#4677, Visions of the American Southwest
Hear visions of the American Southwest in music by Switzerland-based two piece Hermanos Gutiérrez, Cuban-American musician Delia Gonzalez, Baltimore-based pedal steel magician Susan Alcorn, music by psychedelic cumbia of Arizona-based Orkesta Mendoza, and others.
Listen to several different conceptions of the American Southwest, perhaps cinematic or psychedelic, in places that conjure New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona. There’s music with an instrumental western sound by Switzerland-based Hermanos Gutiérrez, a two piece band of brothers who take their influence from the 1950's Latin America Sound. There’s also music from Tucson’s own Orkesta Mendoza, who take a “psychedelic journey into the heart of Mexican cumbia“, and feature a guest turn from Mexican electronic pioneer Camilo Lara).
Then, hear music by Cuban-American artist Delia Gonzalez, and her “modern electronic soundtrack for the Revisionist Western” (Bandcamp), the 2017 album Horse Follows Darkness. Plus, listen to music from virtuoso guitarist Ry Cooder, work from Norwegian pedal steel player Geir Sundstøl, and ambient country from the NYC-based trio SUSS. Also on the show is music by composer, improviser, and serial collaborator, the Baltimore-based pedal steel guitarist Susan Alcorn. From her record "Pedernal", with a quintet including guitarist Mary Halvorson, hear the title track, which evokes "the wide-open landscape of northern New Mexico and the mesa for which the piece is named" (AllAboutJazz.com). - Caryn Havlik
Program #4677, Visions of the American Southwest (First aired 10/27/2022)
ARTIST: Ennio Morricone
WORK: The Good, the Bad &The Ugly Theme [1:46]
RECORDING: The Good, The Bad & the Ugly [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]
SOURCE: Capitol Records 4701889
INFO: Available at Amazon.com, Spotify, or Apple Music
ARTIST: Hermanos Gutiérrez
WORK: Hermosa Drive [3:54]
RECORDING: El Bueno Y El Malo
SOURCE: Easy Eye Sound
INFO: hermanosgutierrez.bandcamp.com
ARTIST: Lonesome Prairie Dogs
WORK: Lonesome Nile [2:29]
RECORDING: All This Time/ Lonesome Nile
SOURCE: Dala Records
INFO: Available at Spotify
ARTIST: Xixa
WORK: Cvmbia Okvlt [3:51]
RECORDING: The Code
SOURCE: Dust & Stone Records and Glitterhouse Records
INFO: xixa.bandcamp.com
ARTIST: Orkesta Mendoza
WORK: Cumbia Volcadora [3:51]
RECORDING: !Vamos A Guara-Char!
SOURCE: Glitterbeat
INFO: orkesta-mendoza.bandcamp.com
ARTIST: Ry Cooder
WORK: Paris, Texas [2:53]
RECORDING: Paris, Texas: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
SOURCE: Warner #25270
INFO: Available at Amazon.com
ARTIST: Geir Sundstøl
WORK: Waterloo [5:06]
RECORDING: Brødløs
SOURCE: HUBRO Music
INFO: hubromusic.com
ARTIST: Hermanos Gutiérrez
WORK: Cielo Grande [4:56]
RECORDING: El Bueno Y El Malo
SOURCE: Easy Eye Sound
INFO: hermanosgutierrez.bandcamp.com
ARTIST: SUSS b/w Aurora
WORK: Chisholm Trail [4:56]
RECORDING: Chisholm Trail
SOURCE: Northern Spy
INFO: suss.bandcamp.com
ARTIST: Susan Alcorn Quintet
WORK: Pedernal [5:43]
RECORDING: Pedernal
SOURCE: Relative Pitch Records
INFO: susanalcornquintet.bandcamp.com
ARTIST: Geir Sundstøl
WORK: Læms [4:25]
RECORDING: Brødløs
SOURCE: HUBRO Music
INFO: hubromusic.com
ARTIST: Delia Gonzalez
WORK: In Through The Light [6:09]
RECORDING: Horse Follows Darkness
SOURCE: DFA Records
INFO: deliagonzalez.bandcamp.com
ARTIST: Orkesta Mendoza
WORK: Cumbia Amor De Lejos [4:43]
RECORDING: !Vamos A Guara-Char!
SOURCE: Glitterbeat
INFO: orkesta-mendoza.bandcamp.com
