Century Song

Century Song
Sunday 9:00 - 11:00 AM
Hosted by Dan Rein

Century Song...a round trip whirlwind radio journey through the world of traditional music. From Native America to throat singing of Tuva...From the pan pipes of Peru to the pan pipes of the South Pacific...From the classical world of the Arabs to the classical courts of China...Irish jigs, Scandinavian Polskas, Pow-wows, and South India Bharata Natam...Sacred, Secular, and Ritual...There are no boundaries as we explore the traditional musics of the world.

Host Dan Rein travelled to Iran in December 2001/January 2002. He returned with warm memories and wonderful photos.

Listen to featured guests, including a recent interview by Dan Rein with Bill Watkins, author, songster, storyteller, and upholder of the bardic tradition. They talk about Bill's new book, "Scotland is not for the Squeamish." Hear tales of the sea, Scotland, mysticism, history and education, all stirred up with wit and ancient Irish wisdom...Music by Silly Wizard, Sean O'Driscoll (singing a song of Bill's) and Bill himself...

Recent Playlists

6/16/2013 Century Song

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6/2/2013 Century Song

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In the second hour we had Dave Birrow of the Marimba Bullies.

5/26/2013 Century Song

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5/19/2013 Century Song

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In the first hour we listened to the Lannen-Jukka String Band from Finland. The concert was recorded by Chris Dronen at the Nordic Roots Festival 2007. Edited by Dan Rein.

5/12/2013 Century Song

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During the first hour we listened to the Lannen-Jukka String Band from Finland. The concert was recorded at the 2007 Nordic Roots Festival at the Cedar Cultural Center by Chris Dronen and edit by Dan Rein.

In the second hour we listened to an interview with Serbian guitarist, Maja Radovanlija, with live guitar tracks.

5/5/2013 Century Song

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During the first hour we listened to a special on the ethnic music of Iran. This installment was on the Azerbaijan part of Iran.
In the second hour we had special guests SlovCzech, playing live dance music from the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

4/28/2013 Century Song

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During the second hour we had Irish accordion master, Paddy O’Brien play and talk about the tradition and his new book.

4/21/2013 Century Song

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Today we had guests, Sherry Minnick and Shawn McBurnie sing songs that Shawn wrote about fearsome critters from the Northlands

4/14/2013 Century Song

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During the first hour we listened to the great Irish group Chulrua from a perfomance at Hosmer Library in 2011
In the second hour we had in studio guest Lonsome Dan Kase, performing and talking about ragtime, the blues and original music.

4/7/2013 Century Song

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Today we interview David Echelard, were he talked about hurdy gurdy and medieval plainchant, and improvised on plainchant themes.

Schedule:

Sunday, 8:00am to 10:00am

DJs:

Dan Rein

Program Categories:

Roots

World Music

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