PLAYLIST FOR WEDNESDAY April 8, 2009
10 AM – NOON
HOST: YATRIKA SHAH-RAIS
E-MAIL: yatrikashahrais@gmail.com
Artist (country)/ Album/ Track/ Label
10:00 – 11:00 AM
1- Whitetree (Italy, Germany)/ Cloudland/ Other Nature/ Ponderosa Music
2- Hossein Alizadeh (Iran)/ Soundtrack to the movie Song of Sparrows/ Dance of Hope/ Hermes Records
3- Hossein Alizadeh (Iran)/ Soundtrack to the movie Song of Sparrows/ Joy of Reunion/ Hermes Records
THE SONG OF SPARROWS, the new film from Iranian filmmaker Majid Majidi, director of Best Foreign Language Oscar nominee CHILDREN OF HEAVEN, as well as THE COLOR OF PARADISE and BARAN, on Friday, April 10 at Laemmle's Music Hall in Beverly Hills and Laemmle's Town Center 5 in Encino. Winner of the Silver Bear for Best Actor at the Berlin International Film Festival and Iran’s selection for Best Foreign Language Film for the 2008 Academy Awards. http://www.thesongofsparrowsmovie.com/
4- Bruno Coulais & Kila (France, Ireland)/ The Secret of Kells/ The Book of Kells/ Kila Records www.kila.ie
5- Bruno Coulais & Kila (France, Ireland)/ The Secret of Kells/ Epicy/ Kila Records www.kila.ie
6- Bruno Coulais & Kila (France, Ireland)/ The Secret of Kells/ Cardinal Knowledge/ Kila Records www.kila.ie
7- Bela Fleck (USA)/ Throw Down Your Heart: Africa Sessions/ Tales From The Acoustic Planet Vol.3/ Kinetsa/ Rounder
8- Bela Fleck (USA)/ Throw Down Your Heart: Africa Sessions/ Tales From The Acoustic Planet Vol.3/ D’Gary Jam/ Rounder
The movie Throw Down Your Heart will come to Laemmle's Music Hall - Los Angeles, CA, June 5-11, 2009
9- Marabi Africa 2 (various)/ “Mandehandeha” by Rajery (Madagascar)/ Marabi Productions (Harmonia Mundi)
10- Le Vent du Nord (Quebec, Canada)/ Mesdames et Messieurs/ Cré Mardi/ Borealis Records
Le Vent du Nord will perform at the Music Center April 18 - daytime 11am and 12:30pm. Family Programming, Walt Disney Concert Hall- W.M. Keck Amphitheatre, 111 S. Grand Ave., Los Angeles, CA USA 90012 P: (213) 972-8000
11:00 AM – Noon
11- Purbayan Chatterjee (India)/ New Horizons/ Raga Malguni/ Rhyme Records www.rhymerecords.com
Purbayan Chatterjee performs on Sunday, May 3 at 7:00 pm at the Skirball Cultural Center. He will be joined by Anubrata Chatterjee on tabla, 2701 North Sepulveda Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90049 (take Skirball Center Drive off the 405 freeway). Info and tickets: www.skirball.org or 310-440-4500
12- Manish Viyas (India)/ Prasad/ Prasad/ White Swan Records
13- Lila Downs (Mexico-USA)/ Shake Away/ Tierra de Luz/ Manhattan Records
Lila Downs performs at UCLA’s Royce Hall on Thursday, April 9th at 8:00 PM. Tickets may be purchased online at www.uclalive.org, or by phone at 310-825-2101.
14- Natalie Michan (USA/Mexico)/ Madrugada/ Dos Gardenias/ www.nataliemichan.com
15- Mounira Mitchala (Chad)/ Talou Lena/ Tourapna/ Marabi Productions (Harmonia Mundi)
16- Marabi Africa 2 (various)/ “N’Goma” by Maalesh (Comores)/ Marabi Productions (Harmonia Mundi)
17- Marabi Africa 2 (various)/ “Zoma” by Charles Kelly (Madagascar)/ Marabi Productions (Harmonia Mundi)
18- Marabi Africa 2 (various)/ “Dendin Hum” by Abdel Gadir Salim (Sudan)/ Marabi Productions (Harmonia Mundi)
EVENTS
CANCELLED
Katia & Marielle Labèque and Mayte Martin at UCLA’s Royce Hall on Wednesday, April 8 at 8:00 PM. Info at www.uclalive.org,
or by phone at 310-825-2101.
Pandit Vikash Maharaj (sarod) and Prabhash Maharaj (tabla) perform Indian classical music at Liberation Yoga, Saturday April 11, 7:00 pm 124 South La Brea (between 1st and 2nd, south of Beverly) P: 323-964-5222 www.liberationyoga.com
