Română
Romanian
The language of memory
The language in which many of these stories were first lived.
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Global Music
One story can speak more than one language
The Carpathian Cowboy began in Romanian, but the idea was never meant to stop at the Romanian border.
A story about leaving home, building another life, getting older, remembering where you came from and wondering what comes next isn't particularly Romanian or Canadian.
It's human.
That's why selected songs will be explored in multiple languages and musical traditions.
Not simply translated. Reinterpreted.
English
English
The language of the road west
A second language connected to Canada, business, immigration and another chapter of life.
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Mandarin Chinese
中文
The experiment that proves the idea
Can the same life story carry meaning inside a completely different musical and cultural tradition?
That's worth finding out.
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Different languages. Different sounds. Same human story.