Songs and the singers who sing them from around the world is the focus of this New Sounds. Sample the record by Neneh Cherry and Scandinavian jazz trio, the Thing who named themselves after a Don Cherry composition. That powerful Nordic three-oh is saxophonist Mats Gustafsson, bassist Ingebrigt Håker Flaten and drummer Paal Nilssen-Love.
Neneh is the stepdaughter of the late American improvising trumpeter Don Cherry, (and a pop, punk, hip hop and world music star in her own right) who spent her early years touring with him and other jazz legends like Miles Davis. Also, hear music from Ethiopian singer Mahmoud Ahmed, New England folkie Sam Amidon, and new music from the group Tin Hat and their settings of poetry by e.e. cummings. Plus, hear songs from the likes of Iceland, Ireland, Senegal, Georgia (the country) and beyond.
PROGRAM #3369, Some Folks Singing (8/23/2012)
ARTIST(S) | RECORDING | CUT(S) | SOURCE |
Mógil | Í stillunni hljómar | Fellsnes, excerpt [1:00] | |
Emel Mathlouthi | Kelmti Horra | Ma lkit (Not Found) | World Village - #479065 |
Neneh Cherry & the Thing | The Cherry Thing | Golden Heart (Don Cherry) [4:43] | Smalltown Superjazzz / Smalltown Supersound - #STS 229CD |
Ethiopiques 7 | Mahmoud Ahmed: Ere Mela Mela | Atawurulegn Lila [4:03] | Buda Musique #82980 |
Andra Kouyate & Seke Chi | Saro | Yereko [4:51] | Studio Mali |
Tunng | Comments of the Inner Chorus | Sweet William [3:36] | Full Time Hobby FTH019 |
Sam Amidon | Esopus #12 - Black and White | Vance [5:41] | |
Tin Hat | the rain is a handsome animal | anyone lived in a pretty how town [4:31] | New Amsterdam - #040 |
Mógil | Í stillunni hljómar | Fellsnes [5:13] | |
Iarla Ó Lionáird | Imeacht | Foxlight [4:44] | Real World Records - #80021 |
Ensemble Basiani | Live from Mostly Mozart | Tsintsqaro [4:17] | This recording not commercially available. The Ensemble just released “Georgia: Sacred & Secular Vocal Polyphony” on Ocora #C560240 |