Attic Beats 012 - Recorded October 13, 2005
This week we take a listen to the music of Vietnam. A number of traditional folk tunes are featured as well as some fusion and pop tunes. I also share a field recording I made of a Cao Dai service I attended in Tay Ninh in 1998.
And while the last tune will leave you begging for mercy, thank God that I didn’t feature the English/Vietnamese hybrid version of “Lady in Red” that played eight times in a row during a recent visit to a favorite Vietnamese restaurant.
(No, there’s no Vietnamese hip-hop this week, though it does exist.)
Click through for this week’s set.
- (ab) Ly Con Sao Trung (The Starling Song)… Tran Quang Hai [Landscape of the Highlands]
- Inviting the Bell… Brother Phap Niem [Drops of Emptiness]
- Qua Cau Gio Bay (Breeze Over the Bridge)… Trieu Tien Vuong [The Music of Vietnam Volume 1.1]
- Spring Love Song (H’mong)… Ngo Thi Mai [Stilling Time]
- Guimbarde en bambou goc [Musiques des Montagnards]
- Cao Dai Worship… 1998 field recording
- Dream of the Black Horse… Verdun
- What’s Love?
nice show, laze. cool story on Cao Dai too, and the fidelity is pretty good on the field recording, all things considered (plus, it lends some authentic air, and makes it feel older than it is, which works).
keep up the kick-ass work. love your podcast.