Uwe Hermann | A slightly paranoid Debian developer

"Samurai Story" — an absolutely stunning, calm piece of electronic music mixed with japanese influences. Great work by Shockshadow.

If someone knows where I can find free (traditional) japanese music similar to this (preferably featuring a shamisen), please let me know! I've been searching for quite a long time, but I seem to be unable to find much Creative Commons licensed music like this...

Song: Shockshadow - Samurai Story (6:59 min, 6.5 MB)
License: CC-sampling-plus 1.0
Source: ccmixter.org

More folk / world music from the Community Music Project — this time a song from Cynthia Crossen which sounds irish / celtic to me (but I could be wrong).

Song: Cynthia Crossen - Ah Yeh (4:10 min, 3.9 MB)
License: CC-by-nd-nc 1.0
Source: archive.org

We'll wander off to some (spanish?) world music from the Community Music Project's "Butterfly On The Wind" album.

Song: Claudia Lopez Bascuñan - Rin del Angelito (2:19 min, 2.2 MB)
License: CC-by-nd-nc 1.0
Source: archive.org

Another The Math-amphetamines song, but this one is a bit more melancholic and sounds more like a traditional folk song.

Song: The Math-amphetamines - With a Smile (2:05 min, 2.7 MB)
License: CC-by-nd 2.5
Source: archive.org

While this song can be found on Shira Kammen's "The Castle of the Holly King" album, she is definately not the one who sings in "The Wren in the Hurze" ;-) This is a great celtic song featuring fast, mind-boggling lyrics (think tongue-twister) and impressive percussions. I think a Bodhrán is used, but don't quote me on that.

Oh, and this podcast is now listed in iTunes! You can subscribe by clicking this button: . Hello and welcome to all existing iTunes subscribers out there :-) I hope you enjoy the music...

Song: Shira Kammen - The Wren in the Hurze (2:12 min, 2.1 MB)
License: CC-by-nc-sa 1.0
Source: magnatune.com