Summary: Unlikely combinations of cultures and traditional musics give a global perspective on this New Sounds program. Listen to a musical portrayal of an imaginary Syria, "Syriana." It's a London-based ensemble with musicians from Syria and parts of the Near East, featuring the Pan-Arab Strings of Damascus. There's also music by sax player Uri Gurvich from his forthcoming record, “BabEl,” a mixture of oud and North African percussion with some saxophone, piano, bass and drums. Hear the sounds of Fado creep into the original Klezmer tunes by the Portuguese band Melech Mechaya, as well as something from the Manchester-based quartet, Ducie, where a bit of flamenco is worked in to the lilting folk music of the British Isles. Also, musicians from Belgium and Burkina Faso come together as the Zita Swoon Groupa and Ballake Sissoko collaborates on some music from a group out of southern Italy with Greek roots, Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino. And more. Special thanks to our New Sounds Spring Intern, Caroline, for her help in securing these permissions and for producing the podcast. PROGRAM #3439, Musical Babel (First aired on 3/8/2013) ARTIST(S) RECORDING CUT(S) SOURCE Ducie Mancunia Lusignac, excerpt [1:00] Ducie Records DUCIE001 www.propermusic.com Syriana The Road to Damascus The Templehof File [6:35] Real World CDRW 176 www.realworldrecords.com/syriana Uri Gurvich BabEl Pyramids [6:11] Tzadik 8174 www.tzadik.com Due out April 23, 2013 Melech Mechaya Melech Mechaya Chinelo Aquatico (Aquatic Slipper) [4:27] Felmay 8192 www.felmay.it Zita Swoon Group Wait For Me A Sera A Waara [5:20] Crammed Discs craw79 www.crammed.be Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino, featuring Ballaké Sissoko Pizzica indiavolata Aremu an me gapa' [3:33] E chora' tu anemu [5:08] Ponderosa Music & Art 65 www.ponderosa.it Ducie Mancunia Lusignac [4:02] Ducie Records DUCIE001 www.propermusic.com Church of Betty Globestra, feat. Vlada Tomova The Lazarus Rose Ventenas Altas [5:07] Fang Records www.chrisrael.com Wu Man and Master Musicians from the Silk Route Music of Central Asia Vol. 10 - Borderlands Sanubar & Hesenjan Tursun & Wu Man: Kurt Nakshisi (Song of the Kurds), excerpt [4:00] Smithsonian Folkways SFW40529 www.folkways.si.edu
