#4911 Voices in Harmony?
They say three’s a crowd but on this episode of New Sounds three means harmony: beautiful soul-stirring harmony and harmonies you might not expect.
Hear music from Ireland, Bhutan, The Republic of Georgia, the state of Georgia, South Africa, Taian, and Bhutan. First hear the Irish group Lankum and their hair raising rendition of "Rocky Road to Dublin" perfectly paired with a drone and a cappella harmony.
Next, listen to the Bhutanese singers performing traditional music from the mountains of Bhutan. Their record, Your Face Is Like the Moon, Your Eyes Are Stars, features otherworldly homophonic singing heard in their piece, "The Day You Were Born".
Plus, prepare for the quiet, dark, and mournful harmonies from pieces like "Bunun Tuza", performed by cellist David Darling and the Wulu Bunun. The Irish band Landless sings the Slovakian folk tune "Ej Husari" as well as "My Lagan Love". - David Norville
Program #4911 Voices in Harmony? (First aired 8/8/2024)
ARTIST: Lankum
WORK: Rocky Road to Dublin
RECORDING: Live in Dublin: Lankum
SOURCE: Lankum, Rough Trade Records
INFO: https://lankum.bandcamp.com/track/the-rocky-road-to-dublin-live-in-dublin
ARTIST: Landless
WORK: Ej Husari
RECORDING: Lúireach
SOURCE: Glitterbeat Records
INFO: https://landless.bandcamp.com/album/l-ireach
ARTIST: Bruce Greene and Loy McWhirter
WORK: Come Near My Love
RECORDING: Come Near My Love
SOURCE: Hazeldog
INFO: https://www.brucegreene.net/come-near-my-love
ARTIST: Bhutan Baladeers
WORK: The Day You Were Born
RECORDING: Your Face Is Like the Moon, Your Eyes Are Stars
SOURCE: Glitterbeat Records
INFO: https://bhutanballadeers.bandcamp.com/album/your-face-is-like-the-moon-your-eyes-are-stars
ARTIST: Landless
WORK: My Lagan Love
RECORDING: Lúireach
SOURCE: Glitterbeat Records
INFO: https://landless.bandcamp.com/album/l-ireach
ARTIST: The Other Georgia
WORK: Tsintsqaro
RECORDING: Ancient Harmonies from a Distant Land
SOURCE: The Other Georgia
INFO: Available on Spotify and Apple Music
ARTIST: Deacon Tommy Tookes and Congregation
WORK: The Lord Is Risen
RECORDING: Art of Field Recording Volume I: Fifty Years of Traditional American Music Documented by Art Rosenbaum
SOURCE: Dust-to-Digital
INFO: https://dusttodigital.bandcamp.com/album/art-of-field-recording-volume-i-fifty-years-of-traditional-american-music-documented-by-art-rosenbaum
ARTIST: David Darling & The Wulu Bunun
WORK: Bunun Tuza
RECORDING: Mudanin Kata
SOURCE: Riverboat Records
INFO:https://naturebliss.bandcamp.com/album/mudanin-kata-pana003
ARTIST: Ladysmith Black Mambazo
WORK: Fikile
RECORDING: Always With Us
SOURCE: Ladysmith Black Mambazo
INFO: https://mambazo.com/album/1521525/always-with-us
ARTIST: Eyibra, Trys Keturiose
WORK: Trep Trepo Martela
RECORDING: From the Rich Dark Earth
SOURCE: Eyibra
INFO: https://abrahambrody.bandcamp.com/album/from-the-rich-dark-earth
ARTIST: E Voce Di U Cumune
WORK: Lode Di U Sepolcro
RECORDING: Corsica
SOURCE: Harmonia Mundi
INFO: https://www.allmusic.com/album/corsica-chants-polyphoniques-mw0001805705
