A few days ago, SWLing Post reader LondonShortwave posted a playlist on his blog; it’s a great playlist of music he’s been exposed to via shortwave radio broadcasters over the years. I was quite inspired by this playlist (of all absolutely brilliant songs, by the way), not to mention, by the clever concept.
So this morning I jotted down a few artists and songs I’ve also discovered via shortwave radio. Here are a just a few I could find on YouTube:
Ariane Moffatt’s “Montreal,” via former CBC North Quebec Service:
Istanbul Oriental Ensemble’s “Burhan Öçal” via Voice of Greece:
Ania’s cover of “Strawberry Fields Forever” via the Polish Radio External Service:
Novika’s “I Depend on You” also via the Polish Radio External Service:
Shiny Toy Guns’ cover of “Major Tom” via the pirate radio station All Along The Watchtower Radio (note this video is actually a car commercial featuring the song by STG; a strange combo):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGultrg7l0I
Boards of Canada album “Tomorrow’s Harvest” via the pirate radio station BOCHF:
Have you made any music discovery via shortwave radio? If so, please feel free to comment.
Nearly 10 years ago I discovered K-pop via KBS World Radio. Prior to that I had listened to pop music from Sweden, Russia and Poland via shortwave stations (Radio Sweden had a good MW signal here in Scotland).
This came from @bigpodcast Vasily Strelnikov’s show on Radio Moscow World Service: Alla Pugacheva – Allo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSZj_CZpWx4
How do you receive KBS Korea? Didn’t they also use the receiver in French Guiana?
I discovered this wonderful song by Hillsong United from their Oceans album while listening to WHRI one night… http://youtu.be/dy9nwe9_xzw
Yes, that’s a beautiful and meaningful tune! We sing that one regularly in my church.
Oops, one more: Theme for R. Australia’s “Late Night Live” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQPrXthf-r0
“Eliza’s Aria” from Wild Swans ballet by Elena Kats-Chernin
At the moment this is the only thing that comes to mind:
The basis for Radio South Africa’s tuning interval, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PriRSjXSBY
The lyrics seem to relate well to the idea of shortwave radio 🙂