#2980: World Music from Spain

New Sounds | May 24, 2010

From the twelfth century to the present, Spain has seen the collision of cultures reflected in music, and could be considered to be world music’s ancestral home. For this New Sounds program, we’ll hear the early Cantigas de Santa Maria, when Islamic, Jewish and Christian traditions came together in Spain. Plus, contemporary music by French bassist Renaud Garcia-Fons, with a mixture of some flamenco, jazz, and Indian music. Then there's music from an imaginary radio station on the southern coast of Spain by Radio Tarifa, an arrangement of a Moorish song, "Lamma Bada." Also, listen to flamenco guitarist Juan Martin's Arab-Andalusian group Musica Alhambra and the Arab influence in Spanish music, including the darbuka, tabla, and the oud. And much more.

PROGRAM #2980, World Music from Spain (First aired on Tues. 9-15-09)

ARTIST(S)	RECORDING	CUT(S)	SOURCE
Joel Cohen & Camerata Mediterranea	Cantigas de Santa Maria	Cantiga 100: Santa Maria strela do Dia, excerpt	Erato 25498 Reissued by Warner Classics as Apex CD 2564 61924 Out of print, but try Amazon.com* and auction sites
Renaud Garcia – Fons	Entremundo	Entremundo [4:00]	Enja 9464 www.enjarecords.com
Renaissance Players \| Winsome Evans	Of Numbers and Miracles: Selected Cantigas de Santa Maria	Cantiga 77: Da que Deus Mamou [4:17]	Celestial Harmonies 13091 www.harmonies.com
Radio Tarifa	Rumba Argelina	Lamma Bada [3:28]	World Circuit / Nonesuch 79472 www.nonesuch.com
Juan Martin	Musica Alhambra	Evocation [9:43]	Flamencovision 04 www.flamencovision.com
Son de la Frontera	Son de la Frontera	Como El Agua Entre Las Piedras [5:05]	World Village 468059 www.worldvillagemusic.com
Toumani Diabate/ Ketama / Danny Thompson	Songhai	Caramelo [4:18]	Hannibal Records 1323 Out of print, but try Amazon.com* and auction sites
Radio Tarifa	Rumba Argelina	Soledad [4:12]	See above.
Joel Cohen & Camerata Mediterranea	Cantigas de Santa Maria	Cantigas 320: Santa Maria leva [3:45]	See above.
SAVAE	El Milagro de Guadalupe	Esta es Cena de Amor Llena [2:48]	IAGO/ Talking Taco Music 214 Download from Amazon.com
Joel Cohen & Camerata Mediterranea	Cantigas de Santa Maria	Cantigas 250, excerpt [1:00]	See above.

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