#2267: Program #2267

New Sounds | May 24, 2010

It's been a long time since the last episode of New Sounds took on the idea of theme and variations, but here comes a program on the tune "Wayfaring Stranger". Hear an hour of unusual arrangements and rearrangements of the classical American folk song, including a gamelan version by Jody Diamond, a computer version by Paul Lansky, and recordings from Anonymous 4, the Cold Mountain soundtrack, the band Wayfaring Strangers, and more.

PROGRAM # 2267, Theme & Variation: Wayfaring Stranger (First aired on 3/30/04)

ARTIST(S)	RECORDING	CUT(S)	SOURCE
Bill Laswell	Emerald Aether: Shape Shifting	The Wayfaring Stranger [1:30]	Shanachie #78035** www.shanachie.com OR Amazon.com
Cold Mountain	Soundtrack	Wayfaring Stranger [4:30]	DMZ/Columbia #86843** www.columbiarecords.com*
Anonymous 4	American Angels	Wayfaring Stranger [2:30]	Harmonia Mundi #907326** www.harmoniamundi.com*
The Wayfaring Strangers	Shifting Sands of Time	Wayfaring Stranger [6:30]	Rounder #610484** Available at Amazon.com
Paul Lansky	Folk Images	Wayfaring Stranger [5:00]	Bridge #9060** www.bridgerecords.com
Roy Harris	Violin Sonata and Piano Works	American Ballads I: Wayfaring Stranger [2:00]	Albany #105 www.albanyrecords.com
B.A.N.G. (Bay Area New Gamelan)	Works by Jody Diamond, Ingram Marshall, et al	In That Bright World [6:00]	Cassette available from the American Gamelan Institute www.gamelan.org
Ed Gerhard	House Of Guitars	Poor Wayfaring Stranger [6:00]	Virtue #1925 www.edgerhard.com
Joel Harrison	Free Country	Wayfaring Stranger [6:30]	ACT#9419 www.actmusic.com*
Dromedary	Live From the Make-Believe	Wayfaring Stranger, excerpt [1:00]	Dromedary Music #01 www.dromedarymusic.com

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

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