Roots

Rachel Unthank called in around 8:15 this morning, the day before her first time in the ‘States and her first US tour with her band, the Winterset. We heard a few songs from their album The Bairns, as we talked about her first US tour and the making of the album with her bandmates. We also heard brand new music from Dressy Bessy, A Night in the Box and Robin Linda Williams.

Today we began with the Hungarian folk group Sebo (Rounder), followed by music of the Philippines(Arc), then music from Jaco do Bandolim of Brazil(Acoustic Disc), the music from Mali by Toumani Diabate (Hannibal), music from Bruce Molsky (Rounder), music from Azerbaijan (Pan).

During the second hour we heard music and interview from local group the Brass Kings…recording engineer and mix down by Mario Vano. We finished with music of Indian Sitarist Shahid Parviz (live track),