16th October 2012 – oud 1
Oud you believe it? This week on Planet Waves I’m showcasing the music of the oud, the middle Eastern lute that’s the favoured instrument throughout the Arab world.
Eight Miles High – Leo Kottke – The Best – Capitol E STSP 21 (LP) – Georgia
Sama-Sounounou – Trio Joubran – Majâz – Randana RAND 002 – Palestine
Aina Tantahi – Kamilya Jubran & Werner Hasler – Wameedd – Unit Records – Palestine
Helalisa – Hamza El Din – Eclipse – Rykodisc – Nubia
Qadibun min ar-rayhani (Like a Star) – Beihdja Rahal – In the Mood for the Nouba – Institut du Monde Arabe 321 079 080 – Algeria
Wawili Tunapendani (The 2 of us are loving one another) – Abdullah Mussa Ahmed & Seif Salim Saleh – Taarab 1: The Music of Zanzibar – Globestyle ORBD 032 (LP) – Zanzibar
the scottish Huntsupe – Ronn McFarlane – The Scottish Lute – Dorian DOR 90129 – Scotland
Candy Girl / I Want You – Furnace Mountain – The Road to Berryville – self-released – Virgina
I Want You – Gary Burton Quartet (ft Steve Swallow) – In Concert – FiveFour 31 – New York
Shenandoah River – Pokey Lafarge and the South City Three – Middle of Everywhere – Continental Record Services CSCCD 1075 – Missouri
Taqsîm en Maqâm Awshâr – Munir Bashir – The Art of the ‘Ûd – Ocora C583068 – Iraq
Chant de Table – Theopula Doitsidu & Kariofilis Doitsidis – Le Tour du Monde en 80 Musiques – Naïve B 6882 – Greece
Banker’s Banquet – Rabih Abou-Khalil – Hungry People – World Village WVF 479078 – Lebanon
Echo Blues (sig tune) – Frank Wakefield – That was now… this is then! – Rosewood RA 62096 – Tennessee