Not a New Zealander, but I'm an American raised in the Southern states and on old school country music.
Here are the Texas Tornados doing a splendid cover of a Charlie Pride favorite!

Time for some Siberian beats
OTYKEN - STORM

Kodo - "O-Daiko" - HD (japanese drummers - Taiko - tambours géants Japon)
Time for some Siberian beats
OTYKEN - STORM
Kodo - "O-Daiko" - HD (japanese drummers - Taiko - tambours géants Japon)
One more.
Your drum.
Totó la Momposina - Tu Tambor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xObESuNVEgw
Legends of Colombian folklore.
Because just listen, honestly.
💓 🥁
Los Gaiteros de San Jacinto - El Millo se Modernizo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ch3EoMuxCjI
Legends of Colombian folklore.
Because just listen, honestly.
💓 🥁
Los Gaiteros de San Jacinto - El Millo se Modernizo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ch3EoMuxCjI
Been a while since I've pestered you with Colombian stuff, but today's topic makes it pretty much mandatory. 😉 🥁 🇨🇴
Totó La Momposina - La Candela Viva
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnmtdHiKdTE
💓 🥁 🌴
Emilíana Torrini - Jungle Drum
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZ9vkd7Rp-g
Bongos are drums. 🥁
Manu Chao - Bongo Bong
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfLIlP-GAmg

I've been listening a lot lately to Gambian musician Sona Jobarteh's amazing album Badinyaa Kumoo.
Here's the track "Meeya." Bandcamp describes it as "a song that talks about feelings of love that are so deep that they feel painful, and how being separated from someone you love deeply hurts."
I've been listening a lot lately to Gambian musician Sona Jobarteh's amazing album Badinyaa Kumoo.
Here's the track "Meeya." Bandcamp describes it as "a song that talks about feelings of love that are so deep that they feel painful, and how being separated from someone you love deeply hurts."

Iggy Pop - Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
(poem "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night" written by Dylan Thomas, read by Iggy with some music backing)
Rage against the dying of the light!
Iggy Pop - Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
(poem "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night" written by Dylan Thomas, read by Iggy with some music backing)
Rage against the dying of the light!
Rules were made for breaking so
Not strictly a poem but an inspiring manifesto which I think is pure poetry.
For everyone, everything.
Manu Chao - EZLN - Para todos, todo.
https://youtu.be/wcJCD5OZDDQ
El general en jefe del ejercito libertador del sur Emiliano Zapata Manifiesto Zapatista en Nagua-
Al pueblo de México:
A los pueblos y gobiernos del mundo:
Hermanos:
Hermanos nosotros nacimos de la noche
en ella vivimos
y moriremos en ella
pero la luz será mañana para los más,
para todos aquellos que hoy lloran la noche,
para quienes se niega el día.
Para todos la luz,
para todos todo.
Nuestra lucha es por hacernos escuchar y el mal gobierno
grita soberbia y tapa con cañones sus oídos,
nuestra lucha es por un trabajo justo y digno y el mal gobierno compra y vende cuerpos y vergüenza,
nuestra lucha es por la vida y el mal gobierno oferta muerte como futuro,
nuestra lucha es por la justicia y el mal gobierno se llena de criminales y asesinos,
nuestra lucha es por la paz y el mal gobierno anuncia guerra y destrucción.
Techo, tierra, trabajo, pan, salud, educación, independencia, democracia, libertad,
estas fueran nuestras demandas en la larga noche de los 500 años,
estas son hoy nuestras exigencias.
This may be Pablo Neruda's most famous poem, with music from Brazilian Girls
Me Gustas Cuando Callas - Brazilian Girls
https://youtube.com/watch?v=JBHXj2rNH5s
This Icelandic band makes songs out of medieval poems, and it's glorious. This one is titled "Kind Moon"
Kind moon, you glide across the sky,
sweetly at the silver lining.
As the will of the almighty offers,
according to your steady path.
Lend all the tired ones your light,
tiptoe in every window,
But leave the suffering hearts
In darkness.
Samaris - Góða tungl (Official Music Video)
https://youtube.com/watch?v=G3Tg_6pR060