#4009: New Sounds of Old Folk Songs
For this New Sounds hear new approaches to old folk songs from Sam Lee, Dálava, Trad.Attack!, and others. Listen to Sam Lee and Friends and their arrangements of folk songs from the British travelers community, along with music from Hungarian folk band Muzsikas.
Then there's music from Dálava, a project led by vocalist Julia Ulehla & guitarist Aram Bajakian along with a band of improvisers, who channel traditional Moravian folk music. Their latest record is The Book of Transfigurations. Also, hear folk music from Estonia with acoustic 12-string guitar, drums and an array of whistles, bagpipes and jew’s harps by Trad.Attack! Plus, listen to something by the Scottish band, Mouth Music, and more.
PROGRAM #4009, New Approaches to Old Folk Songs (First Aired: 8/3/2017)
ARTIST: Sam Lee & Friends
WORK: Bonny Bunch of Roses, excerpt [1:00]
RECORDING: The Fade in Time
SOURCE: The Nest Collective Records TNCR 003
INFO: samleesong.co.uk
ARTIST: Trad!Attack
WORK: Sõit (Ride) [3:40]
RECORDING: Kullakarva
SOURCE/INFO: tradattackmusic.bandcamp.com
ARTIST: Dálava
WORK: Dyby ňa moja maměnka stara / Grass [3:07]
RECORDING: The Book of Transfigurations
SOURCE/INFO: arambajakian.bandcamp.com
ARTIST: Marta Sebestyen & Muzsikás
WORK: Shores of Loughran Medley [3:19]
RECORDING: Live, St. Ann’s Church, Brooklyn 1990
SOURCE: This performance not available.
INFO: Sebestyen & Muzsikás have numerous records, separately & together. Try Amazon.com
ARTIST: Muzsikás
WORK: AZT GONDOLTAM, ESÖ ESIK (I Thought It Was Raining) [4:01]
RECORDING: The Prisoner's Song
SOURCE: Hannibal #134
INFO: Available at Amazon.com
ARTIST: Sam Lee & Friends
WORK: Bonny Bunch of Roses [4:11]
RECORDING: The Fade in Time
SOURCE: The Nest Collective Records TNCR 003
INFO: samleesong.co.uk
ARTIST: Mouth Music
WORK: S'Muladach [5:23]
RECORDING: Live, WNYC 12/26/91
SOURCE: This performance not commercially available.
INFO: Mouth Music recordings are available: cdbaby.com
ARTIST: Dálava
WORK: Co ste si mamičko za dům stavjat dali / Iron bars, iron lock [4:49]
RECORDING: The Book of Transfigurations
SOURCE/INFO: arambajakian.bandcamp.com
ARTIST: Jan Garbarek & Agnes Buen Garnås
WORK: Margjit og Targjei Risvollo [12:37]
RECORDING: Rosensfole
SOURCE: ECM 1402
INFO: ecmrecords.com
ARTIST: Trad!Attack
WORK: Kullakarva (Shimmer Gold), excerpt [3:52]
RECORDING: Kullakarva
SOURCE/INFO: tradattackmusic.bandcamp.com
