#2686: World Music and Then Some

New Sounds | May 24, 2010
For this New Sounds, we'll hear from Nawal, a singer from the Comoros Islands, whose acoustic-accompanied songs and trance-inducing chants draw from her Sufi heritage and Indian Ocean island rhythms. Also, guitarist and singer Tcheka plays an alluring hybrid of traditional Cape Verdean music and sun-kissed jazz. His second album, Nu Monda, won him the prestigious Radio France International “World Music Prize.” Plus, there's music from the Orchestra di Piazza Vittorio, a global cast of immigrant musicians based in Rome, and more.

PROGRAM #2686, Immigrant Music (First aired on Monday, 6/11/07)

ARTIST(S)

RECORDING

CUT(S)

SOURCE

L'Orchestra di Piazza Vittorio

OPV

AoGi [4:00]

Self #AP 001** www.self.it
OR www.orchestradi
piazzavittorio.it

Tcheka

Nu Monda

Kre Ka Nha [5:00]

Times Square #1804 ** www.timessquare
records.net

Jack De Johnette & Foday Musa Suso

Music From the Hearts of the Masters

Ancient Techno [6:30]

Golden Beans #1112 www.jackdejohnette.com

L'Orchestra di Piazza Vittorio

OPV

Moon Suite [9:00]

See above.

Nawal

Aman

Aman [8:00]

Nawal #KWE 01307 www.nawali.com

L'Orchestra di Piazza Vittorio

OPV

Suite Nindali [7:30]

See above.

Coba

Cancion mandala

Para Navegar [3:30]

Chonta #006 www.chontarecords.com

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