Listen to music that brings together sounds of the Mediterranean, Southern Italy, and India, with Morocco, and the sounds of Balkans and Scandinavia. There’s music from the NYC-based band Dálava and their arrangements of folk songs, folksongs meticulously transcribed over 100 years ago by biologist and ethnomusicologist Dr. Vladimir Úlehla from one village in the Slovácko region of the Moravian countryside. Dalava is led by vocalist Julia Ulehla (Vladimír’s American great granddaughter) and guitarist Aram Bajakian, and features violins and the Moroccan gimbri. 

Then, hear the versatile singer/composer Moira Smiley and the vocal ensemble VOCO, who do songs from the Scandinavian tradition, American and Eastern European folksong. Also, listen to difficult-for-dancing meters from the Boston-based Balkan tango-jazz band Grand Fatilla, along with a Southern Italian medley from their recent record, “Global Shuffle.” Plus music for button accordion based on Swiss folk tradition from Albin Bruns and the NAH quartet, with yodeling and Central Asian-style throat singing. And more.

PROGRAM #3640, More All Over the World Music (First aired on 9/22/2014)