Release type
ALBUM
Sing Me Home
Product information
From $9.90
2016
13 Tracks
01:12:02
Release options
(P) 2016 Sound Postings LLC, under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment
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1Popularity 5/10
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2Popularity 4/10
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3Popularity 4/10
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4Popularity 10/10
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5Popularity 3/10
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6Popularity 4/10
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7Popularity 4/10
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8Popularity 3/10
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9Popularity 4/10
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10Popularity 3/10
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11
St. James Infirmary Blues
The Silkroad Ensemble, Yo-yo Ma, Rhiannon Giddens, Michael Ward-bergeman, Reylon Yount
07:23
Popularity 8/10 -
12Popularity 9/10
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13
Heart and Soul
, Gregory Porter, Lisa Fischer, The Silkroad Ensemble, Yo-yo Ma
03:56
Lyrics availableSynced lyrics availablePopularity 4/10
The potential buyer encountering this release by Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road 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 Silk Road Ensemble themselves. The structure of the album, as with so many of the creations of these remarkable artists, is unique. The Silk Road 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 Silk Roaders), 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 Silk Road 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
1. Green (Vincent's Tune)
- Arranger
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Ljova
Johnny Gandelsman - Background Vocals
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Virginia Warnken
Roomful Of Teeth
Caroline Shaw
Estelí Gomez
Cameron Beauchamp - Lyricist
- Man Wu
- Assistant Engineer
- Jack Mason
- Bass
- Shawn Conley
- Cello
- Yo-yo Ma
- Featured Artist
- Roomful Of Teeth
- Kamancheh
- Kayhan Kalhor
- Composer
- Man Wu
- Percussion
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Haruka Fujii
Joseph Gramley
Shane Shanahan - Performer
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Yo-yo Ma
The Silkroad Ensemble
Roomful Of Teeth - Pipa
- Wu Man
- Shakuhachi
- Kojiro Umezaki
- Sheng
- Wu Tong
- Viola
- Nicholas Cords
- Violin
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Colin Jacobsen
Johnny Gandelsman - Vocals
- Wu Tong
- Executive Producer
- Cristin Canterbury Bagnall
- Mastering Engineer
- Bob Ludwig
- Mixing Engineer
- Kevin Killen
- Recording
- Jody Elff
- Primary Artist
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The Silk Road Ensemble
Yo-yo Ma - Producer
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Liz Keller-tripp
Jeffrey Beecher
Kevin Killen
Kojiro Umezaki
Mark Suter
Johnny Gandelsman
Alex Venguer
2. O'Neill's Cavalry March
- Composer
- Traditional
- Featured Artist
- Martin Hayes
- Bass
- Shawn Conley
- Cello
- Yo-yo Ma
- Fiddle
- Martin Hayes
- Assistant Engineer
- Jack Mason
- Executive Producer
- Cristin Canterbury Bagnall
- Kamancheh
- Kayhan Kalhor
- Performer
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Martin Hayes
The Silkroad Ensemble
Yo-yo Ma - Pipa
- Wu Man
- Shakuhachi
- Kojiro Umezaki
- Viola
- Nicholas Cords
- Mastering Engineer
- Bob Ludwig
- Mixing Engineer
- Kevin Killen
- Recording
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Jody Elff
Kevin Killen - Violin
- Colin Jacobsen
- Primary Artist
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The Silk Road Ensemble
Yo-yo Ma - Producer
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Kevin Killen
Liz Keller-tripp
Kojiro Umezaki
