Hear prog-marching band music from Chicago's Mucca Pazza, ambient-gothic Norwegian-Icelandic music from the duo Jo Berger Myhre &amp; Ólafur Björn Ólafsson, jazz-tronic ambient minimalism from London's Portico Quartet, and new work from Danish experimental supergroup Girls in Airports. Also, hear new music by Molly Joyce for cellist Nick Photinos, new work from Kaki King &amp; the Porta Girevole Chamber Orchestra, and more. Hear ambient-gothic music from Norwegian bassist Jo Berger Myhre and Icelandic drummer Ólafur Björn Ólafsson  in their composed work, “1000%,” which was recorded in an abandoned Reykjavik warehouse.  Also, listen to driving indie jazz from the Danish experimental ensemble, Girls in Airport, recorded live in Germany. Plus, hear a sample from Brooklyn's own Afrobeat big band, <a href="http://www.wnyc.org/story/antibalas-spreading-infectious-afrobeat-far-wide-in-studio/" target="_blank">Antibalas</a>.  There’s a new release from Chicago’s “interdisciplinary instrumental music and performance ensemble” – or circus-spectacle alt marching band, Mucca Pazza. It’s a bit proggy (Yes, Weather Report, Rush) and perhaps hard to march to, but “[t]he band spent eight years practicing counting to seven before they were ready to record this piece.” There’s also a new work by Terry Riley for Del Sol String Quartet, “Dark Queen Mantra,” featuring guitarist Gyan Riley. Plus listen to music by Kaki King - arranged for guitar and orchestra from her forthcoming Live At Berklee release. Listen to music from Eighth Blackbird founding cellist Nick Photinos; it’s a work by Molly Joyce, originally for for baroque cello and pre-recorded electronics, called “Sit and Dance.” Also, there’s music from London-based composer &amp; producer Leah Kardos, which was made using analogue instruments and technologies, from her record, Rococochet. August &amp; September 2017 New Releases (Special Podcast) (Similar to Show #4018, airdate: 8/31/2017)    ARTIST: Jo Berger Myhre &amp; Ólafur Björn Ólafsson WORK: 1000%, excerpt [1:00] RECORDING: The Third Script SOURCE: Hubro Music INFO: <a href="http://hubromusic.com/jo-berger-myhre-olafur-bjorn-olafsson-the-third-script/" target="_blank">hubromusic.com</a> ARTIST: Mucca Pazza WORK: Andy Deitrich: Barbarous Relic [3:30]  RECORDING: Barbarous Relic SOURCE/INFO: <a href="http://store.muccapazza.com/track/barbarous-relic" target="_blank">store.muccapazza.com</a> ARTIST: Leah Kardos WORK: Malio Malio [2:35] RECORDING: Rococochet SOURCE: Bigo &amp; Twigetti INFO: <a href="https://bigoandtwigetti.bandcamp.com/album/rococochet" target="_blank">bigoandtwigetti.bandcamp.com</a> ARTIST: Portico Quartet WORK: Current History [6:07]  RECORDING: Art In The Age Of Automation SOURCE: Gondwana Records INFO: <a href="https://porticoquartet.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank">porticoquartet.bandcamp.com</a> ARTIST: Antibalas WORK: Gold Rush, excerpt [1:30] RECORDING: Live on Soundcheck, 9/15/17  SOURCE: This tune appears on Where the Gods are in Peace INFO: <a href="https://antibalas.bandcamp.com/album/where-the-gods-are-in-peace" target="_blank">antibalas.bandcamp.com</a> ARTIST: Jo Berger Myhre &amp; Ólafur Björn Ólafsson WORK: 1000%  [6:42] RECORDING: The Third Script SOURCE: Hubro Music INFO: <a href="http://hubromusic.com/jo-berger-myhre-olafur-bjorn-olafsson-the-third-script/" target="_blank">hubromusic.com</a> ARTIST: Girls in Airports WORK: King's Birthday [3:28] RECORDING: Live SOURCE: Edition Records EDN1097 INFO: <a href="https://girlsinairports.bandcamp.com/album/live" target="_blank">girlsinairports.bandcamp.com</a> ARTIST: Nick Photinos WORK: Molly Joyce: Sit and Dance [6:34]  RECORDING: Petits Artefacts SOURCE: New Amsterdam Records INFO: <a href="https://newamsterdamrecords.bandcamp.com/album/petits-art-facts" target="_blank">newamsterdamrecords.bandcamp.com</a> ARTIST: Del Sol String Quartet, Gyan Riley WORK: Terry Riley: III. Dark Queen Mantra [11:49]  RECORDING: Dark Queen Mantra SOURCE: Sono Luminus 92215 INFO: <a href="http://delsolquartet.com/recording-posts/dark-queen-mantra/" target="_blank">delsolquartet.com</a> ARTIST: Kaki King, Porta Girevole Chamber Orchestra, Gabriela Sofia Gomez Estevez, student conductor WORK:  Magazine [5:30] RECORDING: Live At Berklee SOURCE: BIRN Cooperative Recordings INFO: <a href="http://smarturl.it/KakiKingLive" target="_blank">smarturl.it/KakiKingLive</a>

Hear prog-marching band music from Chicago's Mucca Pazza, ambient-gothic Norwegian-Icelandic music from the duo Jo Berger Myhre &amp; Ólafur Björn Ólafsson, jazz-tronic ambient minimalism from London's Portico Quartet, and new work from Danish experimental supergroup Girls in Airports. Also, hear new music by Molly Joyce for cellist Nick Photinos, new work from Kaki King &amp; the Porta Girevole Chamber Orchestra, and more. Hear ambient-gothic music from Norwegian bassist Jo Berger Myhre and Icelandic drummer Ólafur Björn Ólafsson  in their composed work, “1000%,” which was recorded in an abandoned Reykjavik warehouse.  Also, listen to driving indie jazz from the Danish experimental ensemble, Girls in Airport, recorded live in Germany. Plus, hear a sample from Brooklyn's own Afrobeat big band, Antibalas.  There’s a new release from Chicago’s “interdisciplinary instrumental music and performance ensemble” – or circus-spectacle alt marching band, Mucca Pazza. It’s a bit proggy (Yes, Weather Report, Rush) and perhaps hard to march to, but “[t]he band spent eight years practicing counting to seven before they were ready to record this piece.” There’s also a new work by Terry Riley for Del Sol String Quartet, “Dark Queen Mantra,” featuring guitarist Gyan Riley. Plus listen to music by Kaki King - arranged for guitar and orchestra from her forthcoming Live At Berklee release. Listen to music from Eighth Blackbird founding cellist Nick Photinos; it’s a work by Molly Joyce, originally for for baroque cello and pre-recorded electronics, called “Sit and Dance.” Also, there’s music from London-based composer &amp; producer Leah Kardos, which was made using analogue instruments and technologies, from her record, Rococochet. August &amp; September 2017 New Releases (Special Podcast)(Similar to Show #4018, airdate: 8/31/2017)    ARTIST: Jo Berger Myhre &amp; Ólafur Björn ÓlafssonWORK: 1000%, excerpt [1:00]RECORDING: The Third ScriptSOURCE: Hubro MusicINFO: hubromusic.com ARTIST: Mucca PazzaWORK: Andy Deitrich: Barbarous Relic [3:30] RECORDING: Barbarous RelicSOURCE/INFO: store.muccapazza.com ARTIST: Leah KardosWORK: Malio Malio [2:35]RECORDING: RococochetSOURCE: Bigo &amp; TwigettiINFO: bigoandtwigetti.bandcamp.com ARTIST: Portico QuartetWORK: Current History [6:07] RECORDING: Art In The Age Of AutomationSOURCE: Gondwana RecordsINFO: porticoquartet.bandcamp.com ARTIST: AntibalasWORK: Gold Rush, excerpt [1:30]RECORDING: Live on Soundcheck, 9/15/17 SOURCE: This tune appears on Where the Gods are in PeaceINFO: antibalas.bandcamp.com ARTIST: Jo Berger Myhre &amp; Ólafur Björn ÓlafssonWORK: 1000%  [6:42]RECORDING: The Third ScriptSOURCE: Hubro MusicINFO: hubromusic.com ARTIST: Girls in AirportsWORK: King's Birthday [3:28]RECORDING: LiveSOURCE: Edition Records EDN1097INFO: girlsinairports.bandcamp.com ARTIST: Nick PhotinosWORK: Molly Joyce: Sit and Dance [6:34] RECORDING: Petits ArtefactsSOURCE: New Amsterdam RecordsINFO: newamsterdamrecords.bandcamp.com ARTIST: Del Sol String Quartet, Gyan RileyWORK: Terry Riley: III. Dark Queen Mantra [11:49] RECORDING: Dark Queen MantraSOURCE: Sono Luminus 92215INFO: delsolquartet.com ARTIST: Kaki King, Porta Girevole Chamber Orchestra, Gabriela Sofia Gomez Estevez, student conductorWORK:  Magazine [5:30]RECORDING: Live At BerkleeSOURCE: BIRN Cooperative RecordingsINFO: smarturl.it/KakiKingLive

New Sounds from WNYC

August & September 2017 New Releases (Special Podcast)

