Music 218 Chapter 6 & 7

artists who got their big break from the Eurovision Song Contest. When and where were they from?

ABBA 1970s Sweden

The use of interweaving guitar as a backdrop for extended improvisatory "jams," along with a polyrhythmic percussion foundation identifies these traditions as uniquely

African

Fela Kuti was the creator of _________

Afro-beat

music styles, such as ______ and ________ from Nigeria, more effectively reflected African musical sensibilities than highlife.

Afropop and Juju

Queen of Fado

Amalia Rodrigues

much music from South Africa has historically in relation to _______________, the segregationist political system that dominated the country until the mid-1990s

Apartheid

pioneer of kwaito

Arthur Mafokate

Formed in late 1960s Ozzy Osbourne, Geezer Butler, Tony Iommi, and Bill Ward Got name from Bava's 1963 horror film Drew upon social realism such as drug addition, mental illness, Vietnam War the start of this band and their music signaled the dawn of a new era

Black Sabbath

was one of the most prominent artists of this style,Highlife, coming at a time when West African populations were discarding the yoke of colonialism and achieving political independence

E.T. (Emmanuel Tettey) Mensah

this artist is successful in the highlife genre Ghanaian bandleader and trumpeter member of the band, The Tempos

E.T. Mensah

This artist is a good example of the progression of many popular world music artists. 1192 Ron Howard film "Far and Away" featured an English version of her song popular for her modernizing of Irish folk music received Grammy in 1993 for best "New Age" album

Enya

most successful single artist of Celtic Popular Music

Enya

Music associated with: Abba

Euro-Pop

-most akin to American popular music, its fundamental elements being largely the same, such as the use of harmony and relatively simple rhythmic patterns -tends to be more dance oriented than its American counterparts and there is often more of a reliance on "orchestral" sounds, whether provided by live musicians or synthesizers

Euro-pop

typical themes include romantic relationships and often avoid weighty social commentary on topics such as religion, politics, and poverty

Euro-pop Songs

-a popular music competition that includes a variety of both popular and folk music that has been around since the 1950s -intended to showcase the song rather than the performer -

Eurovision Song Contest

Music associated with: Amalia Rodrigues

Fado

These artists are associated with what genre of music? Maria Severa and Amalia Rodrigues

Fado

music that is not easily categorized as either popular, classical, or folk. It really has elements of all three, though for our purposes, it is most easily labeled "popular song."

Fado

Afrobeat, for example, is well known, but limited primarily to the music of _______ and his son ________

Fela Kuti Fema

Music associated with: The Gipsy Kings

Flamenco

most often associated with one of the most successful of popular world music artists, the Gipsy Kings

Flamenco Proper

He is credited with creating the improvisatory sebene sections that became so influential on other African music styles

Francois Luambo Makiadi

America's Polka King played the American popular version of the song, "Roll Out the Barrel" or "Beer Barrel Polka"

Frankie Yankovic

This language is indigenous to the British Isles and mainly associated with populations in Ireland and Scotland

Gaelic

largest independent record label in South Africa started by Eric Gallo in 1926 country's first recording studio "Mbube" was recorded here by Solomon Linda

Gallo Africa

Three main types of Gaelic language

Irish Scottish Manx

a "folk fusion" style that incorporates modern elements, such as electronic instruments and various percussion, while maintaining an obvious connection to its flamenco roots

Nuevo Flamenco

an acoustic guitar-based style, is considered an inspiration for his development of this technique, but the new medium of electric guitar enabled Franco to appeal to a much wider audience.

Palm wine music

Group most renowned for specifically promoting the musical heritage of Ireland Founded in 1963 Used instruments such as tin whistle, fiddle, Irish harp, bodhran (frame drum), and bagpipes

The Chieftans

they have proven to the be the most successful by fusing traditional roots of klezmer music with current popular styles and avant-garde jazz

The Klezmatics

credited to sparking the renewed interest in the klezmer music

The Klezmorim

a practice in which singers performed wide descending melodic slides to imitate the sound of raids heard in the war

bombing

Pepe Marchena was a ________ artist

flamenco

This music was played in juergas, and mostly took place in pubs with little to no advertistment. Left room for improvisation and experimentation for the artists.

flamenco

a style of dance music that fuses rhythmic elements of Afro-Cuban rumba with harmonic progressions and melodic tendencies common to this music

flamenco rumba

cantaeora

flamenco singer

rooted in "traditional" world music styles, but with a modern makeover

folk fusions

Bands like Moonsorrow, Fintroll, Turisas, and Korpiklaani are examples of what genre

folk metal

taking the old and the new of basically a single tradition and connecting them together

fusion

In the case of soukous, the vocals are typically at the forefront and an electric guitar soloist often complements the lyric phrases

soukous

Papa Wemba was one of the most prolific performers of various ________ syles.

