Music commentator Kirsten Zemke joins Kathryn to talk about a genre of music that is unique, a product of a schism in the church and geographical isolation. It's women's choir music from Bulgaria, which has made its way into popular culture. Kirsten shares a number of tracks: Le Mystere des Voix Bulgares "Kalimankou Denkou (The Evening Gathering)"; Kate Bush "Rocket's Tail"; Ghost in the Shell Soundtrack "Making of Cyborg" ( Chant I - Kenji Kawai); The Mystery of the Bulgarian Voices ft. Lisa Gerrard "Pora Sotunda"; Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares "Pritouritze Planinata".
Kirsten Zemke is an ethnomusicologist at the University of Auckland's School of Social Sciences.
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