi-racial platform to present this lovely song, all of the musicians work together to complete the whole. All are equally vital to the finished composition’s effect and success. This is the way it should be in life. *not a Utopian ideal cosmopolitan approach; the definition here means responsibly and maturely working together while retaining individual differences. It does not mean a dissolution of all nations borders for global communism or socialism. It doesn’t mean trying to make everyone the same, or trying to enforce one set of ideas using draconian measures. The Magic of a Good Mix #2 India The Universal Language of Music This Good Mix series found on the Black Lives Matter Enough is Enough sections is to show that we can respect blacks and other persons of color as fellow human beings, but not like Black Lives Matter because of its cultist, criminalistic, terrorist and race-dividing tendencies. A Good Mix means a good mixture of races and cultures. But it also means people can go home into separate groups without guilt or governmental/societal pressures. We have free will and choices in these matters. If there is forced inclusion or forced or manipulated mixed bloodlines, one group might or not feel supported, another group might fee oppressed. We do not have to “do mixes” all of the time. One group might try to run down isolated groups to try to make them more like their group, like forced religion. Music can help us heal our anger over real or perceived qualitative divides. Folk Music of India - Meghalaya, Bah Kerios Wahlang Singing of Nature and Peace https //www youtube com/watch?v=7tq3PoByzxs Excerpt from youtube: Bah Kerios Wahlang, a folk music master from Meghalaya. His folk songs give a voice to the sacred forest of Mawphlang. If trees could sing this is how they would sound. Indian Folk Music of the Contemporary world | Yugm Band | TEDxSVC 2019 https //www youtube com/watch?v=V2r2F01fFaE Note from PF not a good sound quality, but offers an example 2015 Folk Music Of India | Audio Jukebox | Vocal | Folk | Raghuvir Kunchala | Hemant Chauhan https //www youtube com/watch?v=jwDqBl3n4bw [Note from PF: Interesting sounds] Excerpt from Youtube: India’s cultural diversity and richness is perfectly captured in its various folk music traditions. This album consists of popular folk songs and tunes from various regions. The rustic melodies such as Hazari Sudl, Jugnee Kehndiya and Dhola pulsate with the rhythms of the countryside and the Shankar Jaikishan - Top 10 Songs | Best Bollywood Evergreen Songs | Old Hindi Songs Collection https //www youtube com/watch?v=2qoS1zW2W2A The Magic of a Good Mix #3 Blues, Jazz The Universal Language of Music Santana, Composer/Player, Black Magic Woman and Oye Como Va Festival de Viña 2009 https //www youtube com/watch?v=AX9j0vIJ-aA John Lee Hooker, Carlos Santana and Etta James - Blues Boogie Jam Sep 26, 2014 (nearly 22 million views as of 2020/12/02) https //www youtube com/watch?v=jRMzVMe18cA Santana = Composer/Player, Black Magic Woman = Song Oye Como Va = Song https //www youtube com/watch?v=DzM7FHtFOdw Amy Black I Have A Choice featuring blind boys of alabama March 2020 This is a cool song! Basically saying we have a choice to put aside hate https //www youtube com/watch?v=giI0BMMfd-4 Esperanza Spalding Esperanza Spalding - Live in Concert 2012 https //www youtube com/watch?v=aSBc_08GrA8 Esperanza Spalding - "I Know You Know / Smile Like That" (Live in San Sebastian july 23, 2009 - 3/9) https //www youtube com/watch?v=2aRC3YY3svs Unconditional Love 2016 https //www youtube com/watch?v=XiF9fSeu4Q0 Oregon musician Hans Olson Arizona Hall of Fame Live in Scottsdale, Arizona 04/2020 https //www facebook com/AMEHOF/videos/hans-olson-live-from-scottsdale-az/2670051956549450/ Arizona musician The Magic of a Good Mix #5: South Korea The Universal Language of Music Hera Hyesang Park - Like the Wind That Met with Lotus | kiwa LIVE session Premiered Nov 6, 2020 (98,560 views) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-F6D-FrlGs Meet South Korean soprano, I AM HERA Seoul Music: Korean Sanjo Meets New