Hear music that begins with classical instruments, like the string quartet, piano, or an orchestra, but which is then augmented, enhanced by electronics, percussion, or preparation. Listen to works by English violinist, pianist, and composer Poppy Ackroyd, Netherlands-based composer Peter Adriaansz, and cinematic music from the augmented string quartet amiina. The versatile Dutch pianist Saskia Lankhoorn plays a specially-prepared piano over a bed of droning sine tones in a work by Seattle-born, Netherlands-based Peter Adriaansz, “Attachments III.” Then, hear music by the Icelandic outfit, amiina, which was once the touring string quartet with Sigur Ros, and has now expanded to include percussion &amp; electronics. From amiina, hear selections from their standalone original live score to the 1913 film Fantômas, that lord of terror, creator of fear, and genius of evil who initially came to live in the crime fictions of French writers. Then, listen to "Rave," music for piano and pre-recorded electronics by Molly Joyce for longtime friend and collaborator, pianist Vicky Chow from her record, Aorta. Also, hear music for percussion and electronics by John Luther Adams, featuring Glenn Kotche, from the long-form work, Ilimaq. Plus, listen to grand music for amplified orchestra by English composer Andrew Poppy from a record released on ZTT Records in the mid-eighties. PROGRAM #3927,  classical instruments, contemporary sounds  (First Aired 12-8-2016)         ARTIST: Andrew Poppy WORK: 32 Frames for Amplified Orchestra, excerpt [1:00] RECORDING: The Artefact Series SOURCE: ZTT Records 186 INFO: <a href="http://www.ztt.com/artists/andrew-poppy/andrew-poppy-on-zang-tuum-tumb" target="_blank">ztt.com</a>   ARTIST: Saskia Lankhoorn, piano WORK: Peter Adriaansz: Attachments III [7:52] RECORDING: Enclosures SOURCE: Ergodos ER 25 INFO: <a href="https://ergodos.ie/shop/records/enclosures/" target="_blank">ergodos.ie</a> ARTIST: Poppy Ackroyd WORK: Birdwoman [5:36] RECORDING: Feathers SOURCE: Denovali Records INFO: <a href="http://denovali.com/shop/advanced_search_result.php?keywords=poppy+feathers">denovali.com</a> ARTIST: George Hurd Ensemble WORK: Tethering Bird, excerpt [:38] RECORDING: Navigation Without Numbers SOURCE: Innova 937 INFO: <a href="https://www.innova.mu/albums/george-hurd/navigation-without-numbers" target="_blank">innova.mu</a> ARTIST: Amiina WORK: Guðmundur Vignir Karlsson: Crocodile [5:39] RECORDING: Fantômas SOURCE/INFO: <a href="https://exit.sc/?url=http%3A%2F%2Famiina.com">amiina.com</a> ARTIST: Andrew Poppy WORK: 32 Frames for Amplified Orchestra [8:39] RECORDING: The Artefact Series SOURCE: ZTT Records 186 INFO: <a href="http://www.ztt.com/artists/andrew-poppy/andrew-poppy-on-zang-tuum-tumb" target="_blank">ztt.com</a>   ARTIST: Amiina WORK: Solrun Sumarlidadottir: Café [3:25] RECORDING: Fantômas SOURCE/INFO: <a href="https://exit.sc/?url=http%3A%2F%2Famiina.com">amiina.com</a> ARTIST: Restroy WORK: Skin, excerpt [:46] RECORDING: Saturn Return SOURCE: Milk Factory Productions  INFO: <a href="https://milkfactoryproductions.bandcamp.com/album/saturn-return" target="_blank">milkfactoryproductions.bandcamp.com</a> ARTIST: Vicky Chow WORK: Molly Joyce: Rave [11:17] RECORDING: Aorta  SOURCE: NWAM083 INFO: <a href="http://newamrecords.com/chow-aorta" target="_blank">newamrecords.com</a> ARTIST:  John Luther Adams &amp; Glenn Kotche WORK: John Luther Adams: Ilimaq , Ascension [3:06] RECORDING: Ilimaq SOURCE: <a href="http://cantaloupemusic.com/albums/ilimaq">Cantaloupe Music</a> 21112 INFO: <a href="https://johnlutheradams.bandcamp.com/album/ilimaq">johnlutheradams.bandcamp.com</a>

Hear music that begins with classical instruments, like the string quartet, piano, or an orchestra, but which is then augmented, enhanced by electronics, percussion, or preparation. Listen to works by English violinist, pianist, and composer Poppy Ackroyd, Netherlands-based composer Peter Adriaansz, and cinematic music from the augmented string quartet amiina. The versatile Dutch pianist Saskia Lankhoorn plays a specially-prepared piano over a bed of droning sine tones in a work by Seattle-born, Netherlands-based Peter Adriaansz, “Attachments III.” Then, hear music by the Icelandic outfit, amiina, which was once the touring string quartet with Sigur Ros, and has now expanded to include percussion &amp; electronics. From amiina, hear selections from their standalone original live score to the 1913 film Fantômas, that lord of terror, creator of fear, and genius of evil who initially came to live in the crime fictions of French writers. Then, listen to "Rave," music for piano and pre-recorded electronics by Molly Joyce for longtime friend and collaborator, pianist Vicky Chow from her record, Aorta. Also, hear music for percussion and electronics by John Luther Adams, featuring Glenn Kotche, from the long-form work, Ilimaq. Plus, listen to grand music for amplified orchestra by English composer Andrew Poppy from a record released on ZTT Records in the mid-eighties. PROGRAM #3927,  classical instruments, contemporary sounds  (First Aired 12-8-2016)         ARTIST: Andrew PoppyWORK: 32 Frames for Amplified Orchestra, excerpt [1:00]RECORDING: The Artefact SeriesSOURCE: ZTT Records 186INFO: ztt.com   ARTIST: Saskia Lankhoorn, pianoWORK: Peter Adriaansz: Attachments III [7:52]RECORDING: EnclosuresSOURCE: Ergodos ER 25INFO: ergodos.ie ARTIST: Poppy AckroydWORK: Birdwoman [5:36]RECORDING: FeathersSOURCE: Denovali RecordsINFO: denovali.com ARTIST: George Hurd EnsembleWORK: Tethering Bird, excerpt [:38]RECORDING: Navigation Without NumbersSOURCE: Innova 937INFO: innova.mu ARTIST: AmiinaWORK: Guðmundur Vignir Karlsson: Crocodile [5:39]RECORDING: FantômasSOURCE/INFO: amiina.com ARTIST: Andrew PoppyWORK: 32 Frames for Amplified Orchestra [8:39]RECORDING: The Artefact SeriesSOURCE: ZTT Records 186INFO: ztt.com   ARTIST: AmiinaWORK: Solrun Sumarlidadottir: Café [3:25]RECORDING: FantômasSOURCE/INFO: amiina.com ARTIST: RestroyWORK: Skin, excerpt [:46]RECORDING: Saturn ReturnSOURCE: Milk Factory Productions INFO: milkfactoryproductions.bandcamp.com ARTIST: Vicky ChowWORK: Molly Joyce: Rave [11:17]RECORDING: Aorta SOURCE: NWAM083INFO: newamrecords.com ARTIST:  John Luther Adams &amp; Glenn KotcheWORK: John Luther Adams: Ilimaq , Ascension [3:06]RECORDING: IlimaqSOURCE: Cantaloupe Music 21112INFO: johnlutheradams.bandcamp.com

Classical Instruments, Contemporary Sounds (Special Podcast)

Guitarist and educator Shane Parish is a sonic adventurer, perhaps best known as the mastermind behind the Asheville, North Carolina-based avant instrumental jazz-mathpunk band Ahleuchatistas, formerly a quartet, now a duo. Besides the jazz and mathrock, their musical stew also includes elements Chinese folk music, minimalism, and lots of other stuff. But Parish has just released a solo record of “weird old Americana” entitled Undertaker, Please Drive Slow on John Zorn's Tzadik label, recorded in an old cabin in the woods. He joins John live in the studio to perform some of them on acoustic guitar. Parish has taken these old timey songs, and “abstracted them in utterly fascinating ways, evoking the haunting and brooding world of the American South” writes John Zorn. Comparisons wouldn’t be out of place to American Primitive guitarists like John Fahey or Robbie Basho, but in the spaces that Parish creates, one might also think of Morton Feldman. In Parish’s ever-evolving reworkings of these folky blues tunes, the songs straddle keys; he’s not content to remain firmly in one or the other. Then, on a song like Geeshie Wiley’s “The Last Kind Words,” Parish takes the vocal melody and makes it more abstract, turning it into a prepared guitar percussion piece in a John Cage way, via paper clips and a slide. <div class="embedded-image"><img class="mcePuppyImage" src="https://media2.wnyc.org/i/800/600/l/80/1/IMG_0592.JPG" alt="Shane Parish's prepared guitar "> <div class="image-metadata"> <div class="image-caption">Shane Parish's prepared guitar</div> <div class="image-credit">(John Schaefer/WNYC)</div> </div> </div>   PROGRAM #3928,  With Shane Parish  (First Aired 12-12-2016)         ARTIST: Ahleuchatistas WORK: Requiem for the Sea [6:46] RECORDING: Heads Full of Poison SOURCE: Cuneiform Records INFO: <a href="https://cuneiformrecords.bandcamp.com/album/heads-full-of-poison-3">https://cuneiformrecords.bandcamp.com/album/heads-full-of-poison-3</a> ARTIST: Shane Parish WORK: Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground (Blind Willie Johnson) [4:29] RECORDING: Live, WNYC Studio, Dec. 2016 SOURCE: This performance not commercially available.  INFO: Appears on Undertaker, Please Drive Slow, out now on Tzadik Records 4016 ARTIST: Shane Parish WORK: Oh Death [3:45] RECORDING: Undertaker, Please Drive Slow SOURCE: Tzadik Records 4016 INFO: <a href="http://www.tzadik.com/index.php?catalog=4016" target="_blank">tzadik.com</a> ARTIST: Shane Parish WORK: The Maid Freed From the Gallows [7:04], The Last Kind Words (Geeshie Wiley) [5:25] RECORDING: Live, WNYC Studio, Dec. 2016 SOURCE: his performance not commercially available.  INFO: Appears on Undertaker, Please Drive Slow, out now on Tzadik Records 4016 ARTIST: Tim Sparks WORK: I’ll Fly Away [5:37] RECORDING: Chasin’ the Boogie SOURCE: Tonewood  INFO: <a href="http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/timsparks4">cdbaby.com</a>

Guitarist and educator Shane Parish is a sonic adventurer, perhaps best known as the mastermind behind the Asheville, North Carolina-based avant instrumental jazz-mathpunk band Ahleuchatistas, formerly a quartet, now a duo. Besides the jazz and mathrock, their musical stew also includes elements Chinese folk music, minimalism, and lots of other stuff. But Parish has just released a solo record of “weird old Americana” entitled Undertaker, Please Drive Slow on John Zorn's Tzadik label, recorded in an old cabin in the woods. He joins John live in the studio to perform some of them on acoustic guitar. Parish has taken these old timey songs, and “abstracted them in utterly fascinating ways, evoking the haunting and brooding world of the American South” writes John Zorn. Comparisons wouldn’t be out of place to American Primitive guitarists like John Fahey or Robbie Basho, but in the spaces that Parish creates, one might also think of Morton Feldman. In Parish’s ever-evolving reworkings of these folky blues tunes, the songs straddle keys; he’s not content to remain firmly in one or the other. Then, on a song like Geeshie Wiley’s “The Last Kind Words,” Parish takes the vocal melody and makes it more abstract, turning it into a prepared guitar percussion piece in a John Cage way, via paper clips and a slide. Shane Parish's prepared guitar (John Schaefer/WNYC)   PROGRAM #3928,  With Shane Parish  (First Aired 12-12-2016)         ARTIST: AhleuchatistasWORK: Requiem for the Sea [6:46]RECORDING: Heads Full of PoisonSOURCE: Cuneiform RecordsINFO: https://cuneiformrecords.bandcamp.com/album/heads-full-of-poison-3 ARTIST: Shane ParishWORK: Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground (Blind Willie Johnson) [4:29]RECORDING: Live, WNYC Studio, Dec. 2016SOURCE: This performance not commercially available. INFO: Appears on Undertaker, Please Drive Slow, out now on Tzadik Records 4016 ARTIST: Shane ParishWORK: Oh Death [3:45]RECORDING: Undertaker, Please Drive SlowSOURCE: Tzadik Records 4016INFO: tzadik.com ARTIST: Shane ParishWORK: The Maid Freed From the Gallows [7:04], The Last Kind Words (Geeshie Wiley) [5:25]RECORDING: Live, WNYC Studio, Dec. 2016SOURCE: his performance not commercially available. INFO: Appears on Undertaker, Please Drive Slow, out now on Tzadik Records 4016 ARTIST: Tim SparksWORK: I’ll Fly Away [5:37]RECORDING: Chasin’ the BoogieSOURCE: Tonewood INFO: cdbaby.com

