David Dalle
Thursday June 13th, 2024 with David Dalle
30 for 30 with Greek and Portuguese songstresses; new music from South Africa, Pakistan, Canada and more!

We will continue celebrating my 30 years on-air at CKCU with 30 of the most significant albums in my musical evolution. This week, we build on the two Balkan albums heard last week with another album featuring the music of Goran Bregovic. The 1991 album "Paradehtika" features his songs sung by Greek singer Alkistis Protopsalti with a diverse group of Balkan musicians including Bulgarian clarinetist Ivo Papasov. It was the same Serbian friend who introduced me to last week's albums who shared with me this one. He only had a copy dubbed onto cassette, and I also made a copy. I listened to this cassette on repeat for months! I still think it is Bregovic's music at its very best. Such anguish and passion and joy, this is music to live life at full throttle! The other album was one I first heard on CKCU in 1998. I was listening to Tony Daye's Sunday afternoon program (the original This Island Earth), and this song came on. After I picked up my jaw from the floor and put it back in its place, I called Tony and asked him what was that stunning thing I just heard. It was the incredible Fado singer Misia with the title track from her first international release "Garras Dos Sentidos" ("Claws of the Senses"). I immediately biked to CD Warehouse and bought a copy! Misia was the first Fado singer to break with traditional instrumentation, shocking audiences when she started in Portugal. But her incredible voice, dripping with saudade, and her sensual, rich music won over most listeners; and took my breath away. We will start today's show with that jaw-dropping song I first heard on CKCU in 1998. 1. Lustmord "The Monstrous Soul" Side Effects 2. Ludwig Van Beethoven/Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert Von Karajan et al. "Symphony No. 9" Deutsche Grammophon 3. Doudou N'Diaye Rose "Djabote" Realworld 4. Julius Eastman/Lutoslawski Piano Duo with Joanna Duda, Mischa Kozlowski "Unchained" Dux 5. The Master Musicians of Jajouka featuring Bachir Attar "Apocalypse Across The Sky" Axiom 6. Ustad Bismillah Khan & Party "Shehnai Recital" EMI India 7. Franz Liszt/Claudio Arrau "12 Etudes d'exécution transcendante" Philips 8. Ludwig Van Beethoven transcribed Franz Liszt/Cyprien Katsaris "Symphony No. 9" Teldec 9. Malek Masoudi "Mandir" Shahram 10. Shahram Nazeri "Aatash Dar Neystaan" Shahram 11. Kayhan Kalhor "Scattering Stars Like Dust" Traditional Crossroads 12. Goran Bregovic "Underground" Polygram 13. Kocani Orkestar "A Gypsy Brass Band" Long Distance 14. Misia "Garras Dos Sentidos" Erato 15. Goran Bregovic & Alkistis Protopsalti "Paradehtika" Polygram