soukous

is just a marketing label used to describe Congolese popular music. The name is actually associated with a dance, rather than a music, but nonetheless it is the descriptor commonly used for the music today.

soukous

It is very common in traditional music performances and has been adopted in juju as a prominent solo instrument.

talking drum

The text of _____ _____ , or _____ ____ ____ _____, incorporates vocables that often follow rhythmic and rhyming patterns.

mouth music jigs of the mouth

Flamenco was born of __________ . It is mostly focused on the emotion delivery rather than the technical singing of the notes. It is more a "heart" music than a "head" music.It is believed to have been originated by the persecuted population of the Spanish Inquisition

oppression

word meaning "sorrowful" or "longing" in Portuguese

saudade

style of flamenco that means instrumental

toque

Music deemed _______ has no copyright, so the artist can basically borrow it and make a "new" song.

traditional

Celtic music is hard to label because it is so diverse. To acknowledge this dilemma, Celtic artists follow in one of 3 stylistic veins. What are they?

traditional passed down folk songs with traditional instruments New Age electronic instrument and varied percussion rock bagpipes and heavy guitar

Distinctive vocal practice in Ireland and Scotland is the use of puirt a beul . What does that mean?

jigs of the mouth

"Mbube" is widely known as the song ____

"The Lion Sleeps Tonight"

thrived during the turn of the nineteenth century, have persisted in Spain and are a venue that showcases flamenco music for the general public

Café cantantes

Early pioneer of the new sound of flamenco Introduced instruments atypical to the music in the 1970s

Camaron de la Isla

Music associated with: Clannad

Celtic Pop

Music associated with: Enya

Celtic Pop

most prominent morna singer nicknamed "barefoot diva" first recording was "La Diva aux Pieds Nus" (The Barefoot Diva)

Cesaria Evora

Found international success during 1980s and 90s. Celtic music with combination of traditional music skills and modern sound 1973-1997 recorded 15 albums Legacy well established among Irish music, New Age, and world music enthusiasts

Clannad

group that was strongly rooted in folk performance and recorded songs in both English and Irish Gaelic 1982 they composed a theme to British show "Harry's Game"

Clannad

birthplace of fado music

Coimbra

François Luambo Makiadi and his group, O.K. Jazz, is the most prominent figure of

Congolese Popular Music

This style was highly influential on other genres we've already covered, namely mbaqanga and juju

Congolese Popular Music

known in the music business as soukous

Congolese Popular Music

some artists, such as ___________, have helped to keep it traditional African music relevant by incorporating modern musical influences, such as from hip-hop.

Daddy Lumba

Who wrote the song "Volare" that became popular world wide and we re-done by many artists including Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, and Bobby Rydell?

Domenico Modugno

World's most popular superstars of flamenco and have been for decades

Gypsy Kings

from Ghana, is one of the earliest forms of popular music found in Africa and is largely rooted in American jazz

Highlife

traditional praise singers of West Africa, known as

Jali

____________ has had a strong influence on popular music in South Africa and inspired several music styles historically, including marabi, kwela, and mbaqanga

Jazz

best known of current polka bands has won the Grammy award for polka music 18 times

Jimmy Sturr and orchestra

Most prominent artist in juju

King Sunny Ade

signed to Island Records in 1982, and promoted by Chris Blackwell as the "African Bob Marley."

King Sunny Ade

the most celebrated juju musician of this period also known as "The Chairman" first band - The Green Spots

King Sunny Ade

He features the talking drum, along with the pedal steel guitar (a instrument of Western origin) in his performances

King Sunny Adé

What was the name of Fela Kuti's band and what genre are they associated with?

Kola Lobitos Afro-beat

The most successful professional group associated with mbube is ____________________, whose distinctive isicathamiya style has strongly influenced other mbube artists

Ladysmith Black Mambazo

landed a contract with Gallo Africa popular Afro-pop band appeared in the album, Graceland best know vocal group from South Africa style of singing known as isicathamiya

Ladysmith Black Mambazo

Makgona Tshole band teamed up with a group of female vocalists. What were they called?

Mahotella Queens

Who began and first established mbaqanga music?

