22nd October 2013 – Jew’s harp
Some of the music on this evening’s Planet Waves is decidedly rural, some definitely urban. From a thousand years ago to 2013 and from Laos to Larbert it runs a glorious gamut…
En-Aye-En-Ey – Antenna Tony Monorail – Rock&Roll Jew’s Harp – A Tree In A Field Records – England
Trava Vre Manga Kai Alani (Away with you, Manga!) – Cigdem Aslan – Mortissa – Asphalt Tango Records – Greek Asia Minor
Angel – Yom – The Empire of Love – Jazz Village JV 570026 – France
Khap Xieng Khouang 2 – Pouvieng Vathalisack & Khamsuane Vongthongkham – Laos: Molams & Mokhènes – Inédit/Maison des Cultures du Monde – Laos
22nd October 1953 Laos: independence from France declared
Adagio-Cantabile from String Quartet Op 9 No 2 – London Haydn Quartet – Joseph Haydn String Quartets Op 9 – Hyperion CDA 67611 – Austria
On My Radio – The Selecter – The 2 Tone Story – Chrysalis CHRTT 5009 (LP) – England
23rd October 1953 Pauline Black of the Selecter born
Beautiful Girl – Boban & Marko Markovic Orchestra – Gipsy Manifesto – Piranha CDPIR 2753 – Serbia
Mépriseuse de Garçons – De Temps Antan – Ce Monde Ici-Bas – L-Abe LABECD 1998 – Quebec
The Old Grey Horse – Obed Pickard – That’s My Rabbit, My Dog Caught It – New World NW 226 (LP) – Tennessee
Will Ye Go Tae Flanders? – Karine Polwart – Fairest Floo’er – Hegri Music HEGRICD 03 – Scotland
Aura (Aura / Castlerock Road) – Mira – Mira – MIRA 001 – Scotland
Assikal (The Journey) – Tamikrest – Chatma (Sisters) – Glitterbeat – Mali
Jews harp and willow flute – Åke Egevad & Styrrbjörn Bergelt – The Sounds of Prehistoric Scandinavia – EMI Musica Sveciae MS 101 (LP) – Sweden
When the Weekend Comes – Bobby Womack – Womagic – MCA MCG 6020 (LP) – USA
Echo Blues (sig tune) – Frank Wakefield – That was now… this is then! – Rosewood RA 62096 – Tennessee