York Jazz https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZNTSOPNY00 NEW YORK, May 19, 2018 — A form of Korean music that originated from indigenous shaman culture, sanjo performances traditionally include a soloist interacting and improvising with the rhythms of the janggo (double-headed drum). In this contemporary interpretation of the genre, acclaimed sanjo musicians are joined on stage by Grammy-winning jazz artists for a performance that encompasses Korean music, American jazz and blues, and klezmer traditions. Sol Jin background info and sample song https://www.zemskygreenartists.com/artists/sol-jin/ award: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KUZOFUfpkI The Magic of a Good Mix #6: Jewish The Universal Language of Music Joshua Aaron Hoshiana (Official Music Video) Jerusalem YouTube ·12/11/2012 · by Joshua Aaron (5,914,000+ views as of 2020/12/02) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGW62zTwfiw Beri Weber Beri Weber - Riboin (Official Music Video) YouTube · 237,000+ views · 9/2/2018 · by Beri Weber https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uxa_WOx0rJQ Beri Weber - Rabi Shimon [Official Video] feat. Malchus Choi YouTube · 5/13/2017 · by Beri Weber 7,223,000+ views as of 2020/12/2) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzMZg-FPRK0 Jewish violin! Violon juif ! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTDpxQdH7kM Shevet Achim Ensemble Jewish Lullabies Feb 19, 2017 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sM9lupwx6Q Itzhak Perlman Popular Jewish Melodies, A Yiddishe Mame, (ref.rec.: Dov Seltzer) Sep 17, 2020 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCWxgDuT75o FRAMEST - Ievan polkka (Finnish folk song) Feb. 2, 2017 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4kXFGPPpfLa4tvian band "FRAMEST" Tuuletar Vocal Folk Hop - Ievan polkka (Loituma COVER) Oct 10, 2018 2,456,370 views• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qz_uq7ypZnc The Magic of a Good Mix #8: Kenya The Universal Language of Music Winyo: Benga & Traditional Music from Kenya Dec. 11, 2014 Jump to 8:00 to get past the intro to the music. Lead singer says: “Give a Hand to your Souls: The Soul is One; There is no color, No tribe, No country, There’s only spirit. One great [?] is the music.” Song of Lake Victoria. Winyo performs traditional Luo songs infused with witty storylines, Afro fusion, Afro jazz, and Benga (a mix of contemporary music with traditional Kenyan Luo music in which the guitar is played to mimic a Luo eight-string lyre called a nyatiti).Winyo sings in Dholuo, Swahili and English. Speaker Biography: Born Shiphton Onyango, Winyo adopted the artistic name "Winyo," which is a Luo word for "bird." The Luo are a tribe from the Lake Victoria region of Western Kenya. He says that he derives his music and musical strength from his forefathers, whose African music was rich in melody and traditional harmonies. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bn4WOvCjoMc Sauti Sol (African Empowerment) SAUTI SOL - Sept. 12, 2014 10,614,958 views as of 2020/12/02 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEJw64Zl28U The Magic of a Good Mix #9: USA The Universal Language of Music Also See Jazz, Blues and Female Violinists, Celloists, etc. The list here is a smörgåsbord of little known to well known American musicians. The main point here is not to emphasize any one singer or group, but to express that music is very much a part of many American lives and that it is everywhere. Ashokan Farewell by Jay Ungar & Molly Mason - Perspective Ensemble Aug 10, 2012 Pub date 1,018,454 views as of 2020/12/05 https //www youtube com/watch?v=MaCazf36D3k Civil War song; group hails from New York’s Catskills mountains Lost John Ray, fiddler Rough Old-Time Mountain Folk Make The Best Music prod. by David Hoffman Discusses and shows old 1965 fiddler player in North Carolina https //www youtube com/watch?v=GrSl6r0hZpk Excerpt: The time was 1965 and I was making my first documentary for television. I got sent to the mountains of North Carolina. Asheville. Buncombe