A perfect description of Fado music and, generally speaking, the heart of the Portuguese people of prior generations. Totally opposite of Brazilian bossa nova or Carnival music. I strongly recommend the Sergio Mendes album “Brasileiro”, if you haven’t already. And of course the great Getz/Gilberto album. For great Portuguese Fado, try Amelia Rodriquez. I understand some Portuguese, but it’s not required.
I love West African music, especially from Mali. Ali Farka Toure, Salif Keita, Toumani Diabate, and Habib Koite are favorites. I understand few of the words, unless they’re singing in French, but the rhythms and musicality are wonderful. I’ve seen three of them in concert and they’re great entertainers.
Santana for Spanish songs. Paco de Lucia for Spanish guitar.
I like listening to The Hu; Mongolian throat singers. I don’t understand a word, but the primitive sound of it is great.
… because the original Bubblegum Crisis is one of my favourite anime of all time, and the music is an essential part of the experience! There’s a Hurricane Tonight!
I generally don’t listen to “foreign” music, but I have found a handful of German artists whose music I enjoy. It’s a very tiny percentage of the music I listen to though.
I also have to wonder how you classify this since it’s not really a language:
It’s not English, but then it’s not any other language either.
A perfect description of Fado music and, generally speaking, the heart of the Portuguese people of prior generations. Totally opposite of Brazilian bossa nova or Carnival music. I strongly recommend the Sergio Mendes album “Brasileiro”, if you haven’t already. And of course the great Getz/Gilberto album. For great Portuguese Fado, try Amelia Rodriquez. I understand some Portuguese, but it’s not required.
