#4715, Love Songs Around the World
Spin the globe and hear love songs by Netherlands-based Ethiopian singer Minyeshu, Argentinian musician Federico Aubele, UK-based South African cellist Abel Selaocoe, Afro-Peruvian songstress Susana Baca, and Norway-based Afghani musician Hamid Sakhizada.
Listen to a love song from Netherlands-based, Ethiopian-born singer Minyeshu, and her record, Netsa – meaning ‘free’ in Amharic. Then, there’s music by Sudanese-born, Brooklyn-based (by way of Yemen) singer, Alsarah & her band The Nubatones, who play an infectious blend of East African folk and Western pop.
Also, hear “True Love” by Hamid Sakhizada, a musician from Afghanistan who plays the the two-stringed, long-necked lute known as dambura. After he immersed himself in the study of Hazara folk music in Pakistan, he later had to relocate to Norway because of the persecution involved in keeping the culture alive.
Listen to an original song, “Lerato ( Love)”, inspired by South African and Tanzanian musical tradition from the Manchester-based South African cellist Abel Selaocoe, off his 2022 album Where is Home (Hae Ke Kae). Plus, songs from Romanian duo Balkan Taksim, Afro-Peruvian songstress Susana Baca, and a work by U.S. Poet Laureate and sax player Joy Harjo of the Muscogee Creek Nation. And more. -Caryn Havlik
Program #4715, Love Songs Around the World (First aired 2/14/23)
ARTIST: Najma / Church of Betty
WORK: Aaj Madhosh Hua Jaye Re [1:23]
RECORDING: Forbidden Kiss
SOURCE: Shanachie #64063
INFO: shanachie.com
ARTIST: Minyeshu
WORK: Getee [4:37]
RECORDING: Netsa
SOURCE: ARC Music
INFO: https://naxos.lnk.to/NetsaEL
ARTIST: Balkan Taksim
WORK: Anadolka [4:42]
RECORDING: Disko Telegraf
SOURCE: Buda Musique
INFO: budamusique.bandcamp.com
ARTIST: Hamid Sakhizada
WORK: True Love (from Daykondi) [3:50]
RECORDING: Dai Raft
SOURCE: Grappa Musikkforlag/Lidio
INFO: grappa.no
ARTIST: Alsarah & the Nubatones
WORK: Habibi Taal [3:18]
RECORDING: Silt
SOURCE: Wonderwheel Records
INFO: wonderwheelrecordings.bandcamp.com
ARTIST: Susan McKeown /Ensemble Tartit
WORK: Oro mhile gra (A thousand times my love) [4:29]
RECORDING: Sweet Liberty
SOURCE: World Village #468029
INFO: worldvillagemusic.com
ARTIST: Najma / Church of Betty
WORK: Aaj Madhosh Hua Jaye Re [4:23]
RECORDING: Forbidden Kiss
SOURCE: Shanachie #64063
INFO: shanachie.com
ARTIST: Xylouris White
WORK: Only Love [3:30]
RECORDING: Mother
SOURCE: Bella Union
INFO: bellaunion.com
ARTIST: Federico Aubele
WORK: Este amor [3:36]
RECORDING: Amatoria
SOURCE: ESL Music
INFO: Try Amazon.com, AppleMusic or Spotify
ARTIST: Abel Selaocoe
WORK: Lerato ( Love) [4:22]
RECORDING: Where is home (Hae Ke Kae)
SOURCE: Warner Classics
INFO: warnerclassics.com
ARTIST: Susana Baca
WORK: De Los Amores [5:14]
RECORDING: Eco De Sombras
SOURCE: Luaka Bop
INFO: luakabop.com
ARTIST: Joy Harjo
WORK: How Love Blows Through The Trees [5:21]
RECORDING: I Pray For My Enemies
SOURCE: Sunyata Records
INFO: joyharjo.com/music/i-pray-for-my-enemies
