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#3172: Strange Arrangements & Covers

New Sounds | Feb 18, 2011

For this New Sounds, hear a string quartet that is an arrangement of a Jimi Hendrix song, along with an arrangement of the Gnarls Barkley song "Crazy," by Canadian fingerstyle guitarist Don Ross.  We'll also hear a jazz-ish band, Blue Cranes, taking on the Red House Painters, a sonata for violin and piano that is actually a Brian Wilson song, and music from the Jolly Boys.  Plus, there'll be more Jimi Hendrix covers, perhaps by Ben Verdery & Turtle Island Quartet.

PROGRAM #        3172, Strange Arrangements & Covers          (First aired on 2-18-11)                       

ARTIST(S)

RECORDING

CUT(S)

SOURCE

M.I.A.

Arular

Galang [:30]

XL Recordings 49186 / Interscope
Available at Amazon.com or download from iTunes & Emusic.com

Vijay Iyer Trio

Historicity

Galang [:45]

ACT 9489
www.actmusic.com

Don Ross

Breakfast for Dogs

Crazy (Gnarls Barkley) [2:53]

Candyrat Records
www.candyrat.com

Vijay Iyer Trio

Historicity

Galang Trio Riot Version [2:41]

ACT 9489
www.actmusic.com

Sam Amidon

Sun Salute EP 25th Anniversary Tribute to Katrina and the Waves

Walking on Sunshine (Katrina & the Waves)[3:08]

Download only from Brooklyn Vegan www.brooklynvegan.com

The Jolly Boys featuring Albert Minott

Great Expectation

Hanging on the Telephone (Blondie/the Nerves) [3:07]

Geejam Recordings GEE 001
www.jollyboysmusic.com

Turtle Island Quartet

Have You Ever Been...?

Hey Joe (Jimi Hendrix/ Billy Roberts) [5:07]

Telarc 32094
www.telarc.com

Benjamin Verdery

Ride the Wind Horse

Little Wing (Jimi Hendrix) [2:28]

Newport Classic 85509, Out of print.  But the tune appears on Verdery’s “Branches”, available at CDBaby.com www.cdbaby.com
www.benjaminverdery.com/

Turtle Island Quartet

Have You Ever Been...?

Voodoo Child (Jimi Hendrix) [5:45]

See above.

Dave Soldier featuring Rebecca Cherry, violin & William Hobbs, piano

The Complete Victrola Sessions/The Violinist

Brian's Lament  (Brian Wilson & Van Dyke Park's  "Surf's Up") [5:44]

MUL021
www.mulatta.org/

Birdsongs of the Mesozoic

pyroclastics

Somber Reptiles (Brian Eno) [4:05]

Cuneiform Rune 35
Out of Print.  More info at:
www.cuneiformrecords.com

Blue Cranes

Cantus Firmus

New Jersey (Red House Painters) [4:06]

Bluecranesmusic.com  

Ben Allison

Buzz

Across the Universe (John Lennon) [5:11]

Palmetto Records PM 2101
www.palmetto-records.com

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