#3928: With Guitarist Shane Parish (Special Podcast)

“Indian music does not stop and start with Ravi Shankar.” So says tabla master Zakir Hussain, who, along with young sitar virtuoso, Niladri Kumar, joins John in the studio for a live performance.   Zakir Hussain, son of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alla_Rakha" target="_blank">Ustad Alla Rahka</a>, isn’t just a genius Indian tabla player and composer, as well as a virtuoso improviser - he is, bar none, one of the world’s great percussionists working in many genres. Zakir is a global citizen open to all kinds of collaborations, playing with everyone from George Harrison to the Mickey Hart of the Grateful Dead, from John McLaughlin's Shakti and Yo Yo Ma's Silk Road Project; he’s laid down beats for Scottish fiddlers Charlie McKerron (Capercaillie) and Patsy Reid (formerly of Breabach), and performed and recorded with scores of Indian classical musicians. Then, there was the recording by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra conducted by Leonard Slatkin of a triple concerto featuring fellow soloists Bela Fleck and Edgar Meyer, along with Zakir Hussain’s own showcases of otherworldly drum wizards, the Masters of Percussion.  Now, Niladri Kumar, who made his first public performance at the age of 6, comes from a long line of sitar players -which goes some five generations back; his father was Pandit Kartik Kumar. Niladri also did recording sessions for Hindi films from a very young age, and happens to be in a band called <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Sitarfunk/">Sitar Funk</a>, a global fusion of Hindi film music, Indian classical, and Western music. He’s even gone electric, creating an invention called the Zitar, a combination of sitar and guitar. It has fewer strings (5 instead of 20) with an electric pickup inside, so that Niladri can get a rock guitar sound out of it. OH – and he plays chords on the sitar. Niladri Kumar has been part of the Masters of Percussion tour, and this is his second duo tour with Zakir Hussain. Niladri Kumar and Zakir Hussain perform a radio-friendly (short) Raga Charukeshi, for Rupak Tal (a seven beat rhythmic cycle) and Raga Bhairavi in Teental (16 beats.)  Not to gush, but Zakir Hussain can communicate in so many languages – Persian, Gujarati, German, English- that it’s no wonder that he is also versed in many musical languages – like being able to speak jazz or Afro-Cuban rhythms, Nigerian talking drums, or Indonesian gamelan.  To him, improvising is like speaking that language. (Perhaps for percussion nerds,) Zakir also treats us to a spoken drum conversation, or “reciting the Bols” – the syllables that correspond to the strokes of the tabla- like “Dha ti ra ki ta” and “na ga dhin na dhin na gin na.”

“Indian music does not stop and start with Ravi Shankar.” So says tabla master Zakir Hussain, who, along with young sitar virtuoso, Niladri Kumar, joins John in the studio for a live performance.   Zakir Hussain, son of Ustad Alla Rahka, isn’t just a genius Indian tabla player and composer, as well as a virtuoso improviser - he is, bar none, one of the world’s great percussionists working in many genres. Zakir is a global citizen open to all kinds of collaborations, playing with everyone from George Harrison to the Mickey Hart of the Grateful Dead, from John McLaughlin's Shakti and Yo Yo Ma's Silk Road Project; he’s laid down beats for Scottish fiddlers Charlie McKerron (Capercaillie) and Patsy Reid (formerly of Breabach), and performed and recorded with scores of Indian classical musicians. Then, there was the recording by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra conducted by Leonard Slatkin of a triple concerto featuring fellow soloists Bela Fleck and Edgar Meyer, along with Zakir Hussain’s own showcases of otherworldly drum wizards, the Masters of Percussion.  Now, Niladri Kumar, who made his first public performance at the age of 6, comes from a long line of sitar players -which goes some five generations back; his father was Pandit Kartik Kumar. Niladri also did recording sessions for Hindi films from a very young age, and happens to be in a band called Sitar Funk, a global fusion of Hindi film music, Indian classical, and Western music. He’s even gone electric, creating an invention called the Zitar, a combination of sitar and guitar. It has fewer strings (5 instead of 20) with an electric pickup inside, so that Niladri can get a rock guitar sound out of it. OH – and he plays chords on the sitar. Niladri Kumar has been part of the Masters of Percussion tour, and this is his second duo tour with Zakir Hussain. Niladri Kumar and Zakir Hussain perform a radio-friendly (short) Raga Charukeshi, for Rupak Tal (a seven beat rhythmic cycle) and Raga Bhairavi in Teental (16 beats.)  Not to gush, but Zakir Hussain can communicate in so many languages – Persian, Gujarati, German, English- that it’s no wonder that he is also versed in many musical languages – like being able to speak jazz or Afro-Cuban rhythms, Nigerian talking drums, or Indonesian gamelan.  To him, improvising is like speaking that language. (Perhaps for percussion nerds,) Zakir also treats us to a spoken drum conversation, or “reciting the Bols” – the syllables that correspond to the strokes of the tabla- like “Dha ti ra ki ta” and “na ga dhin na dhin na gin na.” 

#3912: With Zakir Hussain & Niladri Kumar (Special Podcast)

South African guitarist Guy Buttery visits the studio to perform music from his latest self-titled record. Hear virtuosic feats of bending, tapping, picking, harmonics, and other techniques and textures yet to be named for guitar. Dig into his latest record on which he has collaborated with South African musicians Vusi Mahlasela, kora-to-guitar wizard Derek Gripper, and blues guitarist Dan Patlansky, along with a piece for sarangi and mbira – “From Srinagar.”  More pictures from the session here: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/newsounds/photos/?tab=album&amp;album_id=10153885705603581" target="_blank">Facebook.com/newsounds</a>  Guy Buttery plays a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/newsounds/photos/a.10153885705603581.1073741830.52786383580/10153885705883581/?type=3&amp;theater" target="_blank">custom-made Casimi guitar</a>, a “piano that fits in a guitar case,” made of very dense &amp; heavy African blackwood, and sporting double carbon-fiber truss rods to handle the bending of the neck.  Plus, music from the late Malian guitarist and griot Tiécoro Sissoko, who played for many years as a sideman with Toumani Diabate in Bamako.  Listen to the title track from his only recording, “Keme Borama.”  PROGRAM #3893, With Guy Buttery (First Aired 8-30-2016)       ARTIST: Guy Buttery with Piers Faccini WORK: The Upper Reaches [5:09] RECORDING:  Guy Buttery SOURCE/INFO: <a href="https://guybuttery.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank">guybuttery.bandcamp.com</a> ARTIST: Guy Buttery WORK: A Piece for Rudolf Fritsch [5:20] RECORDING: Live, WNYC 8/25/16 SOURCE: This performance not commercially available.  INFO: A version with William Ackerman is available at <a href="https://guybuttery.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank">guybuttery.bandcamp.com</a> ARTIST: Guy Buttery WORK: From Srinagar [3:32],  To Goulimine [feat. Dan Patlansky] [03:05] RECORDING:  Guy Buttery  SOURCE/INFO: <a href="https://guybuttery.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank">guybuttery.bandcamp.com</a> ARTIST: Guy Buttery WORK: Verbosity [4:00] RECORDING: Live, WNYC 8/25/16 SOURCE: This performance not commercially available.  INFO: The studio version is available at <a href="https://guybuttery.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank">guybuttery.bandcamp.com</a> ARTIST: Guy Buttery WORK: Two Chords &amp; The Truth [feat. Derek Gripper] [3:40] RECORDING:  Guy Buttery  SOURCE/INFO: <a href="https://guybuttery.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank">guybuttery.bandcamp.com</a> ARTIST: Guy Buttery WORK: Werner Meets Egberto in Manaus [5:17] RECORDING: Live, WNYC 8/25/16 SOURCE: This performance not commercially available.  INFO: A version featuring Vusi Mahlasela is available at <a href="https://guybuttery.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank">guybuttery.bandcamp.com</a> ARTIST: Tiécoro Sissoko WORK: Keme Borama [4:38] RECORDING: Keme Borama SOURCE: KSK Records CD 013 INFO: <a href="https://kskrecords.bandcamp.com/album/keme-borama" target="_blank">kskrecords.bandcamp.com</a>

South African guitarist Guy Buttery visits the studio to perform music from his latest self-titled record. Hear virtuosic feats of bending, tapping, picking, harmonics, and other techniques and textures yet to be named for guitar. Dig into his latest record on which he has collaborated with South African musicians Vusi Mahlasela, kora-to-guitar wizard Derek Gripper, and blues guitarist Dan Patlansky, along with a piece for sarangi and mbira – “From Srinagar.”  More pictures from the session here: Facebook.com/newsounds  Guy Buttery plays a custom-made Casimi guitar, a “piano that fits in a guitar case,” made of very dense &amp; heavy African blackwood, and sporting double carbon-fiber truss rods to handle the bending of the neck.  Plus, music from the late Malian guitarist and griot Tiécoro Sissoko, who played for many years as a sideman with Toumani Diabate in Bamako.  Listen to the title track from his only recording, “Keme Borama.”  PROGRAM #3893, With Guy Buttery (First Aired 8-30-2016)       ARTIST: Guy Buttery with Piers FacciniWORK: The Upper Reaches [5:09]RECORDING:  Guy ButterySOURCE/INFO: guybuttery.bandcamp.com ARTIST: Guy ButteryWORK: A Piece for Rudolf Fritsch [5:20]RECORDING: Live, WNYC 8/25/16SOURCE: This performance not commercially available. INFO: A version with William Ackerman is available at guybuttery.bandcamp.com ARTIST: Guy ButteryWORK: From Srinagar [3:32],  To Goulimine [feat. Dan Patlansky] [03:05]RECORDING:  Guy Buttery SOURCE/INFO: guybuttery.bandcamp.com ARTIST: Guy ButteryWORK: Verbosity [4:00]RECORDING: Live, WNYC 8/25/16SOURCE: This performance not commercially available. INFO: The studio version is available at guybuttery.bandcamp.com ARTIST: Guy ButteryWORK: Two Chords &amp; The Truth [feat. Derek Gripper] [3:40]RECORDING:  Guy Buttery SOURCE/INFO: guybuttery.bandcamp.com ARTIST: Guy ButteryWORK: Werner Meets Egberto in Manaus [5:17]RECORDING: Live, WNYC 8/25/16SOURCE: This performance not commercially available. INFO: A version featuring Vusi Mahlasela is available at guybuttery.bandcamp.com ARTIST: Tiécoro SissokoWORK: Keme Borama [4:38]RECORDING: Keme BoramaSOURCE: KSK Records CD 013INFO: kskrecords.bandcamp.com  

