See? Foreign Ingredients

김덕수 (Kim Duk Soo) is one of my favorite newly-discovered artists. He fronts a group called 사물놀이 (SamulNori), which shares its name with an entire genre of Korean music. It's best described as a fusion of jazz and traditional Korean stylings. It's generally upbeat, energetic, and very foreign-sounding. One of my students lent me one of the group's CDs (specifically, 난장-뉴호라이즌, if you're interested), and I owe her my thanks for it.