January 15, 2019

Program January 16, 2019

Andy McGraw from the University of Richmond joins me this week to discuss a fascinating concert he's involved in next Wednesday at U of R's Camp Concert Hall.

Andy's group Gamelan Raga Kusuma and the Richmond Symphony will team up under the direction of Indonesian master musicians Sumarsam and Darsono to premiere a reconstruction of the Javanese music that Claude Debussy heard at the 1889 Paris Universal Exposition.  The ideas Debussy got from gamelan music -- cyclicality, stasis, new ways of using counterpoint, and the unique harmonies of Java -- became key elements of his compositions and, through him, were integrated into 20th and 21st century Western classical music.

Andy and I will talk about the concert, about Debussy and gamelan, and we'll listen to some related recordings, possibly even transcriptions of 1889 wax cylinders.

Also this week: Bassekou Kouyate's new album, a wide variety of Latin American sounds from Andean pipes to Mexican banda, and some socially conscious klezmer.

Podcast: http://www.radio4all.net/index.php/program/100959
All the podcasts: http://www.radio4all.net/index.php/series/Global+A+Go-Go


Artist | Country | Song | Recording | Label | Year

Oliver Lake | USA | Separation | Matador Of 1st & 1st | Passin' Thru | 1997
Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros | England UK | Global A Go-Go | Global A Go-Go | Hellcat | 2001

Andy McGraw interview

Musical excerpts during interview:
unknown artist | Debussy: Claire De Lune | France | Sleep, Vol. 2 | Domo
Kyai Pengare Sari | Indonesia | Ketawang: Puspawarna | Javanese Court Gamelan | Nonesuch Explorer | 1971
Zoltan Kocsis, Ivan Fischer & Budapest Festival Orchestra | Hungary-France | Debussy: Fantasy For Piano And Orchestra, Andante Ma No Troppo-Allegro Giusto | Debussy: Solo Piano Music; Fantaisie; Ravel: Piano Concertos | Philips | 2006
unknown artists | Indonesia | archive recording of gamelan from the Chicago World's Columbian Exposition | cylinder recording transcribed to digital | Field Museum Of Natural History | 1893
Seni Sunda Langen Sari | Indonesia | Kembang Gadung (Ketuk Tilu Karawang) | Oyong-Oyong Bangkong | iCiH Music Cassette | 197x
Rumput & Friends Present Shadow Ballads | RVA USA-Indonesia |  I Fell In Love When You Parted | Live On WRIR 2016-04-13

Habib Koite | Mali | Wassiye | Ma Ya | Putumayo | 1999
Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba | Mali | Kanto Kelena | Miri | Out Here | 2019

Andrea Echeverri | Colombia | A Palo Seco No | Ruisenora | Nacional | 2013
Pascuala Ilabaca Y Fauna | Chile | Son De La Vida | El Mito De La Pergola | Petit Indie | 2018
Chico Trujillo | Chile | Alturas | Reina De Todas Las Fiesta | Barbes | 2015

Puerto Candelaria | Colombia | Una Eterna Primavera | Colombia: Land Of Sabrosura | Colombia.Travel | 2019
Superfonicos | USA | Merecumbe | Suelta | Discos Fonicos | 2018
Novalima | Peru | Macaco | Karimba | ESL Music | 2012

Banda De Los Muertos | USA | El Paso | Banda De Los Muertos | Barbes | 2015
Marco Flores Y La Jerez | Mexico | Huapango El Pistolero | single | Casa Nacional | 2018
Fanfare Ciocarlia | Romania | Fiesta De Negritos | Onwards To Mars! | Asphalt Tango | 2016

Socalled | Canada | (These Are The) Good Old Days | Ghettoblaster | JDub | 2007
Daniel Kahn & The Painted Bird | USA-Germany | The Butcher's Sher | The Butcher's Share | Oriente | 2018
Geoff Berner | Canada | Thank You, No Thank You | We Are Going To Bremen To Be Musicians | Oriente | 2015

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