서편제 (Seopyeonje) - 진도 아리랑 (Jindo Arirang)
In Korea, there are a bunch of regional variants of the Arirang folk song. One of the main ones is the Jindo Arirang (진도 아리랑) from Jindo Island in the South West of the country.
This version is one of my favourites because of the expressive vocal style. The video clip comes from the 1993 movie Seopyeonje (서편제) which apparently wasn’t expected to do well as a movie but ended up helping revive modern interest in the pansori style.
For more information on pansori and a few other Korean folk styles, check out the movie Intangible Asset No.82. One of the best anglophone looks into modern Korean folk music.
