TSP Saturday February 5, 2011 / Real Vocal String Quartet

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Saturday, February 5, 2011
Real Vocal String Quartet

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San Francisco's all-female Real Vocal String Quartet applies its top-notch classical chops to a wide palette of not-so-classical styles, from African songs to Balkan music to bluegrass. The quartet gives us a live taste of the heady eclecticism displayed on its self-titled debut cd.

This Week's Playlist:

(* = new)

Teshome Meteku: Hasabe / Various Artists: Ethiopiques Volume 1 / Buda Musique (0:00:00 Pop-up)

Either Orchestra: Yezemed Yebada / Ethiopiques - Live in Addis / Buda Musique (0:07:35 Pop-up)
Teshome Meteku composition (Mulatu Astatqe Arrangement)

Jonas Gwangwa and the African Explosion: Switch No. 1 (0:16:41 Pop-up)

Assagao: Bayeza / Zimbabwe (0:19:36 Pop-up)
Assagai (Dudu Pukwana, L Moholo, M Feza, members of Jade Warrior and others) (South Africa via Europe)

The Big Four: Wenzani Umoya / Various Artists: Next Stop Soweto / Strut / * (0:22:55 Pop-up)

Mahotella Queens: Inxeba Lendoda / Meet the Mahotella Queens (0:26:16 Pop-up)

Sharkiat: A Night in Cairo / Camel Road (0:31:56 Pop-up)

Youssou N'Dour: Shukran Bamba / Egypt / Nonesuch (0:37:29 Pop-up)
Orchestrated by Fathy Salama of Sharkiat

Hakim: Anabalina / Como Suena (0:40:44 Pop-up)

Tamer Hosny: Yana Ya Mafish / Ekhtart Sa7 (0:49:17 Pop-up)

Aurelio Martinez: Lubara Wanwa / Laru Beya / Next Ambience / * (0:53:00 Pop-up)

Real Vocal String Quartet: Kitchen Girls (Live on WFMU) (0:59:01 Pop-up)

Real Vocal String Quartet: Chorale (Live on WFMU) (1:08:34 Pop-up)

Real Vocal String Quartet: Kothbiro (Live on WFMU) (1:14:46 Pop-up)
Ayub Ogada song

Real Vocal String Quartet: Machine (Live on WFMU) (1:24:11 Pop-up)
Regina Spektor song

Real Vocal String Quartet: Fonte Abandonada - Passatempo (Live on WFMU) (1:33:02 Pop-up)
Pixinguinha compositions

Ballake Sissoko and Vincent Segal: Wo Ye N'Gougobine / Chamber Music / Six Degrees / * (1:39:28 Pop-up)

Dembo Konte, Kausu Kuyate and the Jali Roll Orchestra: Mariama Diallo / Jali Roll / Rogue (1:46:27 Pop-up)

Rana Santacruz: No Puedo Mas / Chicavasco / Oasis (1:51:05 Pop-up)

Grasscals: Last Train To Clarksville / The Famous Lefty Flynn's / Rounder / * (1:58:09 Pop-up)

Fishtank Ensemble: Djordje's Rachenitza / Women in Sin / Fishtank (1:59:38 Pop-up)

Luminescent Orchestrii: Militsa / Neptune's Daughter / NMR (2:02:52 Pop-up)

Sway Machinery: Shalom / The House of Friendly Ghosts, Volume 1 / JDub / * (2:14:49 Pop-up)

Sway Machinery with Khaira Arby: Gawad Teriamou / The House of Friendly Ghosts, Volume 1 / JDub / * (2:18:59 Pop-up)

Rikki Ililonga & Musi-O-Tunya: Mpondolo / Dark Sunrise / Now Again / * (2:24:46 Pop-up)
New double-reissue

Toubab Krewe: Area Code / Tk2 / Nat Geo / * (2:40:56 Pop-up)

Diego Obregon and Grupo Chonta: Mi Canoita (2:42:45 Pop-up)
Johanna Castaneda, Vocals

Rebolu: Bullerengue Rico / Abriendo Caminos (2:45:45 Pop-up)

Joe Arroyo y la Verdad: Son Apretao / Rebelion Tropical - The Very Best of Fruko & Joe Arroyo / Nascente / * (2:49:30 Pop-up)

Listener comments!

6:17pm Richard from Venezuela:

Hi rob. Nice Mulatu Astatqe Arrangement. I discovered it by your show. Terrific Musician.

6:38pm julian:

Fathy! Nice choice. Suitable.

6:40pm Your Lemezlovas:

Thanks Richard!

6:43pm gamal:

dude, this is not egyptian.. only the chorus is even arabic : )

6:46pm Your DJ:

Oh I know, it's Youssou N'Dour singing in Wolof! But he was collaborating with Fathy Salama and his group from Cairo. I'm not really doing a purely Egyptian set this time around, more hybrid as you can hear on this Hakim track too which is actually in the Rumba Catalan style.

6:48pm gamal:

oh ok then. so peeps there worried about islamists.. how about this time america doesn't bribe any goverment and many even the islamists will calm down? ; )

6:52pm Your DJ:

I don't think people who are in the know are too worried about the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt - although most Americans are pretty ignorant about all of this stuff! (I didn't mean that to be a really serious statement - I was more using the example to criticize the press coverage.) But the US certainly does have a long history of supporting dictatorial governments for the wrong reasons - South America anyone?

6:53pm sigurdur:

Hey there gamal i iam wondering where your´s gamal arrives from?

6:58pm gamal:

yeah true, US imperialism is all over and won't stop for another 10-20 years when the empire finally crumbles from debt. Gamal is not my name, but i thought of sth egyptian, G abdul nasser. No special meaning in it.

7:06pm sigurdur:

Alright . I was just ponderig because the meaning of gamal in norse means tgelder (meaning something that´s old) man that´s old, of experince

7:07pm Richard from Venezuela:

Good start of Real Vocal's set.

7:12pm sigurdur:

sorry misspelled the older was my meaning

7:15pm sigurdur:

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7:33pm frenchee:

these ladies are amazing!

7:34pm Your DJ:

Yes, great musicians, glad you like them!

7:48pm irene:

Thank you Rob! Love this chamber music too.

7:50pm Your DJ:

Thanks Irene!

8:01pm Jessie Ivry:

Thanks Rob! RVSQ never sounded better!
And love all the music before and after too. I am a new fan!

8:04pm Your DJ:

Thanks Jessie - the feeling is very mutual - !

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