#starostin

Ernesto Aurignac. Somos Monguis

No cabe duda que Aurignac es un master del saxo. Con este tema me lleva a otros mundos. 

Los Monguis, con su glotónimos monquis y monquíes, habitaron en Méjico, en la península de California. 

Su lengua no está bien datada, aunque parece que su filiación lingüística se ha asociado con las lenguas hokanas, como lengua aislada. Actualmente no aparece en el Catálogo de Lenguas Indígenas de México. 

Debido a que se trata de Méjico, lo natural será que investigue las bases de datos de Swadesh.  

Fog, oh fog - on the swamp Spreading over Fog, oh fog - on the swamp Spreading over

Can't see, can't see the bright sun Behind the fog Can't see, can't see the bright maiden Behind the tears

Herself, she is young and fair But where has she gone? Her youthful spirit... 

Where was she lost? In the dark of the forest Did she stray off the path?

Or to the garden, To its green Did she wander off?

Or, in sweat,  At her working toils, Was she busy too long?

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Sergei Starostin is an important figure in the modern Russian ethnic/folk fusion scene. Although perhaps best-known for his work with Inna Zhelannaya and the band Farlanders, who achieved some recognition even outside Russia, Starostin is a prolific performer in his own right. Rather than write his own songs, Starostin painstakingly collects folklore, melodies and instruments from small Russian villages where those traditions are still preserved from ancient times - and then he adapts those sounds to a modern performance context, often working with talented jazz musicians to bring the music to life through modern interpretations. For example, this song (which uses rather archaic language, difficult to convey in translation) comes from the Tver' region of Russia, and is performed here with Sergei Filatov adding modern piano. Filatov, besides being a jazz pianist, is also the chairman of the "Ethnosphere" music festival, which is perhaps Russia's main venue for folk-fusion musicians like Starostin.