#3495: New Blues

New Sounds | Aug 1, 2013

Hear new blues on tonight's New Sounds, including music from the likes of Bobby McFerrin and the recent record "Spirityouall." McFerrin takes two lines from Psalm 25, "'You know my eyes are ever on the Lord, for only He will release my feet from the snare," and turns them into a deeply bluesy spiritual. Also, listen to arrangements of Skip James and Charlie Patton blues by Chris Thomas King and the Soldier String Quartet.

Plus, Ali Farka Toure’s collaboration with Ry Cooder, along with Cooder’s own “Paris,Texas” score, and more.

PROGRAM #3495 – New Blues (First aired on 8/1/2013)

ARTIST(S)	RECORDING	CUT(S)	SOURCE
Danny Glover & Taj Mahal	Brer Rabbit and the Wonderful Tar Baby	Lullabye In A Major Tonight [5:34]	Windham Hill #0716 Out of print, but try Amazon.com
Bobby McFerrin	Spirityouall	25:15 [3:58]	Sony Masterworks #88765456862 sonymasterworks.com
Ali Farka Toure with Ry Cooder	Talking Timbuktu	Amandrai [9:22]	World Circuit Records; HNCD 1381 / WCD040 worldcircuit.co.uk
Chris Thomas King	Dirty South Hip-hop Blues	Revelations [5:12]	21st Century Blues #2106 www.christhomasking.com or Available at iTunes.
Ry Cooder	Paris Texas Original Motion Picture Soundtrack	Dark Was the Night, Excerpt. [2:53] Paris, Texas, Excerpt. [2:50] She’s Leaving the Bank [5:54]	Warner #25270 Available at Amazon.com
Soldier String Quartet	Sequence Girls	Moon Goin’ Down, Excerpt [1:36]	www.cdbaby.com
Chris Thomas King	Dirty South Hip-Hop Blues	“Hard Time Killing Floor Blues [2:42]	21st Century Blues #2106 www.christhomasking.com or Available at iTunes.
Tin Hat Trio	The Rodeo Eroded	Bill [5:03]	Ropeadope #93134 www.ropeadope.com

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