David Dalle
Thursday June 12th, 2025 with David Dalle
The Devil Rides Again! Adrian Raso and his return journey with Fanfare Ciocarlia! John Luther Adams "Become Desert" in Ottawa!
Eleven years ago there was an unexpected collaboration between Canadian guitarist Adrian Raso and Romania's famous Roma brass band, Fanfare Ciocarlia. They recorded an album, "Devil's Tale", in Toronto, and toured together. Now, more than a decade later, the Devil rides again! The new album again features mostly compositions by Adrian Raso with a wide range of influences including jazz, rockabilly, and others meeting the furious sounds of Balkan brass head on. The new album shows their now long experience playing together, with a more integrated sound. It is a stellar new album!
| Bugatti Be Kiddin' Me Adrian Raso & Fanfare Ciocarlia - The Devil Rides Again - Asphalt Tango 
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| Jolene Adrian Raso & Fanfare Ciocarlia - The Devil Rides Again - Asphalt Tango
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| The Devil Rides Again Adrian Raso & Fanfare Ciocarlia - The Devil Rides Again - Asphalt Tango
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| Romanian Fantasies Ladom Ensemble - Sofreh Tisch - Lulaworld Records
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| Romanian Folk Dances (after Bela Bartok) Ladom Ensemble - Sofreh Tisch - Lulaworld Records
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| La Marquisette Adrian Raso & Fanfare Ciocarlia - The Devil Rides Again - Asphalt Tango
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| Roma Stomp Adrian Raso & Fanfare Ciocarlia - The Devil Rides Again - Asphalt Tango
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| Doamne Ce Mai Viata Panseluta Feraru - Chants Lautar de Bucarest - Long Distance |
| Tarantella Noir Adrian Raso & Fanfare Ciocarlia - The Devil Rides Again - Asphalt Tango
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| I am standing and watching myself existing Darko Rundek & Cargo Orkestar - Ruke - Piranha |
| Stromboli Adrian Raso & Fanfare Ciocarlia - The Devil Rides Again - Asphalt Tango
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| Grosse Concert-Phantasie über spanische Weisen Franz Liszt/Leslie Howard - Complete Piano Music vol. 36 - Hyperion |
| The NACO continues its fantastic programming with a concert next week with John Luther Adams' "Become Desert". I was amazed when I saw that they programmed "Become Ocean" in 2022, a piece I thought I would never hear live in Ottawa. I am not surprised now but am elated that they are performing "Become Desert". Adams did not expect to compose a companion piece to "Become Ocean", but he never expected to leave Alaska where he had lived for over four decades. He was drawn to the desert, which reminds him so much of the tundra he left behind. Its beauty, but also its warning, he writes: "Living in Alaska for almost forty years, I experienced first-hand the accelerating effects of the anthropogenic climate change on the tundra, the forest, the glaciers, the plants, animals and people of the Far North. While composing Become Ocean, I was haunted by the image of the melting of the polar ice and the rising of the seas. Now in my new home, far to the south, I've become aware of a very different manifestation of global warming--desertification. Rampant wildfires in California, the rapid evaporation of Lake Poopó in the Bolivian altiplano, deep droughts in the Sahel of Africa and in large parts of Australia are signs of what is to come. And as human population continues to explode, it seems likely that vast regions of all over the earth will soon become desert. Become Desert is both a celebration of the deserts we are given and a lamentation of the deserts we create." Alex Ross of the New Yorker wrote of "Become Ocean" that "it may be the loveliest apocalypse in musical history". This could also be said of "Become Desert". It will be such a rare treat to hear it live in Ottawa, see it next Wednesday or Thursday!
https://nac-cna.ca/en/event/36122 |
| Become Desert John Luther Adams/Seattle Symphony, Ludovic Morlot - the become trilogy - Cantaloupe Music |
| Qasidah Haj-Mohamed Ouda - The Music of Islam vol. 2 Music of the South Sindai Bedouins - Celestial Harmonies |
| Tenere Maloulat Tinariwen - Amadjar - Wedge |
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My apologies, seems like Adrian Raso will not be able to join me today.
2:08 PM, June 12th, 2025