GrahamLast month I shared some favourite redowa songs, but if you attended Friday Night Waltz in Palo Alto last week you may have noticed that we didn't play any of them! Here are the ones we did play:
- Nordman - Stormens Öga (170 bpm): I love this song. It lacks the extra-salient percussion that graces some redowa tunes, but it's so energetic that you'll probably want to redowa anyway. The link is unfortunately to Swedish iTunes store, which probably isn't very useful, so you can get the album on Amazon or listen to a full preview on YouTube
- Mango Groove - Two Hearts (150 bpm): At a much mellower tempo than the other two, this up-beat Afropop hit let's you stretch out those long steps on beat two. Though fairly obscure to American listeners (I couldn't find the song by searching for the lyrics when I first tried and also turned up no full previews online), the band is apparently a "household name in South Africa."
- Winifred Horan - Giants Fall (180 bpm) (Amazon | eMusic | YouTube) New to us a few months ago, this is a fast waltz -- I recommend cutting it down at least a minute or it'll tire out most dancers. Love the fiddle and the driving beat!