27th November 2012 – Albania
This week Planet Waves includes music from Albania, “Land of Eagles”, where independence from the Ottoman Empire was declared one hundred years ago on 28th November 1912. The country’s isolation during most of the 20th century kept some strange and wonderful musical traditions alive.
Dinna ast me (Eh dinna ken) – St Andrew – The Word on the Pavey – Mink Records MINK 3 – Dundee
Sigan Bailando (Keep On Dancing) – Los Gaiteros de San Jacinto – Un Fuego De Sangre Pura: Los Gaiteros de San Jacinto from Colombia – Smithsonian Folkways – Colombia
La Bulla – Los Curramberos de Guayabal – Diablos del Ritmo: The Colombian Melting Pot 1960-1985 – Analog Africa AACD 072 – Colombia
La Negra – Albert “Beto” Murgas – Colombie: Le Vallenato – Ocora C 560093 – Colombia
Yarlung – Soname – Natural Mind – Enja Tip Toe 888 852 2 – Tibet
Lullaby (Berceuse) – Hamide Laska – Mysterious Albania – Pierre Verany PV 750010 – Albania
Fuat Bahani – Ali Kondi, Nevruz Kondi & group – Folk Music of Albania – Topic 12T154 (LP) – Albania
Kaba Me Violi – 2 violins & oud – Folk Music of the Mediterranean – Ethnic Folkways FE 4501 (LP) – Albania
Ca’ the Yows – Ken Hyder’s Talisker – Dreaming of Glenisla – Reel Recordings RR 004 – Scotland
Hey Ca’ Through – Ray, Joyce, Audrey & Priscilla Fisher – The Fisher Family – Topic 12T137 (LP) – Scotland
Song of the Kurds – Sanubar Tursun – Music of Central Asia Vol.10: Borderlands: Wu Man and Master Musicians from the Silk Route – Smithsonian Folkways SFW CD 40529 – China
Rhapsodic Suite – Instrumentlists from Puka – Mysterious Albania – Pierre Verany PV 750010 – Albania
Janinës ç’i panë sytë (What did Janina’s eyes see?) – Singers from Labë Country – Labë Country: Complaints and Love Songs – Ocora C 560188 – Albania
Outside the Bakery – State Broadcasters – Ghosts We Must Carry – Olive Grove Records OGR 10 – Scotland
The Morning Trumpet – Henagar-Union Sacred Harp Convention – I Belong To This Band – Dust-to-Digital DTD-06 – USA
N’Pensheremne E Zotrise Sate – Famille Lela de Permet – Polyphonies Vocales Et Instrumentales D’Albanie – Label Bleu – Albania
Echo Blues (sig tune) – Frank Wakefield – That was now… this is then! – Rosewood RA 62096 – Tennessee