Al compás del mundo - programa #113 - World Folk Music - From Tiwit Kollo Tit

Al compás del mundo - programa #113 - World Folk Music - From Tiwit Kollo Tit - Eunice Two-step

What to say about this wildly diverse batch of music from peoples all over the globe? I’m going to pick out just a few random offerings to elaborate upon, though of course, every artist represented here has a history worth noting.

Johnny Guitar from Thailand, along with several other recording artists/bands there, played what was called “shadow music” back in the 60’s. Influenced by a widely popular British band, The Shadows, Mr. Guitar and friends introduced electrified surf and go-go to traditional Thai sounds to create a new genre of folk-pop music.

Nelcy Sedibe, a South African of Zulu origin recorded in the early 80’s and contributed to a collection of music promoted as The Indestructible Beat of Soweto, named after the impoverished black township near Johannesburg. As happened in Thailand and, seemingly, everywhere else on the planet, multi-media sources introduced Western music and the electric instruments played to create that contemporary with-it sound. Once again, a hybrid music evolved relying on amplified, uptempo beats and long-established characteristically Zulu rhythmic forms and vocal arrangements.

You could repeat that musical trajectory in speaking of Os Bongos from Angola and Madjzoub Ounsa from Sudan as well. However the majority of the titles found in today’s program stick more closely to the music grandpa use to play. Give a listen to any one of the remaining pieces and discover how folk used to express musical joy (and pain) and, hopefully, still do. - J.H.

When That Great Ship Went Down - I heard kids singing this on Calumet St Boston back in the Carter Admin. They might have been playing hopscotch on the sidewalk. It was night. The Titantic took a long time to sink in around here. -J.V.

Runlist for World Folk Music
First broadcast 2-1-24

01 Abdelali Izenkad - Tiwit Kollo Tit (Morocco)

02 Madjzoub Ounsa - Aziz ant ya wataniin (Sudan)

03 Raoul Journo – Ya Fatma (Tunisia)

04 Johnny Guitar - Lao Kratob Mai (Thailand)

05 anonimo - Javanese Gamelan Music (Indonesia)

06 Chitose Hajime - Ikyunnyakanabushi (Japan)

07 Jashar & Idajet Sejdiu, Kosovar - Çanakala (Albania-Turkey)

08 Neizova & Dzhuraev - Dodarakam (Tajikistan)

09 Maharajapuram Santhanam - Metho Savariya (Raga Bhajan, Tala Adi) (India)

10 Nelcy Sedibe - Holotelani (South Africa)

11 Os Bongos - Pachanga Maria (Angola)

12 Tulear, Majunga, Mananjary - Morombe (Madagascar)

13 Orquesta Tzentzangary - Arriba Tzentzangary (Purépecha from Michoacán, México)

14 Gatu Malu - Corazones partios (Cantabria, Spain)

15 Marinalva - Tarde Nordestina (Brazil)

16 Winiaypa - Piruritu (Ecuador)

17 William and Versey Smith - When That Great Ship Went Down (USA)

18 Amédé Ardoins - Eunice Two-step (USA)

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