It's snowing here today. It snows here once a year. Then the snow turns to rain, then to seeds, then to flowers. There are other places where the snow lasts longer. I grew up in such a place. The Icebox of the Nation. When I went outside my nostrils would crack. My lungs would ache with each inhalation. My fingers were often a purply blue. And once I accidentally stuck my tongue on a frozen banister. There was nothing to do but yank and yank. Rip. A little piece of my tongue remained there until the end of spring.
Huun Huur Tu. Dangyna (Siberian Shaman Music).
Altai Kai. Кай кожонг (Traditional Siberian music).
World Music Channel
3 beautiful, separate performances by Sibelius Academy musicians on a harmonium (harmooni), peasant's kantele (talonpoikaiskantele), and a pair of mandolins, respectively. "Musiikin muisti - kansansoitinvideot" (Jakso 4) / "Music's memory - folk instrument videos" (Episode 4) YLE Teema: "Suomalaiset perinteiset kansansoittimet heräävät eloon 2000-luvun karismaattisten muusikoiden käsissä.
Ewan McColl sings the Scottish folk song, "I Loved a Lass" (a.k.a. "I Once Loved a Lass," which was also sung by the Irish folk group The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem).