The Swiss Connection

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April 19, 2020 The jazz singer with Swiss folk roots
When you first see her with her sleek bob and glossy fingernails, it’s kind of surprising to learn that Gabriela Martina was raised on a farm. But it’s memories of her rural upbringing that power some of her music.
Over a decade ago, she left her home in the Lucerne countryside to study jazz in the United States. Today, the vocalist and composer lives in Boston and teaches at her alma mater, the Berklee College of Music.
Martina tries to mix her Swiss yodelling roots with jazz, soul, RnB, gospel and blues. Her latest album, Homage to Grämlis, tells stories about the farm where she grew up with her parents, grandmother, two sisters and a brother. Many of the songs are about how they tended animals and the land. It’s bittersweet as the family recently had to give up the farm.
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March 26, 2020 Inside Geneva: A decade of war in Syria
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March 22, 2020 Inside Geneva: the United Nations and China
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32 min
March 15, 2020 The sound of Nashville with a Swiss twist
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21 min
March 07, 2020 Inside Geneva: What should we be doing about human rights violations?
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31 min
February 11, 2020 Inside Geneva: How to deal with coronavirus?
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January 22, 2020 Inside Geneva: Why humanitarian groups go to Davos
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33 min
January 19, 2020 Why simultaneous interpreting is not for the faint-hearted
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January 12, 2020 Inside Geneva: What kind of year will it be for the UN?
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28 min
January 05, 2020 Science and diplomacy hope to save Red Sea coral
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The Swiss Connection takes you inside scientific discoveries from Switzerland and shows how they are shaping global conversations. Each episode dives into the big questions impacting our future,…