#3893: With Guitarist Guy Buttery (Special Podcast)

This episode continues the series exploring the new music of Ireland. John Schaefer sits down with Jonathan Nangle at the Contemporary Music Centre in Dublin. Nangle tells how Donnacha Dennehy influenced him to explore more experimental music, and then shares how electronics and silence factor into his compositions. Listen to how Nangle uses electronics to subtly augment conventional instrumentation on "Where distant city lights flicker on half-frozen ponds". Hear Nangle explain how his piece "Then Falls by Shadow" takes the inspiration of Irish weather to combine shuffle mode with a choral performance. Later in the hour, John Schaefer talks to David Bremner about his own compositions and playing the pipe organ at Christ Church Cathedral in Dublin. Hear Bremner's piercing organ compositions "Variations upon 'the usual reason'" and "Amhrán na Leabhar." PROGRAM #3715 New Music from Ireland: Part 3 (First aired on 4/17/2015)   <table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td> ARTIST(S) </td> <td> RECORDING </td> <td> CUT(S) </td> <td> SOURCE </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Kate Ellis </td> <td> Jump </td> <td> Donnacha Dennehy: Aisling Gheal [2:09] </td> <td> <a href="http://shop.diatribe.ie/album/jump-2">Diatribe Records</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Jonathan Nangle </td> <td> Self-released </td> <td> DIY Aeolian Harp [:39] </td> <td> <a href="https://soundcloud.com/jnangle/diy-aeolian-harp">Soundcloud</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Jonathan Nangle </td> <td> new music::new Ireland 2 </td> <td> Where distant city lights flicker on half-frozen ponds [excerpt 1] [2:14] </td> <td> <a href="http://www.cmc.ie/shop/cd_detail.cfm?itemID=3435">CMC Ireland</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Jonathan Nangle </td> <td> new music::new Ireland 2 </td> <td> Where distant city lights flicker on half-frozen ponds [excerpt 2] [4:47] </td> <td> See Above </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Ergodos Musicians </td> <td> I Call To You </td> <td> Jonathan Nangle: Ich ruf' zu Dir, Herr Jesu Christ  [2:22] </td> <td> <a href="http://ergodos.ie/shop/i-call-to-you/">Ergodos Records</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Jonathan Nangle </td> <td> Commissioned for Dublin SoundLab </td> <td> untitled (after Dan Flavin) [1:42] </td> <td> <a href="https://soundcloud.com/jnangle/untitled-after-dan-flavin">Soundcloud</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Jonathan Nangle </td> <td> Commisioned by David Bremner and Elizabeth Hilliard </td> <td> Then Falls thy Shadow [:51] </td> <td> <a href="https://soundcloud.com/jnangle/then-falls-thy-shadow-2010">Soundcloud</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Jonathan Nangle </td> <td> Contermporaty Music from Ireland, Volume Nine </td> <td> Our headlights blew softly into the black illuminating very little [5:21] </td> <td> CMC Ireland – CMC CD09 <a href="http://www.cmc.ie/shop/cd_detail.cfm?itemID=3030">Contemporary Music Centre</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Jonathan Nangle &amp; David Bremner </td> <td> Ergodos 2009 'Off-Grid' Festival </td> <td> Untitled improvisation [1:25] </td> <td> <a href="https://soundcloud.com/jnangle/david-bremner-jonathan-nangle">Soundcloud</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> David Bremner </td> <td> Contemporary Music from Ireland, Volume 2 </td> <td> Variations upon ‘the usual reason’ [4:40] </td> <td> <a href="http://www.cmc.ie/shop/cd_detail.cfm?itemID=3435">CMC Ireland</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> David Bremner </td> <td> L’Air Du Temps </td> <td> Amhrán na Leabhar [2:49] </td> <td> <a href="https://soundcloud.com/david-bremner/01-amhr-n-na-leabhar">Soundcloud</a> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table>

This episode continues the series exploring the new music of Ireland. John Schaefer sits down with Jonathan Nangle at the Contemporary Music Centre in Dublin. Nangle tells how Donnacha Dennehy influenced him to explore more experimental music, and then shares how electronics and silence factor into his compositions. Listen to how Nangle uses electronics to subtly augment conventional instrumentation on "Where distant city lights flicker on half-frozen ponds". Hear Nangle explain how his piece "Then Falls by Shadow" takes the inspiration of Irish weather to combine shuffle mode with a choral performance. Later in the hour, John Schaefer talks to David Bremner about his own compositions and playing the pipe organ at Christ Church Cathedral in Dublin. Hear Bremner's piercing organ compositions "Variations upon 'the usual reason'" and "Amhrán na Leabhar." PROGRAM #3715 New Music from Ireland: Part 3 (First aired on 4/17/2015)   ARTIST(S) RECORDING CUT(S) SOURCE Kate Ellis Jump Donnacha Dennehy: Aisling Gheal [2:09] Diatribe Records Jonathan Nangle Self-released DIY Aeolian Harp [:39] Soundcloud Jonathan Nangle new music::new Ireland 2 Where distant city lights flicker on half-frozen ponds [excerpt 1] [2:14] CMC Ireland Jonathan Nangle new music::new Ireland 2 Where distant city lights flicker on half-frozen ponds [excerpt 2] [4:47] See Above Ergodos Musicians I Call To You Jonathan Nangle: Ich ruf' zu Dir, Herr Jesu Christ  [2:22] Ergodos Records Jonathan Nangle Commissioned for Dublin SoundLab untitled (after Dan Flavin) [1:42] Soundcloud Jonathan Nangle Commisioned by David Bremner and Elizabeth Hilliard Then Falls thy Shadow [:51] Soundcloud Jonathan Nangle Contermporaty Music from Ireland, Volume Nine Our headlights blew softly into the black illuminating very little [5:21] CMC Ireland – CMC CD09 Contemporary Music Centre Jonathan Nangle &amp; David Bremner Ergodos 2009 'Off-Grid' Festival Untitled improvisation [1:25] Soundcloud David Bremner Contemporary Music from Ireland, Volume 2 Variations upon ‘the usual reason’ [4:40] CMC Ireland David Bremner L’Air Du Temps Amhrán na Leabhar [2:49] Soundcloud 

New Music from Ireland Part 3 (Special Podcast)

Hear music by Australian-born, London-based electroacoustic musician &amp; sound artist Leah Kardos along with music by Irish woodwind player and composer Seán Mac Erlaine, as well as other electroacoustic music on this New Sounds. Listen to several works by Kardos from a sampler released in 2014, including her work, “Butterfly Kite,”written for easy piano + delay/verb effects. Then hear improvised woodwind and electronic sounds from a series of live recordings by the Dublin musician, Seán Mac Erlaine. From his, “A Slender Song,” hear music for clarinets of all sorts and sizes, manipulated by electronics. Then, hear music from a dance score by London-based composer Jon Opstad, who also did the music for the provocative British episodic series, “Black Mirror.” Listen to music from cellist Julia Kent with loops and delays from the recent record, “Character.”  German theremin player Carolina Eyck improvises on the low end together with pianist Christopher Tarnow. Then,hear music from NY-based singer GABI, who layers and processes her voice a la Juliana Barwick. (Caution: her work, "Where," might remind you of “The Rains of Castamere.”) PROGRAM #3706–Various Forms of Electro-acoustic Music (First aired on 03/24/2015)              <table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td> ARTIST(S) </td> <td> RECORDING </td> <td> CUT(S) </td> <td> SOURCE </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Carolina Eyck &amp; Christopher Tarnow </td> <td> Improvisations for Theremin and Piano </td> <td> Haunted Ballerina, excerpt [1:00] </td> <td> Butterscotch Records <a href="http://butterscotchrecords.net/records/improvisations" target="_blank">butterscotchrecords.net</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Leah Kardos </td> <td> Spring 2014 Sampler </td> <td> Butterfly Kite [3:15] </td> <td> <a href="http://bigoandtwigetti.bandcamp.com/album/spring-2014" target="_blank">bigoandtwigetti.bandcamp.com</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Jon Opstad </td> <td> Ignis </td> <td> Ignis, Part III [2:55] Ignis, part IV [5:51] </td> <td> <a href="http://jonopstad.bandcamp.com/album/ignis">jonopstad.bandcamp.com</a> OR <a href="https://soundcloud.com/jonopstad/sets/ignis">soundcloud</a> OR Emusic.com </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Seán Mac Erlaine</td> <td> A Slender Song </td> <td> All sung a Slender Song [3:29] </td> <td> <a href="http://ergodos.ie/shop/a-slender-song/" target="_blank">ergodos.ie</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Leah Kardos </td> <td> Spring 2014 Sampler </td> <td> Preen [3:19] </td> <td> <a href="http://bigoandtwigetti.bandcamp.com/album/spring-2014">See above. </a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> GABI </td> <td> Sympathy </td> <td> Where [3:43] </td> <td> <a href="https://gabi-ny.bandcamp.com/album/sympathy" target="_blank">gabi-ny.bandcamp.com</a> Due out April 7, 2015 </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Carolina Eyck &amp; Christopher Tarnow </td> <td> Improvisations for Theremin and Piano </td> <td> Haunted Ballerina [5:58] </td> <td> Butterscotch Records <a href="http://butterscotchrecords.net/records/improvisations" target="_blank">butterscotchrecords.net</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Leah Kardos </td> <td> Spring 2014 Sampler </td> <td> Memory Machine [3:01] </td> <td> See above. </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Bing &amp; Ruth </td> <td> Tomorrow was the Golden Age </td> <td> The Towns We Love Is Our Town [6:34] </td> <td> RVNGNL27 <a href="http://igetrvng.com/shop/tomorrow-was-the-golden-age/">igetrvng.com</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Julia Kent </td> <td> Character </td> <td> Transportation [4:39] </td> <td> Leaf Music BAY 80 <a href="http://www.theleaflabel.com/en/releases/view/197/Julia%20Kent/Character/BAY%2080CD">theleaflabel.com</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Seán Mac Erlaine </td> <td> A Slender Song </td> <td> Sheehy [3:52] </td> <td> See above. </td> </tr> </tbody> </table>

