Various Artists / A Playlist Without Borders
Album:A Playlist Without Borders Collection:World
Artist:Various Artists Added:Oct 2014
Label:Sony Masterworks 

A-File Activity
Add Date:2014-10-24 Pull Date:2014-12-26 Charts:Reggae/World
Week Ending:Dec 28Dec 21Dec 14Nov 30Nov 23Nov 9Nov 2
Airplays:2111221

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
Kamla Bhatt
Reviewed 2014-10-20 
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

Track Listing
 ArtistTrack Name
1.Vijay IyerPart Zero
2.Vijay IyerPart One
3.Vijay IyerPart Two
4.Vijay IyerPart Three
5.Vijay IyerPart Four
6.Vijay IyerPart Five
7.Vijay IyerChristina's Interlude
8.Vijay IyerPart Six
9.Wu-ManNight Thoughts
10.Shane ShanahanSaidi Swing
11.Ahmad Adnan SoygunAllegratto From Parita Op.31 For Cello Solo
12.Colin JacobsenAtashgah
13.David BruceDrag The Goat
14.David BruceBury The Hatchet
15.David BruceMove The Earth
16.David BruceWake The Dead
17.John Zorn, Arr: Shanir Ezra BlumenkranzBriel (From Book Of Angels)