measured and balanced circling and soaring eagle the beat of a drum Kim M. Russell, 3rd August 2018 My response to Carpe Diem #1489 Dance Like An Eagle (Zeybek) We have already visited Italy and Portugal on our exploration of folk music; today we are visiting Turkey, especially the region known as Anatolia, where we […]
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The Soul of Portugal
sitting by the docks in the dregs of saudade soulful melodies Kim M. Russell, 2nd August 2018 My response to Carpe Diem #1488 The Soul of Portugal (Fado) Today we are travelling to Portugal to discover Fado (‘destiny, fate’), a music genre that can be traced to 1820s Lisbon but probably has much earlier origins.
Tarantella
dance of the spider weaving a web of legend a tambourine shakes Kim M. Russell, 1st August 2018 My response to Carpe Diem #1487 Dance of the Spider (Tarantella) This is the first episode of a new month of Carpe Diem Haiku Kai, when we will be going on a journey around the world on […]
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