My next edition of Wereldmineralen, the sparkling saturday morning non-stop world music-hour of music-radiostation De Concertzender, on July 12th, 2008, will be -as usual- broadcasted on Radio 6 and via internet and can -as always- be listened to afterwards via ‘on demand’. This edition features four recent world music releases with sounds from Africa, the Middle East, Iran, India and the United States.
First there’s Nigerian Afrobeat by Seun Kuti and Egypt 80, from the album ‘Many things’. The hypnotizing dance music of Seun Kuti thrives upon the musical inheritance of his father, Fela Kuti, the founder and undisputed king of Afrobeat music.
The second quarter of the programme features British-Arab singer Natacha Atlas with songs from her new album ‘Ana Hina’.
In an intimate atmosphere, full of nostalgia, she interprets Arab songs in the style of Lebanese singer Fairuz and the Egyptian star Abdel Halim Hafez.
Then we move on to the album ‘Battements au coeur de l’Orient’, which offers a most exciting mix of classical music from Iran and India in a project by two renowned percussionists, zarb player Keyvan Chemirani from Iran and tabla player Anindo Chatterjee from India.
The programme concludes with music from the 2-cd album ‘Miles from India’, featuring Miles Davis-classics, imbued with a musical flavour of India and played by well known jazz and world music musicians from India and the United States.
Here’s the playlist:
titel: Many Things
tijdsduur: 8:01
uitvoerende: Seun Kuti + Fela’s Egypt 80
componist: Seun Anikulapo Kuti
album: Many Things
label en jaar: Tôt Ou Tard 8345105822 ; C. 2008
titel: Na Oil
tijdsduur: 8:09
uitvoerende: Seun Kuti + Fela’s Egypt 80
componist: Lekan Animashaun
album: Many Things
label en jaar: Tôt Ou Tard 8345105822 ; C. 2008
titel: Beny Ou Benak Eih (What’s Between Me And You? I Wish You’d Tell Me)
tijdsduur: 4:12
uitvoerende: Natacha Atlas & The Mazeeka Ensemble
componist: Kamal Al Taweel ; Mamoun Al Shinnawy
album: Ana Hina
label en jaar: World Village 450005 ; C. 2008
titel: La Shou El Haki (Why The Need To Talk)
tijdsduur: 3:18
uitvoerende: Natacha Atlas & The Mazeeka Ensemble
componist: Rahbani Brothers
album: Ana Hina
label en jaar: World Village 450005 ; C. 2008
titel: La Teetab Alayi (Don’t Blame Me)
tijdsduur: 3:20
uitvoerende: Natacha Atlas
componist: Rahbani Brothers
album: Ana Hina
label en jaar: World Village 450005 ; C. 2008
titel: El Asil (Sunset)
tijdsduur: 2:03
uitvoerende: Natacha Atlas
componist: Emam El Saftalli ; Aly Ismael
album: Ana Hina
label en jaar: World Village 450005 ; C. 2008
titel: Chabi Majnoun
tijdsduur: 5:46
uitvoerende: Keyvan Chemirani & Anindo Chatterjee
componist: trad. arr. by Keyvan Chemirani ; Nizami Ganjavi (tekst)
album: Battements Au Coeur De L’Orient
label en jaar: Accords Croisés AC 121 ; P. en C. 2007
titel: Nemidounam
tijdsduur: 7:15
uitvoerende: Keyvan Chemirani & Anindo Chatterjee
componist: trad. arr. by Keyvan Chemirani & Anindo Chatterjee
album: Battements Au Coeur De L’Orient
label en jaar: Accords Croisés AC 121 ; P. en C. 2007
titel: In A Silent Way
tijdsduur: 2:33
uitvoerende: Adam Holzman ; Robert Irving ; Pandit Brij Narain
componist: Joe Zawinul
album: Miles From India
label en jaar: Accords Croisés AC 121 ; P. en C. 2007
titel: Jean Pierre
tijdsduur: 11:36
uitvoerende: Ranjit Barot ; Rakesh Chaurasia ; Adam Holzman ; Robert Irving ; Benny Rietveld ; Mike Stern ; Vince Wilburn
componist: Miles Davis
album: Miles From India
label en jaar: Times Square Records TSQ-CD-1808 ; P. en C. 2007