[FA Worldmusic] Horn of Africa/ Train songs

[Josh Kohn]

As far as train songs go, there is an easy way to find a few.

The process goes like this:

Take a stack of, oh, say 150 bluegrass and/or oldtime Cd's (records,  
cassettes, and 8 track tape also will work).  Place tight blindfold  
around your eyes (a blue or red bandana is the preferred blindfold  
here).  Spin around 10 times.  Take your right hand and pick up a  
stack of 6 of whatever format you decided to put in the pile.  Look  
at the track listing.  The odds are pretty darn good that you will  
have a few versions of:

Train 45
Reuben's Train
Train, Train
The Orange Blossom Special
New River Train
Lost Train Blues
Train from Poor Valley
Train on the Island
and of course
John Henry

-jkohn


Joshua Kohn
Programming Manager
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www.ncta.net






On Jan 11, 2007, at 12:59 PM, evangelinekim at att.net wrote:

> & Curtis Mayfield: "People Get Ready"
> !
>
>
>> Jimmie Rodgers: "Waiting for a Train" & "Train Whistle Blues"
>> Merle Haggard:: "Same Train A Different Time - A Tribute to Jimmie  
>> Rodgers"
>>
>> E
>>
>> -------------- Forwarded Message: --------------
>> From: "Marco Werman"
>> To: "Gerald Seligman" ,
>> Subject: Re: [FA Worldmusic] Horn of Africa
>> Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2007 14:25:07 +0000
>>
>>
>> Hugh Masekela, "Stimela"
>> Robert Johnson or the Stones, "Love in Vain"
>>
>> Marco
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: fa-worldmusic-bounces+marco.werman=bbc.co.uk at folk.org
>> [mailto:fa-worldmusic-bounces+marco.werman=bbc.co.uk at folk.org] On  
>> Behalf
>> Of Gerald Seligman
>> Sent: 11 January 2007 04:58
>> To: fa-worldmusic at folk.org
>> Subject: Re: [FA Worldmusic] Horn of Africa
>>
>>
>> Dore,
>>
>> Here are some other train songs...
>>
>> Joao Gilberto: Tremzinho (Trem de Forro)
>> Simone: O trem ta feio.
>> Milton Nascimento: O Tremzinho da Caipira (by Villa Lobos), also  
>> done by
>> Edu
>> Lobo)
>> Delmore Borthers: Freight Train Boogie
>> Jorma Koukonen: Blue Railroad Train
>> Little Feat: Two Trains
>> Little Junior's Blue Flames: Mystery Train
>> Professor Longhair: How Long's That Train Been Gone
>> Taj Mahal: Freight Train
>> Tom Waits: Downtown Train
>>
>> Regards,
>> Gerald
>>
>> On 1/10/07, John Leeson wrote:
>>>
>>>> Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 08:22:10 -0800
>>>> From: "Dore Stein"
>>>> Subject: [FA Worldmusic] Horn of Africa/Trains/Tangents change of
>>>> address
>>>>
>>>> One covers the music of the Horn of Africa: Somalia, Ethiopia,
>>>> Eritrea
>>> and
>>>> Djibouti.
>>>
>>>> Does anyone know Somali (only Maryam Mursal/Waaberi so far),
>>>> Eritrean or Djibouti artists they'd recommend?
>>>
>>> Dore:
>>>
>>> A couple of "Canadian" suggestions for your show:
>>>
>>> For Somlian music, you definitely want to consider K'Naan
>>> (http://www.thedustyfoot.com/ ), who's nominated for a 2007 BBC  
>>> World
>>> Music Award (Best Newcomer). He's now based in Toronto, but his  
>>> music
>>> is rooted in his native Somalia. Not sure if his CD is released  
>>> in the
>>
>>> U.S., but it can be acquired on his website. A real talent.
>>>
>>> Last January, CBC Radio produced a wonderful concert here in Toronto
>>> titled "Horn of Africa" with a large number of musicians based here,
>>> but originating in Somalia, Sudan and Eritrea. A large part of that
>>> concert has been re-broadcast several times on the CBC. It's  
>>> possible
>>> you may be able to acquire and play some songs from it. The log from
>>> one of the re-broadcasts is here:
>>> http://www.cbc.ca/radioshows/ON_STAGE/20060604.shtml
>>>
>>> I can email you offline the email address of the concert's producer,
>>> Todd Fraracci.
>>>
>>> (I have some photos from the concert here
>>> http://to-music.ca/gallery/060128_horn
>>>
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