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Saturday, October 17, 2009
Wu Man on the Ancient Paths, Modern Voices Festival
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L-R: Ba Da Chui, Li Family Daoist Band, Wu Man.
NY-based Chinese pipa virtuoso Wu Man is usually a performer, not a curator. But she was enlisted by the folks at Carnegie Hall to travel far and wide in China to seek out village musical traditions - and bring some of the performers to NYC as part of Carnegie's wide-ranging Ancient Paths, Modern Voices Festival of Chinese music and performing arts.
The festival starts this weekend and features concerts and other events at Carnegie and other venues, including some free concerts. For the first time ever New Yorkers will hear the compelling women's vocal music of the Dong ethnic minority (from remote Southwestern China near the Burmese border), as well as an ebullient Daoist village ensemble from the north near Mongolia, and much more regional Chinese traditional music and performing arts rarely (if ever) seen in the US.
Wu Man will be participating in the festival as well, but never one to slack off, she's currently in California with the Kronos Quartet rehearsing her next project (which will also hit Carnegie, November 3). She takes a rehearsal break to join us by phone and talk about some of the artists she's bringing over.
L-R: Zhang Family Band, Dong Singers, Zhao Jiazhen.
This Week's Playlist:
(* = new)Gal Costa: Pais Tropical / Gal Costa / Philips /
Baiano E Os Novos Caetanos: Perereca / Baiano E Os Novos Caetanos 2 /
Forro in the Dark: Saudades de Manezi / Light a Candle / NuBlu / *
Ocote Soul Sounds & Adrian Quesada: Pan, Chamba Y Techo / Coconut Rock / ESL / *
Lafayette Afro Rock Band: Oglenon / Soul Makossa / Hi & Fly /
La Cumbiamba eNeYe: Marioneta / Marioneta / Chonta /
Tumbacatre: Aguardiente / Tumbacatre /
Čankišou: Borrega / Lé La / Indies /
Dva: Dua-Dua / Fonok / Indies / *
Warsaw Village Band: Polska Fran Polska / Infinity / Barbes / *
Wu Man: Dance of the Yi People / Wu Man and Friends / Traditional Crossroads /
Li Family Daoist Band + Zhang Family Band: Montage / Unreleased /
Dong Singers: Cicadas are Crying / Dong Folk Songs - People and Nature in Harmony /
Zhao Jiazhen with Li Xiangting, Liu Li, Wu Jinglue, Yu Qingxin: Thinking of an Old Friend / Various Artists: Treasure of Traditional Music Vol. 9 / China Record Co. /
Ba Da Chui: Excerpt / Gong and Drum of Beijing Opera (DVD) /
Wu Man:
Bat-Out-Of-Hell Kozachok
/ Wu Man and Friends
/ Traditional Crossroads
/
Featuring Julian Kytasty. Also with Lee Knight and James Makubuya.
Bridges:
Ei Rose Hev Eg Sett
/ Live in China
/ Heilo
/
Norwegian and Dong (Chinese) Musicians and singers
Najma Akhtar and Gary Lucas: Behaal / Rishte / World Village / *
Les Triaboliques: Crossing the Stone Bridge / Rivermudtwilight / World Village / *
Meg Baird - Helena Espvall - Sharron Kraus: False Sir John / Leaves From Off the Tree / Bo' Weavil /
Chuck and Albert:
Pate Chinois
/ Energie
/
Francophone acoustic from Prince Edward Island
Feufollet: Chere Beth / Cow Island Hop / Valcour /
Yellow Hat Band:
Zemljotres Kolo
/ Various Artists: Honk Again! 2008
/ Honk
/
*
Recorded at the 2008 Honk! Festival, Somerville MA
Guignol: Brnaks / Fight Dirty / *
Ale Moller Band:
Bail
/ Djel, Djel
/ Amigo Musik
/
Sung in Greek and Wolof. Also on the WOMEX Conference 2009 Sampler, the Womeximizer (see http://www.womex.org)
Cedric Watson:
Cedric Zydeco
/ Cedric Watson
/ Valcour
/
Also on the WOMEX Conference 2009 Sampler, the Womeximizer (see http://www.womex.org)
Fra Fra Sound:
Les Yeux de Tamashek
/ Kultiplex
/ Pramisi
/
Music bed for concert info.
Baba Maal: International / Television / Palm Pictures / *
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