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Saturday, May 3, 2014
Arpan: A New Generation of Indian Classical Virtuosos
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Kedar Naphade and harmonium.
Arpan is a youthful all-star ensemble of Indian classical instrumentalists led by harmonium player and composer Kedar Naphade.
Arpan is Kedar Naphade, Harmonium; Dibyarka Chatterjee, Tabla;
Arun Ramamurthy, Carnatic Violin; Jay Gandhi, Bansuri (bamboo) flute.
Arpan's FMU session previews the group's participation in a very special yearly happening: Chhandayan's 15th annual all-night Indian classical concert, Saturday night May 10th (into Sunday morning) at the Society for Ethical Culture in Manhattan.
Huge thanks to our illustrious engineer Mark Koch. Thanks too to trainee Matt for helping out.
TICKET GIVEAWAYS!
We have two pairs of tickets each for two shows at Le Poisson Rouge, 158 Bleecker St:
May 16 (Fri) - acclaimed guitarist Mark Ribot working his Afro-Cuban site with Los Cubanos Postizos / May 17 (Sat) - Albanian roots-pop superstar Merita Halili and her band + superb Brooklyn / Pakistani collaboration Sandaraa, wherein star Pakistani vocalist Zeb Bangash joins forces with a retinue of leading Brooklyn musicians led by clarinetist/composer Michael Winograd
If you're interested in either, send an email with the word TIX in the subject line to robw AT wfmu DOT org. You can also email via the email links on this page. I'll notify winners by Monday morning.
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This Week's Playlist:
(* = new)Asian Dub Foundation with Zebda: Police On My Back / Various Artists: Another World is Possible / Attac (0:00:00 Pop-up)
A.J. Holmes and the Hackney Empire:
A13 Trunk Road to the Sea
/ Various Artists: London's Calling
/ Culture Clash Productions
(0:05:25 Pop-up)
Billy Bragg Cover
Bhundu Boys & Latin Quarter: Bitter to the South / Friends on the Road (0:11:31 Pop-up)
Family Singers: Tarira Nguva / Various Artists: Take Cover - Zimbabwe Hits / Shanachie (0:14:56 Pop-up)
Vatan:
Baroon Baroon
(0:17:52 Pop-up)
GIG: May 10 (Sat): BAM Café at Brooklyn Academy of Music, Peter Jay Sharp Building, 30 Lafayette Ave (Ft.Greene):
Vatan + Eva Salina's Balkan vocal stylings. 9 pm to 10:30, Free.
Part of Brooklyn Arts Council’s The Sweetest Song Festival.
Vatan is the Persian/American country band fronted by singer Mona Kayhan, with accompaniment by tar player Piruz Partow and others.
Earlybird Stringband: Den Fyrste Gongen Eg Sag Deg / LassoFolk (0:21:34 Pop-up)
Mari Boine:
Vilges Suola
/ Gula Gula
/ Real World
(0:23:29 Pop-up)
GIG: Tues May 13th at Scandinavia House, 58 Park Ave. (at E 38 St): Mari Boine. 7 pm.
Co-presented with Riddu Riđđu Festival and Center for Northern Peoples,
and in conjunction with the Scandinavia House exhibition Sámi Stories: Art and Identity of an Arctic People. Mari will also participate in a free symposium about the Sami people of northern Scandinavia at the same venue on Saturday May 10, 3:30 pm.
Tanya Tagaq with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra:
13 Inuit Throat Song Games (by Derek Charke) - excerpt
/ Live Recording
(0:27:58 Pop-up)
GIG: With the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra at Carnegie Hall, this Thursday night May 8 (part of the Spring for Music Festival).
The Nile Project:
Omha
/ Aswan
/ Nile Project
(0:36:56 Pop-up)
Vocal: Ahmed Said
Alsarah and the Nubatones: Fugu / Silt / Wonderwheel / * (0:41:17 Pop-up)
Aziz Sahmaoui: Sawaye / Aziz Sahmaoui and University of Gnawa / Adami (0:45:24 Pop-up)
Abdelkbir Marchane & Ahmed Baqbou: Sandiya / Various Artists: Ouled Bambara: Portraits of Gnawa / Twos & Fews (0:49:21 Pop-up)
Arpan:
Rag Desh (Live on WFMU)
(1:00:00 Pop-up)
A late evening rag. This piece is an adaptation for a dance drama composed by Samir Chatterjee of Chhandayan.
Arpan: Interview (1:17:16 Pop-up)
Arpan: Improv on a South Indian Raga (Live on WFMU) (1:33:48 Pop-up)
Toumani Diabaté & Sidiki Diabaté: A.C.I. 2000 Diaby / Toumani & Sidiki / World Circuit / * (2:00:51 Pop-up)
Eva Ayllon & Inti-Illimani Historico:
Inga
/ Eva Ayllon & Inti-Illimani Historico
/ Feria
(2:05:47 Pop-up)
GIG: May 15 (Thurs)
Town Hall, 123 W 43rd St: Eva Ayllon & Albita. 8 pm. http://www.the-townhall-nyc.org
Cuban-American superstar Albita joins forces with legendary Afro-Peruvian performer Eva Ayllón in a never-before-seen collaboration by two of Latin America’s most irresistible artists.
Pedro Miguel y Sus Maracaibos: Pirana / Various Artists: Peru Maravilloso / Strut / * (2:10:44 Pop-up)
Chango y su Conjunto: Salsa 73 / Various Artists: Peru Maravilloso / Strut / * (2:14:19 Pop-up)
Son Palenque:
La Arepa Asa
/ Son Palenque: Afro-Colombian Sound Modernizers
/ VampiSoul
/
*
(2:16:24 Pop-up)
New anthology
Jon Madof and Zion80:
Holy Brother
/ Zion80
/ Tzadik
(2:20:33 Pop-up)
GIG: May 5 (Mon)
The Stone, E 2nd St & Ave C: Zion80 plays John Zorn’s Book of Angels. 8 pm, 10 pm.
Featuring: Jon Madof (guitar, conductor) Matt Darriau (alto sax) Greg Wall (tenor sax) Frank London (trumpet) Jessica Lurie (bari sax, flute) Zach Mayer (bari sax) Yoshie Fruchter (guitar) Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz (bass) Brian Marsella (keyboard) Marlon Sobol (percussion) Yuval Lion (drums)
Fela and Afrika 70: Zombie / Zombie / MCA (2:26:47 Pop-up)
Jon Irabagon: Kremzeek! / Outright! Unhinged (2:38:38 Pop-up)
Ibo Combo: Ti Garcon / Various Artists: Haiti Direct: Big Band Mini Jazz and Twoubadou Sounds 1960-78 / Strut / * (2:50:31 Pop-up)
Groupe Les Chleu-Chleu: Compas X / Various Artists: Haiti Direct: Big Band Mini Jazz and Twoubadou Sounds 1960-78 / Strut / * (2:53:55 Pop-up)
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