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Saturday, October 17, 2009 Favoriting
Wu Man on the Ancient Paths, Modern Voices Festival

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L-R: Ba Da Chui, Li Family Daoist Band, Wu Man.

NY-based Chinese pipa virtuoso Wu Man is usually a performer, not a curator. But she was enlisted by the folks at Carnegie Hall to travel far and wide in China to seek out village musical traditions - and bring some of the performers to NYC as part of Carnegie's wide-ranging Ancient Paths, Modern Voices Festival of Chinese music and performing arts.

The festival starts this weekend and features concerts and other events at Carnegie and other venues, including some free concerts. For the first time ever New Yorkers will hear the compelling women's vocal music of the Dong ethnic minority (from remote Southwestern China near the Burmese border), as well as an ebullient Daoist village ensemble from the north near Mongolia, and much more regional Chinese traditional music and performing arts rarely (if ever) seen in the US.

Wu Man will be participating in the festival as well, but never one to slack off, she's currently in California with the Kronos Quartet rehearsing her next project (which will also hit Carnegie, November 3). She takes a rehearsal break to join us by phone and talk about some of the artists she's bringing over.



L-R: Zhang Family Band, Dong Singers, Zhao Jiazhen.

This Week's Playlist:

(* = new)

Gal Costa: Pais Tropical Favoriting / Gal Costa / Philips

Baiano E Os Novos Caetanos: Perereca Favoriting / Baiano E Os Novos Caetanos 2

Forro in the Dark: Saudades de Manezi Favoriting / Light a Candle / NuBlu / *

Ocote Soul Sounds & Adrian Quesada: Pan, Chamba Y Techo Favoriting / Coconut Rock / ESL / *

Lafayette Afro Rock Band: Oglenon Favoriting / Soul Makossa / Hi & Fly

La Cumbiamba eNeYe: Marioneta Favoriting / Marioneta / Chonta

Tumbacatre: Aguardiente Favoriting / Tumbacatre

Čankišou: Borrega Favoriting / Lé La / Indies

Dva: Dua-Dua Favoriting / Fonok / Indies / *

Warsaw Village Band: Polska Fran Polska Favoriting / Infinity / Barbes / *

Wu Man: Dance of the Yi People Favoriting / Wu Man and Friends / Traditional Crossroads

Li Family Daoist Band + Zhang Family Band: Montage Favoriting / Unreleased

Dong Singers: Cicadas are Crying Favoriting / Dong Folk Songs - People and Nature in Harmony

Zhao Jiazhen with Li Xiangting, Liu Li, Wu Jinglue, Yu Qingxin: Thinking of an Old Friend Favoriting / Various Artists: Treasure of Traditional Music Vol. 9 / China Record Co.

Ba Da Chui: Excerpt Favoriting / Gong and Drum of Beijing Opera (DVD)

Wu Man: Bat-Out-Of-Hell Kozachok Favoriting / Wu Man and Friends / Traditional Crossroads
Featuring Julian Kytasty. Also with Lee Knight and James Makubuya.

Bridges: Ei Rose Hev Eg Sett Favoriting / Live in China / Heilo
Norwegian and Dong (Chinese) Musicians and singers

Najma Akhtar and Gary Lucas: Behaal Favoriting / Rishte / World Village / *

Les Triaboliques: Crossing the Stone Bridge Favoriting / Rivermudtwilight / World Village / *

Meg Baird - Helena Espvall - Sharron Kraus: False Sir John Favoriting / Leaves From Off the Tree / Bo' Weavil

Chuck and Albert: Pate Chinois Favoriting / Energie
Francophone acoustic from Prince Edward Island

Feufollet: Chere Beth Favoriting / Cow Island Hop / Valcour

Yellow Hat Band: Zemljotres Kolo Favoriting / Various Artists: Honk Again! 2008 / Honk / *
Recorded at the 2008 Honk! Festival, Somerville MA

Guignol: Brnaks Favoriting / Fight Dirty / *

Ale Moller Band: Bail Favoriting / Djel, Djel / Amigo Musik
Sung in Greek and Wolof. Also on the WOMEX Conference 2009 Sampler, the Womeximizer (see http://www.womex.org)

Cedric Watson: Cedric Zydeco Favoriting / Cedric Watson / Valcour
Also on the WOMEX Conference 2009 Sampler, the Womeximizer (see http://www.womex.org)

Fra Fra Sound: Les Yeux de Tamashek Favoriting / Kultiplex / Pramisi
Music bed for concert info.

Baba Maal: International Favoriting / Television / Palm Pictures / *




Listener comments!

  6:30pm Snortley:

Woo Hoo!
  6:34pm Your DJ:

Snortley, finally!
  6:43pm julian:

nice bit of colombian setting the mood here nicely, ta!
  6:53pm Kendall!:

That dua dua song was great!
  8:03pm NS Andy:

Greetings from Atlantic Canada!

Loving your show as always!

Thanks!
  8:06pm Your DJ:

Hello Halifax! (Or thereabouts.)
  8:25pm NS Andy:

I just checked Chuck and Albert's tour schedule and for some reason, while they will be all the way out to Moose Jaw, SK, they will be nowhere near Nova Scotia, except when they are back home in PEI. Too close to tour here in NS, I guess. Thanks for the Atlantic music, anyway.
  8:30pm Your DJ:

You betcha!
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