Mark Suter
Johnny Gandelsman
Alex Venguer
Jeffrey Beecher
3. Little Birdie
- Bass
- Shawn Conley
- Featured Artist
- Sarah Jarosz
- Cello
- Yo-yo Ma
- Performer
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Sarah Jarosz
The Silkroad Ensemble
Yo-yo Ma - Pipa
- Wu Man
- Sheng
- Wu Tong
- Viola
- Nicholas Cords
- Violin
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Johnny Gandelsman
Colin Jacobsen - Arranger
- Colin Jacobsen
- Composer
- Traditional
- Assistant Engineer
- Jack Mason
- Executive Producer
- Cristin Canterbury Bagnall
- Vocals
- Sarah Jarosz
- Mastering Engineer
- Bob Ludwig
- Mixing Engineer
- Kevin Killen
- Recording
- Jody Elff
- Primary Artist
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The Silk Road Ensemble
Yo-yo Ma - Producer
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Kevin Killen
Liz Keller-tripp
Kojiro Umezaki
Mark Suter
Johnny Gandelsman
Alex Venguer
Jeffrey Beecher
4. Ichichila
- Balafon
- Balla Kouyate
- Bass
- Shawn Conley
- Arranger
- Shane Shanahan
- Assistant Engineer
- Jack Mason
- Executive Producer
- Cristin Canterbury Bagnall
- Featured Artist
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Toumani Diabate
Balla Kouyate - Kamancheh
- Kayhan Kalhor
- Marimba
- Joseph Gramley
- Percussion
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Shane Shanahan
Mark Suter - Composer
- Traditional
- Performer
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Balla Kouyate
Toumani Diabate
The Silkroad Ensemble
Yo-yo Ma - Shaker
- Haruka Fujii
- Shakuhachi
- Kojiro Umezaki
- Mixing Engineer
- Kevin Killen
- Recording
- Jody Elff
- Sheng
- Wu Tong
- Viola
- Nicholas Cords
- Violin
-
Johnny Gandelsman
Colin Jacobsen - Mastering Engineer
- Bob Ludwig
- Vocals
- Wu Tong
- Primary Artist
- The Silk Road Ensemble
- Producer
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Kevin Killen
Liz Keller-tripp
Kojiro Umezaki
Mark Suter
Johnny Gandelsman
Alex Venguer
Jeffrey Beecher
5. Sadila Jana
- Cello
- Yo-yo Ma
- Composer
- Traditional
- Performer
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Black Sea Hotel
The Silkroad Ensemble
Yo-yo Ma - Arranger
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Kyle Sanna
Sarah Small - Lyricist
- Traditional
- Assistant Engineer
- Jack Mason
- Executive Producer
- Cristin Canterbury Bagnall
- Featured Artist
- Black Sea Hotel
- Shakuhachi
- Kojiro Umezaki
- Viola
- Nicholas Cords
- Violin
- Colin Jacobsen
- Mastering Engineer
- Bob Ludwig
- Mixing Engineer
- Kevin Killen
- Recording
- Jody Elff
- Vocals
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Black Sea Hotel
Willa Roberts
Shelley Thomas
Sarah Small - Primary Artist
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The Silk Road Ensemble
Yo-yo Ma - Producer
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Liz Keller-tripp
Kojiro Umezaki
Mark Suter
Johnny Gandelsman
Alex Venguer
Jeffrey Beecher
Kevin Killen
6. Shingashi Song
- Bass
- Shawn Conley
- Composer
- Traditional
- Cello
- Yo-yo Ma
- Drums
- Kaoru Watanabe
- Percussion
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Shane Shanahan
Joseph Gramley
Haruka Fujii - Performer
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Kaoru Watanabe
The Silkroad Ensemble
Yo-yo Ma - Arranger
- Haruka Fujii
- Assistant Engineer
- Jack Mason
- Executive Producer
- Cristin Canterbury Bagnall
- Featured Artist
- Kaoru Watanabe
- Shakuhachi
- Kojiro Umezaki
- Mixing Engineer
- Kevin Killen
- Recording
- Jody Elff
- Sheng
- Wu Tong
- Tabla
- Sandeep Das
- Viola
- Nicholas Cords
- Mastering Engineer
- Bob Ludwig
- Violin
- Colin Jacobsen
- Primary Artist
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The Silk Road Ensemble
Yo-yo Ma - Producer
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Liz Keller-tripp
Alex Venguer
Jeffrey Beecher
Kevin Killen
Kojiro Umezaki
Mark Suter
Johnny Gandelsman
7. Madhoushi
