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Saturday, August 2, 2014 Favoriting
Quraishi - Master of the Afghan Rubab

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Decades of war and cultural repression have taken a huge toll on Afghanistan's once thriving music scene. Many musicians have left the country.

One of the best, Quraishi, lives right here in New York. Quraishi is a master of the traditional Afghan short-necked lute, the rubab. He has a great new CD out on the Evergreene label, Mountain Melodies.

Quraishi is one of several outstanding artists from Persian and Turkic cultures who performed at the annual CTMD Heritage Sunday free concert on Sunday afternoon August 2 at Lincoln Center Out-of-Doors, Hearst Plaza. The concert, Echoes of the Divine: Arts of the Turko-Persian Diaspora, featured Ahmet Erdogdular, Shashmaqam, Quraishi, and The New York Crimean Tatar Ensemble.

On today's show Quarishi performs two instrumentals live on rubab plus two short pieces on the dutar, a long-neck lute he's recently begun playing as well. He's accompanied by Hewad, a fine young tabla player.

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This Week's Playlist:

(* = new)

Golem: Tumbalalaika Favoriting / Tanz / * (0:00:00 Pop-up)

Nayekhovichi: Rumenye Favoriting / Klezmer is Dead (0:04:17 Pop-up)

Balval: Tell Us, Beautiful Girl Favoriting / Ten Hand Band / * (0:11:42 Pop-up)

Masaladosa: Garam Masala Favoriting / Electro World Curry / 2008 (0:17:58 Pop-up)

Kailash Kher: Bam Lahiri Favoriting / Shor in the City (Soundtrack)
GIG: Fri, Aug 15, Ritz Theater, Elizabeth, NJ

Quraishi: Tears (Live on WFMU) Favoriting
Quraishi, rubab with Hewad, tabla

Quraishi: Jananna (Live on WFMU) Favoriting (0:48:08 Pop-up)
Quraishi, rubab with Hewad, tabla

Quraishi: Song from North Afghanistan on Dutar (LIve on WFMU) Favoriting (0:54:13 Pop-up)
Quraishi, dutar with with Hewad, tabla

Quraishi: Song from Herat on Dutar (LIve on WFMU) Favoriting (0:58:05 Pop-up)
Quraishi, dutar with with Hewad, tabla

Quraishi: Wardagi Favoriting / Mountain Melodies / Evergreene Music / * (1:03:47 Pop-up)
GIG: Tomorrow, Lincoln Center Out of Doors, Hearst Plaza, 1-5 pm, Free

Ahmet Erdogdular: Rast Taksim, Rast Yuruk Semai Favoriting / Songs of the Sultans (1:13:19 Pop-up)
GIG: Tomorrow, Lincoln Center Out of Doors, Hearst Plaza, 1-5 pm, Free

Periklis Papapetropoulos: Gaitanaki Favoriting / The Greek Folk Instruments Volume 8 - Saz (1:20:37 Pop-up)

Domna Samiou: The Mule, The Mule (Satirical song from Mitylene) Favoriting / Greek Folk Songs and Music By the Flowering Oleander / EMI (1:23:06 Pop-up)

Ensemble Al-Tanburah: Shuftu Al-Qamar Ala l-Sadr Al-Gamil Favoriting / La Simsimiyya de Port-Said / Institut Du Monde Arabe (1:26:30 Pop-up)

The Nile Project: Ya Ganouby Favoriting / Aswan / Nile Project (1:32:43 Pop-up)
Dina El Wedidi, Vocals

Alsarah & The Nubatones: Fugu (Shams Alhurria) Favoriting / Silt / Wonderwheel (1:39:54 Pop-up)

Omar Souleyman: Li Raja Behawakom (I Beg You, Baby) Favoriting / Jazeera Nights (1:45:48 Pop-up)
GIGS: Aug 6 (Wed) Glasslands, 289 Kent Ave., Williamsburg, Brooklyn: Oumar Souleyman + Dutch E Germ + Michael Beharie. 8:30 pm. Aug 7 (Thurs), House of Vans, 25 Franklin St., Brooklyn: Omar Souleyman with Future Islands and others.

Orchestra of Spheres: Spontaneous Symmetry Favoriting / Nonagonic Now / * (1:49:47 Pop-up)

Chancha Via Circuito (ft. Miriam Garcia): Copilla Favoriting / Single / Wonderwheel / * (1:55:57 Pop-up)

Kali Mutsa: CanciĆ³n De Amor Colla Favoriting / Single / Shock / * (2:00:20 Pop-up)

Meridian Brothers: El Gran Pajaro de Los Andes Favoriting / Salvadora Robot / Soundway / * (2:03:24 Pop-up)

Cumbia All Stars: La Cumbia del Parisino Favoriting / Tigres en Fuga / World Village / * (2:08:10 Pop-up)

Los Black Stars: La Hamaca Grande Favoriting / Los Impactos de los Black Stars / Sonolux (2:12:28 Pop-up)

Gaby Zevallos: Tumba la Cana Favoriting / La Voz y Estil de Gaby Zevallos / Mag (2:15:23 Pop-up)

Page: Ta Duel Bo Favoriting / Super Dynamic / Grabaciones Dinamico (2:18:56 Pop-up)
Venezuela / Curacao (?)

Kaveri Special: Rantakoira Favoriting / Kaveri Special / * (2:22:21 Pop-up)
Finland

Joyce Thabe: Mmabatho Favoriting / Modiegi / Teal (2:26:22 Pop-up)
Tswana Vocal

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Lemmy "Special" Mabaso: Loafers Corner Favoriting / Lemmy Hit Parade No. 1 (2:31:57 Pop-up)

Rudy Plaate i Tipico Boneriano: Ayo Tantan Favoriting / T'abo.. ta Korsou! / Erma (2:36:29 Pop-up)

JB Williams Band: Gee Bongo Lay Favoriting / Various Artists: Calypso: Musical Poetry in the Caribbean 1955-69 / Soul Jazz / * (2:37:53 Pop-up)

Shunters: Since Morning Favoriting / Since Morning / New Cross (2:41:40 Pop-up)

Aziza Mustafa Zadeh: Heartbeat Favoriting / Always (2:51:14 Pop-up)




Listener comments!

Avatar 6:06pm cory:

RE: the rubab, are only the frets played?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:10pm Rob W:

Hi Cory, I don't know actually - I will try to remember to ask! I do know it has 3 melody strings and 20 sympathetic strings.
Avatar 6:11pm cory:

groovy, thanks Rob!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:11pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

GutenTZAG !
- Rubab wigkey fwiw... :
en.wikipedia.org...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:16pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...but four frets visible on this one, which appear movable :
3.bp.blogspot.com...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:23pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

- text w/ that pic on that blog :
palouserivermusic.blogspot.com... :
...getting the impression (??) you also play above the frets like on its' South Asian cousin the fretless sarod...hmm...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:24pm I.K.E. (Ice King Enterprises):

GREETINGS, HUMANS
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:26pm davex:

Good evening Rob and all!
Avatar 6:32pm doca:

hey, rob and all
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:46pm Ike:

Ah, stale pita! And it's not too hot today, so I can turn the oven on. Time to make pita chips!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:59pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...kind-of a more Mountain Region & 'homey' version of (more 'Tropical'?) Classical Indian music, then?
- Both beguiling & charming; how great to have a Master here for us !...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:01pm Ike:

Yeah, fantastic performance!
  7:51pm brotherjames:

this is great, i was playing omar khorshid just before turning wfmu on and...discovering your show . greetings everyone
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