Spanish music
This isn't Spanish folk music, but a very modern Spanish language song. I believe the performer is half Spanish and half German? I don't know where he's based. Very catchy, I think. "Sofia" by Alvaro...
View ArticleMusica della Val Borbera
The Val Borbera is politically Piemonte now, and the source of one of the Northern Italian academic samples, but it was part of Liguria until very recently, so they're "ethnically" Ligurian and speak a...
View ArticleEuropean Anthem
What are your opinions on the European anthem? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthem_of_Europe Do you have any better choices? This might not be a good anthem choice, but one of my favourite pieces....
View ArticleFirst violins imitated human voices: study
Music historians have long suspected that the inventors of the violin wanted to imitate the human voice, and a study out Monday shows how 16th to 18th century luthiers in Italy did it. Researchers at...
View Article200,000 classic Italian songs have been put online for free
It's just GREAT! It will also be updated as time goes on. https://www.thelocal.it/20180205/italy-puts-200000-classic-italian-songs-online-for-free This is the link: http://www.canzoneitaliana.it/ For...
View ArticleHeavy Metal
British pop, French chansons or Italian melodies. Discuss all your favourites here? What about the one that is perhaps the most «exclusively» white-European of all - Heavy Metal and it's varieties...
View ArticlePop Music from Malta
One of the Most popular female singers on the Island Lira Losco with David Leguess
View ArticleDo you like Medieval music?
It's one of my favourite music eras! Gregorian Chant, other forms of plainchant (like Hildegard von Bingen music) and polyphony (mostly Late Medieval/Renaissance) are majestic! What do you think about...
View ArticleAlbanian music from Kosovo
This is concentrating solely on Albanian music from Kosovo, Albanian music from Kosovo is said to have originated since 5-6 century BC, it is one of the oldest and very unique, the ancient Greeks are...
View ArticleBagpipe Music
I absolutely love bagpipe music. Fitting for many occasions, unique and always inspiring to my ears. Not sure if many people love it as well, but I thought a thread specifically meant for it wouldn't...
View ArticleEurovision Song Contest
I posted this here because I think it is more European than entertainment type. This weekend sees the Eurovision Song Contest. Once more we can watch some really bad songs from all over Europe thrash...
View ArticleEaster Music from Corsica
Via Crucis-Christina Pluhar- "Maria" by Corsican group Barbara Furtuna: ""Maria is a creation of the Corsican male vocal ensemble Barbara Fortuna and is based on the melody of La Carpinese, a...
View ArticleRomanian
Course of Vulgar Latin(ethnographic-oriented) The melodies are really old,but it is the shepherds' creativty that always changes the verses,it goes like this: "When the breasts are like apples To...
View ArticleSongs in Italian
Battiato Uccelli http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_lZMLgN7R0 Voglio vederti danzare http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGYFlitLXGk Mal d' Africa http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Asg0fe1A9W0
View ArticleWho is/are your favorite European Band/s?
What bands are your absolute favorite? If you also know their genre, you may state it.
View ArticleAlbanian
Albanian folk music falls into three sylistic groups, with other important music areas around Shkodër and Tirana; the major groupings are the Ghegs of the north and southern Labs and Tosks. The...
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