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December 3, 2018

Day 3: Musical Advent Calendar 2018

Artist: Yucatán A Go-Go Title: Pobre Angelito Language: Spanish Translation: Home Alone Spanish word for Christmas: Navidad Excellent Christmas tune with a good sense of humour from fab Mexican surf band Yucatán A Go-Go, and their cheeky nod to a perennial favourite film at this time of year. Ma, ma, ma, ma…Macaulay Culkin!

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December 2, 2018

Day 2: Musical Advent Calendar 2018

Artist: Luc Léandry et Dicktam Title: Noël en kompa Language: French, possibly Antillean or Haitian Creole (?) Translation: Man on Christmas (??) An upbeat festive offering for you today, from the compilation album ‘Moun a Nwèl’. All I have found out is that Luc Léandry is a French musical artist from Guadeloupe. Any help on this one gratefully received!

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December 1, 2018

Day 1: Musical Advent Calendar 2018

Artist: Frans Bauer  Title: Ik laat de lichtjes voor je branden Translation: I’ll leave the lights on for you  Language: Dutch Dutch word for Christmas: Kerst / Kerstmis After a few months’ break, due to numerous and various time-consuming reasons, DJ Esperanto is back with the annual Musical Advent Calendar! I shall be taking you all on a metaphorical Christmas...

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August 3, 2018

3rd August 2018: DDR – Kap Farvel til Ümanarssuaq

Artist: DDR Title: Kap Farvel til Ümanarssuaq Language: Danish / Greenlandic (at the end) This cover song, by Greenland band DDR, is from a 2006 compilation album called ‘Protestsange.dk’. This album features reinterpretations of protest songs by bands from years gone by. From looking at the lyrics, I think this song is about how the Danish came to Greenland and...

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July 26, 2018

26th July 2018: Rumbanella Band – El Conga

Artist: Rumbanella Band Title: El Conga Language: Possibly Lingala, which is a Bantu language Loving this track from Congolese outfit Rumbanella Band. It appeared on a 2003 compilation album called ‘El Congo Brazza Kin’. https://youtu.be/Pb0yUGSs9Pg Congo

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July 9, 2018

8th July 2018: Юлияна Кривошапкина – Сүрэҕим

Artist: Юлияна Кривошапкина (Yulia Krivoshapkina) Title: Сүрэҕим (My Heart) Language: Russian A beautiful song! A bit late too, sorry! From what I have gathered this artist is Russian in a geographical sense, but there seems to be a Turkish link in there, ethnically speaking. I would love to learn more – can anyone help out?

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June 19, 2018

19th June 2018: Los Wemblers de Iquitos – La Danza del Petrolero

Artist: Los Wemblers de Iquitos Title: La Danza del Petrolero Language: Spanish This fabulous band (of brothers!) are from Peru, and this song was originally released as a single in 1974, but here they are performing it in 2010. Only last year they released an E.P.! I could honestly listen to their wonderful sound all day. Peru are one of...

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May 19, 2018

19th May 2018: Benjamin Biolay – 15 Août

Artist: Benjamin Biolay Title: 15 Août Language: French I downloaded this album from Apple Music a few weeks back. It’s modern, which is somewhat of a departure for me, but I really like it! I think this album will, for me, benefit from repeated listening so I can properly listen to the lyrics, so I shall be doing that on...

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May 18, 2018

18th May 2018: マキシマムザホルモン – 予襲復讐

Artist: マキシマムザホルモン Title: 予襲復讐 Language: Japanese Japanese metal is a very special thing. This video is great (especially the scratched out lyrics), and I love the fact this band have a female drummer.

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May 16, 2018

16th May 2018: Los Acidos – Excentricidad

Artist: Los Acidos Title: Excentricidad Language: Spanish Super-cool retro-sounding but actually modern Argentinian acid-rock from 2016. Glad to know there are still great bands like this out there in the world! Man, I need to visit South America…

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