Sing Me Home [Green Vinyl]

by Silkroad Ensemble, Yo-Yo Ma

Overview

The potential buyer encountering this release by Yo-Yo Ma and the Silkroad Ensemble is apt to form several mistaken impressions of its contents. From the track list and accompanying description, you will learn that it is "the companion album to the Morgan Neville documentary The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and The Silk Road Ensemble." And the long list of "featured" artists suggests the type of lazy, all-star album famous artists tend to phone in during the later stages of their careers. Neither of these impressions correspond with the considerable riches here. The music is entirely effective independently of the little-publicized film. And, more importantly, the real "featured artists" here are not the named stars (who skew toward younger members of the new acoustic scene like bluegrasser Sarah Jarosz), but the members of the Silkroad Ensemble themselves. The structure of the album, as with so many of the creations of these remarkable artists, is unique. The Silkroad members, and a few visitors, select music of personal significance to them, many of them related in a general way to the theme of home. Then, a guest musician with skills appropriate to the music was added. With a range of source material running from Heart and Soul to Mali to the Balkans to East Asia, the resulting fusions are never less than interesting and are often marvelous. Sample the much-recorded St. James Infirmary Blues (track 11) in its unique realization here with accordionist Michael Ward Bergeman (one of the guest Silkroaders), Chinese yangqin player Reylon Yount, and the wonderful blues-country vocalist Rhiannon Giddens, a border crosser herself. The album gives insights into the histories of the Silkroad players, and indeed into the musical and personal depths that have made this ensemble one for the ages, and its leader a true musical exemplar of our time. ~ James Manheim

Product Details

Release Date:	04/28/2023
Label:	Music On Vinyl
UPC:	8719262019225
Rank:	68098

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Silkroad Ensemble   Primary Artist,Ensemble
Yo-Yo Ma   Primary Artist,Cello
Shujaat Khan   Sitar,Vocals,Featured Artist
Bill Frisell   Guitar,Featured Artist
Joseph Gramley   Bongos,Crotale,Cymbals,Marimba,Tom-Tom,Clay Pot,Darbouka,Percussion,Tambourine,Vibraphone
Johnny Gandelsman   Violin
Sandeep Das   Tabla
Kojiro Umezaki   Shakuhachi
Colin Jacobsen   Violin
Martin Hayes   Irish Fiddle,Featured Artist
Mark Suter   Cajon,Caxixi,Rattle
Kayhan Kalhor   Kamanche
Cristina Pato   Gaita,Piano
Rhiannon Giddens   Vocals,Featured Artist
Sarah Jarosz   Vocals,Featured Artist
Nicholas Cords   Viola
Shane Shanahan   Tef,Riqq,Doira,Caxixi,Calabash,Darbouka,Frame Drum,Drums (Bass),Pipe Snare Drum
Mike Block   Cello
Toumani Diabate   Kora,Featured Artist
Abigail Washburn   Banjo,Cello,Vocals,Featured Artist
Lisa Fischer   Vocals,Featured Artist
Wu Man   Pipa
Anxo Pintos   Featured Artist
Kaoru Watanabe   Daiko Drum,Miya-daiko,Shime Taiko,Taiko Drums,Featured Artist
Jessie Montgomery   Violin
Michael Ward Bergeman   Accordion,Featured Artist
Gregory Porter   Vocals,Featured Artist
Eric Jacobsen   Cello
Kinan Azmeh   Clarinet
Willa Roberts   Vocals
Wu Tong   Bawu,Sheng,Suono,Vocals
Caroline Shaw   Vocals
Sarah Small   Vocals
Balla Kouyate   Balafon,Featured Artist
Cameron Beauchamp   Vocals
Shawn Conley   Bass
Haruka Fujii   Gong,Bells,Congas,Shaker,Cymbals,Wind Gong,Percussion,Shime Taiko,Chinese Cymbals
Christopher Marion   Director
Virginia Warnken   Vocals
Roomful of Teeth   Featured Artist
Dima Orsho   Vocals,Featured Artist
Esteli Gomez   Vocals
Roberto Comesana   Accordion,Featured Artist
Jeffrey Beecher   Bass
Black Sea Hotel   Featured Artist
Davide Salvado   Vocals,Tambourine,Featured Artist
Reylon Yount   Yangqin,Featured Artist
Jessica Shuttleworth   Multi-Media
Shelley Thomas   Vocals

Technical Credits

Frank Loesser   Composer
Traditional   Composer
Shujaat Khan   Arranger
Bob Ludwig   Mastering
Kevin Killen   Mixing,Engineer,Producer
Joseph Gramley   Associate Director
Johnny Gandelsman   Arranger,Producer,Liner Notes
Sandeep Das   Composer,Liner Notes
Kojiro Umezaki   Composer,Liner Notes,Associate Producer
Colin Jacobsen   Arranger,Liner Notes
Jeremy Kittel   Arranger,Liner Notes
Ed Sweeney   Business Consultant
Rob Mathes   Arranger,Liner Notes
Liz Keller   Production Manager
Mark Suter   Associate Producer
Cristina Pato   Liner Notes
Shane Shanahan   Davul,Arranger,Liner Notes
Hoagy Carmichael   Composer
Antonin Dvorak   Composer
Alex Venguer   Associate Producer
Wu Man   Composer,Liner Notes
Evan Ziporyn   Arranger
Yo-Yo Ma   Liner Notes,Artistic Director
Anxo Pintos   Arranger,Musician
Alex Hendrickson   Assistant Engineer
Jennifer Liebeskind   Product Development
Michael Ward Bergeman   Arranger,Liner Notes
Ljova   Arranger
Laura Freid   Executive Director
Kyle Sanna   Arranger
Lyle Owerko   Photography
Kinan Azmeh   Composer,Liner Notes
Josh Cheuse   Design,Art Direction
Wu Tong   Lyric Translation
Jody Elff   Engineer
Laura Kszan   Product Development
Sarah Small   Arranger,Liner Notes
Jack Mason   Assistant Engineer
William Arms Fisher   Lyricist
Cristin Canterbury   Executive Producer
Keith Lipson   Lyric Translation
Haruka Fujii   Arranger,Liner Notes
Jeffrey Beecher   Associate Producer
Nate Odden   Assistant Engineer
Hu Jianbing   Composer
Ben Mandelkern   Communications Director
Jessica Shuttleworth   Event Coordinator
Jonathan Bays   Associate Producer
Julie Debenedictis   Executive Assistant
Sam Matamoros   Photography
Ustad Vilayat   Composer
Xabier Olite   Engineer