#2384: Lullaby and Goodnight
New Sounds | May 24, 2010
For this New Sounds program, take a tour of the globe with lullabies from around the world. Actress, singer and composer Mariana Sadowska performs a lullaby in our studios, re-created and collected from old ritual songs she learned from women in Ukrainian rural villages. Some of these songs facilitate conversations between matriarchal ancestors, while at times, these recast songs sound as though they verge on possession, with her ululations and her mesmerizing delivery. Plus, listen to a sleepless lullaby from Canadian singer and composer Laurel MacDonald, whose yodels, whispers, and wails bewitch and resonate. Also, Deep Forest uses a lullaby from the Solomon Islands; and lots more.
PROGRAM #2384, Lullabies (First aired on March 8, 2005)
| ARTIST(S) | RECORDING | CUT(S) | SOURCE |
| Various | Anthologie de la Musiques des Pygmees Aka | "Lullaby (Mo Boma)," excerpt [1:00] | Ocora LP 558526/7/8 Out of print. |
| Mariana Sadovska | Private recording, WNYC, 2/25/05 | Lullaby [3:30] | Not commercially available. Info about Sadovska at www.mo-productions.com/marianasad.html |
| Laurel MacDonald | Luscinia’s Lullaby | Luscinia’s Lullaby [6:00] | Improbable Music #04 www.improbablemusic.com * |
| Robin Holcomb | Live, WNYC, 11/9/92 | Rockabye [4:30] |
The original version is on the CD, “Rockabye” Nonesuch #61289 ** www.nonesuch.com Or Amazon.com* |
| Dave Holland | Triplicate | African Lullaby [3:00] |
ECM #1373 www.ecmrecords.com |
| Marta Sebestyen/Muzsikas | Live, St. Ann’s Church, Brooklyn 1990 | Transylvanian Lullaby, excerpt [2:30] | Sebestyen & Muzsikas have numerous CDs, separately & together, available online * |
| Solomon Islands | Fataleka and Baegu Music (Music of the Solomon Islands) |
Rorogwela (Lullaby) [1:30] |
Auvidis/UNESCO #8027. Seems to be out of print. Try www.gemm.com |
| Deep Forest | Deep Forest | Sweet Lullaby [3:30] | Sony #57840. Available at Amazon.com* |
| Bukkene Bruse | Live, New Sounds in Oslo, 11/93 | Miriam’s Lullaby [4:00] | This piece is on their CD, Bukkene Bruse, Norway Music #4057. Available at Amazon.com* |
| Various Artists: Kirsten Bråten Berg & Ale Möller | Nordisk Sang | Heimo Og Nykkjen [5:00] | New Albion #031** www.newalbion.com* |
| Rinde Eckert | Do The Day Over | Lullaby [3:30] | City of tribes #COT-007 www.songtone.com |
| Various | Anthologie de la Musiques des Pygmees Aka | "Lullaby (Mo Boma)" [2:00] | Ocora LP 558526/7/8 Out of print. |
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