#3031: January 2010 New Releases

New Sounds | May 24, 2010

It's that time of the month again for the new releases show on New Sounds. John Schaefer carefully sorts through the stacks, bins, and boatloads of new CDs which have come across his desk over the past month to present some of the finest new releases. What we can see from here includes a new record by Hungarian singer Márta Sebestyén, some West African drumming and singing with electronics from new music drummer Lukas Ligeti's Burkina Electric, some film music from Youssou N'Dour, and guitar and kora artistry from Ali Farka Toure and Toumani Diabate. Plus, music by Seattle's Balkan horn party band Orkestar Zirkonium, a one-man ambient band that calls itself A Broken Consort, and an arrangement of John Cage by Brooklyn Rider.

PROGRAM # 3031, January 2010 New Releases (First aired on Fri., 01/29/10)

ARTIST(S)	RECORDING	CUT(S)	SOURCE
Márta Sebestyén	I can see the gates of heaven	Estéli ima Evening prayer [6:31]	World Village 450009 www.worldvillage.com
Ali Farka Toure Toumani Diabate	Ali and Toumani	Sabu Yerkoy [4:09]	Nonesuch 522937 www.nonesuch.com
Youssou N’Dour	I Bring What I Love	Yama [ 6:07]	Nonesuch 522814 www.nonesuch.com
Burkina Electric	Paspanga	Sankar Yaare [5:32]	CA 21057 cantaloupemusic.com
Orkestar Zirkonium	Orkestar Zirkonium	Solo Tapan [4:13]	OZCD 01 www.orkestarzirkonium.com
A Broken Consort	Crow Autumn	Beneath [ 4:03] Leaves [4:47]	Tompkins Square TSQ 2332 tompkinssquare.com
Brooklyn Rider	Dominant Curve	Cage: In a Landscape [9:53]	In a Circle Records 003 www.inacirclerecords.com

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