World Music

National Night Out – Join the Movement
Moderator Bob Milner discusses the event in the Twin Cities, as one of the largest celebrations in the country, with guests.

Today we began with music from Bohemia with a folk ballad by Musica Bohemica (Supraphon), and followed with music from Epirus, Greece by the Halkias Family Orchestra(Ethnic Folk Arts), and then two tracks from the French Canadian group La Bottine Souriante (Mille Pattes), Gamelan music from the Vilage of Pengosekan, Bali (Vital Records), Sufi music from Iran by Shahram Nazeri and his tanbur ensemble (Quartertone), Kamencheh music from Lorestan (Mahoor), and a set of slides by Sean O’Driscoo (Castle View).

In the second hour we had Gypsy jazz music with in studio guests, Honeysuckle Rose. We also heard a couple of tracks from their CD (www.honeysucklerosemusic.com). We finished with Ethiopian Spiritual music by Yilma Woldemedhen.

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