Hear music by Australian-born, London-based electroacoustic musician &amp; sound artist Leah Kardos along with music by Irish woodwind player and composer Seán Mac Erlaine, as well as other electroacoustic music on this New Sounds. Listen to several works by Kardos from a sampler released in 2014, including her work, “Butterfly Kite,”written for easy piano + delay/verb effects. Then hear improvised woodwind and electronic sounds from a series of live recordings by the Dublin musician, Seán Mac Erlaine. From his, “A Slender Song,” hear music for clarinets of all sorts and sizes, manipulated by electronics. Then, hear music from a dance score by London-based composer Jon Opstad, who also did the music for the provocative British episodic series, “Black Mirror.” Listen to music from cellist Julia Kent with loops and delays from the recent record, “Character.”  German theremin player Carolina Eyck improvises on the low end together with pianist Christopher Tarnow. Then,hear music from NY-based singer GABI, who layers and processes her voice a la Juliana Barwick. (Caution: her work, "Where," might remind you of “The Rains of Castamere.”) PROGRAM #3706–Various Forms of Electro-acoustic Music (First aired on 03/24/2015)              ARTIST(S) RECORDING CUT(S) SOURCE Carolina Eyck &amp; Christopher Tarnow Improvisations for Theremin and Piano Haunted Ballerina, excerpt [1:00] Butterscotch Recordsbutterscotchrecords.net Leah Kardos Spring 2014 Sampler Butterfly Kite [3:15] bigoandtwigetti.bandcamp.com Jon Opstad Ignis Ignis, Part III [2:55] Ignis, part IV [5:51] jonopstad.bandcamp.com OR soundcloud OR Emusic.com Seán Mac Erlaine A Slender Song All sung a Slender Song [3:29] ergodos.ie Leah Kardos Spring 2014 Sampler Preen [3:19] See above. GABI Sympathy Where [3:43] gabi-ny.bandcamp.com Due out April 7, 2015 Carolina Eyck &amp; Christopher Tarnow Improvisations for Theremin and Piano Haunted Ballerina [5:58] Butterscotch Recordsbutterscotchrecords.net Leah Kardos Spring 2014 Sampler Memory Machine [3:01] See above. Bing &amp; Ruth Tomorrow was the Golden Age The Towns We Love Is Our Town [6:34] RVNGNL27 igetrvng.com Julia Kent Character Transportation [4:39] Leaf Music BAY 80 theleaflabel.com Seán Mac Erlaine A Slender Song Sheehy [3:52] See above. 

Various Electroacoustic Music (Special Podcast)

Composer, keyboardist and bandleader, Missy Mazzoli, joins John Schaefer to introduce selections from her new recording, “Vespers for a New Dark Age.” The work, commissioned by Carnegie Hall for the 2014 Ecstatic Music Festival, is a 30-minute suite for singers, chamber ensemble and electronics, and is built around text, both spiritual and worldly, by contemporary poet Matthew Zapruder. Mazzoli wrote for the very specific voices of sopranos Martha Cluver, Melissa Hughes and alto Virginia Warnken Kelsey, who all have a lot of experience with contemporary music but also early and Baroque music. Her ensemble Victoire provides dramatic settings while drummer Glenn Kotche (perhaps best known for his work in Wilco) propels the work percussively.  Plus, hear selections from Phil Kline’s millennial mass “John the Revelator,” written for the early/new music vocal group Lionheart and the quartet ETHEL. PROGRAM #3709 with Missy Mazzoli (First aired on 3/30/2015)   <table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td> ARTIST(S) </td> <td> RECORDING </td> <td> CUT(S) </td> <td> SOURCE </td> <td> DURATION </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Roomful of Teeth </td> <td> Render </td> <td> Missy Mazzoli: Vesper Sparrow, excerpt </td> <td> Due out April 28, 2015 New Amsterdam Records - #NWAM 065 <a href="http://newamrecords.com/roomful-render" target="_blank">newamrecords.com</a> </td> <td> 1:00 </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Missy Mazzoli &amp; Victoire </td> <td> Vespers for a New Dark Age </td> <td> I. Wayward Free Radical Dreams </td> <td> New Amsterdam Records - #NWAM 062 <a href="http://newamrecords.com/mazzoli-vespers" target="_blank">newamrecords.com</a> </td> <td> 5:09 </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Missy Mazzoli &amp; Victoire, feat. Martha Cluver &amp; Glenn Kotche </td> <td> Vespers for a New Dark Age </td> <td> II. Hello Lord </td> <td> See above. </td> <td> 2:27 </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Missy Mazzoli &amp; Victoire, feat. Melissa Hughes, Virginia Warnken Kelsey, Martha Cluver &amp; Glenn Kotche </td> <td> Vespers for a New Dark Age </td> <td> IV. Come On All You </td> <td> See above. </td> <td> 5:35 </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Missy Mazzoli &amp; Victoire </td> <td> Vespers for a New Dark Age </td> <td> V. New Dark Age </td> <td> See above. </td> <td> 2:40 </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Missy Mazzoli &amp; Victoire </td> <td> Vespers for a New Dark Age </td> <td> VII. Machine </td> <td> See above. </td> <td> 4:47 </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Missy Mazzoli &amp; Victoire </td> <td> Vespers for a New Dark Age </td> <td> VIII. Postlude </td> <td> See above. </td> <td> 4:35 </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Phil Kline (performed by Lionheart &amp; ETHEL) </td> <td> John the Revelator </td> <td> The Man Who Knows Misery </td> <td> Cantaloupe 21047 <a href="http://www.cantaloupemusic.com">cantaloupemusic.com</a> </td> <td> 2:44 </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Phil Kline (performed by Lionheart &amp; ETHEL) ETHEL </td> <td> John the Revelator </td> <td> Dark Was the Night </td> <td> See above. </td> <td> 5:50 </td> </tr> </tbody> </table>

Composer, keyboardist and bandleader, Missy Mazzoli, joins John Schaefer to introduce selections from her new recording, “Vespers for a New Dark Age.” The work, commissioned by Carnegie Hall for the 2014 Ecstatic Music Festival, is a 30-minute suite for singers, chamber ensemble and electronics, and is built around text, both spiritual and worldly, by contemporary poet Matthew Zapruder. Mazzoli wrote for the very specific voices of sopranos Martha Cluver, Melissa Hughes and alto Virginia Warnken Kelsey, who all have a lot of experience with contemporary music but also early and Baroque music. Her ensemble Victoire provides dramatic settings while drummer Glenn Kotche (perhaps best known for his work in Wilco) propels the work percussively.  Plus, hear selections from Phil Kline’s millennial mass “John the Revelator,” written for the early/new music vocal group Lionheart and the quartet ETHEL. PROGRAM #3709 with Missy Mazzoli (First aired on 3/30/2015)   ARTIST(S) RECORDING CUT(S) SOURCE DURATION Roomful of Teeth Render Missy Mazzoli: Vesper Sparrow, excerpt Due out April 28, 2015 New Amsterdam Records - #NWAM 065 newamrecords.com 1:00 Missy Mazzoli &amp; Victoire Vespers for a New Dark Age I. Wayward Free Radical Dreams New Amsterdam Records - #NWAM 062 newamrecords.com 5:09 Missy Mazzoli &amp; Victoire, feat. Martha Cluver &amp; Glenn Kotche Vespers for a New Dark Age II. Hello Lord See above. 2:27 Missy Mazzoli &amp; Victoire, feat. Melissa Hughes, Virginia Warnken Kelsey, Martha Cluver &amp; Glenn Kotche Vespers for a New Dark Age IV. Come On All You See above. 5:35 Missy Mazzoli &amp; Victoire Vespers for a New Dark Age V. New Dark Age See above. 2:40 Missy Mazzoli &amp; Victoire Vespers for a New Dark Age VII. Machine See above. 4:47 Missy Mazzoli &amp; Victoire Vespers for a New Dark Age VIII. Postlude See above. 4:35 Phil Kline (performed by Lionheart &amp; ETHEL) John the Revelator The Man Who Knows Misery Cantaloupe 21047 cantaloupemusic.com 2:44 Phil Kline (performed by Lionheart &amp; ETHEL) ETHEL John the Revelator Dark Was the Night See above. 5:50 

With Missy Mazzoli (Special Podcast)

Listen to works that include gamelan, but take a more western approach for this New Sounds - like combining Celtic traditional music and Indonesian gamelan in music from Gamelan Son of Lion and composer/sax player and bagpiper Matthew Welch. In the music of Barbara Benary, the co-founder and guiding spirit of Gamelan Son of Lion, there is a juxtaposition of Cape Breton Celtic singing, gamelan and Benary herself on violin. Also, hear the Celtic-Balinese tapestry of Matthew Welch’s chamber rock hybrid Blarvuster with its Scottish bagpipes, Balinese gamelan, and Welch’s vocalizing in Indonesian. Plus, Lou Harrison’s "Threnody for Carlos Chavez," written for viola and gamelan ensemble, and music from NYC-based Patrick Grant, who serves his post-minimalism with a twist of Rock and Balinese gamelan. That, and more. PROGRAM #3691 Gamelan Plus (First aired on 2/3/2015)   <table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td> ARTIST(S) </td> <td> RECORDING </td> <td> CUT(S) </td> <td> SOURCE </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Gamelan Son of Lion </td> <td> Sonogram </td> <td> John Morton: She (really) Had To Go [9:23] </td> <td> Innova 718 <a href="http://www.innova.mu"> innova.mu</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Patrick Grant </td> <td> Patrick Grant </td> <td> Fields Amaze [8:35] </td> <td> Available at <a href="http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/patrickgrant2">cdbaby.com</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Gamelan Son of Lion </td> <td> Sonogram </td> <td> Barbara Benary: Jigalullaby [8:23] </td> <td> Innova 718 <a href="http://www.innova.mu"> innova.mu</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Matthew Welch  &amp; Blarvuster </td> <td> Blarvuster </td> <td> Canntaireachd Masolah I [6:23] </td> <td> Tzadik 8077 <a href="http://www.tzadik.com/">tzadik.com</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Lou Harrison </td> <td> Drums Along The Pacific </td> <td> Threnody for Carlos Chavez [8:00] </td> <td> New Albion #122 Out of print, but available as a download via <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Drums-Along-The-Pacific-Harrison/dp/B00008Z47F" target="_blank">Amazon</a>  </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Bill Alves (performed by Susan Jensen, violin; The HMC American Gamelan) </td> <td> Mystic Canyon </td> <td> Mystic Canyon for Violin and Gamelan [5:20] </td> <td> MicroFest Records <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Mystic-Canyon-Music-Violin-Gamelan/dp/B00CLCXFLQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8">Amazon</a> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table>