- Featured Artist
- Shujaat Khan
- Primary Artist
- The Silk Road Ensemble
- Cello
- Mike Block
- Kamancheh
- Kayhan Kalhor
- Performer
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The Silkroad Ensemble
Shujaat Khan
Shujaat Hussain Khan
Yo-yo Ma - Sitar
- Shujaat Khan
- Tabla
- Sandeep Das
- Violin
- Colin Jacobsen
- Arranger
- Shujaat Khan
- Composer
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Ustad Vilayat Khan
Vilayat Khan - Assistant Engineer
- Jack Mason
- Executive Producer
- Cristin Canterbury Bagnall
- Mastering Engineer
- Bob Ludwig
- Mixing Engineer
- Kevin Killen
- Producer
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Jeffrey Beecher
Mark Suter
Johnny Gandelsman
Kevin Killen
Kojiro Umezaki
Liz Keller-tripp - Recording
- Jody Elff
8. Wedding
- Composer
- Kinan Azmeh
- Bass
- Jeffrey Beecher
- Featured Artist
- Dima Orsho
- Cello
- Eric Jacobsen
- Clarinet
- Kinan Azmeh
- Percussion
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Shane Shanahan
Joseph Gramley
Mark Suter - Performer
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Dima Orsho
The Silkroad Ensemble
Yo-yo Ma - Shakuhachi
- Kojiro Umezaki
- Viola
- Nicholas Cords
- Violin
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Colin Jacobsen
Jessie Montgomery - Assistant Engineer
- Jack Mason
- Executive Producer
- Cristin Canterbury Bagnall
- Vocals
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Dima Orsho
Wu Tong - Mastering Engineer
- Bob Ludwig
- Mixing Engineer
- Kevin Killen
- Recording
- Jody Elff
- Primary Artist
- The Silk Road Ensemble
- Producer
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Jeffrey Beecher
Kevin Killen
Kojiro Umezaki
Mark Suter
Johnny Gandelsman
Alex Venguer
Liz Keller-tripp
9. Going Home
- Cello
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Abigail Washburn
Yo-yo Ma - Clarinet
- Kinan Azmeh
- Performer
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Abigail Washburn
The Silkroad Ensemble
Yo-yo Ma - Arranger
- Jeremy Kittel
- Composer
- Antonín Dvorák
- Assistant Engineer
- Jack Mason
- Executive Producer
- Cristin Canterbury Bagnall
- Featured Artist
- Abigail Washburn
- Sheng
- Wu Tong
- Viola
- Nicholas Cords
- Mastering Engineer
- Bob Ludwig
- Mixing Engineer
- Kevin Killen
- Recording
- Jody Elff
- Translation
- Keith Lipson
- Vocals
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Abigail Washburn
Wu Tong - Primary Artist
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The Silk Road Ensemble
Yo-yo Ma - Producer
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Kojiro Umezaki
Mark Suter
Johnny Gandelsman
Alex Venguer
Jeffrey Beecher
Kevin Killen
Liz Keller-tripp
10. Cabaliño
by The Silkroad Ensemble, Yo-yo Ma, Anxo Pintos, Davide Salvado, Roberto Comesaña
- Accordion
- Roberto Comesaña
- Bass
- Shawn Conley
- Cello
- Yo-yo Ma
- Kamancheh
- Kayhan Kalhor
- Percussion
- Shane Shanahan
- Performer
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The Silkroad Ensemble
Yo-yo Ma
Anxo Pintos
Davide Salvado
Roberto Comesaña
Cristina Pato - Arranger
- Evan Ziporyn
- Composer
- Traditional
- Assistant Engineer
- Jack Mason
- Executive Producer
- Cristin Canterbury Bagnall
- Featured Artist
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Davide Salvado
Roberto Comesaña
Anxo Pintos - Tambourine
- Davide Salvado
- Mastering Engineer
- Bob Ludwig
- Mixing Engineer
- Kevin Killen
- Recording
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Jody Elff
Xabier Olite - Vocals
- Davide Salvado
- Primary Artist
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The Silk Road Ensemble
Yo-yo Ma - Producer
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Kevin Killen
Alex Venguer
Jeffrey Beecher
Kojiro Umezaki
Mark Suter
Johnny Gandelsman
Liz Keller-tripp
11. St. James Infirmary Blues
by The Silkroad Ensemble, Yo-yo Ma, Rhiannon Giddens, Michael Ward-bergeman, Reylon Yount
