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Transpacific Sound Paradise
Saturday, March 24, 2012
Erlend Viken

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Erlend Viken, award-winning violinist and virtuoso on Norway's national instrument, the hardanger fiddle, stops by for a live solo session and interview. The hardanger is like a standard violin but in addition to the usual four strings there are four or five "sympathetic" strings that vibrate to give the instrument a haunting echo-like sound. Erlend plays in various bands including the fiddle duo Aslak & Erlend and the bluegrass outfit Early Bird String Band, two-time nominees for the Spellemann award - Norway's equivalent to the Grammy.

This Week's Playlist:

(* = new)

Matorralman: Chicas Kamikaze / Guateque Estelar / Nacional (0:00:00 Pop-up)

Quetzal: Estoy Aqui / Imaginaries / Smithsonian Folkways / * (0:05:43 Pop-up)

Filastine: Shanty Tones / Loot / Muti Music / * (0:10:41 Pop-up)

Cheikh Lo: Sante Yalla / Lamp Fall / Nonesuch (0:15:45 Pop-up)

Natalie Natiembe: Hkdododansing / Karma / Sakifo Records (0:20:05 Pop-up)

Alexis Cuadrado: Draconium / Noneto Iberico / Bjurecords (0:26:39 Pop-up)

Eva Ayllon: El Surco / Kimbafa / Times Square (0:36:12 Pop-up)

Antonio Zambujo: Nao me Dou Longe de Ti / Guia / World Village (0:45:50 Pop-up)

Grupo de Cordas: Teledisco / Live / Unreleased (0:49:55 Pop-up)

Erlend Viken: Springar from Valdres / Live on WFMU / Unreleased (1:11:33 Pop-up)

Erlend Viken: The Girl with the Farm (Halling) / Live on WFMU / Unreleased (1:17:15 Pop-up)

Erlend Viken: The Day After / Live on WFMU / Unreleased (1:24:15 Pop-up)

Erlend and Aslak: Lugumleik i Hallingtakt / Duo / Ta:lik (1:30:25 Pop-up)
Springlek learned from Aslak Brimi's Grandfather Hans Brimi

Early Bird String Band: Way to Go / Blindsides / Voices of Wonder (1:35:38 Pop-up)

Erlend Viken: Blue Cabin Waltz / Live on WFMU / Unreleased (1:40:15 Pop-up)

Erlend Viken: Couples' Dance / Live on WFMU / Unreleased (1:48:40 Pop-up)

Erlend Viken: Five Miles From Town / Live on WFMU / Unreleased (1:52:20 Pop-up)
American fiddle tune played on hardanger - learned from Bruce Molsky and Big Hoedown who recorded it as "Five Miles out of Town"; the tune can be traced to legendary Kentucky fiddler Clyde Davenport

Hukwe Zawose: Mateso / Mateso / Triple Earth (1:57:00 Pop-up)

Igd el Djilad: Mande / Madaris / Popular African Music (2:07:55 Pop-up)

Ernst Reijseger & Groove Lele: Oh Lele, Somin Zirode / Zembrocal Musical / Winter & Winter (2:18:39 Pop-up)

Lo Cor de la Plana: La Noviota / Tant Deman / Buda Musique (2:28:10 Pop-up)

Tomoko Sugawara: Archaic Phrase / Live / Unreleased (2:38:15 Pop-up)
Composition by Kikuko Masumoto

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