#4478, New Releases, March 2021
It’s the most wonderful time of the month! Listen to some of the freshest new music that made its way into our earholes via the interwebs. There’s contemporary Arabic folk music which contains oceans of feeling by Iraqi-born singer and oud player Natik Awayez and new music players from Cairo, Egypt, amongst them Tamer Abu Ghazaleh (Buzuq) and Maryam Saleh (vocals), percussion arrangements by Khaled Yassine, and producer Maurice Louca. Listen also to the ‘desert blues’ of Les Filles de Illighadad from Niger, along with new music by pianist and composer Neil Cowley.
Hear field recording-based works built of old and new sounds by Greek-born, London-based Tasos Stamou and Toronto’s Art of Time Ensemble. Also, there’s music by Irish composer Linda Buckley for percussionist Joby Burgess, and more. -Caryn Havlik
Program #4478, New Releases, March 2021 (First Aired 3/31/2021)
ARTIST: Neil Cowley
WORK: She lives in Golden Sands [1:00]
RECORDING: Hall of Mirrors
SOURCE: Mote
INFO: neilcowley.bandcamp.com
ARTIST: Art of Time Ensemble
WORK: Ain't Got Long [8:27]
RECORDING: Ain't Got Long
SOURCE: Art of Time Recordings
INFO: https://ffm.to/aintgotlong
ARTIST: Tasos Stamou
WORK: Poor mum [5:05]
RECORDING: Antiqua Graecia
SOURCE: Ikuisuus Records
INFO: ikuisuus.bandcamp.com | tasosstamou.bandcamp.com
ARTIST: Natik Awayez
WORK: Al Teeh (The Exodus) [8:21]
RECORDING: Manbarani
SOURCE: Sublime Frequencies
INFO: natikawayez.bandcamp.com
ARTIST: Les Filles de Illighadad
WORK: Surbajo [5:12]
RECORDING: At Pioneer Works
SOURCE: Sahel Sounds / Pioneer Works Press | Due May 21, 2021
INFO: lesfillesdeillighadad.bandcamp.com
ARTIST: Neil Cowley
WORK: She lives in Golden Sands [5:36]
RECORDING: Hall of Mirrors
SOURCE: Mote
INFO: neilcowley.bandcamp.com
ARTIST: Joby Burgess
WORK: Linda Buckley: Ekstasis [8:33]
RECORDING: Pioneers of Percussion Vol. 1
SOURCE: Signum Records
INFO: https://smarturl.it/Popvol1
ARTIST: Alfred Kpebesaane and Brittany Anjou
WORK: Gandaakpina Yangmaa Domme [3:29]
RECORDING: Nong Voru
SOURCE: Chant Records
INFO: brittanyanjou.bandcamp.com