- Featured Artist
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Reylon Yount
Rhiannon Giddens
Michael Ward-bergeman - Accordion
- Michael Ward-bergeman
- Bass
- Jeffrey Beecher
- Cello
- Yo-yo Ma
- Percussion
- Joseph Gramley
- Performer
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Rhiannon Giddens
Yo-yo Ma
The Silkroad Ensemble
Reylon Yount
Michael Ward-bergeman - Shakuhachi
- Kojiro Umezaki
- Arranger
- Michael Ward-bergeman
- Composer
- Traditional
- Lyricist
- Traditional
- Assistant Engineer
- Jack Mason
- Clarinet
- Kinan Azmeh
- Mastering Engineer
- Bob Ludwig
- Mixing Engineer
- Kevin Killen
- Recording
- Jody Elff
- Violin
- Colin Jacobsen
- Executive Producer
- Cristin Canterbury Bagnall
- Vocals
- Rhiannon Giddens
- Primary Artist
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The Silk Road Ensemble
Yo-yo Ma - Producer
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Kevin Killen
Alex Venguer
Jeffrey Beecher
Kojiro Umezaki
Mark Suter
Johnny Gandelsman
Liz Keller-tripp
12. If You Shall Return...
- Bass
- Shawn Conley
- Composer
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Jianbing Hu
Sandeep Das
Kojiro Umezaki - Featured Artist
- Bill Frisell
- Bass Drums
- Shane Shanahan
- Cymbals
- Haruka Fujii
- Assistant Engineer
- Jack Mason
- Executive Producer
- Cristin Canterbury Bagnall
- Guitar
- Bill Frisell
- Performer
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Yo-yo Ma
Bill Frisell
The Silkroad Ensemble - Shakuhachi
- Kojiro Umezaki
- Sheng
- Wu Tong
- Mixing Engineer
- Kevin Killen
- Recording
- Jody Elff
- Tabla
- Sandeep Das
- Vibraphone
- Joseph Gramley
- Viola
- Nicholas Cords
- Mastering Engineer
- Bob Ludwig
- Violin
- Colin Jacobsen
- Primary Artist
- The Silk Road Ensemble
- Producer
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Alex Venguer
Kevin Killen
Jeffrey Beecher
Kojiro Umezaki
Mark Suter
Johnny Gandelsman
Liz Keller-tripp
13. Heart and Soul
by , Gregory Porter, Lisa Fischer, The Silkroad Ensemble, Yo-yo Ma
- Cello
- Yo-yo Ma
- Arranger
- Rob Mathes
- Bass
- Jeffrey Beecher
- Lyricist
- Frank Loesser
- Assistant Engineer
- Jack Mason
- Clarinet
- Kinan Azmeh
- Performer
-
The Silkroad Ensemble
Yo-yo Ma
Gregory Porter
Lisa Fischer - Executive Producer
- Cristin Canterbury Bagnall
- Featured Artist
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Gregory Porter
Lisa Fischer - Percussion
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Shane Shanahan
Mark Suter
Joseph Gramley - Piano
- Cristina Pato
- Pipa
- Wu Man
- Shakuhachi
- Kojiro Umezaki
- Composer
- Hoagy Carmichael
- Mixing Engineer
- Kevin Killen
- Recording
- Jody Elff
- Sheng
- Wu Tong
- Viola
- Nicholas Cords
- Violin
- Colin Jacobsen
- Mastering Engineer
- Bob Ludwig
- Vocals
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Lisa Fischer
Gregory Porter - Primary Artist
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The Silk Road Ensemble
Yo-yo Ma - Producer
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Jeffrey Beecher
Alex Venguer
Kevin Killen
Kojiro Umezaki
Mark Suter
Johnny Gandelsman
Liz Keller-tripp
Technical Specifications
- Volume
- 1 volume only
- Tracks
- 13 tracks available
- Type
- ALBUM
- Format
- Digital Media
- Duration
- 1 hour, 12 minutes and 2 seconds
- Explicit
- None
- Coverart
- Available and up to 1000x1000 px
- Booklet
- Not available
- Max Quality
CD Quality (Lossless)
16bit / 44.1 kHz
Stereo
- Audio Extension
Lossless: FLAC, M4A, WAV, WV, AIFF
Lossy: AAC, MP3, M4A, MP4, OGA, OGG, OPUS, WMA
- Archive Format
- Available in these formats: ZIP, TAR, RAR
- Lyrics
- 2/13 tracks have lyrics
- Synchronized Lyrics
- Only 1/13 tracks has synced lyrics
- Genres
- Classical, Solo Instrumentalist
- Label
- Masterworks
- Music Distribution Service
- Sony
- Country
United States- Language
- English (United States)
Spanish (Spain) - Popularity
- Popularity 2/10
- Release Date
- Apr 21, 2016
- Track Preview
- Available
- Delivery Charge
- Free
- Delivery Method
- Digital download link via Email or Personal Dashboard on this site
- UPC
- 886445589269
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