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Music for a Monday Afternoon
The best eclectic mix of international music each week. Here's your place to listen to the latest edition of Music for a Monday, hosted by Jackie Sauter, anytime you want. The 02/08/10 edition is the lead segment of this stream. (This archive will only be available until next week's show is posted.)
Can't sing, don't play an instrument, but I sure do love music, all kinds, and I love sharing it with listeners on Mondays. Besides enriching our own lives, music really is a universal language and has so many possibilities for helping us understand each other better and come to a fuller appreciation of other cultures and world views. The emphasis on the show is on world music, but we also take many eclectic side trips to swing, jazz, blues, folk, country, pop and beyond, with special attention paid to new releases that I think you would enjoy. Public radio listeners are a sophisticated and discriminating bunch, so keeping up with you is always a challenge. Your comments and questions are always welcome!E-mail Jackie!! And in case you need a list, here's one—my recommendations, some old, some new. I'll update it from time to time. If you like the show, you will like these recommendations! 
World Music February 8, 2010 | NPR· Castaneda is the sort of musician who isn't afraid to challenge the established order. He's carving out a place for himself in Latin jazz on an instrument you don't often hear in his style of music: the Colombian harp. Castaneda recently parked himself behind Bob Boilen's desk and crafted a transporting mix of tradition and improvisation. February 2, 2010 | NPR· Mali's Bassekou Kouyate, currently touring with banjo king Bela Fleck, demonstrates his prowess on the ngoni — an African lute — on his latest release. Recorded with his band Ngoni Ba, it's titled I Speak Fula. February 1, 2010 | NPR· Loueke is a jazz guitarist and vocalist. But if you've never heard him, his music sounds nothing like the work of the crooning strummer that description conjures. Hear his new album of spare yet intimate duos and trios, Mwaliko, in its entirety prior to its commercial release on Feb. 9. February 1, 2010 | NPR· Zahir was a showman who, appropriately enough, once recorded an Elvis tune; just like Elvis, the Afghan singer kept his fan base for decades after he died in the 1970s. When you hear his story, you learn a lot about how people relate to music, and you learn even more about Afghanistan.  January 29, 2010 | NPR· Beaubrun, one of Haiti's most popular and recognizable musicians, leads the 12-person band Boukman Eksperyans. Now more than ever, he's singing in an effort to transform his home country. |
Program PlaylistsFinding MusicYou can find or special order any of the music heard on this program from local music stores, including:
Northern Music & Video, Potsdam: 315-265-8100
Strawberry Fields, Potsdam: 315-265-7700
SLU Brewer Bookstore, Canton
Ampersound, Saranac Lake:
518-891-3114 Peacock Music, Plattsburgh:
518-561-0555 |
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