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(partial #1088 playlist)
1. Ladysmith Black Mambazo ‘Isimanga Solomhlaba’ Wrd2002CD2 Tk 1 5.16
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We open this edition of Higher Ground with South Africa’s famed choral ensemble Ladysmith Black Mambazo. Their vocal vocal styles include isi-ca-tha-mi-ya (singing soflty) and mbube (lion). Soft singing lion. They rose to fame as a result of singing with Paul Simon on his 1986 album Graceland. Today they have gleaned multiple awards, including four Grammy Awards. Formed by Joseph Shabalala in 1960 the group has become what they call a “mobile musical academy”, teaching people about South Africa and its culture. Ladysmith renders an anthem titled Isi-man-ga So-lom-h-laba, the wonder of this world. Word 2002, Narada, 2002
2. Ricardo Lemvo ‘Padre George’ Alb Tk 6 4.44
Ricardo Lehm-vo is a Democratic of Republic singer of Angolan descent, now based in Los Angeles. His music combines Cuban salsa with Padre Z’Georzge.
La Rumba SoYo, Cumbancha, 2014
3. Niyaz ‘Sabza Ba Naz’ Alb Tk 1 5.07
Persia’s Niyaz, meaning “yearning” was formed in 2005 by multi-instrumentalist Loga Ramin Torkian, singer Azam Ali and Grammy nominee Carmen Rizzo. From their 2015 Album, comes Sab-zah Ba Naz, The Triumph Of Love. The Fourth Light, Six Degrees, 2015
5. Chinbat Baasankhuu ‘An Elegant Saddle’ Alb Tk 4 4.29 The Mongolian 13 and 21 stringed Yat-ga is a zither with ties to the Japanese koto, which with other stringed instruments, would in time serve as the platform for the invention of the western guitar. Chin-bat Baa-sank-huu, hailing from a village in the
Al-tai province of Mongolia, is a professor of the yat-ga in the Department of Traditional Music at the National University of Culture and Art. With this extraordinary instrument, Chin-bat Baa-sank-huu, negotiates the composition, An Elegant Saddle.
The Art Of the Mongolian Yatga, ARC Music Productions, 2014
6. Dom La Nena ‘La Nena Soy Yo’ Alb Tk 1 3.43
Dominique Pinto, also known by her stage name Dom La Nena, is a Brazilian-born cellist, singer and songwriter. Her body of work includes the piece La Nay-nah Soy Yo, the girl is me. Soy, Six Degrees Records, 2015
7. Chip Taylor & Carrie Rodriguez ‘Sweet Tequila Blues’ Tk 11 3.15
Chip Taylor restarted his performing and recording career in 1993 after an unsuccessful attempt at professional golf. While at a South by Southwest Music Conference in Austin, Texas in 2001, met singer and violinist Carrie Rodriguez, with whom he has performed and recorded Americana music for several years ever since. Taylor y Rodriguez render Sweet Tequila Blues. Americana, Putumayo World Music, 2014
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8. Tango Orkesteri Unto ‘Juna’ Alb Tk 1 3.24
The key ingredients of the Finnish tango are longing and passion. Tahn-go Or-kes-tree Unto, six virtuosos with an affinity for the genre, salute the classic Finnish than-go repertoire with fresh, nuanced and powerful renditions of the form as experienced on Juna, or June. Dark Wings Of The Night, ARC Music, 2015
9. Amal Murkus ‘Hulum’ Wrd2002CD2 Tk 2 4.40
A-mal Mur-kus, Palestinian singer who resides and performs in Israel, puts her post-modern music style on display which has a variety of Mediterranean influences inspired by Palestinian folklore, traditional Arabic heritage, and pop music elements. Mur-kus presents Hu-lum, an Arabic dream of clarity and wisdom. Word 2002, Narada, 2002
10. Tania Saleh ‘Every Time You Go’ Alb Tk 4 4.11
Ta-nia S-leh is a Lebanese singer/songwriter who has been paving her own path in the Arabic underground musical scene since 1990. From her 2014 album, called A Few Images, Selah sings Every Time You Go.
A Few Images (Algumas Imagens), Valley Entertainment, 2014
11. LukePlumb/James Mackintosh ‘Drunken Landlady…’Sgls#61 Tk 10 4:18
Virtuoso mandolin player, Luke Plumb with percussionist James Mackintosh on the
bod-hran, a large skinned tambourine without the metal symbols. Plumb and party marry a mash up of tunes called Drunken Landlady-Love at the Ending.
A Splendid Notion, Shoogle Records, 2008
12. ILhan Ersahin ‘Gochmenler’ Alb Tk 1 5:11
Il-han Er-sa-hin, a Swedish–Turkish musician, and composer, raised in Stockholm, now based in New York City, helped shape the global spread of new music, jazz and its fusions around the globe with charts like the spiritually centered work, Goe-z’ha-men-dah. The Other Side, Nublu Records, 2014
13. Hossam Ramzy ‘Ashan Battootah’ Alb Tk 1 4.04
Hos-sam Ram-zy, an Egyptian percussionist, composer and music arranger renders
As-han Bat-too-tah a singularly percussive work.
Sabla Tolo IV: Tak raka Takum, ARC Music, 2014
14. Dem Ensemble ‘Jandarma Zeybeği’ Sngls #102 Tk 10 2:18
A respected collective of Turkish musicians come together on an Ae-gean folk tune arranged for the Dem A-sahm-blay presenting Z’john’ Gar-mah Zay-Bee.
Erguvan, Felmay, 2013
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