County. Madison County. Wilkes County. I was on the road with the great collector of music Bascom Lamar Lunsford. He was taking me to the best of the best, the folks he was going to choose to perform at his mountain dance and folk Festival, the first festival of that type in the USA. My film ran on national primetime television in 1966 and showed Americans for the first time what these people were like, not just their wonderful musicianship, but this storytelling and poetry and dance and culture. One day Bascom took me to Jesse "Lost John" Ray, who he said folks in that region called the greatest fiddler….. They treated me beautifully and gave me the opportunity to record wonderful 16mm film… I loved mountain music – bluegrass music – country music back then, and I still do today. Especially when played by "real folks" like Lost John. https //www youtube com/watch?v=GrSl6r0hZpk Badly Bent The Tractors 2018 https //www youtube com/watch?v=FKTG96-DeYw Durango, Colorado The Chicks Travelin' Soldier (Official Video) https //www youtube com/watch?v=AbfgxznPmZM Dallas, Texas 1989 started band Musicians: Victor Furtado & Andrew Vogts Saco [?} Orangutans The Flat Pennies, Old Time Southern Appalachian music An Innovative Twist On Appalachian Old Time Music Song: Invasion of the Saber Tooth [Mammoth?] Oct. 4, 2017 https //www youtube com/watch?v=BjnBRS8w_NQ&list=PL0EdoRRHsYboPabuS-2YaskPA8w8 TEDxWilmington event Two young men started early in youth Mean Mary Mean Mary - Brand New Day (with wedding pictures) June 2017 https //www youtube com/watch?v=Hxn638vb8lw Young Country | Songs of Southwestern Songwriters The Other Side of The Hill Jan 5, 2019 https //www youtube com/watch?v=nGdcWAMKM5w O Come, O Come Emmanuel & Come Thou Long Expected Jesus - The Petersens (Live) Dec 19, 2019 2,048,323 views as of 2020/12/2 https //www youtube.com/watch?v=aKEUlJRQVbA Missouri group Big Head Todd and the Monsters Broken Hearted Savior 2008 Live at Red Rocks https //www youtube com/watch?v=3LDTOELWKts Big Head Todd and The Monsters are a rock band formed in 1984 in Colorado, with Todd Park Mohr on guitar and vocals, Brian Nevin on drums and Brad Christerson on bass. The band has developed a sizable live following especially in the Mountain States of the United States (Wikipedia). Justin Johnson "Summertime" from Justin Johnson's "If Walls Could Talk" Album Oct 2019 https //www youtube com/watch?v=dPR7pGsEdJU and https //www youtube com/watch?v=cUiYamjM4GU International touring Nashville recording artist Justin Johnson has been hailed by Guitar World as a "must-see act", dubbed "The Wizard" for his mastery of stringed instruments, and recognized as Slidestock International Slide…As Roots Music School founder, Justin Johnson has partnered with educators across the country to develop Roots Music curriculum for schools. (From Imdb) Kate Wolf - Green Eyes https //www youtube com/watch?v=PsXGzblg7Ws Kate Wolf (born Kathryn Louise Allen, January 27, 1942 – December 10, 1986) was an American folk singer and songwriter. Though her career was relatively short, she had a significant impact on the folk music scene and many musicians continue to cover her songs Famous American Singers https //www thefamouspeople com/american-singers.php Excerpt: American singers hailing from different cultural heritages undoubtedly play a major role in the development of world music. The Americans’ love for music is well known and it comes as no surprise that the country has produced some of the finest singers over the past centuries. The Magic of a Good Mix #10: Japan The Universal Language of Music Derek Fiechter Cherry Blossoms (SAKURA) Apr 2, 2015 https //www youtube com/watch?v=bGoQFFJRH0M Ryunosuke Yamagishi, Vandy Ishida Route 66 Blues Osaka Japan 2011 live https //www youtube com/watch?v=t9NN0Y6osLs Bring It On Home To Me/Ryunosuke Yamagishi 2011 https //www youtube com/watch?v=5lBq6WM0T9E Kabuki Theatre History with video https //www youtube com/watch?v=67-bgSFJiKc 88 Rising Miyavi the Japanese rock god shreds Rockstar 2018 https //www youtube com/watch?v=eOj2eeSGjn8 The Magic of a Good