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New Sounds

Saturday, September 13, 2008
  • Henry Taussig
    Henry Taussig

    American Primitive

    “American Primitive,” the guitar-style associated with the late John Fahey, blends folk, blues, classical and Eastern music. We’ll hear a few examples on this New Sounds from Fahey’s Takoma label-mates, with new reissues from Robbie Basho and Harry Taussig, and music by guitarist and storyteller Leo Kottke as well. Also, we’ll tap into a new generation of pickers, like Shawn David McMillen, Jack Rose, and Kaki King, among others.

    PROGRAM # 2591, American Primitive Guitar (First aired on Thurs. 10/05/06)

    ARTIST(S)

    RECORDING

    CUT(S)

    SOURCE

    John Fahey

    The Voice of the Turtle

    A Raga Called Pat, Part III [9:00]

    Takoma #6501 ** Available at Amazon.com*

    Various Artists: Peter Walker

    A Raga for Peter Walker

    Hot Fusion [3:30]

    Tompkins Square #1622 ** www.tompkinssquare.com

    Various Artists: Greg Davis

    A Raga for Peter Walker

    Truly We Dwell In Happiness [4:00]

    See above.

    Robbie Basho

    Venus In Cancer

    Cathedral et Fleur de Lis [8:00]

    Tompkins Square #1820**
    www.tompkinssquare.com

    Various Artists: James Blackshaw

    A Raga for Peter Walker

    Spiralling[sic] Skeleton Memorial [6:30]

    See above.

    Leo Kottke

    Live

    Peg Leg [2:30]

    On The Spot #0100582132 Try Amazon.com*

    Shawn David McMillen

    Catfish

    The Lawn [4:00]

    Tompkins Square #1721 ** www.tompkinssquare.com

Special Podcast: Guitar Marathon 2006 (originally aired Feb. 23, 2006)

For this New Sounds program, there’s new music from the biannual New York Guitar Festival Marathon at the 92nd Street Y - this edition was "450 Years of Spanish Guitar." Listen to three newly commissioned world-premiere compositions — all inspired by Spanish themes: "Los Cambios Quedan Igual," by Gyan Riley for classical guitar; Variations on "La Follia" by Dominic Frasca, for guitar and laptop; and "Memorial" by Bryce Dessner, for guitar, viola, and percussion. There’s a Flamenco impression left by Riley’s work coupled with bluesy bends, while Dessner's piece is inspired by the traditions of ornamentation and improvisation in Spanish and Italian Renaissance lute music. And listen to Frasca’s untitled piece, for 10-string guitar and computer, is a set of variations on La Follia, a well-known theme (based on a Spanish folk melody) that has been used in Western music since the Renaissance.

New Sounds 2515

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