New Sounds from WNYC
Summary: New Sounds is unlike any radio show you've ever heard: a whirlwind tour of new and unusual music from all corners of the globe. New Sounds combs recent recordings for one of the most informative and compelling hours on radio, and aims to make the world smaller. For over 25 years, host John Schaefer has been finding the melody in the rainforest and the rhythm in an orchestra of tin cans. Defying rigid categorization and genre pigeonholing, New Sounds offers new ways to hear the ancient language of song. With guest musicians from David Byrne to Meredith Monk to Ravi Shankar to Philip Glass to Christopher O'Riley to Bang On A Can, Schaefer presents performances (both in-studio and from the New Sounds Live concert series) and premieres new works from the classic and operatic to folk and jazz, and anything else in between. Each show has a theme, ranging from post-rock to klezmer to African blues to minimalism. The variety of cultures and styles explored is boundless. Music you may not have known existed and now can't live without.
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John Schaefer carefully sorts through the stacks, bins, and boatloads of new CDs, downloads, LPs, cassettes (!), which came across his desk this past January 2012. Hear some music by Guy Klucevsek, from his "the Multiple Personality Reunion tour," along with something from guitarist and experimenter Dustin Wong. Also, listen to fiddle music from Brittany Haas & Dan Trueman and something from bassist/composer Florent Ghys. Plus, a work from composer Zack Browning, as played by the Cadillac Moon Ensemble. And more. PROGRAM # 3297 New Releases, Jan. 2012 (First aired on 2/1/2012) ARTIST(S) RECORDING CUT(S) SOURCE Guy Klucevsek & Brave Combo The Multiple Personality Reunion Tour Pink Elephant [5:58] Innova 819 www.innova.mu Various: Nils Økland Songlines Magazine Sampler - Folke Larm - Traditional music Blond blå [3:25] Distributed with issue #81 of Songlines magazine, www.songlines.co.uk Brittany Haas & Dan Trueman Criss Cross Training West From Bergen [4:38] brittanddanband.com Florent Ghys Baroque Tardif Phase Parisienne [4:57] Cantaloupe 21052 www.cantaloupemusic.com Dustin Wong Dreams Say, View, Create, Shadow Leads Feet Prints on Flower Dreads [2:24] Abstract Horse Slow Motion [2:41] Thrill 295 www.thrilljockey.com Zach Browning, feat. Cadillac Moon Secret Pulse Secret Pulse [8:43] Innova 817 www.innova.mu
For this New Sounds podcast, listen to a live performance by the Alwan Arab Music Ensemble. It's a group of classical players, six members strong and based in New York, all of whom sing and play a wide range of Arab musical styles on traditional instruments. Listen to Egyptian, Iraqi, and Syrian classical art music from Cairo, Baghdad, and the ancient city of Aleppo.
