#2879: The Blues, Reinvented

New Sounds | May 24, 2010

Listen to the blues, reinvented, for this New Sounds program. Hear chamber folk by Last Forever, some of America's oldest soul music in settings that combine spinet, harmonium, hammer dulcimer, violin, guitar, and banjo. Also, there are performances of classic blues by contemporary acts like North Carolina’s the Backsliders, New Orleans blues artist Chris Thomas King and others.

PROGRAM # 2879, Reinventing the Blues (First aired on Thurs., 12/18/08)

ARTIST(S)	RECORDING	CUT(S)	SOURCE
Paul Williams & Friends	In Memory of Robert Johnson	If I Had Possession Over Judgment Day, excerpt [1:30]	Black Sun #15017 www.harmonies.com *
Backsliders	Leftfield Holler	Write Me A Few Lines [3:00]	BS #6 www.backsliders.com.au
Chris Thomas King	Dirty South Hip Hop Blues	Revelations [5:00]	21st Century Blues #2106 www.21CBrecords.com *
Backsliders	Leftfield Holler	Hard Time Killing Floor Blues [3:30]	See above.
Chris Thomas King	Dirty South Hip Hop Blues	Hard Time Killing Floor Blues [4:00]	See above.
Fred Frith & Henry Kaiser	With Enemies Like These, Who Needs Friends	Hard Time Killing Floor Blues [3:30]	SST #147 Out of print, but try Amazon.com
John Fahey	God, Time, and Causality	Portland Cement Factory/Requiem for Mississippi John Hurt [7:00]	Shanachie #97706 ** www.shanachie.com OR download from Emusic.com
Last Forever	Trainfare Home	Spike Driver Blues [3:00]	Nonesuch #79604 ** www.nonesuch.com
Various Artists: Hearn Gadbois	Tellus, Vol. 12	GAHT MAYH MOH8JOH3 WOYKIHN [3:00]	Tellus audio cassette magazine, #12 www.ubu.com
Dave Soldier String Quartet	Sequence Girls	Excerpts from “Three Delta Blues"; S. James: 20-20 [3:00] C. Patton: Moon Goin' Down [3:00]	Rift #13 LP only, available at www.mulatta.org OR MP3s for download at www.davesoldier.com
Elliot Sharp’s Terraplane	Music for Yellowman	Jungle Kids [2:00]	Zoar 021 www.sublingual.com

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