World on 3 - Mary Ann Kennedy
Music from across the globe with Mary Ann Kennedy, and a Radio 3 debut session with the Carolina Chocolate Drops, a trio with roots in the tradition of Piedmont string bands. The band was formed in 2005 by three young African-American musicians who started out by learning old American tunes and old fiddle techniques from some of the celebrated veteran players of North Carolina. America's Piedmont region is situated between the Appalachians and the Atlantic, and many freed slaves made their way there in the early years of the twentieth century. The 'Piedmont blues' was a distinctive style, influenced by ragtime and popular song, and it was made famous by the Tennessee Chcolate Drops. The Carolinas, named after the 1930s band, are an acoustic trio of Rhiannon Giddens, Justin Robinson and Dom Flemons, and they are reinventing this style for the present day. Although, as 'Newsweek' recently put it, 'more importantly they're just making great music.'. Friday 19th February Arr. Dropkick Murphys: Never Forget Dropkick Murphys Album: Meanest of Times Cooking Vinyl Records COOKCD433 Keita: Samigna Salif Keita Album: La Difference Universal Promo CD Anon: Woman Sweeter than Man Unknown performer, recorded by Arthur S. Alberts Album: Songs of the African Coast –Café Music of Liberia Yarngo Music Yarngo0389 Trad: Ev’ry Night James Hill & Anne Davison Album: True Love Don’t Weep Borealis Records BCD195 McPeake Family: Will ye go Lassie, Go/Wild Mountain Thyme The McPeake family Album: Wild Mountain Thyme Topic Records TSCD583 Studio Session Carolina Chocolate Drops Rhiannon Giddens (voice/fiddle) Dom Flemons (voice/guitar/banjo/jug) Justin Robinson (voice/fiddle/jug) Trad, Arr. Flemmons/Giddens/Robinson: Cornbread & butterbeans Carolina Chocolate Drops BBC recording by engineers James Birtwistle & Martin Appleby, Maida Vale, February 2010 Trad: Cindy Gal Joe Thompson BBC recording by engineer Martin Appleby, June 2009 Trad, Arr. Flemmons/Giddens/Robinson: Cindy Gal Carolina Chocolate Drops BBC recording by engineers James Birtwistle & Martin Appleby, Maida Vale, February 2010 Ousmane Ag Mossa: Aratane N’Adagh Tamikrest Album: Adagh Glitterhouse Records GRCD703 Copertina B Nostoc Album: Trois Quatre –Musique du Monde Trois Quatre TQ22 Perdona mi Tracion Sierra Maestra Album: Sonando Ya World Village 450011 Te Vos maridar Roseta Brampton Album: World Music from Catalan Catalan! Music ICIC-World-2010 Tickell/Handyside: Our Kate/The Welcome Home Kathryn Tickell Album: The best of Kathryn Tickell Park Records PRKCD107 Studio Session Carolina Chocolate Drops Trad, Arr. Flemmons/Giddens/Robinson: Trouble in your mind Carolina Chocolate Drops BBC recording by engineers James Birtwistle & Martin Appleby, Maida Vale, February 2010 Dallas Austin: Hit ‘em up style Carolina Chocolate Drops BBC recording by engineers James Birtwistle & Martin Appleby, Maida Vale, February 2010 C. Jackson, Arr. Dom Flemons: Your Baby ain’t sweet like mine Carolina Chocolate Drops BBC recording by engineers James Birtwistle & Martin Appleby, Maida Vale, February 2010 Rowan/Sunshine: Apocalypse The Bevvy Sisters Album: St James Session Shoogle Records Shoodle09012 Murphy: Lazarus Paul Murphy Album: Postdata Self Release Anon: Mouthmusic Rhiannon Giddens & Mary Ann Kennedy BBC recording by engineers James Birtwistle & Martin Appleby, Maida Vale, February 2010 Trad, Arr. Walker: Air Failirinn iù Rachel Walker Album: Air Chall: Lost Skipinnish Records SKIPCD20 Wright/Thomson/Green: Tears of the Sun Sandy Wright Album: The songs of Sandy Wright Navigator Records Navigator23