#2480: Must Haves: Traditional Music

New Sounds | May 24, 2010

It's the middle of WNYC's Must Have Festival and for this edition of New Sounds, John Schaefer offers a guide to traditional music. Listen to recommended recordings of music from Sunda, Zimbabwe, Turkey, Tibet, Chile, India, and more.

PROGRAM # 2480, New Sounds Essentials: Traditional Music (First aired on Wednesday, 11-29-05)

ARTIST(S)	RECORDING	CUT(S)	SOURCE
	Anthology of African Music: Ba-Benzele Pygmies	"Song of Rejoicing" {4:00}	Barenreiter BM30L 2303. German import. Out of print. A similar collection, with a song of rejoicing was issued on Rounder Records in 1998, ROUN5107 www.rounder.com
Inti-Illimani	Flight of the Condor	Papel de Plata [2:30]	BBC #22440 Out of print, but there's info at www.gamisim.com/index_illimani, complete discography at www.nuevacancion.net/inti
E. Koestryara	Sangkala!	Reumbeuy [5:00]	Ikon #5502 Out of print.
Zimbabwe: The Soul of Mbira	Traditions of the Shona People	Taireva [4:00]	Nonesuch Explorer #79704** www.nonesuch.com *
Martin Swan & Mouth Music	Live, WNYC, 1991	S’Muladach [5:00]	This performance not commercially available, but Mouth Music’s CDs were released by Rykodisc, www.rykodisc.com AND some are available on www.emusic.com
Ravi Shankar	The Genius of Pandit Ravi Shankar	Dhun-Keharwa [5:30]	Oriental #108 orientalrecords.com
Les Mystere des Voix Bulgares	(Vol. 1)	Kalimankou Denkou [5:00]	Nonesuch Explorer #79165** www.nonesuch.com*
The Music of Islam	Vol. 9 – Mawlawiyah Music of the Whirling Dervishes	Prayer for Permission for Whirling [6:00]	Celestial Harmonies #13149 www.harmonies.com*
Tibetan Buddhism	Tantras of Gyuto	Mahakala, excerpt [3:30]	Nonesuch Explorer #79198** www.nonesuch.com*

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