[CD] Our World In Song - Wu Man, Luis Conte, and Daniel Ho
[CD] Our World In Song - Wu Man, Luis Conte, and Daniel Ho
• 57th Grammy Award Nominee (Best World Music Album)
• 26th Golden Melody Award Winner [Taiwan's equivalent of the Grammy Award] (Best Instrumental Album Producer)
The first-ever album of pipa music (the pipa is a lute-like instrument with a history of over 2,000 years in China) dedicated to folk songs from around the world. Long-standing and revered folk songs are performed on instruments from the four corners of the earth.
This album is available on iTunes
TRACK LISTING
1. Frére Jacques (France)
Wu Man: pipa
Luis Conte: congas, shekere, triangle, shaker, percussion colors
aniel Ho: bouzouki, 'ukulele, bass 'ukulele, kalimba, udu, ipu heke, wood egg shaker, caxixi
2. Three and Six (China)
Wu Man: pipa
Luis Conte: pandeiro
Daniel Ho: mountain dulcimer Wu Chen-chun: djembe
3. Romance (Spain/South America)
Wu Man: pipa
Luis Conte: percussion colors
Daniel Ho: charango
4. Shosholoza (Zimbabwe/South Africa)
Wu Man: pipa
Luis Conte: cha chas, bell caxixi, agogo, ibo drum, djembe, sabar, bongolele, quinto
Daniel Ho: vocals
Taiwu Ancient Ballads Troupe: vocals
5. Aloha 'Oe (Hawai`i, United States of America)
Wu Man: pipa
Luis Conte: wood egg shaker, bodhrán, teponaztli
Daniel Ho: kalimba, Hawaiian slack key guitar, bass
6. Sakura, Sakura (Japan)
Wu Man: pipa
Luis Conte: batá drums, bongos, pods, talking drum, timbales, cymbals, surdo, baby caxixi
Daniel Ho: bass 'ukulele
Jhou Yi-cian: erhu
Wu Chen-chun: tongu drum (intro and ending)
7. Arirang (Korea)
Wu Man: pipa
Luis Conte: Cuban cajon, cymbals
Daniel Ho: Hawaiian slack key guitar
8. Cielito Lindo (Mexico)
Wu Man: pipa
Luis Conte: congas, bongos, surdo, cowbell, triangle, caxixi, shakers, percussion colors
Daniel Ho: 'ukulele, bass 'ukulele
9. Grasshopper Teasing Rooster (Taiwan)
Wu Man: pipa
Luis Conte: darbuka
Daniel Ho: mandolin
Wu Chen-chun: ton, ba, luo
10. The Ash Grove (Wales, United Kingdom)
Wu Man: pipa
Luis Conte: cymbals, wood egg shaker
Daniel Ho: Pepe Romero, Sr. six-string
11. Waltzing Matilda (Australia)
Wu Man: pipa
Luis Conte: triangle
Daniel Ho: resonator 'ukulele
12. Jasmine Flower (China)
Wu Man: pipa
Daniel Ho: sanshin 'ukulele Wu Chen-chun: bells