It's that time of the month again for the new releases show on New Sounds. John Schaefer carefully sorts through the stacks and boatloads of new CDs & downloads which have come across his desk over the past month to present some of the finest new releases. He'll pick the lentils from the ashes to present the cream of this crop.  Listen for new music by Turkish composer Erdem Helvacioglu & guitarist/composer Bill Walker that marries lap steel guitar and electronic to create wide open soundscapes. Also, hear electric and acoustic selections from a compilation of guitar music, curated by Elliott Sharp, called "I Never Metaguitar Too."

Plus, there's new music by Senegalese kora player/composer Seckou Keita, whose song ‘Rewmi’ was a runaway hit earlier this year during the presidential campaign in Senegal, along with a collaborative record by Malick Pathe Sow & Bao Sissoko, two great Senegalese musicians now living in Belgium.  Sow is a singer, guitarist and master of the hoddu (the Senegalese n'goni), while Sissoko comes from a griot family and a long line of kora players.  That, and more.

PROGRAM #3402, New Releases  (First aired on 11/30/2012)