East Asian Stringed Instruments

continentaldrift — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:11:21 +0000

Although last week’s show was nonexistent due to circumstances beyond our control, we plan to make up for it with a show not from one country, but a whole continent featuring string instruments from that region! Asia is home to a diverse array of musical styles and instruments, and this show features voices such as the Morin Khuur, the Gu Zheng, the Koto, and the Pipa, just to name a few. The playlist was selected carefully to highlight each of the instruments somewhat equally that are unique to Earth’s largest continent. We hope the musical education and journey and enjoyable for you!

Also make sure to check out this edition of Global Shuffle where featured the music of our friends on MySpace.com.

Playlist (song – artist):

1 Morin Khuur Solo: Dungshang Googoo – Various Artists
2 Sad morin Khuur – Mathias Duplessy
3 Hong Yan Shao Shu (Gu Zheng) – Li Jia Xiang
4 The Music Of The Han River (Han Jiang Yun) Zhou Taotao
5 Chinese Koto – Chinese and Japanese Koto Harp and Shakuhachi Flute Music
6 Koto Japan – Chinese and Japanese Koto Harp and Shakuhachi Flute Music
7 Shockikubai (Koto) – Koto Ensemble Of The Ikuta School, Japan
8 Dialogue with the Erhu – Jun Chen
9 Broken Erhu – Osaka-Sunset
10 Moon Reflection In The Er Quan – Wang Guotong
11 Dressing Up – Yang Wei
12 Snow in the Bright Spring – Yang Jing
13 The Moon in the Sky – He Shufeng
14 Happy To See the Billowing Wheat Fields (Xi Kan Mai Tian Qian Ceng Lang) -Wang Guotong
15 Er-Hu Song – Marco Mastrocola
16 Camel Bells Of The Silk Road – Nian-bing Zhang
17 Turkish March – Monsters of Shamisen
18 Kayagûm Sanjo – Choi Moon-Jin & Peter Joon Park
19Tam Nhac Dan Tranh (Dan Tranh Improvisation) – Phong Nguyen Ensemble

Global Shuffle Segment:

Zeki Caglarmisirli Ahmetsenden Sonra – Zeki Caglar Namli

Tender Song – Anzh

Gersheta – Mariola Kacani

Monae Porey – Shabnam Mushtari

DAARE – Bark Biiga

Vietnam

continentaldrift — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 02:16:38 +0000

Probably, the most known facts about Vietnam in today’s American society are related to the bitter Vietnam war and very rarely one hears details on cultural aspects of this country (or almost any other country in the world) on popular mass media. Contrary to the harsh memories of the war, Vietnamese music has an extraordinary mellow and relaxing tune to it. Variety of traditional instruments used in Vietnamese music makes it very unique and historical and paints the culture and religious rituals of Vietnam. As usual, this edition of Continental Drift starts off with traditional and folk songs and instrumental pieces that are good representatives of the tradition and history of the music of the country and spends the last half hour on contemporary music. The coverage of Vietnamese music was concluded with a amazing performance of a traditional Vietnamese song by a group of four women. The video of this performance is at the bottom of this page. And last but not least, the Global Shuffle segment showcased the music of some of the friends of the show on MySpace.com where we included two songs by two different bands from a very unknown country in Western Africa, Gabon.

PLAYLIST:

Falling Rain – Pham duc Thanh

Work Song – Pham duc Thanh

Qua Cau Gio Bay (Breeze Over the Bridge) – Trieu Tien Vuong

Dem Tay Nguyen (Night in Tay Nguyen) – Dan

Xuan Que Huong (The Spring in My Home Village) – Leu Kim Thu

Loi Lo (Theater music) – From the CD “the Music of Vietnam, Vol. 1.2″

Hat Hoi – Pham Duy

The Wounded Soldier – Pham Duy

Ly Ngua O – Pham duc Thanh

Di Cay- Pham duc Thanh

Dao Ngu Cung (Literally: “Inversion Of The Five Fundamental Degrees Of The Vietnam – Nguyen Vinh Bao Ensemble

Medley: Luu Thuy, Binh Ban & Kim Tien (Stream of Water, Piece in Moderation, Golden Coin) – Phong Nguyen Ensemble

* You can listen to the following songs directly from the artists’ pages on this player.

Con Dau Cuoi Cung – Le Hieu

Dam Cuoi Ngheo – Truong Vu

Con Mua Qua – Bao Thy

Thuong Ve Mien Dat Lanh – Bich Tuyen

Stay Don’t Go – Hoa Trang An

Global Shuffle Segment (11:30 p.m. 12:00 a.m.)

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