Fatoumata Diawara: Fenfo

Fatoumata Diawara: Fenfo

February 5, 2019

Singing Words of Wisdom Listening Post 187. The Malian singer-songwriter Fatoumata Diawara is often described in terms of her voice—soulful, sensuous, poignant, passionate—but perhaps the foundational qualities she brings to her music are wisdom and independence. She...
Yiddish Glory: The Lost Songs of World War II

Yiddish Glory: The Lost Songs of World War II

May 3, 2018

To Life! Listening Post 148. The song Shpatsir in Vald (A Walk in the Forest) has everything—poignant dialogue between lovers about to be separated by war, a dulcet Russian waltz melody and the spellbinding voice of Sophie Milman (video 1). The lyrics were penned in...