Listen to works that include gamelan, but take a more western approach for this New Sounds - like combining Celtic traditional music and Indonesian gamelan in music from Gamelan Son of Lion and composer/sax player and bagpiper Matthew Welch. In the music of Barbara Benary, the co-founder and guiding spirit of Gamelan Son of Lion, there is a juxtaposition of Cape Breton Celtic singing, gamelan and Benary herself on violin. Also, hear the Celtic-Balinese tapestry of Matthew Welch’s chamber rock hybrid Blarvuster with its Scottish bagpipes, Balinese gamelan, and Welch’s vocalizing in Indonesian. Plus, Lou Harrison’s "Threnody for Carlos Chavez," written for viola and gamelan ensemble, and music from NYC-based Patrick Grant, who serves his post-minimalism with a twist of Rock and Balinese gamelan. That, and more. PROGRAM #3691 Gamelan Plus (First aired on 2/3/2015)   ARTIST(S) RECORDING CUT(S) SOURCE Gamelan Son of Lion Sonogram John Morton: She (really) Had To Go [9:23] Innova 718 innova.mu Patrick Grant Patrick Grant Fields Amaze [8:35] Available at cdbaby.com Gamelan Son of Lion Sonogram Barbara Benary: Jigalullaby [8:23] Innova 718 innova.mu Matthew Welch  &amp; Blarvuster Blarvuster Canntaireachd Masolah I [6:23] Tzadik 8077 tzadik.com Lou Harrison Drums Along The Pacific Threnody for Carlos Chavez [8:00] New Albion #122 Out of print, but available as a download via Amazon  Bill Alves (performed by Susan Jensen, violin; The HMC American Gamelan) Mystic Canyon Mystic Canyon for Violin and Gamelan [5:20] MicroFest Records Amazon 

Gamelan Plus (Special Podcast)

Hear unusual music for string quartet on this program, as Australian composer Andrew Byrne, now based in New York, uses the string quartet as a percussion instrument in his work called “Striking.” Then, listen to Bang on a Can All-Star saxman, clarinetist and composer Ken Thomson’s work for the JACK Quartet, “THAW.” There’s also folk-informed music from the singer, songwriter and composer Aoife O Donovan as played by Brooklyn Rider. Hear string quartet music by multi-instrumentalist composer Vân-Ánh Vanessa Võ, who plays a traditional Vietnamese string instrument on “Green River Delta,” in collaboration with Kronos Quartet. Plus, hear a work from Pulitzer Prize-winning composer John Luther Adams that uses the string quartet as an ambient music ensemble, relying upon harmonics and on tones played on open strings. That, and more. PROGRAM #3686 Music for String Quartet (First aired on 1/21/2015)   <table width="95%" border="1" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td> ARTIST(S) </td> <td> RECORDING </td> <td> CUT(S) </td> <td> SOURCE </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Ken Thomson (JACK quartet) </td> <td> THAW </td> <td> Thaw, excerpt [1:41] </td> <td> Cantaloupe Records 21095 <a href="http://bangonacan.org/store/music/thaw" target="_blank">bangonacan.org</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Members of Either/Or Ensemble </td> <td> Striking; Whispers and Cries </td> <td> Andrew Byrne: Striking Parts 1 &amp; 2 [7:32] </td> <td> Available for purchase directly through composer here: <a href="http://andrewbyrne.com/">andrewbyrne.com</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> JACK Quartet </td> <td> John Luther Adams: The Wind in High Places </td> <td> John Luther Adams: The Wind in High Places - Above Sunset Pass [7:24] </td> <td> Cold Blue Music CBM 41 <a href="http://www.coldbluemusic.com" target="_blank">coldbluemusic.com</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Ken Thomson (JACK quartet) </td> <td> THAW </td> <td> THAW: Thaw [10:55] </td> <td> Cantaloupe Music 21095 <a href="http://bangonacan.org/store/music/thaw" target="_blank">bangonacan.org</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Brooklyn Rider </td> <td> Almanac </td> <td> Aoife O'Donovan: Show Me [4:56] </td> <td> Mercury Classics / In A Circle Records #002159302 <a href="http://www.mercuryclassics.com/releases/item/almanac/">mercuryclassics.com</a> Available at iTunes, Amazon.com, Emusic.com </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Vân-Ánh Vanessa Võ with Kronos Quartet </td> <td>  Three-Mountain Pass </td> <td> Vân-Ánh Vanessa Võ: Green River Delta/Luu Thuy Truong [4:40] </td> <td> Innova 866 <a href="http://www.innova.mu/">innova.mu</a>   </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Members of Either/Or Ensemble </td> <td> Striking; Whispers and Cries </td> <td> Andrew Byrne: Striking Parts 3 &amp; 4 [8:30] </td> <td> Available for purchase directly through composer here: <a href="http://andrewbyrne.com/">andrewbyrne.com</a> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table>

Hear unusual music for string quartet on this program, as Australian composer Andrew Byrne, now based in New York, uses the string quartet as a percussion instrument in his work called “Striking.” Then, listen to Bang on a Can All-Star saxman, clarinetist and composer Ken Thomson’s work for the JACK Quartet, “THAW.” There’s also folk-informed music from the singer, songwriter and composer Aoife O Donovan as played by Brooklyn Rider. Hear string quartet music by multi-instrumentalist composer Vân-Ánh Vanessa Võ, who plays a traditional Vietnamese string instrument on “Green River Delta,” in collaboration with Kronos Quartet. Plus, hear a work from Pulitzer Prize-winning composer John Luther Adams that uses the string quartet as an ambient music ensemble, relying upon harmonics and on tones played on open strings. That, and more. PROGRAM #3686 Music for String Quartet (First aired on 1/21/2015)   ARTIST(S) RECORDING CUT(S) SOURCE Ken Thomson (JACK quartet) THAW Thaw, excerpt [1:41] Cantaloupe Records 21095 bangonacan.org Members of Either/Or Ensemble Striking; Whispers and Cries Andrew Byrne: Striking Parts 1 &amp; 2 [7:32] Available for purchase directly through composer here: andrewbyrne.com JACK Quartet John Luther Adams: The Wind in High Places John Luther Adams: The Wind in High Places - Above Sunset Pass [7:24] Cold Blue Music CBM 41 coldbluemusic.com Ken Thomson (JACK quartet) THAW THAW: Thaw [10:55] Cantaloupe Music 21095 bangonacan.org Brooklyn Rider Almanac Aoife O'Donovan: Show Me [4:56] Mercury Classics / In A Circle Records #002159302 mercuryclassics.com Available at iTunes, Amazon.com, Emusic.com Vân-Ánh Vanessa Võ with Kronos Quartet  Three-Mountain Pass Vân-Ánh Vanessa Võ: Green River Delta/Luu Thuy Truong [4:40] Innova 866 innova.mu   Members of Either/Or Ensemble Striking; Whispers and Cries Andrew Byrne: Striking Parts 3 &amp; 4 [8:30] Available for purchase directly through composer here: andrewbyrne.com 

New Music for String Quartet (Special Podcast)

Listen to world music that veers into psychedelic territory on this New Sounds, with Native-American inspired percussive drone music and Afrobeat from Brazil in music by Bixiga 70. Hear a mix of Afro-Ethiopian rock and jazz from the Brazilian band, Bixiga70, whose name is clearly a nod to the Afrobeat pioneered by Fela Kuti and drummer Tony Allen (with whom Mauricio Fleury from the band studied with.) This brass-heavy sound bounces through boundaries to harvest textures of Guinean and Malian mandingo from Guinea and Mali, soukous from the Congo and ethio-jazz. Also, there’s music from a Chinese string band, Red Chamber, and their pipa, zheng, zhongruan, among other Chinese lutes and zithers. On this tune,"Ah Ya Zein," they accompany oud player Gordon Grdina, and are augmented by all kinds of percussion from other traditions. Then, hear “tribal folkadelia” from Flamingods, with musicians based in London &amp; Bahrain, and operatic trance music from Toronto-based artist, Alexandra Mackenzie, who records under the moniker Petra Glynt. Also, listen to a song from Nathan Bowles, a pounding tribute in percussive drone to the dwindling population of the Nansemond tribe who were part of the Powhatan confederacy in Virginia. Plus, explosive music from the Belgian brass klezmer punk band Kermesz a l'est, and more. PROGRAM #3638, Psychedelic World Music (First aired on 9/17/2014)   <table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td> ARTIST(S) </td> <td> RECORDING </td> <td> CUT(S) </td> <td> SOURCE </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Flamingods </td> <td> Hyperborea </td> <td> Vimana, excerpt [1:00] </td> <td> SHAPE 027 <a href="http://www.shaperecords.co.uk/" target="_blank">shaperecords.co.uk</a> <a href="http://shaperecords.bandcamp.com/album/hyperborea" target="_blank">shaperecords.bandcamp.com</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Red Chamber </td> <td> Gathering </td> <td> Ah Ya Zein [7:40] </td> <td> <a href="http://www.asza.com/CD-store/RC2.html" target="_blank">www.asza.com</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Radwan Ghazi Moumneh (Jerusalem in My Heart) </td> <td> Mo7it Al-Mo7it </td> <td> Amanem [8:54] </td> <td> Constellation Records CST093 <a href="http://cstrecords.com/jerusalem-in-my-heart/" target="_blank">cstrecords.com</a> Included as part of <a href="https://www.musicworks.ca/reviews/recordings/jerusalem-my-heart-mo7it-al-mo7it" target="_blank">www.musicworks.ca</a>, Summer 2014 Sampler <a href="http://jerusaleminmyheart.com" target="_blank">jerusaleminmyheart.com</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Kermesz a l'est </td> <td> Kermesz a l'est (2014) </td> <td> Zumkind [6:02] </td> <td> <a href="http://www.kermeszalest.com/Bio_En.html" target="_blank">www.kermeszalest.com</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Flamingods </td> <td> Hyperborea </td> <td> Vimana [2:32] </td> <td>SHAPE 027 <a href="http://www.shaperecords.co.uk/" target="_blank">shaperecords.co.uk</a> <a href="http://shaperecords.bandcamp.com/album/hyperborea" target="_blank">shaperecords.bandcamp.com</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Petra Glynt </td> <td> Musicworks Summer 2014 </td> <td> Of This Land </td> <td> <a href="http://petraglynt.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank">petraglynt.bandcamp.com</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Nathan Bowles </td> <td> Nansemond </td> <td> The Smoke Swallower [2:38] </td> <td> Paradies of Bachelors 016 <a href="http://www.paradiseofbachelors.com/pob-16" target="_blank">paradiseofbachelors.com</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> FatDog </td> <td> New Found Land </td> <td> Halling Etter Sjur Eldegard, excerpt [1:00] </td> <td> Riverboat Records 1087 <a href="http://www.worldmusic.net/store/item/TUG1087" target="_blank">worldmusic.net</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Kronos Quartet </td> <td> Floodplain </td> <td> Tashweesh [3:24] </td> <td> Nonesuch 518349 <a href="http://www.nonesuch.com/">nonesuch.com</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Bixiga 70 </td> <td> Ocupai </td> <td> 5 Esquinas [4:31] </td> <td> <a href="http://www.maisumdiscos.com/artists/bixiga70/" target="_blank">maisumdiscos.com</a> <a href="http://maisumdiscos.bandcamp.com/album/ocupai" target="_blank">maisumdiscos.bandcamp.com</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Angeli Drake </td> <td> Deghe </td> <td> Spargiani [6:00] </td> <td> Available at <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00MUZQZU2/ref=dm_ws_sp_ps_dp" target="_blank">Amazon.com</a> or Emusic.com </td> </tr> </tbody> </table>

