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Transpacific Sound Paradise
Saturday, April 13, 2019
Wu Man, Pipa Superstar

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Wu Man is a master of the pipa, a pear-shaped four-string lute that is considered to be the definitive Chinese folk instrument. Search "P-I-P-A" on YouTube and Wu Man dominates the results.

Not surprisingly she's in high demand - as a performer and as a composer too: On Saturday April 27th, her longtime collaborators Kronos Quartet will perform one of her compositions at NY's Town Hall. (It's part of their live music and film performance, A Thousand Thoughts.)

Meanwhile in California, she joins another longtime collaborator, Yo-Yo Ma’s Silk Road Ensemble, for several concerts starting April 26th.

And that's just the tip of the iceberg. She has many more musical projects, and a slew of albums to her credit - including her latest, Fingertip Carnival - a collaboration with son jarocho ensemble Son de San Diego.

We’re honored that Wu Man will take time from her busy schedule to join us on WFMU!

Photo of Wu Man above by Stephen Kahn. Massive thanks to Lisa Jaehnig of Shuman Associates for making it all happen, and to Mark Koch for his illustrious engineering in the friendly confines of WFMU Studio C!

This Week's Playlist:

(* = new)

Ziad Rahbani: Sayidi Aatina / Kyrie Eleison (0:00:00 Pop-up)

Attarazat Addahabia: Unknown / Various Artists: Habibi Funk: An Eclectic Selection of Music from the Arab World / Habibi Funk (0:03:57 Pop-up)

Asmahan: Ya Habibi Ta'ala / Various Artists: Oriental Party / Wagram (0:08:06 Pop-up)

Ali Hassan Kuban: Sukkar Sukkar Sukkar / From Nubia To Cairo / Piranha (0:13:38 Pop-up)

Kamal Keila: Al Asafir / Various Artists: Habibi Funk: An Eclectic Selection of Music from the Arab World / Habibi Funk (0:20:29 Pop-up)

uKanDanZ: Gedawo / Yeketelale / Buda Musique / * (0:27:43 Pop-up)

Ayaléw Mèsfin & Black Lion Band: Gedawo / Various Artists: Ethiopiques, Vol. 13: The Golden Seventies (Ethiopian Groove) / Buda Musique (0:32:49 Pop-up)

Oratnitza: Ethiopa / Alter Ethno / Fusion Embassy / * (0:36:52 Pop-up)

Transglobal Underground: Isis K / Impossible Broadcasting / Mule Satellite Records (0:43:32 Pop-up)
Featuring Trio Bulgarka

Rodopi Ensemble: Roman Havasi / Thraki – Thrace – the Paths of Dionysus / ARC Music / * (0:50:05 Pop-up)

Söndörgö: Merakolo / Nyolc 8 Nyolc / * (0:54:57 Pop-up)
GIG: Saturday, April 20 @ Drom, 85 Ave A (presented by World Music Institute)

Wu Man: Interview (1:03:20 Pop-up)

Wu Man and Son de San Diego: Dance in the Sunshine / Fingertip Carnival / Wind Music (1:10:37 Pop-up)

Wu Man: Flute and Drum Music at Sunset (Live on WFMU) (1:17:57 Pop-up)

Wu Man: The Round Sun And Crescent Moon in the Sky / Immeasurable Light / Traditional Crossroads (1:23:59 Pop-up)
Featuring Kronos Quartet

Silk Road Ensemble: Ritmos Anchinos: II: Charangos de Chincha / Off the Map / World Village (1:28:26 Pop-up)
Composed by Gabriela Lena Frank

Silk Road Ensemble: Green (Vincent’s Tune) / Sing Me Home / Sony Masterworks (1:34:27 Pop-up)
Composed by Wu Man; featuring Roomful of Teeth

Wu Man and Master Musicians from the Silk Route: Kurt Naxshisi (Song of the Kurds) / Borderlands (CD + DVD) / Smithsonian Folkways (1:41:32 Pop-up)
Featuring Sanubar Tursun and Hesenjan Tursin

