Product Details

• Performer: Yo-Yo Ma
• Conductor: Various
• Composer: Various
• Audio CD (April 22, 2016)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: SONY MASTERWORKS
• Run Time: 72 minutes

Editorial Reviews The new album from Yo-Yo Ma & the Silk Road Ensemble will surprise and delightwith imaginative sounds that transform the traditional musical landscape. SingMe Home is the sixth album by the Grammy-nominated Silk Road Ensemble and itsfounding member and guiding light, Yo-Yo Ma. The album features special guestperformers Rhiannon Giddens, Sarah Jarosz, Abagail Washburn, Gregory Porter,Lisa Fischer, Grammy Award-winning jazz guitarist, Bill Frisell and more. Produced by Silk Road Ensemble member Johnny Gandelsman and Grammy Awardwinner Kevin Killen (U2, Kate Bush, Elvis Costello, David Bowie), Sing Me Homeexamines the ever-changing idea of home, with original and traditional tunescomposed or arranged by members of the Ensemble s unique collective of globalartists. Each piece invites listeners to explore the music of home through theindividual experiences of Ensemble members, many of whom are immigrants. Theresult is a compelling collection of innovative and deeply moving tributes tothe rich cultural heritage of the Balkans, China, Galicia, India, Iran,Ireland, Japan, Mali people of Roma, Syria and the United States. Sing Me Home is a companion album, developed and recorded alongside The Musicof Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma & the Silk Road Ensemble, a documentary feature filmfrom Oscar and Emmy-winning director Morgan Neville that tells the story ofthe Ensemble and Silk Road, its parent organization. The Music of Strangerswill be released theatrically nationwide in June and will air on HBO in thefall. silkroadproject.org masterworksmusic.com