Playlist
Borderlands
TIME
TITLE OF SELECTION
COMPOSER
PERFORMERS
ALBUM TITLE / INFO
00:15-01:17*Djangyuloum (Divination Song)
01:22-02:45
Traditional
Djivan Gasparian, solo duduk; Vachik Avakian, dam duduk; Levon Arshakung, d'hol
DJIVAN GASPARIAN - APRICOTS FROM EDEN
- Traditional Crossroads 4276
"Old Man Rooster"
03:58-05:24
Trad. chicken scratch
The Molinas: Virgil Molina, Sr., and Larry Molina
BORDERLANDS - FROM CONJUNTO TO CHICKEN SCRATCH
- Smithsonian Folkways 40418
"Gregorio Cortez"
05:34-06:44
Trad. corrido
Jesus Maya and Timoteo Cantu
BORDERLANDS - FROM CONJUNTO TO CHICKEN SCRATCH
- Smithsonian Folkways 40418
"Edward"
07:31-11:15
Trad. ballad
Old Blind Dogs
OLD BLIND DOGS - THE WORLD'S ROOM
- Green Linnet 1201
Con Su Pluma en Su Mano ("With His Pen In His Hand")
11:19-12:30
Tish Hinojosa
Tish Hinojosa et al
TISH HINOJOSA - FRONTEJAS
- Rounder 3132
"Tijuana for Dummies"
13:16-17:00
Hiperboreal
Hiperboreal
NORTEC COLLECTIVE - THE TIJUANA SESSIONS VOL. 1
- Palm Pictures / Mil Records 2045
"Border Radio"
17:14-19:04
Dave Alvin
Dave Alvin, vocals & acoustic guitar; Greg Leisz, Weissenborn Slide Guitar; Don Falzone, acoustic bass
DAVE ALVIN - KING OF CALIFORNIA
- Hightone 8054
"Toward the Night"
19:04-20:01
Somei Satoh
String Ensemble Endless
Toshiyuki Uzuka, conductor
SOMEI SATOH - TOWARD THE NIGHT
- New Albion 056
Le jour s'endort
20:07- 21:48
Guillaume Dufay; arr. Bjørnstad & Darling
Ketil Bjørnstad, piano; David Darling, cello
KETIL BJØRNSTAD/DAVID DARLING - EPIGRAPHS
- ECM 1684
A Utre (Treti Pbt) [Tomorrow (Part Three)]
22:19-23:18; 26:00-26:46
Stefan Kozuharov, Llew Kiek
The Mara! Ensemble and The Martenitsa Choir
SEZONI - MARA! WITH MARTENITSA CHOIR
- RealWorld 7243
Jende Chiwuyaje Kukaya
24:30-26:00
Hukwe Zawose, based on a traditional theme
Hukwe Zawose, voice, ilimba (thumb piano), izezes (trad. violins), filimbi (trad. flute), nguga (ankle bells); Charles Zawose, voice, ilimbas
HUKWE ZAWOSE - CHIBITE
- RealWorld 2358
Sauti Za Kigogo
27:10-28:32
Hukwe Zawose
Hukwe Zawose, voice, ilimba (thumb piano), izezes (trad. violins), filimbi (trad. flute), nguga (ankle bells); Charles Zawose, voice, ilimbas
HUKWE ZAWOSE - CHIBITE
- RealWorld 2358
"Medley of Slav Wedding Songs"
29:19-31:01
Trad. Hungarian
Allison Coleman, Linda Ugelow, Lisa Bosley
LIBANA - BORDERLAND
- Shanachie 67003
"Congratulations, You Made It This Far"
31:49-32:18
Deborah Henson-Conant
Deborah Henson-Conant, keyboard & vocals; Tim Archibald, bass
DEBORAH HENSON-CONANT - ALTERED EGO
- Golden Cage Music 98-006
"Laguna Luna"
32:19-32:38
Sam Mitchell
SAM MITCHELL - THE ART OF BOTTLENECK/SLIDE GUITAR
- Shanachie 98007/8
Title unknown
32:45-33:46
Don Agustin Rivas-Vasquez, Peruvian Ayahuasca Shaman
SHAMAN, JHANKRI & NÉLE - MUSIC HEALERS OF INDIGENOUS CULTURES
- Ellipsis Arts 3550
Title unknown
33:48-35:12
Alexander Tavakay, Tuvan Shaman
SHAMAN, JHANKRI & NÉLE - MUSIC HEALERS OF INDIGENOUS CULTURES
- Ellipsis Arts 3550
Papa legba ouve baye
35:12-37:18
Performers unknown
THE ENDANGERED MUSIC PROJECT - THE YORUBA/DAHOMEAN COLLECTION
- Rykodisc 10405
"Papa Legba"
37:39-39:11
David Byrne
Talking Heads
TALKING HEADS - TRUE STORIES
- SIRE 25512
"Crossroads Blues"
39:16-41:41
Robert Johnson
Robert Johnson
ROBERT JOHNSONS - THE COMPLETE RECORDINGS
- COLUMBIA 46222
"Blues at the Crossroads"
41:45-43:24
Eddie Shaw
Eddie Shaw, vocals, tenor sax & harmonica; Eddie "Vaan" Shaw, Jr., guitar; Lafayette "Shorty" Gilbert, bass; Robert Plunkett, drums
EDDIE SHAW - IN THE LAND OF THE CROSSROADS
- Rooster 72624
"The Grove"
44:35-48:56
Trad., arr. Minogue
Áine Minogue, Irish harp; Seamus Egan, whistles & flutes; Winnie Horan, fiddle; Takaaki Masuko, percussion; Barry Phillips, cello
ÁINE MINOGUE - BETWEEN THE WORLDS
- BMG Classics 68846
"Never Be Back"
49:30-50:18
Lori McKenna
Lori McKenna
LORI MCKENNA - PAPER WINGS AND HALO
- Gyro 1998
El Norte
50:38-53:57
Si Kahn
Si Kahn
SI KAHN - I HAVE SEEN FREEDOM
- Flying Fish 70578
"Crossing the Border"
55:12-58:
Si Kahn
Rude Girls (Lynn Hardy et al)
RUDE GIRLS - MIXED MESSAGES
- Flying Fish 70511
"When I Get to the Border"
* - An asterisk indicates that only a brief portion of the piece or track is heard, or it is used as background music.
Richard Thompson
Lucy Kaplansky
LUCY KAPLANSKY - THE TIDE
- Red House 65
In this program, Ellen Kushner reads brief excerpts from:* A Shared Space: Folklife in the Arizona-Sonora Borderlands, by James S. Griffith (Utah State University Press, 1995)
* The King of Elfland's Daughter, by Lord Dunsany (1924)
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