TSP Saturday July 8, 2006 /

Transpacific Sound Paradise
Saturday, July 8, 2006
Kyrgyz Musicians

Hear this show now: RealAudio

Musicians from Kyrgyzstan in Central Asia plus a cultural anthropologist

from Philly stop by for interview and a bit of demonstration / performance.

The younger of the two musicians, Akylbek Kasabolotov is a master musician

renowned for his skill with traditional wind instruments of Central Asia. He

also plays with the Kyrgyz traditional group Tengir Too, who have a cd recently

released by Smithsonian Folkways. He demonstrates various instruments and plays

a few short solo songs. And he talks about keeping the tradition alive for the

younger generation.

Ryspai Isakov is a brilliant epic singer who performs the Kyrgyz national epic

Manas, the longest epic in the world at over half a million lines. (He won't be

performing on this show though - only Kasabolotov performs.)

Philadelphia-based anthropologist Helen Faller brought the artists to the US. She acts as interpreter and helps to provide background. (Her homepage http://www.mosaiqa.com is currently under construction.)

The following web page (scroll down when you get there) has some additional artist / music info:

http://www.harrimaninstitute.org/events/lecture_series.html?id=central_asia.
The Tengir Too homepage (http://www.viakaboul.com/artist_page.php?artist_id=6) also has images and descriptions of Kyrgyz instruments.

Special thanks to WFMU alum Matthew Ostrowski.

This Week's Playlist:
(* = new)

Lizzie Mercier Descloux: Les Dents d'Amour / Zulu Rock / Ze / *
New reissue

Epiphani Barbers: Duluri / Marannui / Protasis / *
c/o calabashmusic.com

Akylbek Kasabolotov, Ryspai Isakov and Helen Faller: /
Interview

Tengir-Too: Episode from the Manas / Mountain Music of Kyrgyzstan / Smithsonian Folkways /

Akylbek Kasabolotov, Ryspai Isakov and Helen Faller: /
Interview plus performance by Kasabolotov

Roswell Rudd and the Mongolian Buryat Band: Djoloren / Blue Mongol / Sunnyside / *
Oumou Sangare Cover!

Oumou Sangare: Djoloren / Oumou / Nonesuch /
Delta Rhythm Remix

Simaku: South-North / Echoes From Iliria / Muza / *

Think of One: Tahina / Trafico / Nonesuch / *
With Dona Cila, vocals and friends

Gogol Bordello: I Would Never Want to be Young Again / Various Artists: Rough Guide to Planet Rock / World Music Network / *

Puffy Amiyumi: Go Baby Power Now / Splurge / Tofu / *

Iggy Pop: Get the Money / Various Artists: Arizona Dream / Universal /
Film soundtrack by Goran Bregovic

Goran Bregovic: So Nevo Si / Tales and Songs From Weddings and Funerals / Mercury /
With Weddings and Funerals Orchestra

Luminescent Orchestrii: Stranger / Too Hot To Sleep / Lumii / *

Baba Zula: Cicegin Dogusu / 3 Oyundan 17 Muzik / Doublemoon /
c/o calabashmusic.com