This mix extracts selections from bootlegs found throughout the Arab Emirates, showcasing a unique sound phenomenon of the Mkataa; The songs themselves span genres and time periods, from old Khaliji folk songs to the latest Bollywood hits.
Samples, clips, pinches, and rips - the art of sonic appropriation featuring original compositions from 10 sound artists from the Middle East who use sampling as an integral part of their practice plus conversations with some of the artists.
This program dives into the electrified shape-shifting history of the synthesizer in contemporary music from the Middle East, from the mid-60s to the present. Featuring some of the earliest examples of keyboard music and modern shaabi instrumentals.
In part two of Neo-Sufi and the American Jugni, the discussion delves into the political, social and spiritual inspiration behind the songs Arif Lohar and Arooj Aftab craft that are a culmination of human interactions their inherent poetic voices.
Sung in Punjabi, a language just as spontaneous as the music itself, and lyrically inspired by Sufi spiritual poetry, the songs Arif Lohar and Arooj Aftab craft are a culmination of human interactions and feelings and their inherent poetic voices.
Ned Sublette assembled this show to feature the hip Cuban rhythms of 1960; the pachanga along with tastes of bolero, mambo, and boogaloo. This late Feb. 2012 we honor Jimmy Sabater, an architect of boogaloo of that era, who died recently in New York.
David Weinstein hosts singer Qian Yi, composer Du Yun, musician/producer Dave Liang of the Shanghai Restoration Project, and Rachel Cooper of the Asia Society where a China-India symposium takes place Nov. 3-6, 2011. Not your mother's Chinese music.
Jeannie Hopper hosts the São Paulo born, New York based A&R, film producer, music supervisor and compiler Béco Dranoff who is a co-producer of the extraordinary and highly anticipated 2011 release of Red Hot + Rio 2, honoring the 60s Tropicalia wave.
Improvised music to accompany the dance of a usually-female shaman. Performed by an ensemble including Park Jong Sul-Changgo, Park Jung Sun-Ajaeng, Kim Bang Hyun-Taegum, Kim Chan Sub-Haegum, Han Se Hyon-Piri, Jung Jung Min-Ching, Hong Ok Mi-Haegum.
ARTonAIR.org's Jeannie Hopper welcomes Grammy Nominated international recording artists Les Nubians to our studios. Sister duo Hélène Faussart and Célia Faussart grace us with a live performance, accompanied by a few of their fellow band mates
