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On his Nonesuch Records debut, Over That Road I’m Bound, due October 2, 2020, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Joachim Cooder uses the plain-spoken songs of country-music progenitor and banjo player Uncle Dave Macon as a jumping off point, playing with the lyrics and reworking melodies for his chosen instrument: an electric mbira (a variation on an African thumb piano). Cooder culled songs from Macon’s vast catalog and recorded them with his band and special guests: Ry Cooder (banjo, guitar, bass, backing vocals), Rayna Gellert (fiddle), Juliette Commagere (backing vocals), Sam Gendel (bass), Glenn Patscha (piano and pump organ), Amir Yaghmai (yali tambur), Dan Gellert (banjo and fiddle), and Vieux Farka Touré (guitar). The album track “Come Along Buddy” is available today; a video may be seen here: Macon was arguably as seminal a figure in the evolution of American music as Jimmie Rodgers, his place in the pantheon affirmed by Ken Burns’ recent country documentary serie
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Ballet Arizona Stretches A Bit To Find A Common Theme But It s Worth It.
By Margaret Regan
WHEN A BALLET company puts together a contemporary program,
it s tricky to find a common theme for dances that don t necessarily
tell stories. Geography is not the first thing that comes to mind,
but Ballet Arizona settled on the title
Earth Dances for
its concert this weekend. The pieces are not environmental or New Age works, though. The
name comes from the three choreographers using music specific
to three geographic areas, explains artistic director Michael
Uthoff. Uthoff s own work, 1984 s Murmurs of the Stream,