Vietnam
Probably, the most known facts about Vietnam in today’s American society are related to the bitter Vietnam war and very rarely one hears details on cultural aspects of this country (or almost any other country in the world) on popular mass media. Contrary to the harsh memories of the war, Vietnamese music has an extraordinary mellow and relaxing tune to it. Variety of traditional instruments used in Vietnamese music makes it very unique and historical and paints the culture and religious rituals of Vietnam. As usual, this edition of Continental Drift starts off with traditional and folk songs and instrumental pieces that are good representatives of the tradition and history of the music of the country and spends the last half hour on contemporary music. The coverage of Vietnamese music was concluded with a amazing performance of a traditional Vietnamese song by a group of four women. The video of this performance is at the bottom of this page. And last but not least, the Global Shuffle segment showcased the music of some of the friends of the show on MySpace.com where we included two songs by two different bands from a very unknown country in Western Africa, Gabon.
PLAYLIST:
- Falling Rain – Pham duc Thanh
- Work Song – Pham duc Thanh
- Qua Cau Gio Bay (Breeze Over the Bridge) – Trieu Tien Vuong
- Dem Tay Nguyen (Night in Tay Nguyen) – Dan
- Xuan Que Huong (The Spring in My Home Village) – Leu Kim Thu
- Loi Lo (Theater music) – From the CD “the Music of Vietnam, Vol. 1.2″
- Hat Hoi – Pham Duy
- The Wounded Soldier – Pham Duy
- Ly Ngua O – Pham duc Thanh
- Di Cay- Pham duc Thanh
- Dao Ngu Cung (Literally: “Inversion Of The Five Fundamental Degrees Of The Vietnam – Nguyen Vinh Bao Ensemble
- Medley: Luu Thuy, Binh Ban & Kim Tien (Stream of Water, Piece in Moderation, Golden Coin) – Phong Nguyen Ensemble
* You can listen to the following songs directly from the artists’ pages on this player.
- Con Dau Cuoi Cung – Le Hieu
- Dam Cuoi Ngheo – Truong Vu
- Con Mua Qua – Bao Thy
- Thuong Ve Mien Dat Lanh – Bich Tuyen
- Stay Don’t Go – Hoa Trang An
Global Shuffle Segment (11:30 p.m. 12:00 a.m.)
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* You can listen to the following songs directly from the artists’ pages on this player.
