Refresher Course
Finally feeling like I'm mentally back from Spain, two weeks after my bodily return. It had been nearly a month since I last opened the big bag of TerraSonic CDs and was refreshing to rediscover some great new releases that I'd nearly forgotten about in my tapas-fueled haze.
Today's show featured more musical finds from WOMEX, as well as the mesmerizing new release from Tuareg nonet Tartit, Abacabok, and the domestic issue of David Krakauer and Socalled's Bubbemeises (a record that longtime TSonic listeners will recall hearing a lot of earlier this year when the European release was in heavy rotation). We also rolled out an advance track from the forthcoming release from Antibalas, Security.
I also finally spent some long overdue time with a recording by
Dona Dumitru Siminica, who was somewhat of a musical legend in Bucharest c. 1960. His haunting voice pours a touching sense of heartbreak into this collection of drinking songs and love laments, and his eerie vocals presage his lonely passing. Though adored by his countrypeople, he was not particularly popular with the Ceausescu crowd. He died, alone, in a stairwell, of a failed heart. His death went unreported by the official Romanian press. Sounds From a Bygone Age Vol. 3 provides a loving remembrance.
One of the better recent finds from the WOMEX treasure trove is a new record
from Turkish percussionist Burhan Ocal and the Trakya All Stars. Featuring Tunisian/Parisian electronics and oud specialist Smadj, this amazing release is full of grooves both deep and real. It comes courtesy of our friends at Doublemoon, the prolific and groundbreaking Turkish label home to such TSonic favorites as Mercan Dede, Aziza A and Baba Zula. Doublemoon is one of the world's best-run labels, and one of its best kept secrets as well. Incidentally, I'm eager to see the film Crossing the Bridge, a documentary offering an insiders glimpse of the Istanbul underground scene that many of Doublemoon's artists helped establish.
As always, thanks for tuning in to TerraSonic. Our holiday wish this year: a regular webstream so that we can not only reach listeners in Boulder, but also hopefully bring back many of those around the country that I know we've lost touch with since the transition from Radio 1190 to our new home at KGNU. Good people are working to make this dream a reality and I'm reasonably confident that we'll soon be available to more of you on a regular basis.
Your questions, requests, comments and criticisms are always welcome here--and here too. Please get/keep in touch. Thanks again and see you next week.
TerraSonic - 11 November 2006
PS--thanks for voting.
Today's show featured more musical finds from WOMEX, as well as the mesmerizing new release from Tuareg nonet Tartit, Abacabok, and the domestic issue of David Krakauer and Socalled's Bubbemeises (a record that longtime TSonic listeners will recall hearing a lot of earlier this year when the European release was in heavy rotation). We also rolled out an advance track from the forthcoming release from Antibalas, Security.I also finally spent some long overdue time with a recording by
Dona Dumitru Siminica, who was somewhat of a musical legend in Bucharest c. 1960. His haunting voice pours a touching sense of heartbreak into this collection of drinking songs and love laments, and his eerie vocals presage his lonely passing. Though adored by his countrypeople, he was not particularly popular with the Ceausescu crowd. He died, alone, in a stairwell, of a failed heart. His death went unreported by the official Romanian press. Sounds From a Bygone Age Vol. 3 provides a loving remembrance.
One of the better recent finds from the WOMEX treasure trove is a new record
from Turkish percussionist Burhan Ocal and the Trakya All Stars. Featuring Tunisian/Parisian electronics and oud specialist Smadj, this amazing release is full of grooves both deep and real. It comes courtesy of our friends at Doublemoon, the prolific and groundbreaking Turkish label home to such TSonic favorites as Mercan Dede, Aziza A and Baba Zula. Doublemoon is one of the world's best-run labels, and one of its best kept secrets as well. Incidentally, I'm eager to see the film Crossing the Bridge, a documentary offering an insiders glimpse of the Istanbul underground scene that many of Doublemoon's artists helped establish.As always, thanks for tuning in to TerraSonic. Our holiday wish this year: a regular webstream so that we can not only reach listeners in Boulder, but also hopefully bring back many of those around the country that I know we've lost touch with since the transition from Radio 1190 to our new home at KGNU. Good people are working to make this dream a reality and I'm reasonably confident that we'll soon be available to more of you on a regular basis.
Your questions, requests, comments and criticisms are always welcome here--and here too. Please get/keep in touch. Thanks again and see you next week.
TerraSonic - 11 November 2006
PS--thanks for voting.
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