#4324: New Releases, Jan. 2020
Hear new releases from the UK folk singer Sam Lee, Cuban pianist-composer Roberto Fonseca, and from banjo master Bela Fleck together with kora master Toumani Diabate.
There’s Afro-Cuban chamber music from Cuban pianist and composer Roberto Fonseca, whose other influences, rap, funk, reggaeton and electronic music, also manage to find a way onto his latest record, Yesun. Also, hear a preview of a record of music by banjo master Bela Fleck and kora master Toumani Diabate, due out in March.
Then, hear new music from a record by the Apollo Chamber Players with guest Vanessa Vân-Ánh Võ, playing đàn bầu, a Vietnamese single-stringed zither. The piece, by Alexandra du Bois, is called “Within Earth, Wood Grows” and is the musical interpretation of a line in the I-Ching. Listen to a bit of ‘Man vs. machine’ music from Chicago guitarist Jeff Parker, best known for his work with Tortoise, where musicians improvise on top of a hot drum pattern along with bass and other sequenced sounds.
Hear new music by Sam Lee, the British folk singer, song collector, broadcaster, and activist. Hear both his reworking of the ancient folk song “The Moon Shines Bright” which features Elizabeth Fraser (of the Cocteau Twins) and “Balfanen,” which Lee learned from his late mentor, the Scottish storyteller and ballad singer Stanley Robertson. These are both from his latest, Old Wow.
Plus, listen to a reworking of the Duke Ellington tune, “In a Sentimental Mood” by producer Rafiq Bhatia, and music in tribute to the late Dutch cinematographer Robby Müller by SQÜRL, the noise/drone-rock band– of filmmaker and multi-instrumentalist Jim Jarmusch and drummer Carter Logan.
Program #4324: New Releases, Jan. 2020 (First aired 1/31/2020)
ARTIST: Sam Lee, feat. Elizabeth Fraser
WORK: The Moon Shines Bright [1:30]
RECORDING: Old Wow
SOURCE: Cooking Vinyl
INFO: samleesong.co.uk
ARTIST: Bela Fleck & Toumani Diabate
WORK: Nashville [3:52]
RECORDING: The Ripple Effect
SOURCE: Craft Recordings | Due out March 27
INFO: found.ee/belafleck-ripple-w
ARTIST: Apollo Chamber Players With Guests Vân-Ánh Võ ĐàN, BầU; Matthew Carrington, Viola; WindSync, And Members Of Kinetic And Loop38 | Jerry Hou, Conductor
WORK: Alexandra Du Bois: Within Earth, Wood Grows [14:33]
RECORDING: Within Earth
SOURCE: Navona Records NV6262
INFO: navonarecords.com
ARTIST: Roberto Fonseca
WORK: Por ti [5:40]
RECORDING: Yesun
SOURCE: Mack Avenue Records MAC1173
INFO: mackavenue.com
ARTIST: Sam Lee, feat. Elizabeth Fraser
WORK: Balnafanen [5:22]
RECORDING: Old Wow
SOURCE: Cooking Vinyl
INFO: samleesong.co.uk
ARTIST: Sam Lee, feat. Elizabeth Fraser
WORK: The Moon Shines Bright [4:14]
RECORDING: Old Wow
SOURCE: Cooking Vinyl
INFO: samleesong.co.uk
ARTIST: Rafiq Bhatia
WORK: In A Sentimental Mood [3:47]
RECORDING: Standards, Vol. 1
SOURCE: Anti Records
INFO: rafiqbhatia.ffm.to
ARTIST: SQÜRL
WORK: Magic Hour [4:20]
RECORDING: Some Music for Robby Müller
SOURCE: Sacred Bones Records
INFO: sacredbonesrecords
ARTIST: Jeff Parker
WORK: Go Away [1:47]
RECORDING: Suite for Max Brown
SOURCE: International Anthem / Nonesuch
INFO: intlanthem.bandcamp.com
