Cool Tunes For A Hot Planet Episode 16 is all about bees. This fascinating 40-minute video/podcast shares songs and instrumental music from all over the world, along with interviews, history, facts and faces. Meet Rev. Charles Butler, who transcribed honeybee music and turned it into a choral fantasy...in 1609! Meet Bramhari Devi, the bee goddess of India. Listen to "Burt's Bees," an original piece by world-famous composer Terry Riley.
Three special guests: bumblebee scientist Jessica Braun, honey expert Brian Woerner, and apiculture historian Jennifer Richards.
Hear music from:
Henry Barnes (old-timey fiddle)
The Polka Rascals
E. Clinton Keithley
Ghulam Nabi
Sunidi Chauhan, Shankar Mahadevan, and Jaspinder Narula
Shashank Maktedar
Tulu Bhajan singers (Kateel, Andhra Pradesh, India)
Tampa Red
BaAka Pygmy women
Koffi Anan
Muddy Waters
Laya Bazaar (featuring Shyam Nepali)
Die Irrlichter
Max Fletcher
The Choir of Little Saint Mary's singing music by Rev. Charles Butler
Layne Redmond
Terry Riley & Sara Miyamoto
Tem Blessed