Mix #11: Peruvian The Universal Language of Music A Taste of Afro-Peruvian Music | Tony Succar | TEDxFIU https //www youtube.com/watch?v=keboPv6ZAvE Kaypi Peru Kaypi, Perú—“This Is Peru” in the indigenous Quechua language—highlights Peru’s rich and diverse cultural heritage and traditional arts. https //www youtube com/watch?v=55ObSreW_OA GAIA : Peruvian Rock Band 2013 https //www youtube com/watch?v=846Qj4NAG_E aia is considered one of the best rock bands in Peru. With 4 albums released and a 12 year carrer, The Magic of a Good Mix #11: China The Universal Language of Music Terry Lin Oct. 25, 2009 https //www youtube com/watch?v=QOPTkoK0MXI Tommorow will be better, 1986 YouTube · · by mapleworld777 https //www youtube com/watch?v=I8acxpIeJXQ Artist: Unknown Singer: A Lot Of Famous Chinese Singers Year Published: 1986 Ming Tian Hui Geng Hao Chinese Country [Vivien and LGF] https //www youtube com/watch?v=pfxcdY1UXCI Sept. 16, 2010 Experimental Chinese Opera Festival 2020 https //www westkowloon hk/en/ecof2020 Note from PF: It looks like modern Chinese are exploring mixing old themes with technology and modern tendencies; this particular festival seems to have been cancelled or rescheduled because of COVID-19. Several Chinese dissidents or victims of government suggest that Chinese productions are mind control operations by the Chinese government Liu Fang Concert 2005 Chinese folk music - Red River (pipa solo), Liu Fang concert liv https //www youtube com/watch?v=4QfjG9V4-zE This piece was composed by Zeng Qingrong in the 1980s based on a folk melody of Yi people (Yi folk dance 彝族舞蹈) in Yunnan Province (China) where Liu Fang was from. This video is a concert live recording during a tour in France in 2005. and "The King Chu doffs his Armour" is one of the most famous masterpieces for pipa solo from the traditional classical repertory. https //www youtube com/watch?v=_tGLFVCXNYA The Magic of a Good Mix #13: Dissident or Human Rights Oriented The Universal Language of Music Buffy Sainte-Marie & Tanya Tagaq "You Got To Run (Spirit Of The Wind [Note: Might be Anti-American Native American group, but song has spirit-there is an Alaskan dog sled competition story behind the song] http //www youtube com/watch?v=o5zb0WTSLsY Take down the CCP Chinese DIssident https //www taiwannews com.tw/en/news/4009113 TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Exiled Chinese billionaire Guo Wengui released his first single, "Take Down the CCP," last week, and it has since skyrocketed up the music charts around the world, even topping the U.S. iTunes chart at one point. As of Tuesday morning (Sept. 15), the rap song remains in the No. 2 slot on the iTunes download chart in Hong Kong and No. 3 in Taiwan. Guo first released "Take Down the CCP" on Sept. 8 on Gnews, a media platform he founded. The billionaire has promised to launch more songs that he says will uncover the true nature of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), reported CNA. Chinese dissident launches new single: 'Take Down the CCP' Guo Wengui’s new rap song topped iTunes charts in US despite China's attempt at censorship In the lyrics, Guo highlighted Beijing's attempts to silence dissidents, saying free speech is its biggest enemy. He emphasized that the CCP has destroyed families and that it is time for the Chinese to "rise above" and take back their home. During a livestream, Guo credited his single to a 12-member team based in the U.S., including Chinese songwriter Tang Ping . He said Beijing has censored the song in China but that its request that international mainstream music platforms follow suit was denied. https //www taiwannews com tw/en/news/4009113 Hong Kong Denise Ho: Becoming the Song – Official Trailer https //www youtube com/watch?v=3gu7bpEuOcI Opens July 1 in Kino Marquee virtual cinemas in solidarity with the annual protests marking the anniversary of the handover of Hong Kong to China. HK singer Denise Ho’s concert draws fans in New York 10/15/2019 https //www youtube com/watch?v=juYKJ3KFfEU Human Rights Concerts https //www humanrightsconcerts com/ -------