#5166, Contemporary Lute and Oud Songs

Photo: Lute, by Princess Ruto (https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=25640085)

Hear songs with lute and oud accompaniment, including John Dowland's hit song – the melancholy “Flow My Tears”, and works by Egyptian Nubian composer Hamza El Din, Turkish singer Melike Şahin, and Syrian oud player Waed Bouhassoun.

There are lute songs both classic and new by John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin), Prince, and Gordon Sumner (Sting). Also, John Dowland's hit song – the melancholy “Flow My Tears”, as sung by English tenor and author John Potter. 

Then, hear music with oud by Turkish singer, songwriter, and composer Melike Şahin; Egyptian Nubian composer, oud player, tar player, and vocalist Hamza El Din (1929-2006); and Belgian-Egyptian singer and musician Tamino. Also, there’s music from Paris-based Syrian singer, oud player, and bandleader Waed Bouhassoun (she also plays with Jordi Savall's ensemble). Hear a song from her solo album, The Soul of the Lute, called "Ana Man Ahwa" (from a line of Sufi poetry), which translates as “I am the one I love.” That, and more. - Caryn Havlik

Program #5166, Contemporary Lute and Oud Songs

ARTIST: Blue Rubies
WORK: Prince: When You Were Mine [1:34]
RECORDING: Legacy - A Collection of New Folk Music
SOURCE: Windham Hill
INFO: Try Discogs.com

ARTIST: John Potter, et al
WORK: Sting: Bury Me Deep in the Greenwood [4:03]
RECORDING: Amores Pasados
SOURCE: ECM Records
INFO: https://ecmrecords.com/product/amores-pasados-john-potter/

ARTIST: The Dowland Project
WORK: Dowland: Flow my Tears [5:16]
RECORDING: In Darkness Let Me Dwell
SOURCE: ECM Records
INFO: ecmrecords.com

ARTIST: John Potter, Anna Maria Friman
WORK: John Paul Jones: So ell encina [4:32]
RECORDING: Amores Pasados
SOURCE: ECM Records
INFO: https://ecmrecords.com/product/amores-pasados-john-potter/

ARTIST: Blue Rubies
WORK: Prince: When You Were Mine [4:03]
RECORDING: Legacy - A Collection of New Folk Music
SOURCE: Windham Hill
INFO: Try Discogs.com

ARTIST: Melike Şahin
WORK: Tutuşmuş Beraber [4:39]
RECORDING: Tutuşmuş Beraber
SOURCE: Sony Music Turkey
INFO: Available at Spotify, YouTube, AppleMusic 

ARTIST: Hamza El Din
WORK: The Spirits (Shortunga) [4:56]
RECORDING: Al Oud: Instruments & Vocal Music
SOURCE: Vanguard Music
INFO: Available at Spotify, YouTube, AppleMusic, Amazon.com 

ARTIST: Waed Bouhassoun
WORK: Ana Man Ahwa [6:12]
RECORDING: L'âme du luth
SOURCE: Buda Musique 
INFO: budamusique.com

ARTIST: Tamino
WORK: Dissolve [6:44]
RECORDING: Every Dawn's a Mountain
SOURCE: erēmia
INFO: https://www.taminomusic.com/

ARTIST: Donna McKevitt & Jan Noble
WORK: This is what I wanted to Give You [3:29]
RECORDING: This is what I wanted to give you…
SOURCE: Not Your Average Type
INFO: https://jannoble.bandcamp.com/album/this-is-what-i-wanted-to-give-you