When Music Speaks
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When Music Speaks
Talking drums? Xylophone praises? Flutes that seduce? All around the world, cultures have found ways to communicate using notes and rhythms of music, in what have been called "musical surrogate languages". This podcast explores these incredible traditions and what they can teach us about language, m...
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Nigeria's musical surrogates, with Dr. Samuel Akinbo
After a long hiatus, we're back! Here I talk with Dr. Samuel Akinbo of the University of Toronto about a survey we've launched to catalog the diversit...
The Igbo oja past and future, with Gerald Eze
In our first ever interview on When Music Speaks, I talk with friend and collaborator Gerald Eze. Gerald is a master of the oja, a wind-blown Igbo ins...
Around the world in five traditions
Just what kinds of musical surrogate languages are out there? What instruments are used? And what are people even saying? In this episode, I take you...
Welcome and introduction
Welcome to When Music Speaks! This short episode introduces the topic of the podcast---musical surrogate languages---and gives you a taste of what you...