Salman Rushdie on "Luka and the Fire of Life"

Salman Rushdie on "Luka and the Fire of Life"
Interviewer: 
Jim Fleming
Guest(s): 
Salman Rushdie
12.19.2010

Salman Rushdie's life has been a fantasy, but not necessarily in the way he would have wanted.  The Ayatollah issued a death warrant on him after his book "The Satanic Verses," but it has finally been withdrawn. His new book involves dangers of a more literary kind. He tells Jim Fleming he wrote his new book "Luka and the Fire of Life" at his younger son's request.

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Submitted by evonn (not verified) on Sun, 11/20/2011 - 11:58am

Re: interview on 11/20/11 with Salman Rushdie (show 1219B). I'd love to find the middle eastern music in the background. I can't find anything about it here.. Do you have a listing somewhere of the background music on the shows? How do I find it?
Thanks,
Evonn

Submitted by lzimmerman on Mon, 11/21/2011 - 9:38am

Hi Evon,

We have been adding music listings to new shows since our relaunch, and we plan to add this information to our more recent archived shows as well.

Here's the music for this show:

  1. Under Salman Rushdie's "Magic carpet" reading: first track on the soundtrack for "The Secret Garden".

  2. After Signe Pike: Derek Bell, "Ancient Music for the Irish Harp." (Claddagh Records Limited). We used Track 8, "Lady Blaney".

  3. Under Neil Gaiman's reading: Strauss' "Blue Danube" waltz, calliope version.

  4. Under Salman Rushdie readings: Ravi Shankar, selections from "Song of India"

  5. Close music: music from the soundtrack for "Stardust" (film based on a Neil Gaiman novel). We used track 7, "Septimus". (Decca Records)
     

Regards,

Laura Zimmerman

Drupal Developer
Wisconsin Public Radio

 

Submitted by michael gillette (not verified) on Mon, 11/21/2011 - 12:43pm

thanks Drupal
What is the music at the end of the Salman Rushdie piece, I don't recognize it as Ravi Shankar's Sounds of India?

Submitted by lzimmerman on Fri, 11/25/2011 - 9:52am

Hi Michael,

I've looked into this, and it appears that the Sounds of India album is the only one mentioned for this section of the show, although I can't verify the specific track at this time.

If there's anything else we can help with, let us know.

Regards,

Laura Zimmerman

Drupal Developer
Wisconsin Public Radio

 

Submitted by Jason (not verified) on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 11:48pm

I too would like to know what this song was (the one with the flute). Couldn't find it on the Shankar album "Sounds of India". It was a great song!

I'll post if I'm able to find out independently.

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