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Upon the Cypress Bough: 20260504 (Audio)
May 04, 2026
"Upon the Cypress Bough" is a showcase for music from an area fuzzily contained by Western Asia, North Africa, and Central Asia. Selections heard on the show come from traditional, religious, pop, art, and hybrid origins, but with some emphasis on less-Westernized tunes.
Winslow is a geographer, civil servant, musician, and student of the Persian setar.
Playlist:
- Bakhtiari / Issa Ghaffari
- Eshghe Soozan / Marzieh
- Segah / Ali Mostowfian
- Moje Karoon / Bandary
- Ane Dassi M'we / Shams Dinn
- Haras / Chaba Zizi
- Tulkum (Love Song) [Bukhara] / Menahem Eliezcoff and his Group
- ¡Dios Mío! / Aziza Brahim
- Elaila al Yamuha / Shueta
- Shaydan Buulow (Dancing Devil) feat. Siteey Qosol Wanaag,Aweeys Qaamis / Iftin Band
- Zajal, Pt. 3 / Moussa Zougheib
- Awal Youm / Mohammed Abdo
- Allah Ei yam / Abdul Rauf