What out-of-the-ordinary music do you enjoy, a lot?

[Archae]

In my case, I love Caribbean steel drums.
I hear them in more and more tunes, and really enjoy that sound.

Here's a video with steel drums and Jean-Michel Jarre.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Music of the Renaissance.

It's been all downhill since then.

[Aristus]

15. Me too. Especially music featuring the krummhorn.

[qazplm135]

2. scifi TV and movie soundtracks

BSG, Fringe, several movies...weird stuff like that.

[Turin_C3PO]

3. Frank Zappa

[Lochloosa]

11. ....

[tblue37]

4. Bagpipes. I really love them. nt

[NRaleighLiberal]

5. Post rock such as Hammock...Kranky label ambient like Loscil

And Stars of the lid.

All ECM label jazz

[bif]

61. Me too!

Are you into Mogwai and God Speed You Black Emperor?

[NRaleighLiberal]

63. I've dipped into them but need more time and attention on them.

Also, Explosions in the Sky. Not sure if Cocteau Twins is considered out of the ordinary these days, but have loved their music for many years (wish they were still making it!)

[bif]

65. A lot of the 4AD bands were great!

Like Dead Can Dance and This Mortal Coil.

[NRaleighLiberal]

66. yessireee - love them both - and Red House Painters....

The National is actually now on 4AD - one of my favorite current bands

[bif]

68. I love "All Mixed Up"! I could listen to that song continuously

I love Mark Kozelek. And a bunch of other low-fi and shoe gazer bands as well.

[NRaleighLiberal]

69. Be sure to listen to their last, Old Ramon. Remarkable music.

[IcyPeas]

75. Cocteaus, Dead can Dance, This Mortal Coil... and

also more recent have you listened to Sigur Ros from Iceland? When I first heard this album it raised hairs on my neck. I heard Ný Batterí on the radio as I was waking up and thought "what the hell is this crap" 1 minute later I jumped up to look at the playlist of the radio station to see who it was..... I was blown away by this entire album. (lucky enough to have great public radio station here that plays great new stuff)

[bif]

79. I've seen them live several times

One of my favorite bands.

[Xipe Totec]

6. Corrido a Pancho Villa (practice run)

[Xipe Totec]

7. Ballet folklorico sol y luna - chihuahua

[LeftInTX]

55. I swear the Mexican Polka has an extra step.

I'm from Wisconsin where I think the polka is the state's dance, I could not do the Mexican Polka when I got here. I still can't.
What I learned in Wisconsin was very "free-form" and casual.

On observation, I note folkloric steps woven in on the woman's feet. (yikes) But that's how they do the polka here in South Texas!

[Xipe Totec]

58. La Grulla - You might enjoy this

A polka inspired by the courting dance of the egret.

[Xipe Totec]

8. Calabaceado

[Xipe Totec]

9. Guadalajara! Guadalajara!

[nocoincidences]

19. I love this!!

Gracias!!

[EarnestPutz]

30. What a great tune! Thank you. This just makes me happy.

[mr_lebowski]

34. Magnifico!

I love these kinds of vids, there's a bunch of 'em, collages of tons of people playing the same song, often from all over the world ... they're pretty much all incredible ...

[randr]

10. The Hu

Mongolian metal rock

[Lochloosa]

12. Hu?

[randr]

14. The Hu

[Archae]

23. That is really differnt, I like it!

[Lady Freedom Returns]

26. I love that one!

I was going to post it till I saw you beat me to it.

[Brother Buzz]

41. What do you think of Mongolian music with a blues flavor?

[randr]

48. Love Paul Pena

He wrote Steve Millers "Jet Airliner"

[Brother Buzz]

51. Would have, could have, should have been....

Jet Airliner was positioned to be Paul Pena's smash hit on his break-out album, New Train, and make him a star. Hell, Jerry Garcia was poised to make that happen. But contracts and management disputes put the kibosh on that; Paul got royally stiffed.

https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/pena-paul

[First Speaker]

44. So Hu's on first for you...?

[GemDigger]

53. Yes, The Hu.

And then from there the youtube wormhole of Mongolian throat singing and then throat singing from whomever.

And right smack in the middle of my weeks long adventure, the museum here had a Mongolian exhibit that was absolutely fabulous.

[The empressof all]

76. I love the Hu and Hanggai

[Sneederbunk]

13. Any good jug band.

[Lochloosa]

16. Just for you.

[Sneederbunk]

17. Gracias.

[Lochloosa]

18. No, Garcias.

The band Mother McCree's Uptown Jug Champions was a precursor of the rock group the Grateful Dead, and included three future members of that band – Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir, and Ron "Pigpen" McKernan.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother_McCree%27s_Uptown_Jug_Champions_(album)

[mr_lebowski]

35. The pic being of Jerry kinda gave it away for me :) (nt)

[Brother Buzz]

20. I love listening to the music of Leroy Shield... A LOT!

So does R Crumb.

http://www.leroyshield.com/crumb-shield.html

[Cartoonist]

27. Ditto

In My Canoe

[smirkymonkey]

29. I love that music!

I love music from the 20's and 30's and from old movie soundtracks. I listen to it a lot when I go to bed at night. I find it very soothing.

