#4460, Music From the Francophone Diaspora
It’s a program of music with French-based singing, including Occitan by vocal sextet San Salvador, French Creole from Haiti by Nathalie Joachim, as well as songs in Cajun and Quebecois dialects.
Hear the six voices, two tom-toms, twelve hands, and a tambourine of the group San Salvador, from the city of Saint-Salvadour in France. They sing in Occitan, a language of the Southern Mediterranean, in a style they call “imaginary folklore” (Jon Pareles, NY Times); theirs is forceful and flawless polyphony with one may daresay -an underground punk attitude- delivered and driven by call-and-response sections, clever drumbeats and handclaps, all to spine-tingling effect.
Watch a San Salvador set via KEXP:
Listen also to new music by singer Ann O’Aro from Réunion making music that draws from the Maloya traditions of her home country. Her pointed and radical lyrics, sung in Réunion Creole, continue to spit fire about her experience as a child rape survivor, and her fight for the decolonisation of the body. Then, hear Martinican Creole, as sung by Marseille-based composer/guitarist/vocalist David Walters, as woven with pensive cello, interlocking kora and percussion from French cellist/bassist Vincent Segal, Malian kora master Ballaké Sissoko, and veteran percussionist, Roger Raspail, originally from Guadeloupe.
From the album, Fanm D’Ayiti, or “Women of Haiti,” listen to composer, flutist, and vocalist Nathalie Joachim’s suite of recorded voices, live singing, string quartet and electronics. Named for the Haitian town where Nathalie Joachim’s family is from, her Suite pou Dantan incorporates her own recording of the local children’s choir. There’s also "électrotrad" by Mélisande, who have arranged traditional Quebecois folk song for electronics, clogging, and jaw harp. Plus, hear Louisiana-based Lost Bayou Ramblers mix Cajun French and melodies on fiddle, accordion, guitars, and some electric sounds. And more. - Caryn Havlik
#4460, Music From the Francophone Diaspora (First Aired 2/11/2021)
ARTIST: San Salvador
WORK: La Grand Folie [1:00]
RECORDING: La Grand Folie
SOURCE: Pagans
INFO: pagans.bandcamp.com
ARTIST: David Walters, Segal, Sissoko, Raspail
WORK: Papa Kossa [5:49]
RECORDING: Nocturne
SOURCE: Heavenly Sweetness
INFO: davidwaltersplay.bandcamp.com
ARTIST: Ann O'Aro
WORK: Pik Drawt [5:23]
RECORDING: Longoz
SOURCE: Buda Musique
INFO: budamusique.com
ARTIST: Nathalie Joachim with Spektral Quartet
WORK: Nathalie Joachim: Suite pou Dantan: Prelid [3:29]
RECORDING:Fanm d'Ayiti
SOURCE: New Amsterdam Records
INFO: nathaliejoachim.bandcamp.com
ARTIST: Nathalie Joachim with Spektral Quartet
WORK: Nathalie Joachim: Suite pou Dantan: Allelulia [2:35]
RECORDING:Fanm d'Ayiti
SOURCE: New Amsterdam Records
INFO: nathaliejoachim.bandcamp.com
ARTIST: Nathalie Joachim with Spektral Quartet
WORK: Nathalie Joachim: Suite pou Dantan: Resevwa Li [3:56]
RECORDING:Fanm d'Ayiti
SOURCE: New Amsterdam Records
INFO: nathaliejoachim.bandcamp.com
ARTIST: Mélisande [électrotrad]
WORK: Tapetipetap [3:27]
RECORDING: Les myriades
SOURCE: Borealis Records
INFO: borealisrecords.com
ARTIST: Lost Bayou Ramblers
WORK: Kalenda [4:46]
RECORDING: Kalenda
SOURCE: Rice Pump Records
INFO: lostbayouramblers.bandcamp.com
ARTIST: San Salvador
WORK: La Grand Folie [11:50]
RECORDING: La Grand Folie
SOURCE: Pagans
INFO: pagans.bandcamp.com
ARTIST: E Voce di u Cumune
WORK: Lode di u sepulcru [3:27]
RECORDING: Corsica chants polyphoniques: E Voce di u Cumune
SOURCE: Ocora / Harmonia Mundi 901256
INFO: Available at Amazon.com
