PLAYLIST FOR WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 23, 2009
WITH GUEST RANDALL GRASS: FOCUS ON NADIA GAMAL
11 AM – 1:00 PM
HOST: YATRIKA SHAH-RAIS
E-MAIL: yatrikashahrais@gmail.com
MERRY CHRISTMAS, HAPPY KWANZA, HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
Time - Artist (country) - Album - Track - Label
11:00 AM – Noon
11:00 - Gurdjief - Vassilis Tsabropoulos (Armenia - Greece) - Chnats, Hymns and Dances - Trois Morceaux D'Apres Des Hymnes Byzantins III - ECM Records
11:06 - Arvo Pärt (Estonia) - Alina - Spiegel Im Spiegel - ECM Records
11:17 - Anouar Brahem (Tunisia) – The Astounding Eyes of Rita – Galilee Mon Amour – ECM Records
11:24 - Ludovico Einaudi (Italy) – LeOnde – Canzone Popolare – Ponderosa
11:25 - Nour Ensemble (Iran) – Alba – Alleluia – Hermes Records
11:31 - Mahni-Xan (USA) – The Possibility - Grow – West Edge Records
11:36 - Teofilo Chantre (Cape Verde) – Rodatempo – Roda Vida – Lusafrica
11:42 - Vieux Diop (Senegal) – Vieux Diop (Via Jo) – Sutu Kun – Triloka
11:48 - Olatunji (Nigeria) – Drums of Passion – Akiwowo – Columbia
11:52 - Rupa and the April Fishes (USA multicultural) – Este Mundo – Neruda – Cumbancha
11:55 - Kailash Kher & Kailasa (India) – Yatra (Nomadic Souls) – Kaise Main Kahoon – Cumbancha
Noon – 12:32 PM
12:03 - Arianna Savall (Spain – Catalan)/ Peiwoh/ Aurora/ Alia Vox
12:09 - Celtic Voices (various) – “Sean Deora” by Kila (Ireland) – Green Linnett
12:14 - Samite (Uganda) – Embalasasa – Embalasasa – Triloka
12:20 - Eliseo Parra (Spain) – Viva Quien Sabe Querer – El Reloj de Valdetorres – Boa Music
12:24 - Buika (Spain via Equatorial Guinea) - El Ultimo Trago – Las Simples Cosas - Warner Music Spain
12:26 - Chano Dominguez Septeto (Spain) – Oye Cómo Viene – Tangos de Garraf – Lola! Records
12:32 – 1:00 PM
Interview with Randall Grass, Producer and Author of the book Great Spirits: Portraits of Life-Changing World Music Artists (University Press of Mississippi) www.greatspiritsmedia.com
Setrak Sarkissian (Armenia) – Alasjrel Low Ziyyi
Al-Ahram Orchestra – A Tribute to Nadia Gamal – Visit me in Cairo – Hollywood Music Center
Farid Al Atrache (Syrian-Egyptian) – Ya Ritnitir
Al-Ahram Orchestra – A Tribute to Nadia Gamal – Al Hobbi Kida – Hollywood Music Center
EVENTS
Thursday, December 24, 2009 from 3 pm to 9 pm
"50th ANNUAL L.A. COUNTY HOLIDAY CELEBRATION"
Now Presenting Four Ways to Experience the Golden Anniversary
of L.A.'s Annual, Free Christmas Eve Tradition and KPFK RADIO :
- SEE IT LIVE AT THE MUSIC CENTER:
Admission and parking are FREE, carol and dance on the plaza pre-show
- IT'S YOUR TURN!
Group caroling and swing dance on the Music Center Plaza highlight patron participation
- WATCH IT ON TV OR THE WEB:
The entire six hours is broadcast live on KCET and streamed at kcet.org
- LISTEN ON KPFK, 90.7 FM:
Listen on the air at 90.7 FM Los Angeles, 98.7 FM Santa Barbara and online at kpfk.org
WHAT:
50th Annual L.A. County Holiday Celebration - The six-hour, Emmy-nominated cultural extravaganza is L.A.'s biggest holiday show - and it's free, so bring the whole family! Broadcast live from the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion on KCET, Holiday Celebration features music and dance of the season from the many neighborhoods and cultures of Los Angeles. TAIKOPROJECT's mix of Japanese drumming and hip hop, English and Korean holiday songs from Opera California Youth Choir, street dance with a holiday spin from Antics Performance, African-American music from the Albert McNeil Jubilee Singers, and a range of seasonal stylings from traditional to contemporary by the Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles, Harmonic Bronze Handbell Ensemble, Palmdale High School Choral Union and Salvation Army Tabernacle Children's Chorus are just a few of the selections from the more than 40 groups chosen to perform in this milestone celebration. Even the parking under the Music Center is free. The L.A. Holiday Celebration is a gift to the community from the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors.
WHERE:
Dorothy Chandler Pavilion of the Music Center
135 N. Grand Ave.
Los Angeles 90012
HOW:
Information hotline: (213) 972-3099 or www.HolidayCelebration.org
ADMISSION:
FREE
PARKING:
FREE in the Music Center parking garage
OTHER:
Doors open at 2:30 p.m. Patrons may come and go throughout the six-hour performance. Reservations for tickets to the show or parking are not necessary. Those who can't make it to the Music Center can watch the live broadcast on television on KCET or online at www.kcet.org, or can listen on the radio on KPFK at 90.7 FM.
