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Episode #2616

New Sounds of Old Americana

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Saturday, November 29, 2008

Listen to old Americana recordings woven into tapestries of new music on this edition of New Sounds. There’s music by Moby, David Byrne and Brian Eno, and a brand new arrival of music by Chris Becker. Becker’s latest, "Saints & Devils," is a ten-part suite -inspired by rural blues, gospel and Cajun music- which uses samples from the Alan Lomax recordings, live instruments and processing to create a unique texture of sound sculpture and words. We’ll listen to parts of Becker’s suite along with A. Leroy’s work "Handa Wanda" for three saxophones, whose interlocking rhythms suggest New Orleans Mardi Gras drumming. And, of course, much more.

PROGRAM # 2616, New Sounds of Old Americana (First aired on 12/11/06)

ARTIST(S)

RECORDING

CUT(S)

SOURCE

Chris Becker

Saints & Devils

Wake Up Dead Man [4:00]

www.beckermusic.com

O Brother, Where Art Thou?

Soundtrack

Po’ Lazarus [4:00]

Lost Highway/Mercury #170098** also available at Amazon.com*

Brian Eno & David Byrne

My Life In The Bush of Ghosts

Moonlight In Glory [4:30]

Nonesuch #79894** www.nonesuch.com*

Moby

Play

Natural Blues [4:00]

V2/BMG Records #27049** www.v2music.com or www.moby.org

Toshi Reagon

NS Live

Mr. Conductor 6:00]

This performance not commercially available.

Last Forever

NS Live, 2-7-02

Boll Weevil Blues [15:00]

This performance not commercially available.

A. Leroy

Private tape

Handa Wanda, excerpt [3:00]

This performance not commercially available.

Chris Becker

Saints & Devils

Shimmy Shimmy Ya Ya [6:00]

See above.

Comments [1]

joseph Raffael from FRANCE

On the archives there is no listen to in red under this program.
how can I hear it.
thanks very much;
Joseph

Dec. 09 2008 11:27 AM

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