Episode #3400
Traditional Folk Music Gone Global
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Tonight on New Sounds, hear some contemporary works that draw on the folk traditions of America, Albania, Armenia and sometimes intersect. From composer Eve Beglarian, listen to her piece, “I’m Worried Now But I Won't Be Worried Long,” which comes from the Mississippi Delta Blues, but its melody is a traditional Armenian folk song. The song is part of her “River Project,” a trip she traveled the length of the Mississippi River by bike and kayak.
Plus, from the Armenian master of the duduk, Djivan Gasparyan, hear the traditional tune called “Apricot Tree,” on which Eve Beglarian based her work. Also, there’s music from the Albanian-Swiss singer Elina Duni and her quartet. Perhaps there will also be music drawing from Appalachian tunes by Paul Lansky, and an Icelandic-American collaboration based on an old Icelandic folk song as well.
PROGRAM #3400, Traditional Folk Music Gone Global (First aired on 11/27/2012)
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ARTIST(S) |
RECORDING |
CUT(S) |
SOURCE |
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BRIM Eve Beglarian & Mary Rowell |
River Project |
Beglarian: I’m worried now, but I won’t be worried long, excerpt [1:30] |
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Elina Duni Quartet |
Matane Malit |
Ka nje mot [5:06] |
ECM 2277 |
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Susanne Abbuehl, feat. Michel Portal, clarinet |
Compass |
Black is the color... [4:20] |
ECM 1906 |
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Djivan Gasparyan |
Moon Shines at Night |
Apricot Tree (Tsirani Tsar) [10:31] |
Gyroscope/Caroline #CAROL-6604. try Amazon.com or Sterns Music sternsmusic.com |
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BRIM Eve Beglarian & Mary Rowell |
River Project |
Beglarian: I’m worried now, but I won’t be worried long [5:56] |
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Charley Patton |
Best of Charley Patton |
Down The Dirt Road Blues, excerpt [:24] |
Shanachie /Yazoo YAZ-2069 |
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The Carter Family |
The Very Best Of
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Worried Man Blues, excerpt [1:00] |
Goldenlane, available at Emusic.com |
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BRIM Eve Beglarian & Mary Rowell |
River Project |
Wayfaring Stranger, arr. Beglarian (live at Roulette, 16 Oct 2010 [5:00] |
See above. |
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Elina Duni Quartet |
Matane Malit |
Vajze e valeve [5:28] |
See above. |
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Valgeir Sigurðsson, feat. Sam Amidon |
“Draumalandið” (“Dreamland”) |
Grýlukvæði [4:51] |
Bedroom Community HVALUR8 www.bedroomcommunity.net |
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Paul Lansky |
Folk Images |
Wayfaring Stranger [4:49] |
Bridge 9060 |
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