From the Niger River in Mali in music by Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba to the Magdalena River in Colombia in music by Monte, hear music about rivers - specific rivers and rivers in general, as part of a two show mini-series.
Listen to new music by Turkish-German/Swiss duo Grandbrothers, and their work with a rolling flow to it, “Four Rivers.” Also, there’s music by Malian ngoni master Bassekou Kouyate and N’Goni Ba, who take us to a small village, Garana, at the banks of the Niger river in Mali, from the record, Miri.
Then, hear Anglo-German composer Claudia Molitor and a portion of her audio work, “Sonograma: Thames Suite,” a sonic accompaniment to a train journey. There’s also music by Simón Mejía of Colombian dance band Bomba Estéreo, working as Monte. His piece, “Habitat Sur” combines field recordings collected from the environment along the Magdalena River with guitar and electronics.
Also, hear music from Native American flutist Robert Mirabal and the electric string quartet, ETHEL from their collaborative record, The River. There’s also work by Norwegian pianist Ketil Bjørnstad and the late American cellist David Darling from their ECM record, The River. Plus, from composer Sarah Kirkland Snider, hear “The River,” a piece from her song-cycle “Unremembered,” about a river in rural Massachusetts featuring vocals by Shara Nova. Then, sample music from a nine-part suite composed as a tribute to the various rivers of Brazil - Aguas da Amazonia by Philip Glass, written for the group Uakti, who play instruments that they designed and built themselves. That, and more.
Program #4447, Music For Rivers, Part 1 (First Aired 1/13/2021)
ARTIST: Ketil Bjornstad and David Darling
WORK: The River, Part 2 [5:11]
RECORDING: The River
SOURCE: ECM Records 1593
INFO: ecmrecords.com
ARTIST: Claudia Molitor
WORK: Thames Suite [5:45]
RECORDING: Sonorama
SOURCE: sonorama.org.uk
ARTIST: ETHEL & Robert Mirabal
WORK: An Kha Na [5:11]
RECORDING: The River
SOURCE: Innova 946
INFO: innova.mu, available on Amazon and iTunes
ARTIST: Shara Nova
WORK: The River [3:43]
RECORDING: Sarah Kirkland Snider: Unremembered
SOURCE: New Amsterdam Records NWAM 067
INFO: newamsterdamrecords.com
ARTIST: Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba, feat. Habib Koite
WORK: Miri [3:56]
RECORDING: Miri
SOURCE: Out Here Records OH 032LP
INFO: outhere.de |outhererecords.bandcamp.com
ARTIST: Uakti
WORK: Purus River [7:19]
RECORDING: Aguas Da Amazonia – Music By Philip Glass
SOURCE: Point Music #259 464 064.
INFO: Out of print. Reissued via Orange Mountain Music #0026
orangemountainmusic.com
ARTIST:Grandbrothers
WORK: Four Rivers [7:19]
RECORDING: All the Unknown
SOURCE: City Slang
INFO: grandbrothers.bandcamp.com
ARTIST: Monte
WORK: Habitat Sur [5:45]
RECORDING: Mirla
SOURCE: youtube.com. also available via Apple Music or Spotify
ARTIST: Adam Plack & Johnny White Ant Soames
WORK: The River - (Fate) [5:03]
RECORDING: Winds of Warning
SOURCE: Australian Music International AMI 2002
INFO: Try Amazon.com or iTunes