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Spinning On Air Archive
September 2004
Rokia Traoré
Friday, September 24, 2004
Rokia Traoré is a young singer/songwriter from the African country of Mali. She works with the traditional styles and acoustic musical instruments of her home, but she's not a traditional performer. Her music is innovative, and makes compelling personal statements about her passions and insights. Rokia joins host David Garland for an illuminating conversation about her music, and to perform a few songs accompanying herself on guitar. We'll also hear selections from her new CD "Bowmboi," recorded with full ensemble, and even, on two songs, the Kronos String Quartet. In addition, during the second hour of the show we follow up last week's special preview of Brian Wilson's forthcoming "SMiLE" album with a preview of one of the album's three suites.
SMiLE preview
Friday, September 17, 2004
Each week Spinning On Air takes you to the meeting points of Art and Pop. One of the most fascinating and&until nowelusive pieces of music to have flowered in that nexus is "SMiLE" by Brian Wilson. Wilson's group, The Beach Boys, had a string of hits in the early Sixties, but by 1966 he conceived a different kind of music in which themes would be intricately interwoven through a seamless suite of songs. The words would be poetic, the music full of surprises, and conceptually it would touch on American history, slapstick humor, and good vibrations. For various reasonsincluding what's described as a mental breakdownWilson was unable to complete his ambitious project. Until now. The album will finally be released at the end of September. In this show host David Garland provides background on SMiLE, recordings from the original sessions, plus a special advance preview of some songs from the forthcoming album.
Howard Shore
Friday, September 10, 2004
Composer Howard Shore won an Oscar for his music for The Lord of the Rings: the Return of the King, and he's busily at work on his Lord of the Rings Symphony, but somehow he's found time to join host David Garland for a two-hour conversation about his career writing movie music. While Shore's music for the Lord of the Rings trilogy thrills audiences with its spirit of hope and bravery, his on-going collaborations with director David Cronenberg explore strange, anxious states of mind. Whatever the project, Shore offers an experimentalist's daring and a vivid sense of drama. Discussed and heard will be Howard Shore's music for The Fly, Naked Lunch, Crash, Ed Wood, and of course The Lord of the Rings.
1968, part 4
Friday, September 03, 2004
The tumultuous year of 1968 was a good one for music. Inspired by the Beatles, musicians were full of new ideas, invention and experimentation were hip, stylistic categories were flexible, and the worlds of pop and art met on the music charts. All the music on this show came out in 1968.
David Garland on the Web
All About the WNYC Music Host
David Garland, host of WNYC's Evening Music and Spinning on Air, is also a composer and a performer. He has performed his music extensively in the U.S. and Europe and several of his recordings and downloads are available on his Web site, DavidGarland.com.
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