Listen to world music that veers into psychedelic territory on this New Sounds, with Native-American inspired percussive drone music and Afrobeat from Brazil in music by Bixiga 70. Hear a mix of Afro-Ethiopian rock and jazz from the Brazilian band, Bixiga70, whose name is clearly a nod to the Afrobeat pioneered by Fela Kuti and drummer Tony Allen (with whom Mauricio Fleury from the band studied with.) This brass-heavy sound bounces through boundaries to harvest textures of Guinean and Malian mandingo from Guinea and Mali, soukous from the Congo and ethio-jazz. Also, there’s music from a Chinese string band, Red Chamber, and their pipa, zheng, zhongruan, among other Chinese lutes and zithers. On this tune,"Ah Ya Zein," they accompany oud player Gordon Grdina, and are augmented by all kinds of percussion from other traditions. Then, hear “tribal folkadelia” from Flamingods, with musicians based in London &amp; Bahrain, and operatic trance music from Toronto-based artist, Alexandra Mackenzie, who records under the moniker Petra Glynt. Also, listen to a song from Nathan Bowles, a pounding tribute in percussive drone to the dwindling population of the Nansemond tribe who were part of the Powhatan confederacy in Virginia. Plus, explosive music from the Belgian brass klezmer punk band Kermesz a l'est, and more. PROGRAM #3638, Psychedelic World Music (First aired on 9/17/2014)   ARTIST(S) RECORDING CUT(S) SOURCE Flamingods Hyperborea Vimana, excerpt [1:00] SHAPE 027 shaperecords.co.ukshaperecords.bandcamp.com Red Chamber Gathering Ah Ya Zein [7:40] www.asza.com Radwan Ghazi Moumneh (Jerusalem in My Heart) Mo7it Al-Mo7it Amanem [8:54] Constellation Records CST093cstrecords.com Included as part of www.musicworks.ca, Summer 2014 Sampler jerusaleminmyheart.com Kermesz a l'est Kermesz a l'est (2014) Zumkind [6:02] www.kermeszalest.com Flamingods Hyperborea Vimana [2:32] SHAPE 027 shaperecords.co.ukshaperecords.bandcamp.com Petra Glynt Musicworks Summer 2014 Of This Land petraglynt.bandcamp.com Nathan Bowles Nansemond The Smoke Swallower [2:38] Paradies of Bachelors 016 paradiseofbachelors.com FatDog New Found Land Halling Etter Sjur Eldegard, excerpt [1:00] Riverboat Records 1087 worldmusic.net Kronos Quartet Floodplain Tashweesh [3:24] Nonesuch 518349 nonesuch.com Bixiga 70 Ocupai 5 Esquinas [4:31] maisumdiscos.com maisumdiscos.bandcamp.com Angeli Drake Deghe Spargiani [6:00] Available at Amazon.com or Emusic.com 

Psychedelic World Music (Special Podcast)

Listen to new music for the instrument from Southwestern Norway known as the Hardanger fiddle, (or hardingfele), but of course there’s a twist. For this New Sounds, there’s post-rock, world music, electroacoustic music, and even an Irish-American duet on this Norwegian instrument – with music from Scotland, Ireland, and the U.S. Hear the collaborative recording between Hardanger fiddle master Nils Økland and the post-rock duo The Low Frequency In Stereo, called Lumen Drones – which comes off as a psychedelic drone band. Then, listen to music from the octogenarian bard Robin Williamson (of Incredible String Band reknown), along with violist Mat Maneri and drummer Ches Smith. Then, hear a duo record from Caoimhin O Raghallaigh (of <a href="http://www.wnyc.org/story/new-sounds-live-gloaming-greene-space/">The Gloaming</a>) and Dan Trueman (founder of <a href="http://plork.princeton.edu/">Princeton Laptop Orchestra</a>), which stretches and recombines the DNA of Norwegian folk and Irish trad fiddling on a 10-stringed instrument, the Hardanger d’Amore. Plus, there’s music from the Hardanger’s likely ancestor, the viola d’amore, by composer/violist Garth Knox, and more.   PROGRAM #3676 Hardanger Fiddle Music (First aired on 12/23/2014)   <table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td> ARTIST(S) </td> <td> RECORDING </td> <td> CUT(S) </td> <td> SOURCE </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Lumen Drones (Nils Okland/Per Steinar Lie/Orjan Haaland) </td> <td> Lumen Drones </td> <td> Dark Sea [3:54] </td> <td> ECM 2434 <a href="http://ecmrecords.com">http://ecmrecords.com</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Annbjørg Lien </td> <td> Baba Yaga </td> <td> Aja [6:27] </td> <td> North Side #6044 / Grappa Musikkforlag GRCD 4158 <a href="http://annbjorglien.com/eng/pages/14-baba_yaga" target="_blank">annbjorglien.com</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Robin Williamson w/ Mat Maneri, viola and Ches Smith, drums </td> <td> Trusting In The Rising Light </td> <td> Our Evening Walk [5:40] </td> <td> ECM 2393 <a href="https://ecmrecords.com/Catalogue/ECM/2300/2393.php?cat=&amp;we_start=0" target="_blank">ecmrecords.com</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Lumen Drones (Nils Okland/Per Steinar Lie/Orjan Haaland) </td> <td> Lumen Drones </td> <td> Keelwater [6:15] </td> <td> See above. </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh &amp; Dan Trueman </td> <td> Laghdú </td> <td> fead an iolair [4:02] </td> <td> <a href="http://store.irishmusic.net/album/laghd">store.irishmusic.net</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Carla Kihlstedt </td> <td> Borrowed Arms </td> <td> Hold My Own [5:00] </td> <td> <a href="http://kihlstedtbossi.bandcamp.com/album/borrowed-arms" target="_blank">kihlstedtbossi.bandcamp.com</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Garth Knox </td> <td> D'Amore </td> <td> Malor me bat (2004) [4:54] </td> <td> ECM 1925 <a href="http://www.ecmrecords.com/Catalogue/New_Series/1900/1925.php" target="_blank">ecmrecords.com</a> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table>

Listen to new music for the instrument from Southwestern Norway known as the Hardanger fiddle, (or hardingfele), but of course there’s a twist. For this New Sounds, there’s post-rock, world music, electroacoustic music, and even an Irish-American duet on this Norwegian instrument – with music from Scotland, Ireland, and the U.S. Hear the collaborative recording between Hardanger fiddle master Nils Økland and the post-rock duo The Low Frequency In Stereo, called Lumen Drones – which comes off as a psychedelic drone band. Then, listen to music from the octogenarian bard Robin Williamson (of Incredible String Band reknown), along with violist Mat Maneri and drummer Ches Smith. Then, hear a duo record from Caoimhin O Raghallaigh (of The Gloaming) and Dan Trueman (founder of Princeton Laptop Orchestra), which stretches and recombines the DNA of Norwegian folk and Irish trad fiddling on a 10-stringed instrument, the Hardanger d’Amore. Plus, there’s music from the Hardanger’s likely ancestor, the viola d’amore, by composer/violist Garth Knox, and more.   PROGRAM #3676 Hardanger Fiddle Music (First aired on 12/23/2014)   ARTIST(S) RECORDING CUT(S) SOURCE Lumen Drones (Nils Okland/Per Steinar Lie/Orjan Haaland) Lumen Drones Dark Sea [3:54] ECM 2434 http://ecmrecords.com Annbjørg Lien Baba Yaga Aja [6:27] North Side #6044 / Grappa Musikkforlag GRCD 4158 annbjorglien.com Robin Williamson w/ Mat Maneri, viola and Ches Smith, drums Trusting In The Rising Light Our Evening Walk [5:40] ECM 2393 ecmrecords.com Lumen Drones (Nils Okland/Per Steinar Lie/Orjan Haaland) Lumen Drones Keelwater [6:15] See above. Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh &amp; Dan Trueman Laghdú fead an iolair [4:02] store.irishmusic.net Carla Kihlstedt Borrowed Arms Hold My Own [5:00] kihlstedtbossi.bandcamp.com Garth Knox D'Amore Malor me bat (2004) [4:54] ECM 1925 ecmrecords.com  

New Music for Hardanger Fiddle (Special Podcast)

Hear music for the combination of choir and percussion like "Whispers and Cries," by Australian born composer Andrew Byrne, which features fellow Aussie musicians Astra Choir and Speak Percussion.  The show won't always stick to traditional choirs and percussion. In Daniel Lentz's "Postludium," the choir members rub and strike wine glasses while singing, and Anna Thorvaldsdottir's "into-Second Self" features a layered choir of two brass instruments. In addition to rhythmic and driving drumming, hear more of the atmospheric and colorful role of percussion in music for the combination of choir and percussion. The centerpiece of the show, a work called "Whispers and Cries," by Australian born composer Andrew Byrne, features fellow Aussie musicians Astra Choir and Speak Percussion. PROGRAM #3670 Music for Choir and Percussion (First aired on 12/8/2014)   <table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td> ARTIST(S) </td> <td> RECORDING </td> <td> CUT(S) </td> <td> SOURCE </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Daniel Lentz </td> <td> Missa Umbrarum </td> <td> Postludium, excerpt </td> <td> New Albion Records <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Missa-Umbrarum-Daniel-Lentz/dp/B000000R27">Amazon</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Andrew Byrne. Performed by Astra Choir and Speak Percussion </td> <td> Striking; Whispers and Cries </td> <td> Whispers and Cries: 1. Song for Voice [5:28] </td> <td> Available for purchase directly through composer here: <a href="http://andrewbyrne.com/">andrewbyrne.com</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Daniel Lentz </td> <td> Missa Umbrarum </td> <td> Postludium [8:17] </td> <td> See above. </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Anna Thorvaldsdottir </td> <td> Aeriality </td> <td> into-Second Self [7:39] </td> <td> Deutsche Grammophon <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Aerial-Anna-Thorvaldsdottir/dp/B00OCNCWRA">Amazon</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Andrew Byrne. Performed by Astra Choir and Speak Percussion </td> <td> Striking; Whispers and Cries </td> <td> Whispers and Cries: 2. Song for Crotales [5:24] </td> <td> See above. </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Andrew Byrne. Performed by Astra Choir and Speak Percussion </td> <td> Striking; Whispers and Cries </td> <td> Whispers and Cries: 3. Song for Piano [4:57] </td> <td> See above. </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Daniel Lentz </td> <td> Missa Umbrarum </td> <td> Lascaux, excerpt [9:12] </td> <td> See above. </td> </tr> </tbody> </table>

Hear music for the combination of choir and percussion like "Whispers and Cries," by Australian born composer Andrew Byrne, which features fellow Aussie musicians Astra Choir and Speak Percussion.  The show won't always stick to traditional choirs and percussion. In Daniel Lentz's "Postludium," the choir members rub and strike wine glasses while singing, and Anna Thorvaldsdottir's "into-Second Self" features a layered choir of two brass instruments. In addition to rhythmic and driving drumming, hear more of the atmospheric and colorful role of percussion in music for the combination of choir and percussion. The centerpiece of the show, a work called "Whispers and Cries," by Australian born composer Andrew Byrne, features fellow Aussie musicians Astra Choir and Speak Percussion. PROGRAM #3670 Music for Choir and Percussion (First aired on 12/8/2014)   ARTIST(S) RECORDING CUT(S) SOURCE Daniel Lentz Missa Umbrarum Postludium, excerpt New Albion Records Amazon Andrew Byrne. Performed by Astra Choir and Speak Percussion Striking; Whispers and Cries Whispers and Cries: 1. Song for Voice [5:28] Available for purchase directly through composer here: andrewbyrne.com Daniel Lentz Missa Umbrarum Postludium [8:17] See above. Anna Thorvaldsdottir Aeriality into-Second Self [7:39] Deutsche Grammophon Amazon Andrew Byrne. Performed by Astra Choir and Speak Percussion Striking; Whispers and Cries Whispers and Cries: 2. Song for Crotales [5:24] See above. Andrew Byrne. Performed by Astra Choir and Speak Percussion Striking; Whispers and Cries Whispers and Cries: 3. Song for Piano [4:57] See above. Daniel Lentz Missa Umbrarum Lascaux, excerpt [9:12] See above. 

