#4206: Works That Deal With Snow
Listen for a wide array of music involving snow by guitarist Sarah Louise, Inuk throat-singer, activist, and composer Tanya Tagaq, Icelandic bassist Skúli Sverrisson, cellist Zoë Keating, singer Theo Bleckmann in collaboration with John Hollenbeck’s Claudia Quintet, and Swiss percussionist Pierre Favre.
Sample new music by Inuk throat-singer, activist, composer, and Polaris Prize Winner Tanya Tagaq that she wrote for a soundtrack to the museum exhibit, Polar Worlds, at the National Maritime Museum in London. Listen also to music by North Carolina-based 12-string guitarist Sarah Louise, whose “American Primitive” guitar music evokes forests and creeks and nature. We’ll hear her tune “Silent In Snow.”
Hear music from Icelandic bass player and composer Skúli Sverrisson, called “The Sound of Snow.” There’s also music by Zoë Keating containing loops and layers of her cello from her recent EP, Snowmelt. Listen to more music for cello by Lori Goldston, a composer of film scores and one-time side-person to Nirvana.
Listen to music from composer Phil Kline’s end of the millennium mass, John the Revelator. His snow song is the text of a poem by David Shapiro about snow falling on streets of lower Manhattan, but how it also evokes the sight and sound of the ash falling on those same streets in the days after Sept. 11. Also, listen to music by drummer John Hollenbeck’s Claudia Quintet, featuring singer Theo Bleckmann, and more.
Program #4206: Works That Deal With Snow (First aired 2/14/2019)
ARTIST: Claude Thornhill & His Orchestra
WORK: Snowfall [1:00]
RECORDING: Youtube
SOURCE: Columbia Records
INFO: youtube.com
ARTIST: Tanya Tagaq
WORK: Snowblind [3:47]
RECORDING: Toothsayer
SOURCE: Six Shooter Records
INFO: https://sixshooterrecords.lnk.to/SnowblindWE
ARTIST: ETHEL and Lionheart
WORK: Phil Kline: The Snow Fell [3:23]
RECORDING: John the Revelator
SOURCE: Cantaloupe Music 21047
INFO: cantaloupemusic.com
ARTIST: Claudia Quintet, featuring Theo Bleckmann
WORK: The Snow Is Deep upon the Ground [7:54]
RECORDING: What Is the Beautiful?
SOURCE: Cuneiform Records
INFO: cuneiformrecords.bandcamp.com
ARTIST: Zoe Keating
WORK: Icefloe [3:53]
RECORDING: Snowmelt EP
SOURCE/INFO: music.zoekeating.com
ARTIST: Lori Goldston, amplified cello; Greg Campbell, percussion; Dylan Carlson, electric guitar; Jessika Kenney, voice
WORK: Wolf, Obscured by Snow [6:02]
RECORDING: Film Scores
SOURCE: Sub Rosa SR356
INFO: Available at subrosa.net and iTunes
ARTIST: Sarah Louise
WORK: Silent In Snow [4:15]
RECORDING: VSDQ Acoustic Series Vol. 12
SOURCE/INFO: sarahlouise.bandcamp.com
ARTIST: Claude Thornhill & His Orchestra
WORK: Snowfall [:30]
RECORDING: Youtube
SOURCE: Columbia Records
INFO: youtube.com
ARTIST: Skúli Sverrisson
WORK: The Sound of Snow [3:59]
RECORDING: Sería II
SOURCE: Seria Music
INFO: newamrecords.com
ARTIST: Pierre Favre
WORK: Snow [9:24]
RECORDING: Window Steps
SOURCE: ECM #1584
INFO:ecmrecords.com
ARTIST: Masayoshi Fujita
WORK: Snowy Night Tale [3:21]
RECORDING: Book of Life
SOURCE: Erased Tapes ERATP111
INFO: erasedtapes.com
