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Must Haves: Traditional Music
It's the middle of WNYC's Must Have Festival and for this edition of New Sounds, John Schaefer offers a guide to traditional music. Listen to recommended recordings of music from Sunda, Zimbabwe, Turkey, Tibet, Chile, India, and more.
PROGRAM # 2480, New Sounds Essentials: Traditional Music (First aired on Wednesday, 11-29-05)
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ARTIST(S) |
RECORDING |
CUT(S) |
SOURCE |
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Anthology of African Music: Ba-Benzele Pygmies |
"Song of Rejoicing" {4:00} |
Barenreiter BM30L 2303. German import. Out of print. A similar collection, with a song of rejoicing was issued on Rounder Records in 1998, ROUN5107 www.rounder.com |
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Inti-Illimani |
Flight of the Condor |
Papel de Plata [2:30] |
BBC #22440 Out of print, but there's info at www.gamisim.com/index_illimani, complete discography at www.nuevacancion.net/inti |
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E. Koestryara |
Sangkala! |
Reumbeuy [5:00] |
Ikon #5502 Out of print. |
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Zimbabwe: The Soul of Mbira |
Traditions of the Shona People |
Taireva [4:00] |
Nonesuch Explorer #79704** www.nonesuch.com * |
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Martin Swan & Mouth Music |
Live, WNYC, 1991 |
S’Muladach [5:00] |
This performance not commercially available, but Mouth Music’s CDs were released by Rykodisc, www.rykodisc.com AND some are available on www.emusic.com |
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Ravi Shankar |
The Genius of Pandit Ravi Shankar |
Dhun-Keharwa [5:30] |
Oriental #108 orientalrecords.com |
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Les Mystere des Voix Bulgares |
(Vol. 1) |
Kalimankou Denkou [5:00] |
Nonesuch Explorer #79165** www.nonesuch.com* |
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The Music of Islam |
Vol. 9 – Mawlawiyah Music of the Whirling Dervishes |
Prayer for Permission for Whirling [6:00] |
Celestial Harmonies #13149 www.harmonies.com* |
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Tibetan Buddhism |
Tantras of Gyuto |
Mahakala, excerpt [3:30] |
Nonesuch Explorer #79198** www.nonesuch.com* |
*, ** - Find the recordings you've heard - go to the New Sounds Recordings Information page
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