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Saturday, January 27, 2018
Mauro Durante of acclaimed Italian roots revivalists Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino
introduces the band’s surprising new LP of songwriting collaborations, Canzoniere
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Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino - or CGS - is a band from Salento - a sub-peninsula of the Italian Peninsula, sometimes described as the "heel" of the Italian "boot”.
Back in 1975, Rina Durante, a writer and champion of the culture of Salento, had the idea that it would be great to have a band that could both carry on and expand upon the distinctive music, dance and linguistic traditions of the region. She recruited Daniele Durante who became the original musical leader of the band. In 2007 Daniele passed the Baton to his son, fiddler, percussionist and singer Mauro Durante.
Today, the 7-piece band are leaders among a new wave of roots revival bands from Southern Italy. In 2010 CGS won Italy’s MEI award as Best Italian World Music Group.
The music of CGS is inspired by the traditional dance of Salento, driven by the hypnotic rhythms of the tamburello frame drum. Those rhythms drive the legendary trance-dance ritual, the pizzica tarantata, said to cure the taranta spider’s bite with its frenzied trance dances.
Over the years, in its two incarnations, the band has released 18 albums and played all over the world. And mainly on those albums you’ll hear traditional song or songs based primarily on traditional forms. But - the band’s excellent new album, Canzoniere (on the Ponderosa Music label) - which means Songbook - is different. While you'll still hear many traditional instruments and rhythms on the new disc, there's very little strictly traditional repertoire. Instead Mauro collaborated with an array of major pop songwriters to compose new songs, marrying the band's distinctive contemporary roots-inspired style with the Western Pop song.
On tonight’s show, Mauro sends us an audio postcard about the album, a fascinating new turn for the band, giving us the background and introducing several of the songs. Plus he guest-DJs a set of music by Italian artists spotlighting songs that incorporate elements of traditional music.
You can get the band’s new album Canzoniere here .
If you like what you hear, be sure to give CGS a “like” at https://www.facebook.com/canzonieregs .
And learn / see / hear more at http://www.canzonieregrecanicosalentino.net/ .
This Week's Playlist:
(* = new)
Hugh Masekela & the Union of South Africa:
Shebeen, Djambo
/ Hugh Masekela & the Union Of South Africa
/ Chisa
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Caiphus Semenya, Hugh Masekela, Jonas Gwangwa
Hugh Masekela: Ha Lese Le Di Khanna / Greatest Hits / Columbia (0:08:59 Pop-up)
Otto: Caminho do Sol / Ottomatopeia / Press Pass / * (0:18:23 Pop-up)
Cordero: Rezando Por Amor / Lamb Lost in the City (0:22:00 Pop-up)
Sol Okarina: Flores y Vestidos / Planet4 / Lata / * (0:25:16 Pop-up)
Son Palenque: Luca Mini / Kutu Prieta Pa Saranguia / Palenque Records (0:28:48 Pop-up)
Tulipa Negra: Cume Mundo / Riba Mundo / Ze Orlando (0:32:45 Pop-up)
João Cirilo: Po D'Terra / Various Artists: Space Echo - The Mystery Behind The Cosmic Sound Of Cabo Verde Finally Revealed! / Analog Africa (0:38:23 Pop-up)
Calle 13: Vamo' A Portarnos Mal / Entren Los Que Quieran / Sony Music Latin (0:43:43 Pop-up)
Trio Da Kali and Kronos Quartet: Garaba Mama / Ladilikan / Nonesuch / World Circuit / * (0:50:55 Pop-up)
Nordic Raga: Folk Dreams / Nordic Raga / Riverboat / * (0:53:39 Pop-up)
Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino: Pizzica Caddhipulina / Focu D'Amore / Ponderosa Music & Art (1:05:26 Pop-up)
Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino: Lu Giustacofane / Canzoniere / Ponderosa Music & Art / * (1:13:22 Pop-up)
Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino: Quannu Te Visciu / Canzoniere / Ponderosa Music & Art / * (1:19:14 Pop-up)
Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino: Ientu / Canzoniere / Ponderosa Music & Art / * (1:24:56 Pop-up)
Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino: Moi / Canzoniere / Ponderosa Music & Art / * (1:29:26 Pop-up)
Carmen Consoli: 'A finestra / Elettra / Wrasse (1:35:19 Pop-up)
CapaRezza: Fuori Dal Tunnel / Verità supposte / EMI (1:40:27 Pop-up)
Sud Sound System: Le Radici Ca Tieni / Lontano / V2 records (1:46:04 Pop-up)
Ludovico Einaudi: Taranta / Taranta Project / Ponderosa Music & Art (1:51:55 Pop-up)
Spaccanapoli: Aneme Perze / Lost Souls [Aneme Perze] / Real World (1:57:00 Pop-up)
Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino: Con Le Mie Mani / Canzoniere / Ponderosa Music & Art / * (2:01:53 Pop-up)
Mari Boine: 2-4-6-7-8-9-in One / See the Woman / MPS Records / * (2:06:32 Pop-up)
Gyda Valtysdottir:
Seikilos Epitaph
/ Epicycle
/ Figureight
/
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Based on the The Seikilos epitaph, believed to be the oldest surviving complete musical composition, including musical notation, from anywhere in the world.
Kaynak Pipers Band: A Bre Yunache, Ludo I Mlado / To Chicago and Beyond / Electric Cowbell (2:16:24 Pop-up)
Iberi: Kuchkhi Bedineri / First / * (2:23:38 Pop-up)
Quintet Urmuli: Pot-Pourri of Rachian Songs / Vol V (2:25:31 Pop-up)
Pērkonvīri & Skaistkalnes Pūtēji: Bralu Gabals (Song Of Brothers) / Various Artists Native Music 8 - Traditional - Folk - Worldmusic - Latvia / Latvian Music Information Centre (2:26:57 Pop-up)
Saz'iso: Bëje Dru në Përcëllime / At Least Wave Your Handkerchief at Me: The Joys and Sorrows of Southern Albanian Song / Glitterbeat / * (2:31:42 Pop-up)
Stavros Pazarentsis: Macedonian Syrto / Chalkina / FM (2:35:42 Pop-up)
Mamak Khadem: Do, Don't / The Road / Innova Recordings (2:37:10 Pop-up)
Mr. Lif and Brass Menažeri: Doppio Macchiato / Resilient / Waxsimile / * (2:42:06 Pop-up)
Samurai Accordion: Kuru / TE / Visage Music / * (2:50:44 Pop-up)
Spanglish Fly:
Bugalu Pa' Mi Abuela
/ Ay Que Boogaloo!
/
*
(2:57:14 Pop-up)
GIG: w/ Joe Bataan Feb 8 @ Highline Ballroom
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