Makgona Tshole Band

icon of faso music frequently referenced in songs today story of her legacy in Portuguese film, A Severa

Maria Severa

genre's label is adopted from the song "Mbube" originally recorded in 1939 by Solomon Linda and the Evening Birds

Mbube and Isicathamiya

The film, Tsotsi (2005), featured Zola's music and gives a gritty depiction of life for South African youth today.

Tsotsi (2005)

South Africa's most famous solo musician dubbed "Mama Africa" "The Click Song" "Pata Pata"

Miriam Makeba

one of the most significant solo artists from South Africa

Miriam Makeba

Music associated with: Cesaria Evora

Morna

Where did juju originate?

Nigeria

Paco de Lucia and Camarón de la Isla are artists of what genre?

Nuevo Flamenco

Music associated with: Jimmy Sturr

Polka

hugely popular during the 19th century and was found at every level of society, even inspiring "classical" composers, such as Smetana, Strauss, and Stravinsky. The style helped to spread the popularity of the accordion around the world and influenced later world music styles, such as conjunto (from Latin America) and highlife (from Ghana).

Polka

reference to the "half-step" dance associated with it, while Klezmer essentially translates as "musical instrument," suggesting an instrumental ensemble

Polka

Who was the male vocalist that partnered with Makgona Tshole Band and was later known as "Lion of Soweta"?

Simon Mahlathini Mkabinde

one of the most successful kwela artists 1954- recorded "Ace Blues" and "Kwela Spokes"

Spokes Mashiyane

married Mirian Makeba Trinidadian American political activist who, in association with the Black Panthers, was a primary figure during the civil rights movement of the 1960s

Stokely Carmichael

popular music from African ghetto's was often labeled ________

Township jive

song that won the 1974 Eurovision contest

Waterloo

one of the most successful kwaito artists emphasized serious subjects on political matters in his music appeared in the film, Tsotsi in 2007

Zola

some artists, such as __________, have used kwaito as a vehicle for social commentary

Zola

What is Eurovision?

an international song contest

Instruments played in Celtic music

bagpipes tin whistle bodhran

style of flamenco that means dance

baile

cante jondo (deep song) cante intermedio (intermediate song) and cante chico (light song) are three subcategories of what category of flamenco?

cante

style of flamenco that means song or vocal

cante

Essentail elements of flamenco music and what they mean

cante (song) toque (instruments) baile (dance)

What are the main elements of Flamenco music?

cante, toque, baile

"talking drum," known as ___________

dundun

Portuguese word meaning "destiny" or "fate"

fado

musical style means "destiny" or "fate" roots can be traced back to Brazil, Central Africa, and has Arabic influences. Also, distinctly European with its harmony , a simple meter, and minimal percussion

fado

brings two ideas (music traditions) together into one collaboration that can be considered something new

hybrid

juergas

informal music gatherings

Celtic Music Markers

instruments language heritage genre melody

I.K. Dairo and his band, The Blue Spots, were the most prominent _______ musicians during the late 1950s and early 1960s.

juju

"Hava Nagila" is perhaps the best known composition associated with

klezmer

a music ensemble commonly heard at Jewish celebrations in Europe and the United States incorporates polka music along with other musical styles literally means "musical instrument"

klezmer

recent music trend in South Africa, which is inspired by hip-hop music from the United States

kwaito

this music is the most recent musical development in South Africa described as South African hip-hop incorporates many styles, such as kewla and mbaqanga, toi-toi distinctly South African and has become the musical voice of the country's generation

kwaito

early style of popular South African music meant for dancing became a dominant music style by the 1920s in urban ghettos and incorporated piano, violin, banjo, and drums

marabi

but the tones of many African languages are very important. A change in tone is a change in ______________

meaning

A derivative of fado is a style which is known as ______ and highly regarded in world music circles, mainly in association with "the Barefoot Diva," Cesaria Evora

morna

African musical elements, such as polyrhythmic percussion, are often heard in this style, while they are absent from Portuguese fado. The lyrics of _______ often have a more political edge, though these songs are less frequently heard by international audiences.

morna

regarded as the national music of the Cape Verde Islands

morna

This _____ _____ is a creative way to render instrumental melodies into vocal performance, similar to the practice of "scat" singing in jazz.

mouth music

each category of flamenco has more than fifty different types, this is known as

palos

The "Beer Barrel Polka," also known as "Roll Out the Barrel," was popularized during World War II and has become a staple of __________bands around the world

polka

originated in Bohemia a style of music that is focused on the audience rather than the performers this kind of music is usually used in between performances usually as an interlude

polka

Glen Miller Orchestra Benny Goodman Orchestra Play what?

polka music

What does isicathamiya mean?

walk steathily