This New Sounds is full of unexpected musical dream-teams, like New York-based Raya Brass Band, whose latest record, RAYA, is full of informed cross-cultural takes on Balkan brass music – here a loping Ethiogroove or New York salsa woven into the New Orleans street party meets Macedonian, Greek, and Turkish wedding music. Listen to the seductive odd sevens of "Dren Gajda," which evokes the sound of the bagpipe, or gajda (which is also a bagpipe-accompanied Macedonian dance.) Then, there’s tropical psychedelic cumbia from Lima, Peru-based band, Bareto, along with brass-driven Afro-pop from the Washington DC-based band Elikeh, who incorporate Togolese rhythms into their borderless music. (The group’s leader, Massama Dogo, was born in Togo.) Hear Welsh harp, Indian tabla & harmonium, as Mumbai singer Tauseef Akhtar and Welsh singer-songwriter Gwyneth Glyn blend Indian Ghazals with Welsh folk traditional music as Ghazalaw. Plus, hear music from Hiya wal Âalam, which is Tunisian composer and percussionist Houwaida Hedfi, in collaboration with musicians from Tunisia and Palestine, and Swede Olof Dreijer from The Knife. They use North African percussion instruments like bendir, djembe and chkachek, along with wordless vocals and electronic beats. And much more. PROGRAM #3801 Unusual Cross-Cultural Collaborations (First Aired 11-19-2015) ARTIST: XixaWORK: Cumbia del Palatero, excerpt [1:00]RECORDING: Shift and ShadowSOURCE: Barbès RecordsINFO: barbesrecords.com ARTIST: Raya Brass BandWORK: RAYARECORDING: Dren Gajda [4:12]SOURCE: rayabrassband1.bandcamp.com ARTIST: BaretoWORK: Mama Motelo [3:53]RECORDING: ImpredecibleSOURCE: World Village 450030INFO: worldvillagemusic.com ARTIST: ElikehWORK: The Conversation [4:45]RECORDING: KondonaSOURCE: Ropeadope / ElikehINFO: elikeh.bandcamp.com ARTIST: XixaWORK: Cumbia del Palatero [4:04]RECORDING: Shift and ShadowSOURCE: Barbès RecordsINFO: barbesrecords.com ARTIST: TuntoWORK: Couscous Music [4:59]RECORDING: HuviSOURCE: AANI Records INFO: aani.fi OR cdbaby.com ARTIST: GhazalawWORK: Cosb Mor Dlos (Khoobsorat Koi Sazaa) [6:45]RECORDING: GhazalawSOURCE: Marvels of The UniverseINFO: ghazalaw.com ARTIST: Hiya Wal ÂalamWORK: Houwaida Hedfi: Janna feat. Chiheb [4:52]RECORDING: Sawtuha : Nine women from Egypt, Tunisia, Libya, and a bonus song from SyriaINFO: The track appears under the name “Houwaida” on this compilation: jakartarecords-label.bandcamp.com ARTIST: AlifWORK: I tiraf (Confession) [4:56]RECORDING: Aynama-RtamaSOURCE: alifmusic.bandcamp.com
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