Kitka

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I was driving on the highway back home, and flipped on the radio. I start hearing these pleasant, but otherworldly harmonies coming from the radio. I could tell that it was women singing, but I really had no point of reference. It didn’t sound like any Western music I knew, but it didn’t sound like anything else either.

It turns out that I was listening to All Things Considered interviewing the members of Kitka, a female vocal ensemble based in the Bay Area that sing and arrange music in Eastern European folk styles. I am interested in looking further at what that means musically, but I thought I’d share the videos that they have on Youtube.