Music for Choir and Percussion (Special Podcast)

Listen to music for duos on this New Sounds show, including stunning and inviting works from harpist Mary Lattimore &amp; synth/guitarist/producer Jeff Zeigler from their recent collaboration, "Slant of Light."  Also, hear music from Xylouris White, comprised of Cretan singer and lute player George Xylouris and drummer/percussionist Jim White (The Dirty Three, Cat Power, others), recorded and engineered by Guy Picciotto (Fugazi, Rites of Spring). Then, hear music by Paola Prestini from a new record by cellist Jeffrey Zeigler (formerly of Kronos Quartet), which features percussionist/composer Jason Treuting (So Percussion). Prestini's Listen, Quiet is a conversation between cello passages and drums, blocks, marimba, and what sounds like glockenspiel all layered over cuts of chattering groups of female voices.  Plus, music from the recent record by Piers Faccini &amp; Vincent Segal, and more. PROGRAM #3661 Duos (First aired on 11/14/2014)   <table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td> ARTIST(S) </td> <td> RECORDING </td> <td> CUT(S) </td> <td> SOURCE </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Jeffrey Zeigler (+ Jason Treuting, percussion) </td> <td> Something of Life </td> <td> Paolo Prestini: Listen, Quiet, excerpt [1:30] </td> <td> Innova 905 <a href="http://www.innova.mu">innova.mu</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Mary Lattimore &amp; Jeff Zeigler </td> <td> Slant of Light </td> <td> The White Balloon [3:21] </td> <td> Thrill 374 <a href="http://www.thrilljockey.com/thrill/Mary-Lattimore-and-Jeff-Zeigler#.VGpPasl5b3Q" target="_blank">thrilljockey.com</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Xylouris White </td> <td> Goats </td> <td> Psarandonis Syrto [4:38] </td> <td> Other Music Recording Co. <a href="http://www.othermusicrecordingco.com/collections/xylouris-white/products/goats" target="_blank">othermusicrecordingco.com</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Piers Faccini &amp; Vincent Segal </td> <td> Songs of Time Lost </td> <td> Mangé Pou Le Coeur [4:59] </td> <td> Six Degrees Records <a href="http://www.sixdegreesrecords.com/piers-faccini-vincent-segal-songs-of-time-lost-2/">sixdegreesrecords.com</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Ballake Sissoko &amp; Vincent Segal </td> <td> Chamber Music </td> <td> Halinkata Djoubé [5:08] </td> <td> Six Degrees Records #1171 <a href="http://www.sixdegreesrecords.com/catalog.php?upc=657036117129">sixdegreesrecords.com</a> or via <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B004DURSJE/wnycorg-20">Amazon.com</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Jeffrey Zeigler (+ Jason Treuting, percussion) </td> <td> Something of Life </td> <td> Paolo Prestini: Listen, Quiet </td> <td> Innova 905 <a href="http://www.innova.mu">innova.mu</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Mary Lattimore &amp; Jeff Zeigler </td> <td> Slant of Light </td> <td> Welsh Corgis In The Snow [7:27] </td> <td> See above. </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Xylouris White </td> <td> Goats </td> <td> Suburb [6:23] </td> <td> See above. </td> </tr> </tbody> </table>

Listen to music for duos on this New Sounds show, including stunning and inviting works from harpist Mary Lattimore &amp; synth/guitarist/producer Jeff Zeigler from their recent collaboration, "Slant of Light."  Also, hear music from Xylouris White, comprised of Cretan singer and lute player George Xylouris and drummer/percussionist Jim White (The Dirty Three, Cat Power, others), recorded and engineered by Guy Picciotto (Fugazi, Rites of Spring). Then, hear music by Paola Prestini from a new record by cellist Jeffrey Zeigler (formerly of Kronos Quartet), which features percussionist/composer Jason Treuting (So Percussion). Prestini's Listen, Quiet is a conversation between cello passages and drums, blocks, marimba, and what sounds like glockenspiel all layered over cuts of chattering groups of female voices.  Plus, music from the recent record by Piers Faccini &amp; Vincent Segal, and more. PROGRAM #3661 Duos (First aired on 11/14/2014)   ARTIST(S) RECORDING CUT(S) SOURCE Jeffrey Zeigler (+ Jason Treuting, percussion) Something of Life Paolo Prestini: Listen, Quiet, excerpt [1:30] Innova 905 innova.mu Mary Lattimore &amp; Jeff Zeigler Slant of Light The White Balloon [3:21] Thrill 374 thrilljockey.com Xylouris White Goats Psarandonis Syrto [4:38] Other Music Recording Co. othermusicrecordingco.com Piers Faccini &amp; Vincent Segal Songs of Time Lost Mangé Pou Le Coeur [4:59] Six Degrees Records sixdegreesrecords.com Ballake Sissoko &amp; Vincent Segal Chamber Music Halinkata Djoubé [5:08] Six Degrees Records #1171 sixdegreesrecords.com or via Amazon.com Jeffrey Zeigler (+ Jason Treuting, percussion) Something of Life Paolo Prestini: Listen, Quiet Innova 905 innova.mu Mary Lattimore &amp; Jeff Zeigler Slant of Light Welsh Corgis In The Snow [7:27] See above. Xylouris White Goats Suburb [6:23] See above. 

New Music for Duos (Special Podcast)

Hear some sax players leading the way on this edition of New Sounds, including new music from sax player Tamar Osborn and her London-based Afro-Eastern-space-jazz band, Collocutor.  Listen to their dreamy Turkish &amp; Middle Eastern percussion meets Sun Ra jazz with electronics.  Then, there's lyrical and swinging new music from sax &amp; clarinet wizard/composer Ken Thomson and his outfit Slow/Fast.  There's also the brand new recording of the "Terminals" concertos by drummer/composer Bobby Previte for percussion ensemble and soloists, his "Terminal 2" for saxman Greg Osby.   The series of works was inspired by the schematic-like terminal maps that Previte has noticed in airports around the world.  The recording also features So Percussion.  Plus, there's music from Peter Gordon and Love Of Life Orchestra, and more. PROGRAM #3659 Sax Leads the Way (First aired on 11/10/2014)   <table> <tbody> <tr> <td> ARTIST(S) </td> <td> RECORDING </td> <td> CUT(S) </td> <td> SOURCE </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Ken Thomson and Slow/Fast </td> <td> Settle </td> <td> Settle, excerpt </td> <td> NCM East Records <a href="http://ktonline.net/shop/ken-thomson-settle/">ktonline.net</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Collocutor </td> <td> Instead </td> <td> Gozo [6:00] </td> <td> On The Corner Records <a href="https://onthecornerrecords.bandcamp.com">onthecornerrecords.bandcamp.com</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Peter Gordon &amp; Love of Life Orchestra </td> <td> Symphony 5 </td> <td> Homeland Security [9:54] </td> <td> Foom <a href="http://foommusic.bandcamp.com/album/peter-gordon-symphony-5">foommusic.bandcamp.com</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Ken Thomson and Slow/Fast </td> <td> Settle </td> <td> Settle [10:12] </td> <td> NCM East Records <a href="http://ktonline.net/shop/ken-thomson-settle/">ktonline.net</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> So Percussion feat. Greg Osby </td> <td> Bobby Previte: Terminals </td> <td> Bobby Previte: Terminal 2 [16:00] </td> <td> Cantaloupe Music CA21102 <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Bobby-Previte-Terminals-So-Percussion/dp/B00NUPXY2I/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1414710082&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=bobby+previte+terminals">Amazon</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Fred Frith and John Butcher </td> <td> The Natural Order </td> <td> Faults of His Feet [6:27] </td> <td> Northern Spy Records <a href="http://northernspyrecords.com/music/the-natural-order/">northernspyrecords.com</a> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table>

Hear some sax players leading the way on this edition of New Sounds, including new music from sax player Tamar Osborn and her London-based Afro-Eastern-space-jazz band, Collocutor.  Listen to their dreamy Turkish &amp; Middle Eastern percussion meets Sun Ra jazz with electronics.  Then, there's lyrical and swinging new music from sax &amp; clarinet wizard/composer Ken Thomson and his outfit Slow/Fast.  There's also the brand new recording of the "Terminals" concertos by drummer/composer Bobby Previte for percussion ensemble and soloists, his "Terminal 2" for saxman Greg Osby.   The series of works was inspired by the schematic-like terminal maps that Previte has noticed in airports around the world.  The recording also features So Percussion.  Plus, there's music from Peter Gordon and Love Of Life Orchestra, and more. PROGRAM #3659 Sax Leads the Way (First aired on 11/10/2014)   ARTIST(S) RECORDING CUT(S) SOURCE Ken Thomson and Slow/Fast Settle Settle, excerpt NCM East Records ktonline.net Collocutor Instead Gozo [6:00] On The Corner Recordsonthecornerrecords.bandcamp.com Peter Gordon &amp; Love of Life Orchestra Symphony 5 Homeland Security [9:54] Foom foommusic.bandcamp.com Ken Thomson and Slow/Fast Settle Settle [10:12] NCM East Records ktonline.net So Percussion feat. Greg Osby Bobby Previte: Terminals Bobby Previte: Terminal 2 [16:00] Cantaloupe Music CA21102 Amazon Fred Frith and John Butcher The Natural Order Faults of His Feet [6:27] Northern Spy Records northernspyrecords.com  

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