#2050: Program #2050

New Sounds | May 24, 2010

On this program, the simplest of musical forms - song - from reserved to the strange and unusual. Begin with South American songs sung by the German songstress Ute Lemper and hear a song recorded in the late Antonio Carlos Jobim's house and included on the CD, Casa, by Morelenbaum² / Sakamoto (Paula Morelebaum, Jaques Morelenbaum, Ryuichi Sakamoto). Continue with works by The Roches, Ed Pastorini, Massive Attack, Solas, Alex Cline, and others. Also, Wilco and Nick Drake complete this idiosyncratic hour-long collection of songs.

PROGRAM #2050 Songs (First aired on 6/20/02)

ARTIST(S)	RECORDING	CUT(S)	SOURCE
Rinde Eckert	Do the Day Over	Lullaby[3:00]	City of Tribes #007* www.cot.com, or in better stores** OR available for purchase at Amazon.com*
Ute Lemper	Live, WNYC 5/3/02	Oblivion [4:30]	This performance not commercially available.
Morelenbaum2/Sakamoto	Casa	As Praias Desertas [4:00]	Morelenbaum² / Sakamoto CD, "Casa", Sony 89982*. OR available for purchase at Amazon.com
Sarah Pillow	Nuove Musiche	Il mio Cacente Ardore [4:00]	Buckyball Music #007* www.buckyballmusic.com, or in better stores**
Alex Cline Ensemble	The Constant Flame	Benediction [4:00]	Cryptogramophone #110* www.cryptogramophone.com, or in better stores**
Massive Attack	Mezzanine	Teardrop [5:30]	Virgin#45599** www.massiveattack.co.uk OR available for purchase at Amazon.com*
Wilco	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot	I Am Trying To Break Your Heart [7:00]	Nonesuch#79669** www.nonesuch.com OR available for purchase at Amazon.com*
Ed Pastorini	Private CD	Strange Lures [3:30]	Not commercially available. Pastorini has one CD, under the name 101 Crustaceans. It's available, along with some info, at www.fangrecords.com/fangbands.htm
Nick Drake	Pink Moon	Pink Moon [2:00]	Hannibal/Rykodisc #4436** (www.rykodisc.com ) OR available for purchase at Amazon.com*
The Roches	The Roches	Hammond Song {5:30}	Warner Bros. #3298.** OR available for purchase at Amazon.com*
Solas	The Edge of Silence	Clothes of Sand [4:00]	Shanachie#78046** www.shanachie.com OR available for purchase at Amazon.com*

*, ** - Find the recordings you've heard - go to the New Sounds Recordings Information page

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