| Various Artists / A Playlist Without Borders |
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| Album: | A Playlist Without Borders | Collection: | World | |
| Artist: | Various Artists | Added: | Oct 2014 | |
| Label: | Sony Masterworks | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2014-10-24 | Pull Date: | 2014-12-26 | Charts: | Reggae/World |
| Week Ending: | Dec 28 | Dec 21 | Dec 14 | Nov 30 | Nov 23 | Nov 9 | Nov 2 |
| Airplays: | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jul 25, 2017: | Clean Copper Radio Bury The Hatchet, Drag The Goat | 4. | Jun 28, 2016: | It's Bollywood, It's Hollywood Move The Earth, Bury The Hatchet | |
| 2. | Jul 13, 2017: | Clean Copper Radio Talk & Hot Topics Part Six, Christina's Interlude, Part Five, Part Four, Part Three, Part Two, Part One, Part Zero | 5. | Apr 26, 2016: | It's Bollywood, It's Hollywood Saidi Swing | |
| 3. | Jul 07, 2017: | Clean Copper Radio Part Three | 6. | Aug 25, 2015: | It's Bollywood, It's Hollywood Move The Earth |
| Album Review |
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| Kamla Bhatt Reviewed 2014-10-20 | ||
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Boundaries are hard coded on maps, For musicians? Boundaries simply do not exist, They are fluid & porous & full of possibilities. It is that possibility, it is that innovative music you hear in this beautifully created album, Yo-Yo Ma & his Silk Road Project bring musicians from all over the world. Innovating & creating new music is part of Silk Road’s ambition & this fifth album reflects that. Play any track. They are all wildly innovative and make you think. 1-8 Playlist for Extreme Occasion By Vijay Iyer. The title for Vijay Iyer’s piece is inspired byEdward Said, a well-known literary theorist, who taught at Columbia U. Iyer’s innovative style goes from joyous to quiet, thoughtful sounds. It seems as if each track highlights a different musician & their instrument & you hear & sense various musical influences from India, China & the West 1. Nice interplay between the wind & percussion with Indian/Western influence. 2. Listen to the violin & piano - there is a certain urgency you hear. 3. Starts off on a quiet/reflective note.The violin sounds almost Chinese & you realize it is being played in the South Indian Carnatic style,Interesting mix of tabla, violin. 4. The piano sets the beat, & other instruments join in & create a fast rhythmic pattern. 5. Quiet and thoughtful. It is as if things have slowed down. 6. Sheng, a Chinese reed instrument shines in the first half & then others join in to create a nice, rhythm that is almost mesmerizing. 7. Iyer’s piano sets the mood. Slow & quiet as an interlude should be. 8. Lilting piano notes set the pattern & others join in a masterfully controlled crescendo anchored by the piano. Lilting rhythm. Unusual beat. 9. Slow, beautiful & serene track,.Picks up steam at the end in a surprising way, & ends on a quiet note.Has Buddhist musical roots. Pipa, shakuhachi & hang-go are the 3 musical instruments highlighted in this track. 10. A mesmerizing & delightful percussion piece.Fuses Arabic rhythm with Middle Eastern & Indian percussion drums. A wonderful composition by percussionist Shane Shananah. It remindedme of the Indian music tradition of “Jugalbandhi” or improvisation. 11. The Cello is the highlight of this track, A superb track. Combines Turkish folk music with Western Music. Composed by Turkish composer Ahmed Adnan Saygun 12. A brilliant piece for the string. Starts off soft & slow and builds up & then the Iranian/Persian kamancheh comes in.Takes a totally different & wonderful turn. This track is influenced by Persian music, more specifically by a Zoorastrian holy site. 13-16 - Delightful, happy, robust, mesmerizing are the words that pop into your mind when you listent o these. And then are quiet moments like Track #15, wh puts you in a meditative mood. Composed by David Bruce you hear Roma music (flamenco & palmas -the rhythmic clapping of hands) with influences from India,Turkey & America’s Cajun music. 17. A fast-paced track that celebrates the Jewish influence, esp Klezmer music. Kamla Oct 2014 | ||
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