#2626: Preaching to the Choir

The only show that could ever reach you, would be the one built around the voice of preachers. And that's what we'll hear on this episode of New Sounds. There's Steve Reich's classic "It's Gonna Rain," when he stumbled upon the out-of-sync patterns created with two cheap tape recorders, playing back the voice of a preacher man. Also, hear a work by Matthew Patton - "Speaking in Tongues" - composed for the Paul Taylor Dance Company, which takes as its model the voices of charismatic ministers from Southern Pentecostal churches who spontaneously erupt into soliloquies of unintelligible, language-like stutterances. Plus, listen to "American Standard"by John Adams, along with David Byrne & Brian Eno's "Help Me Somebody."

PROGRAM # 2626, Preaching to the Choir - music with Preacher's voices
(First aired on 1/8/07)

ARTIST(S)	RECORDING	CUT(S)	SOURCE
Brian Eno & David Byrne	My Life In the Bush of Ghosts	Help Me Somebody [4:30]	Nonesuch #79894 ** www.nonesuch.com*
Chris Becker	Saints & Devils	The Preacher And The Devil [3:30]	www.beckermusic.com
Matthew Patton	Speaking In Tongues	Loomings [4:00] The Rain City [7:30] Death And Gone [3:00]	Marquis Classics #139. Out of print, but try auction sites.
John Adams	Earbox	Christian Zeal And Activity [10:00]	Earbox 10 CD set Nonesuch #79435 www.nonesuch.com*
Chris Becker	Saints & Devils	Tupelo [5:00]	See above.
Steve Reich	Works	It's Gonna Rain Pt. 1 [8:00]	10 CD Box, Nonesuch #79451 www.nonesuch.com*