Global Village on PBS 106.7 FM, Melbourne, Australia

21 June 2026

Playlist 1795 for Global Village (PBS-FM, Melbourne, Australia) for Sunday June 21, 2026. WWe celebrate - if that's the word - the winter solstice in today's Global Village. As usual, we express some panic and uncertainty, as the sun stands still. Will it return? We play some magical music to invoke that, to get us past the shortest day and longest night of the year. Playing this music has worked in the past; hopefully it'll work again today ... but we need to be sure. Sun songs, solstice songs, winter songs. Presented by Roger Holdsworth.

(A): Australian artists - all or partly.


ARTIST | Track | ALBUM | (Label, Details)

DAWDA JOBARTEH | Winter Trees Standing Sleeping | DO YOU KNOW A PLACE CALLED FLEKKERØY | (ajabu! AJABU042, 2022)
[ https://www.ajabu.com/ ; https://www.dawdajobarteh.com/ ]
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TIDDAS | Spirit of the Winter Tree | INSIDE MY KITCHEN | (Black Heart Music/Id id 0002-2, 1992) (A)
[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiddas_(band) ]

PIRRITU (BRETT LEE) | Thurul | FIRE WHEN THE SUN GOES DOWN | (self, 2023) (A)
[ https://linktr.ee/pirritumusic ; https://www.facebook.com/pirritumusic/ ; https://www.pirritu.com/ ]
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GUNNEL MAURITZSON | Ljäus av ljäus ou morgonstjärna/Light of Light, Oh Morning Star | RAISU ÄUT/OUTWARD PASSAGE | (Xource/Music Network Records XOUCD 138, 2003)
[ www.gunnel.nu ; https://www.facebook.com/gunnel.mauritzson ]

CONSTANTINOPLE & BENEDICTE MAURSETH | Summer Solstice | NORDIC LIGHTS IN PERSIAN SKY | (Glossa, 2025)
[ https://constantinople.ca/en/musiciens/benedicte-maurseth-2 / ; https://www.facebook.com/EnsembleConstantinople/ ; https://constantinople.ca/ ; https://www.maurseth.net/ ; https://www.facebook.com/benedicte.maurseth ]
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KRISTI STASSINOPOULOS & STATHIS KALYVIOTIS | Erhetai Heimonas/Winter is Coming | NYN/NOW | (Riverboat Records TUGDD1093, 2016)
[ www.worldmusic.net ; http://krististassinopoulou.com/ ]

BROES | Winterland | VA: CONTEMPORARY FOLK FROM FLANDERS 2016 | (fRoots and Flanders Art Institute FAI 2016/02, 2016)
[ https://www.facebook.com/Broesmusic ; https://www.broesmusic.be/ ; www.flandersartsinstitute.be ]
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JUNE TABOR | Winter Comes In/Vidlin Voe | ASHORE | (Topic TSCD577, 2011)
[ www.topicrecords.co.uk ; https://musicianguide.com/biographies/1608003380/June-Tabor.html ]

LUCY WISE & STEPHEN TABERNER | Winter Sun | SONGS IN ROOMS | (self, 2019) (A)
[ www.lucywise.com.au ; http://www.stephentaberner.com/index/home.html ]
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DAVID LUMSDEN & MARTIN EVELY | In the Evening | LUMSDEN AND EVELY | (3CR/DAMAR label, 1995) (A)
[ https://www.facebook.com/events/1609205866954905 ]

KAVISHA MAZZELLA | L'America | RITURNELLA | (self KM006, 2013) (A)
[ www.kavisha.com ]
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RIM BANNA | The Sun of Love | REVELATION OF ECSTASY & REBELLION | (Kirkelig Kulturverksted FXCD 386, 2013)
[ www.kkv.no ; https://www.facebook.com/rimbannaofficial/ ; https://rimbannaaward.com/ ]

DANIEL WASENKO and CASSANDRA WASENKO (vocals), with YAROSLAW WASENKO (piano, accordion), ANDREW MISHURA (bandura), VIKTOR PRYPOTEN (guitar) | Oi U Luzi Chervona Kalyna/Red Kalyna: Reflections | SINGLE | (self, unreleased 2026) (A)
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7u-6qfY6_Io ]
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KITKA | Oj, Jak Že Bulo, Izpreždy Vika/ Oh, How It Was, Before Time Began | KOLO | (self/Diaphonica/Six Degrees DPCD2026, 2026)
[ www.facebook.com/kitkavocalensemble; https://www.kitka.org/ ]

KITKA | Līgo | KOLO | (self/Diaphonica/Six Degrees DPCD2026, 2026)
[ www.facebook.com/kitkavocalensemble; https://www.kitka.org/ ]

THE LOST CLOG | Užteka teka šviesi saulali/The bright sun sets | LOST IN TRANSNATIONS | (self, 2015) (A)
[ https://www.facebook.com/thelostclog ]

THE LOST CLOG | The Sun Rose Through the Clouds | NO.SLEEP.TILL.KAUNAS | (self, 2016) (A)
[ https://www.facebook.com/thelostclog ]
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BUSH GOTHIC | Ben Hall Sleeps | BEYOND THE PALE | (Fydle Records FYD005, 2019) (A)
[ www.bushgothic.com ]

BRUCE WATSON | Wintering Over | BALANCE | (self BW005CD, 2010) (A)
[ www.brucewatsonmusic.com ]

KRISTINA OLSEN with PETER GRAYLING | Phoebe's Iceberg | THE TRUTH OF A WOMAN | (Take a Break Productions TAB2008, 1999)
[ https://kristinaolsen.net/ ]

KRISTINA OLSEN and CHOIR: ANGIE DOCTOR, KIM SCANLON, ED JOHNSON, AVI JACOBSON | Winter Solstice Eve | SEASONAL CHORALE SUITE | (self, 2026)
[ https://kristinaolsen.net/ ; https://kristinaolsen.net/choir/ ]
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VARDOS | Szomorú Vasárnap/Gloomy Sunday | WILD SIDE OF THE VILLAGE | (self VARDOS 003, 2006) (A)
[ www.vardos.com.au ]

BOHEMIAN NIGHTS | Medley: Gloomy Sunday Czardas / The Basso | BROTHERS IN BORSCHT | (self BN002, 2010) (A)
[ https://www.bohemiannights.com.au/ ; https://www.facebook.com/BohemianNightsMusic/ ]
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ZÖJ | Winter for Ghazal | FIL O FENJOON | (self/Bleeemo/Parenthèses Records, 2023) (A)
[ https://www.gelarehpour.com/ ; https://www.facebook.com/zojduet/ ; https://www.facebook.com/parenthesesrecords ]
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ANDREA PICCIONI E FRANCESCO LOCCISANO feat. MUJARA (bass) | Solstizio - Il Giorno | UPGRADE | (Visage Music, 2022)
[https://francescoloccisano.com ; https://www.andreapiccioni.net ; https://www.visagemusic.it ]

ANDREA PICCIONI E FRANCESCO LOCCISANO feat. RICCARDO TESI (organetto) | Solstizio - La Notte | UPGRADE | (Visage Music, 2022)
[https://francescoloccisano.com ; https://www.andreapiccioni.net ; https://www.visagemusic.it ]















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