David Bowie/Nirvana’s “The Man Who Offered The World” Performed on the Gayageum, a Korean Instrument from the sixth Century

East meets West, and the Historic, the Mod­ern. That’s what hap­pens each time Luna Lee performs one in all your favorites on the Gayageum, a Kore­an instru­ment that dates again to the sixth cen­tu­ry. We’ve fea­tured her work in years previous (see the Relat­eds under). Above, watch one in all her stand­out performances—a cov­er of “The Man Who Offered The World,” the music first writ­ten by David Bowie in 1970, then well-known­ly per­fashioned by Nir­vana on MTV Unplugged in 1993. An alter­nate video fea­tures Luna on vocals right here. Take pleasure in!

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Relat­ed Con­tent:

Clas­sic Blues Songs By John Lee Hook­er, B.B. King & Mud­dy Waters Performed on the Gayageum, a Tra­di­tion­al Kore­an Instru­ment

David Bowie and Klaus Nomi’s Hyp­not­ic Per­for­mance on SNL (1979)

Watch Jimi Hendrix’s ‘Voodoo Chile’ Per­fashioned on a Gayageum, a Tra­di­tion­al Kore­an Instru­ment

Three Pink Floyd Songs Performed on the Tra­di­tion­al Kore­an Gayageum: “Com­fort­ably Numb,” “Anoth­er Brick within the Wall” & “Nice Gig within the Sky”

Ste­vie Ray Vaughan’s Ver­sion of “Lit­tle Wing” Performed on Tra­di­tion­al Kore­an Instru­ment, the Gayageum