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Verity Sharp

Verity Sharp presents a traditional song from the Faroe Islands, electro-acoustic music by Jurgen Simpson, plus Zoltan Kocsis playing Bartok and Gavin Bryars' Anail De.

Verity Sharp's varied musical selection includes a traditional song from the Faroe Islands, the haunting sound of the Cretan lyra, and electro-acoustic music by Ireland's Jurgen Simpson. Plus a chance to hear Zoltan Kocsis playing Bartok and Iarla O Lionaird singing Gavin Bryars' Anail De - The Breath of God.

Track List:

23:15
Rose: Some Happy Day
Jack Rose, guitar/The Black Twig Pickers
Album: Beautiful Happiness
HAPPO12

23:19
Trad: Automobile Trip Through Alabama
New Lost City Ramblers
Album: Out Standing in their Field
Smithsonian Folkways SFCD40040

23:22
Bocoum: Tapital Pulaku
Afel Bocoum & Alkibar
Album: Tabital Pulaaku
Contre Jour

23:27
Kamanga: Dale Wangu Ukamuntenga Masotho
Beti Kamanga, voice and bangwe raft zither
Album: Northern & Central Malawi
Smithsonian Folkways SWP 014

23:29
Reed: Tractor Pull
Preston Reed, guitar
Album: Handwritten Notes
Outer Bridge Music OB1001

23:34
Cage: No. 6 (The Perilous Night)
Boris Berman, prepared piano
Album: John Cage: Music for Prepared Piano Vol. 2
Naxos 8 554562

23:37
Trad: Asri Dewata
Joged Tresna Maguna
Album: A Journey to Bali
Playasound LC 8191

23:41
Micus: Mikhail’s Dream
Stephan Micus, kalimba, voice, sinding, steel drums, percussion
Album: Desert Poems
ECM 159739 2

23:50
Simpson: Sigilum
Jürgen Simpson
Album: Hiccup
RTE Lyric CD123

23:59
Trad arr Okna Tsahan Zam: Akhner Duner – Moukhna Tshan
Okna Tsahan Zam
Album: Shaman Voices: A Journey In The Steppe
Buda Records 301 6822

00:02
Daly: Miroloi
Ross Daly, Cretan lyra/Tim Powell, double bass
Album: Elefthero Simio
Oriente Musik LC 3592

00:11
Meurig: Gwên Sali – Plentyn Gwanwyn
Cass Meurig, crwth/Nial Cain, guitar
Album: Deuawd
Fflach:Tradd CD323H

00:16
Trad: Der bor en Jarl i Engeland
Símun Rasmussen
Album: Traditional Music in the Faroe Islands
Fremeaux & Associés FA 5036

00:19
Llywarch Hen (attrib): Lament of the Old Man
Robin Williamson
Album: The Skirting Road
ECM 543 819 2

00:21
Trad: The Duke of Fife’s Welcome to Deeside – Miss Ann MacNamara – Dusky Meadow –Sandy Cameron – St Kilda’s Wedding Reel – The Trip to Windsor
Jerry Holland, Buddy MacMaster, Natalie MacMaster, Carl MacKenzie, Brenda Stubbert, Dougie MacDonald, fiddles
Album: From A Distant Shore: Traditional Music from Cape Breton Island
Nimbus NI 1752

00:27
Perapaskero: Jasmina Dromoro
Taraf de Haidouks
Album: Gypsy Caravan
World Village 468070

00:32
Trad arr. Bela Lakatos: O Bijav
Bela Lakatos & The Gypsy Youth Project
Album: Bela Lakatos
World Music Network Intro 106CD

00:37
Bartok: 3 Hungarian Folk Tunes Sz. 66
Zoltán Kocsis, piano
Album: Béla Bartók
Philips 4341042

00:41
Frisell: Shutter, Dream
Bill Frisell
Album: Disfarmer
Nonesuch Promo

00:46
Bryars: Anáil Dé II
Iarla Ó Lionárd, voice/Gavin Bryars, bass/Crash Ensemble
Album: Hiccup
RTE Lyric CD123

00:48
Weatherall/Kooner/Burns: Chapel Street Market 9am
Sabres of Paradise
Album: Haunted Dancehall
Warp WARPCD26

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