[nocoincidences]

21. Samba and Bossa Nova.

[PETRUS]

31. Me too. Also choro bands, and tropicalia/tropicalismo. nt

[underpants]

22. Metal Mariachi

[Kali]

43. LOL

that has potential!

[Beringia]

24. I went through a time where I loved Koto music from Japan

It is ancient, played in Japan since 1600s. I listened to it while doing art for a couple of weeks or so.

[FakeNoose]

25. I love German folk music and Oktoberfest-type songs

I've been singing in a German folk chorus in Pittsburgh for the last 25 years.
Oktoberfest season is coming up very soon!

[Trailrider1951]

28. Music of the Andes

Inka Wayra

[WheelWalker]

32. Music for Zen Meditation (Tony Scott)

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[Cartoonist]

33. Rap instrumentals

Especially on the Muzak channel.

[Totally Tunsie]

36. Zydeco, Cajun, Bluegrass rank highest for me, with way too many artists to mention individually.

Steel drums are a close second, especially the Esso Steel Band.

[LuvNewcastle]

77. I like Bluegrass, too. Zydeco and Cajun are nice, too.

I especially like Ralph Stanley's voice; sometimes his singing sends shivers down my spine.

[Cirque du So-What]

37. Balinese

[FM123]

38. Gayageum/Kayagum (Korean Zither)

[Lunabell]

39. Madrigals

This makes me very happy.

[marlakay]

40. Sitting in a pub in Dingle Ireland

Listening to it. I love Irish traditional music especially the fiddle.

[Kali]

42. All of it.

I don't really like "ordinary" music at all. My normal Pandora channel for Sunday morning when the local community station overindulges in 5 hours of gospel (I love a little gospel, but 5 hours is way too much), is Egyptian club and techno.

[Archae]

45. Ever hear the techno version of "Popcorn?"

Cover of a 60's tune?

[LeftInTX]

56. Popcorn ain't no fun without the video!!!

[mithnanthy]

74. Um...WOW!

I could dance my ass off to THAT! Thanks!!!

[Initech]

46. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard

This band has done everything from jazz:

To death metal:

To experimental prog:

To 50s boogie music:

To Beatles tributes:

And their latest album is a nod to 80s thrash metal:

[Codeine]

71. I'm kinda neutral on the band

but they do have the best name in music.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

47. Indian instrumentals

... such as this one:

[Farmer-Rick]

49. Novo Amor

A Scothish multi instrumental folk singer and musician. This is more likely out of the ordinary for mostly me, an old ex-military, turn farmer in East TN.

Carry You is my favorite but most people recognize Anchor.

[Leith]

50. Oh, my... lots of stuff

How about a Strauss polka done by an a capella singing group instead of a full orchestra?

If you like PDQ Bach, you'll love Rainer Hersch. Here's a sample:

And there's nothing like traditional Spanish guitar for background music. It sets a relaxed and very nice mood.

I also like Irish punk and country from pre-WWII (like Patsy Montana).

[jpak]

52. Ant Music

[Texasgal]

54. Gospel!

The more bluesy and old school the better!

[LeftInTX]

57. Hooked on Classics!! I own the whole set!!

Hooked on Can Can is one of the tracks on the series. Here's a Russian version. Don't do aerobics without it!!!!

And a Romanian version...all done with exquisite dancing inside a tiny studio. (I guess it's a world wide cult thing!)

[Tikki]

60. German Synth-Punk (Album Art Subject....WARNING)

https://puffberlin.bandcamp.com/album/identit-tsverlust-7

Tikki

[bif]

62. I love just about every kind of music except rap and country.

Indian music, Celtic, African,Post rock, electronic, classical and jazz.

[JustFiveMoreMinutes]

64. Pagan/Celtic

[lpbk2713]

67. Klezmer

And Zydeco.

Now there's a combination.

[LAS14]

70. Hildegard von Bingen

[Codeine]

72. I listen to a lot of weird stuff.

Black metal and blackgaze (shoegaze with black metal elements)

Really out-there free jazz (Ornette Coleman, Pharaoh Sanders, late-period Coltrane)

Neo-folk, martial folk, and apocalyptic folk (Current 93, Death in June)

Technical death metal (Nile)

Krautrock (Can, Neu!, Kraftwerk)

[bikebloke]

73. Lately, French ye-ye.

[sdfernando]

78. Ragtime

Ragtime, not just piano, but small orchestra.

Some of my work.....(shameless plug).

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