Gather round, for on this edition of New Sounds, it's time for some musical storytelling. Hear from Mendi + Keith Obadike, and their Internet opera and sonic book The Sour Thunder. It's a duet of stories taking place simultaneously, with one thread about traveling to study in the Dominican Republic, and the other a science-fiction-like story taking place in Solaika Dast, where communication happens by scent. Music in The Sour Thunder incorporates treated hollow body guitars, mbiras (thumb pianos), environmental field recordings and electronically processed vocals. There's also a political narrative about the death of trust in the collaborative hip-hop trance-jazz-rock song cycle by Vijay Iyer and Mike Ladd, called "In What Language?" Plus, the latest from Jerry Granelli and Rinde Eckert, a series of reflections and imaginings using Billy the Kid.
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ARTIST(S) |
RECORDING |
CUT(S) |
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Laurie Anderson |
Talk Normal: The Laurie Anderson Anthology |
The Night Flight From Houston [1:30] |
Rhino #76648** www.rhino.com |
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Jerry Granelli w/Rinde Eckert |
Sandhills Reunion |
Like A Ghost In The Grass [4:00] |
Songlines #1553 www.songlines.com* |
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Laurie Anderson |
Talk Normal: The L.A. Anthology |
Night In Baghdad [3:30] |
See above. |
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Frances-Marie Uitti & Paul Griffiths |
There Is Still Time |
There It Was [5:00] |
ECM #1882 * www.ecmrecords.com* |
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Vijay Iyer & Michael Ladd |
In What Language |
The Color of My Circumference I [4:00] |
Pi Recordings, #09 www.pirecordings.com |
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Mendi & Keith Obadike |
The Sour Thunder |
The Airport [1:30] |
Bridge #9158 www.bridgerecords.com |
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