Singer Lieselot De Wilde and podcast maker Eva De Groote depart from age-old songs about travel to relate to the human travel urge of today.
A curri cavaddu miu
Curri e camina
E la strada è longa
E la via è luntana
Run, my horse
Run and go
The street is long
And the road is far
Canzuna alla carrittera / Wagonmen's song, traditional from Sicily
Travel is a timeless theme. It is woven into songs of different cultures worldwide. The duo explores how these often ancient songs relate to contemporary realities.
Travel plays a big role in the current public debate: refugee crises, carbon footprint, mass tourism, energy waste. Although travel is as old as the street itself, that street no longer seems to be able to swallow the flood of travellers. Complex container terms and globalisation give the impression that control is lost. But behind those big terms are always people with a story. Eva and Lieselot want to give a voice to those stories. By combining a polyphony of personal testimonies with songs from various cultures, they want to tell a universal and connecting story about what drives people to go on the road.
