#3324: Electroacoustic Songs

For this New Sounds, hear music by sean-nos singer Iarla Ó Lionáird, from a brand new recording, “Foxlight.”  The producer/guitarist Leo Abrahams is all over this unclassifiable album (Confessional ballad? Minimalist art-folk? Electro-Irish trad?), featuring electro-acoustic accompaniment to Ó Lionáird’s personal songs, sung mostly in Gaelic.  With a host of intriguing guest collaborators -composer Jon Hopkins, strings duo Geese, folktronica innovator Leafcutter John and fiddle and hardanger player Caoimhin O Raghallaigh- the violins, viola, cello, fiddle, guitars and keyboards are expertly woven into the epic electro-acoustic compositions.

There’s also a warm radiant electronic soundscape with guitar effects and vocals/speech samples from David Sylvian, with Holger Czukay and members of CAN.   Plus, listen to electro-acoustic songs from the late French composer and record producer Hector Zazou, and more.

PROGRAM #3324 (First aired on 4/12/2012)