Wu Man: Collage (Live on WFMU) (1:52:19 Pop-up)
Improvisation on Traditional Themes

Wu Man: I'm Going Back to North Carolina / Wu Man and Friends / Traditional Crossroads (1:56:33 Pop-up)
Featuring Lee Knight

Wu Man: Nandere / Wu Man and Friends / Traditional Crossroads (1:58:26 Pop-up)
Featuring James Makubuya

Wu Man: Night Thoughts (Live on WFMU) (2:02:54 Pop-up)

Wu Man: Lou Harrison: Pipa Concerto: I. Allegro / Traditions and Transformations: Sounds of Silk Road Chicago (2:07:23 Pop-up)
With the Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Lee Go Woon: Mongyudowondo for Korean Traditional Orchestra / Leegowoon's First Piece (2:12:15 Pop-up)

Zakir Hussain With Vikku Vinayakram and others: Misra Chapu: Mridangam, Kanjira, Ghatam, Tabla / Super Percussion Of India / King Records World Music Library (2:23:13 Pop-up)
GIG / Giveaway: World Music Institute presents Zakir Hussain 's Masters of Percussion on Wednesday night, April 24th at 7:30 pm at Town Hall, 123 W 43rd St, in Manhattan. To get in the running for a pair of tickets to this show OR our other giveaway tonight Email me, Rob W, here, please specify first and if possible second choice choice and please put the word "TIX" in the subject line. The deadline to enter is tonight at midnight; winners will be notified by Monday.

Stephane Wrembel: Petriarka / The Django Experiment IV (2:27:58 Pop-up)
GIG / Giveaway: Django A Go Go 2019 featuring French guitarists Stephane Wrembel + Simba Baumgartner (Django Reinhardt’s great grandson), Raphael Fays, Serge Krief, David Gastine, Ezeckiel Krief and Lior Krief and more, Saturday night April 27th at 8 pm at Town Hall, 123 W 43rd St, in Manhattan. To get in the running for a pair of tickets to this show OR our other giveaway tonight Email me, Rob W, here, please specify first and if possible second choice choice and please put the word "TIX" in the subject line. The deadline to enter is tonight at midnight; winners will be notified by Monday.

Cimbaliband: Vagy / Balkan Projekt / Fonó Budai Zeneház (2:32:44 Pop-up)

Džambo Aguševi Orkestar: Roundabout Strumica / Brass - Like it Hot / ARC Music (2:37:29 Pop-up)
GIG: Sunday evening May 12th @ Hungarian House 213 E 82nd St (Manhattan)

Kutsi Merki: Surf Bulgare / Dobrostan (2:42:39 Pop-up)

Songhoy Blues: Soubour + Irganda / Music in Exile / Transgressive Records (2:50:14 Pop-up)
GIGs: The next two Wednesday nights at Baby's All Right in Brooklyn (April 17 & 24)

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National Immigration Law Center: Established in 1979, the National Immigration Law Center (NILC) is one of the leading organizations in the U.S. exclusively dedicated to defending and advancing the rights of low-income immigrants.

National Immigration Forum: The National Immigration Forum is one of the leading immigrant advocacy organizations in the country, with a mission to advocate for the value of immigrants and immigration to the nation.

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Arab American Family Support Center (New York City): The Arab-American Family Support Center is a 501(c)3 non-profit, non-sectarian organization that provides culturally and linguistically sensitive services to immigrant communities throughout New York City.

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International Refugee Assistance Project: The International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP) organizes law students and lawyers to develop and enforce a set of legal and human rights for refugees and displaced persons. Mobilizing direct legal aid and systemic policy advocacy, IRAP serves the world’s most persecuted individuals and empowers the next generation of human rights leaders.

International Rescue Committee: The International Rescue Committee responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people whose lives and livelihoods are shattered by conflict and disaster to survive, recover, and gain control of their future.

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