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Se canto, a great traditional song famous to Pyreneans, official anthem in the Aran Valley and regarded by Occitanists as the unofficial anthem of Occitania. Written according to legend by Gaston Phoebus, count of Foix and lord of Bearn in the 14th century, for her wife retired at this side of the mountains.
Lyrics are in Occitan and say:
If it sings, let it sing / It's not singing for me / It sings for my love / Who's far away from me
Outside my window / There's a little bird / Singing this song all night through / These mountains / They are so high / That they keep me from seeing / Where my love has gone / Lay down, oh mountains / And rise up, oh plains / So I may see where my love has gone / These mountains / Will Lay down so low / That my dear love / Will come close to me
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I like music that is based on traditional Finnish folk music and poetry but that at the same time is modern and innovative.
This powerful song by Värttinä is about an old man who, bitten by a snake, casts a curse on it:
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Here is another powerful and innovative piece of music by Kimmo Pohjonen.
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Sari Kaasinen is another brilliant, modern folk musician:
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And last my favourite, Rajaton perfoming their song Pakkanen ('Frost'):
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Haanja Miiss
A South-Estonian folk song or in fact an adapted version of a folk song Haanja Miiss/Man of Haanja[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9SqYH2FEIg[/YOUTUBE]
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Norwegian folk music
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[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8AMmnW0UEQ[/YOUTUBE] My mother used to sing this song for me when I was a child.
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[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHRBcfosqO8[/YOUTUBE] I remember we used to sing this in school. :)
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Wow, all the Norwegian folk stuff was fantastic. Here's a few modern folk bands and artists that I enjoy. Not sure how authentic these are in relation to the actual folk music of the country, but good nonetheless.
Wardruna from Norway, I'm sure a lot of heavy metal fans know of this one.
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The Moon and the Nightspirit from Hungary
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Tenhi from Finland
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