#2561: All Strung Up

Up on this New Sounds program is a wide net of guitar music, from the Japanese/Argentine trio Zum to the neo-folk of Glenn Jones; along with the elegant compositions of Ralph Towner to the Persian-rooted guitar of Lily Afshar. The international guitar ensemble Zum consists of members of Robert Fripp’s League of Crafty Guitarists – who have been working in Guitar Craft for more than a decade. We’ll hear some arrangements from their second CD, just-released, called “Angel Suite.” Also, we’ll listen to the latest picking and playing slide from Boston-based Glenn Jones (guitarist and leader of Cul de Sac), in the fingerstyle tradition of one of his musical hero, John Fahey. And more.

PROGRAM # 2561, Music for Guitar (First aired on Mon., 6/19/06)

ARTIST(S)	RECORDING	CUT(S)	SOURCE
Ralph Towner	Time Line	If [4:30]	ECM #1968 www.ecmrecords.com*
Zum	Angel Suite	Piazzolla: La Muerte del Angel [4:00] Beatles: Blackbird [2:30] Piazzolla: Tango Apasionado [2:00]	Tomoe Records #ZUM 06002 www.zumguitars.com
Glenn Jones	This Is The Wind That Blows It Out	Sphinx Unto Curious Men [9:30]	Strange Attractors #024 www.strangeattractors.com *
Lily Afshar	Hemispheres	Garry Eister: Fantasia on a Traditional Persian Song [7:00]	Archer #31926 www.archer-records.com*
Ralph Towner	Time Line	Freeze Frame [5:00]	See above.
Lily Afshar	Hemispheres	Asik Veysel: Kara Toprak [3:30]	See above.
Various Artists: James Blackshaw	Imaginational Anthem, Vol. 2	River of Heaven [5:00]	Tompkins Square #1424** www.tompkinssquare.com *