Hear guitar in unconventional duo, trio and quartet settings: a trio of guitarist Ben Monder, vocalist Sunny Kim, and pianist Vardan Ovsepian; a duo called Titanic featuring Mabe Fratti and Hector Tosta, and lap-tapping guitarist Yasmin Williams with singer-songwriter Aoife O'Donovan. Listen to a collaboration between Korean-born vocalist Sunny Kim, Armenian-born L.A. pianist Vardan Ovsepian, and the N.Y. guitarist Ben Monder, Liminal Silence is a sonic reflection on life’s silent spaces. Kim says, “In silence, we embody our most vulnerable selves, yet it is this vulnerability that propels our innate abilities for deep transformation.” Hear “Ink Silence” from the recent album.There’s chamber guitar with jazz overtones in music from the duo called Titanic, (Guatemala-born and Mexico City-based cellist and singer Mabe Fratti and Mexico City multi-instrumentalist Hector Tosta). Then, listen to new music from lap-tapping guitarist Yasmin Williams, who combines finger-style techniques and provides her own percussion, when playing solo. Hear, listen to her song, “Dawning”, featuring Aoife O’Donovan on vocals, Kafari on rhythm bones, and Nic Gareiss’ percussive dancing. As Williams describes one of the meanings of the song for her in a Nonesuch Records interview, it is her “smiling to myself with dawning recognition that I get to create music that I love for a living and share it with the world.” Plus, hear work from Dublin Guitar Quartet which references the Zimbabwean popular music Chimurenga, music from the chamber band Oregon, featuring guitarist Ralph Towner and more. - Caryn Havlik Program #4852, Guitar Chamber Ensembles (First aired 2/28/2024) ARTIST: OregonWORK: Waterwheel [1:13]RECORDING: Out of the WoodsSOURCE: Elektra/AsylumINFO: Available at AppleMusic, YouTube, Amazon.com, Spotify ARTIST: Ambrose Akinmusire, feat. Bill FrisellWORK: Flux Fuelings [5:03]RECORDING: Owl SongSOURCE: Nonesuch RecordsINFO: Available at AppleMusic, YouTube, Amazon.com, Spotify ARTIST: ClogsWORK: Red Seas [6:13]RECORDING: The Creatures in the Garden of Lady WaltonSOURCE: Brassland HWY 021INFO: brassland.org | clogs.bandcamp.comARTIST: TitanicWORK: Te Evite [3:46]RECORDING: VidrioSOURCE: Tin Angel RecordsINFO: tinangelrecords.bandcamp.com/album/vidrio ARTIST: Yasmin Williams, feat. Aoife O'DonovanWORK: Dawning [6:35]RECORDING: Dawning SOURCE: Nonesuch RecordsINFO: https://yasminwilliams.lnk.to/dawning ARTIST: Sunny Kim, Vardan Ovsepian, and Ben MonderWORK: Ink Silence [7:50]RECORDING: Liminal SilenceSOURCE: Earshift MusicINFO: https://sunnykimmusic.bandcamp.com/album/liminal-silence ARTIST: Fabiano doNascimento & Sam GendelWORK: Capricho [4:26]RECORDING: RoomSOURCE: Real WorldINFO: https://samgendel.bandcamp.com/album/the-room ARTIST: Dublin Guitar QuartetWORK: Dave Flynn: Chimurenga [4:08]RECORDING: Contemporary Irish SOURCE: Crooked WaterINFO: https://www.dublinguitarquartet.com/recordings ARTIST: OregonWORK: Waterwheel [3:21]RECORDING: Out of the WoodsSOURCE: Elektra/AsylumINFO: Available at AppleMusic, YouTube, Amazon.com, Spotify
Hear guitar in unconventional duo, trio and quartet settings: a trio of guitarist Ben Monder, vocalist Sunny Kim, and pianist Vardan Ovsepian; a duo called Titanic featuring Mabe Fratti and Hector Tosta, and lap-tapping guitarist Yasmin Williams with singer-songwriter Aoife O'Donovan.
Listen to a collaboration between Korean-born vocalist Sunny Kim, Armenian-born L.A. pianist Vardan Ovsepian, and the N.Y. guitarist Ben Monder, Liminal Silence is a sonic reflection on life’s silent spaces. Kim says, “In silence, we embody our most vulnerable selves, yet it is this vulnerability that propels our innate abilities for deep transformation.” Hear “Ink Silence” from the recent album.There’s chamber guitar with jazz overtones in music from the duo called Titanic, (Guatemala-born and Mexico City-based cellist and singer Mabe Fratti and Mexico City multi-instrumentalist Hector Tosta). Then, listen to new music from lap-tapping guitarist Yasmin Williams, who combines finger-style techniques and provides her own percussion, when playing solo. Hear, listen to her song, “Dawning”, featuring Aoife O’Donovan on vocals, Kafari on rhythm bones, and Nic Gareiss’ percussive dancing. As Williams describes one of the meanings of the song for her in a Nonesuch Records interview, it is her “smiling to myself with dawning recognition that I get to create music that I love for a living and share it with the world.”
Plus, hear work from Dublin Guitar Quartet which references the Zimbabwean popular music Chimurenga, music from the chamber band Oregon, featuring guitarist Ralph Towner and more. - Caryn Havlik
Program #4852, Guitar Chamber Ensembles (First aired 2/28/2024)
ARTIST: OregonWORK: Waterwheel [1:13]RECORDING: Out of the WoodsSOURCE: Elektra/AsylumINFO: Available at AppleMusic, YouTube, Amazon.com, Spotify
ARTIST: Ambrose Akinmusire, feat. Bill FrisellWORK: Flux Fuelings [5:03]RECORDING: Owl SongSOURCE: Nonesuch RecordsINFO: Available at AppleMusic, YouTube, Amazon.com, Spotify
ARTIST: ClogsWORK: Red Seas [6:13]RECORDING: The Creatures in the Garden of Lady WaltonSOURCE: Brassland HWY 021INFO: brassland.org | clogs.bandcamp.comARTIST: TitanicWORK: Te Evite [3:46]RECORDING: VidrioSOURCE: Tin Angel RecordsINFO: tinangelrecords.bandcamp.com/album/vidrio
ARTIST: Yasmin Williams, feat. Aoife O'DonovanWORK: Dawning [6:35]RECORDING: Dawning SOURCE: Nonesuch RecordsINFO: https://yasminwilliams.lnk.to/dawning
ARTIST: Sunny Kim, Vardan Ovsepian, and Ben MonderWORK: Ink Silence [7:50]RECORDING: Liminal SilenceSOURCE: Earshift MusicINFO: https://sunnykimmusic.bandcamp.com/album/liminal-silence
ARTIST: Fabiano doNascimento & Sam GendelWORK: Capricho [4:26]RECORDING: RoomSOURCE: Real WorldINFO: https://samgendel.bandcamp.com/album/the-room
ARTIST: Dublin Guitar QuartetWORK: Dave Flynn: Chimurenga [4:08]RECORDING: Contemporary Irish SOURCE: Crooked WaterINFO: https://www.dublinguitarquartet.com/recordings
ARTIST: OregonWORK: Waterwheel [3:21]RECORDING: Out of the WoodsSOURCE: Elektra/AsylumINFO: Available at AppleMusic, YouTube, Amazon.com, Spotify