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This week we explore the roots of a motif in contemporary music that has come down to us from far away and a thousand years ago.
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TITLE | ARTIST | ALBUM | LABEL |
| 00.00 | You’re Blasé | Dexter Gordon | Sophisticated Giant | Columbia |
| 10.55 |
Anna Lee |
Elmore James |
Dust My Broom |
The Tomato |
| 12.28 | Light of Life |
Natasha Atlas |
Kingdom of Heaven |
Sony |
| 15.34 |
Gafsa |
Natasha Atlas | Halim |
Nation |
| 19.15 | Elo Hi | Ofra Haza | Queen Margot | Decca |
| 23.25 | Ghir Enta | Saoud Massi | Deb | Capitol |
| 29.04 |
Being Your Slave |
Shakespeare/Janet McTeer |
When Love Speaks |
Naxos |
| 29.49 | Chain of Fools | Aretha Franklin | Aretha: Lady of Soul | Atlantic |
| 34.08 | Unchain My Heart | Ray Charles | Anthology. | Rhino |
| 37.56 | Prisoner of Love | Lena Horne, Teddy Wilson | Billie, Ella, Lena, Sarah! | Sony |
| 41.22 | You’re Mine, You | Chet Baker | Baby Breeze |
Verve / Polygram |
| 44.51 | Adam’s Lullaby | Natacha Atlas | Teargas & Plateglass |
Run |
| 50.48 | Lullaby | Goran Bregovic | Erdelezi | Tetak |
| 53.40 | Alger, Alger | Les Orientales | Musique Hall d’Algerie | Mk2 |
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Thanks to Ted Gioia and his excellent research on the qiyan in Music: A Subversive History
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