Chamber Folk; the Folk-Classical Connection
Folk Music & Beyond Playlist for June 20, 2020
Hour 1: Chamber Folk
First Set
The Danish String Quartet, “Staedlil,” Last Leaf, 2:44 ECM
Barry Phillips, “Holland House,” Notebook, 3:29 (self-produced)
Night Tree, “A Wish on the Wind,” Night Tree, 4:15 Night Tree Records
Barry Phillips, “Norm’s Jig,” Notebook, 2:41 (self-produced)
Simon Mayor, “Jericho Waltz,” The Mandolin Album, 3:34 (self-produced)
Jordi Savall, “Lord Frog Dance / The Buckingham House,” The Celtic Viol II, 3:08 AliaVox
Second Set
Liam O’Flynn, “Blackwell’s,” Out to an Other Side, 4:00 Tara
Simon Mayor, “Tune for a Mop Fair,” The Mandolin Album, 2:43 (self-produced)
Máire Ní Chathasaigh, “Robert Jordan,” Celtic Harpestry, 1:56 Imaginary Road Records
Simon Mayor, “Hornpipe,” The Second Mandolin Album, 2:28 (self-produced)
The Danish String Quartet, “Minuet #60,” Last Leaf, 2:39 ECM
Midway Music
Musica Pacifica, “Modere” (from Quatore No. 3 in G Major), Mi Palpita Il Cor: Baroque Passions, 4:03 Navona Records
Third Set
Aidan O’Rourke, “Nobody Could Be One Hundred Per Cent Sure about the Last Tiger,” 365: Volume 1, 2:41 Reveal Records
Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh & Thomas Bartlett, “All Good Things,” Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh & Thomas Bartlett, 3:41 Real World
Moira Smiley & VOCO, “Summer Has Come,” Small Worlds, 1:40 (self-produced)
Fourth Set
Yo Yo Ma, The Silk Road Ensemble, & Black Sea Hotel, “Sadila Jana,” Sing Me Home, 3:26 Sony Music
Moira Smiley & VOCO, “Zelena,” Small Worlds, 2:16 (self-produced)
Barry Phillips, “Polonesse in H-Moll,” Notebook, 2:45 (self-produced)
Jordi Savall, “The Galway Bay,” The Celtic Viol II, 2:58 AliaVox
Folk Music & Beyond Playlist for June 20, 2020
Hour 2: The Classical-Folk Connection
First Set
Jordi Savall & Hespèrion XXI, “The Night Watch,” Invocation a la Nuit, 2:18 AliaVox
Fire & Grace & Ash (William Coulter, Edwin Huizinga, and Ashley Broder), “Bouree,” “Evil Diane,” “Gigue,” Partita Americana, 5:00 (self-produced)
Second Set
Jordi Savall & Hespèrion XXI, “Cumbes / El Cielito Lindo,” El Nuevo Mundo, 5:18 AliaVox
Tony McManus, “Spanish Dance,” Mysterious Boundaries, 4:02 Compass
Jordi Savall & Hespèrion XXI, “Folias Criollas,” El Nuevo Mundo, 3:53 AliaVox
Third Set
Mad Pudding, “Hoe Down,” Grand Hotel, 4:42 Sliced Bread Records
Yo Yo Ma, Mark O’Connor, & Edgar Meyer, “Emily’s Reel,” Appalachian Journey, 2:46 Sony Classical
Yo Yo Ma, Chris Thile, Stuart Duncan, & Edgar Meyer, “Hill Justice,” Goat Rodeo Sessions, 4:29 Sony
Kronos Quartet, “Last Kind Words,” Folk Songs, 3:12 Nonesuch
Fourth Set
Yo Yo Ma & The Silk Road Ensemble, “Galloping Horses,” New Impossibilities, 1:57 Sony Classical
Yo Yo Ma & The Silk Road Ensemble, “Mido Mountain,” Silk Road Journeys: When Strangers Meet, 3:50 Sony Classical
Ryuichi Sakamoto, “The Last Emperor Theme,” The Last Emperor, 5:50 Virgin Records
Yo Yo Ma, The Silk Road Ensemble, & Abigail Washburn, “Going Home,” Sing Me Home, 5:32 Sony Music