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Wednesday, November 14, 2007
  • Argentinian songstress Gabriela
    Argentinian songstress Gabriela

    New Music from Argentina

    Listen to a bunch of new music from Argentina on this New Sounds show, including singer/songwriter Gabriela’s unique combination of Argentine folk music and jazz. Also, hear folktronica from Juana Molina with nature noises, bombo leguero (hollow log drum), and keyboards. Not to be outdone, there’s playful folktronic geekery by Gaby Kerpel which uses plenty of other instruments from South America and samples from anywhere. Plus, arrangements of music by the late great king of the “Nuevo Tango” Astor Piazzolla, new music by bandoneon master Dino Saluzzi, and more.

PROGRAM #2582: “New Music from Argentina” (First aired on Wed. 9-13-06.)

ARTIST(S)

RECORDING

CUT(S)

SOURCE

Suni Paz

Bandera Mia

Bandera Mia [3:00]

Smithsonian Folkways #40532 www.folkways.si.edu

Juana Molina

Son

Yo No [4:30]

Domino Record Co., no # www.juanamolina.com *

Gabriela

El Viaje

Mar De Bengala [4:30]

Intuition #3394 ** www.intuition-music.com *
www.gabrielamusic.net

Juana Molina

Son

La Verdad [6:30]

See above.

Osvaldo Golijov

La Pasion Segun San Marcos

Confesion [4:00]

Hanssler Classics #98.404 www.haenssler-classic.de

Gaby Kerpel

Carnabailito

Toritos [4:30]

Nonesuch #79684 ** www.nonesuch.com*

De La Guarda

De La Guarda

Globos [4:00]

Island / Soluma #162 – 531 026 Try Amazon.com*
De La Guarda is also available on DVD through Amazon.com*

Zum

Angel Suite

Piazzolla: La Muerte del Angel [5:30]

Tomoe #6002 www.zumguitars.com *

Dino Saluzzi Group

Juan Condori

Juan Condori [9:00]

ECM# 1978 www.ecmrecords.com * Due out in October 2006

Comments

  • [1] Neil November 15, 2007 - 04:09PM

    Caught a great track on your show yesterday (14th) about 3pm?? Was in Spanish, described as chilean folk and from an album called "roots of chechas". I cannot find any reference to this album online, can you help me out here?

    Thanks for the show


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