#1475: The Spirit of Rumi, Pt. 2

New Sounds | May 24, 2010
For this edition of the New Sounds, we spotlight the Polish singer and multi-instrumentalist Mieczyslaw Litwinksi. By popular request, we revisit the enigmatic singer and composer, who performed several live works, including a medieval song, before disappearing from the music scene and moving to Lithuania.

PROGRAM #1475, The Spirit of Rumi, Part 2

ARTIST(S)

RECORDING

CUT(S)

SOURCE

Vision II

The Spirit of Rumi

Don't Go Back To Sleep [6:30]

Angel#56373, now out of print.

David Hykes & The Harmonic Choir

Earth To The Unknown Power

Le Souffle Du Seigneur [13:30]

BMG/Catalyst #68347**
Available for purchase at Amazon.com*

David Darling, Coleman Barkes, etc.

Live, WNYC , 5/96

Today, like every other day [2:30]

Private tape; not commercially available.

Mieczyslaw Litwinski

Private tape

Two Suns [9:30]

Not commercially available.

Mandala Jones with Shahram Shiva

Live, WNYC, 12/96

Zhikr Chants of Divine Remembrance [7:00]

Private tape; not commercially available.

David Darling, Coleman Barkes, etc.

Live, WNYC , 5/96

One night, a man was crying, Allah [5:30]

Private tape; not commercially available.

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