#2384: Lullaby and Goodnight

New Sounds | May 24, 2010

For this New Sounds program, take a tour of the globe with lullabies from around the world. Actress, singer and composer Mariana Sadowska performs a lullaby in our studios, re-created and collected from old ritual songs she learned from women in Ukrainian rural villages. Some of these songs facilitate conversations between matriarchal ancestors, while at times, these recast songs sound as though they verge on possession, with her ululations and her mesmerizing delivery. Plus, listen to a sleepless lullaby from Canadian singer and composer Laurel MacDonald, whose yodels, whispers, and wails bewitch and resonate. Also, Deep Forest uses a lullaby from the Solomon Islands; and lots more.

PROGRAM #2384, Lullabies (First aired on March 8, 2005)

ARTIST(S)	RECORDING	CUT(S)	SOURCE
Various	Anthologie de la Musiques des Pygmees Aka	"Lullaby (Mo Boma)," excerpt [1:00]	Ocora LP 558526/7/8 Out of print.
Mariana Sadovska	Private recording, WNYC, 2/25/05	Lullaby [3:30]	Not commercially available. Info about Sadovska at www.mo-productions.com
Laurel MacDonald	Luscinia’s Lullaby	Luscinia’s Lullaby [6:00]	Improbable Music #04 www.improbable music.com *
Robin Holcomb	Live, WNYC, 11/9/92	Rockabye [4:30]	The original version is on the CD, “Rockabye” Nonesuch #61289 ** www.nonesuch.com Or Amazon.com*
Dave Holland	Triplicate	African Lullaby [3:00]	ECM #1373 www.ecmrecords.com
Marta Sebestyen/Muzsikas	Live, St. Ann’s Church, Brooklyn 1990	Transylvanian Lullaby, excerpt [2:30]	Sebestyen & Muzsikas have numerous CDs, separately & together, available online *
Solomon Islands	Fataleka and Baegu Music (Music of the Solomon Islands)	Rorogwela (Lullaby) [1:30]	Auvidis/UNESCO #8027. Seems to be out of print. Try www.gemm.com
Deep Forest	Deep Forest	Sweet Lullaby [3:30]	Sony #57840. Available at Amazon.com*
Bukkene Bruse	Live, New Sounds in Oslo, 11/93	Miriam’s Lullaby [4:00]	This piece is on their CD, Bukkene Bruse, Norway Music #4057. Available at Amazon.com*
Various Artists: Kirsten Bråten Berg & Ale Möller	Nordisk Sang	Heimo Og Nykkjen [5:00]	New Albion #031** www.newalbion.com*
Rinde Eckert	Do The Day Over	Lullaby [3:30]	City of tribes #COT-007 www.songtone.com
Various	Anthologie de la Musiques des Pygmees Aka	"Lullaby (Mo Boma)" [2:00]	Ocora LP 558526/7/8 Out of print.

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