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Big Guitars from Texas
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Groovus
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The intro theme tune to this web-only show started midway through; hope you didn't mind
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Tinariwen
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Matadjem Yinmixan
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These Tuareg nomads from North Africa sure can plug in and play; from a great new album-- "Water is Life"-- on World Village, 2007
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Sedo Um Ehl Aida
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Ya Moulana
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Recorded in Mali as part of Le Festival Au Desert in 2003, this group from Mauritania was one of dozens that performed at this amazing event
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Vieux Farka Toure
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Sangare
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Son of Ali Farka Toure-- also on World Village
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Ralph Alessi
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Soy Ink
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Trumpeter Alessi has help here from Don Byron (clarinet), David Gilmore (guitar), Drew Gress (bass) and others
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Don Byron
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I'll Follow the Sun
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Bill Frisell plays guitar on this Lennon/McCartney tune, from DB's 1999 "Romance with the Unseen" on Blue Note
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Traffic
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Walking in the Wind
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Originally on "When the Eagle Flies" (1974), now part of a double-CD of Traffic tunes called "Smiling Phases" on Island
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Ibiza Sound
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Ad Lib (Parte 2)
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The CD is "Andergraun Vibrations-- Spanish Hard Psych & Beyond, 1970-1978" on Hundergum
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Modificacion
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Across the Time
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Despite the title, this is more psychedelic rock from Spain
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Spam All Stars
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El Ultimo
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This Miami-based group likes to mix it up; from their 2000 CD "Pigs in Space"
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Balkan Beat Box
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Balcasio
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Not sure where Spam All Stars ends and Balkan Beat Box begins but it sounds good to me!
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Rabbits & Carrots
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Hip City
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And how about this 1969 Mexican music, from "Soul Latino" on Vampisoul
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Lauren Hooker
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You Needn't Call Me
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Lauren will be around-- check out upcoming gigs in NY & NJ at laurenhooker.com
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Damn Glad
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Lighten the Load
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Jersey City band with a nice sound; see their website: damnglad.com
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Paul Iorio
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Pretty Women at the Funeral
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Paul's debut album is called "About Myself" and was recorded in L.A. in 2005
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Lou Russo
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Better Off Dead
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Longtime friend of the station. I used to see Lou and band decades ago play the bars of Hudson County.
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Greg Englesson
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That Last Phone Call
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aka Mr. E. Lots of nice tunes on his "Demystified" CD; you can email Greg in Woodstock: GE@netstep.net
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Bazza
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Savage Season
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I like this stuff: interesting lyrics, good band, cool album covers. Out of Portland. Oregon. Website: vachss.com
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Wilco
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Either Way
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Nice new CD on Nonesuch: "Sky Blue Sky"
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The Special Pillow
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Goodnight Morning, Hello Moon
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Local band makes good
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Nick Lowe
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The Man in Love
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I didn't realize this was a Charlie Feathers' tune; NL knows how to make that old rockabilly stuff sound fresh
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The Walkabouts
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Satisfied Mind
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From a reissue of their 1993 CD
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Sheb Wooley
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Blue Guitar
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Of "Purple People Eater" fame, from the "Roots of Elvis" CD on Rev-Ola
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Ivory Joe Hunter
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I Almost Lost My Mind
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Elvis listened to this one too
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Bobby Blue Bland
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Lovin' Blues
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Deep South BBB, on "The Earls of Duke" (Rev-Ola, 2007)
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Joe Liggins
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Honeydripper
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A 2-for-1 Honeydripper, Parts 1 & 2 combined. This was a huge hit, sold a million records in 1945-46-- and it still sounds great
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Eddie Shaw
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Chicago Man
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Shaw heads the house band for the new John Sayles movie--"Honeydripper"-- and he still blows a mean sax, as this cool instrumental shows
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Eddie Shaw
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Blues at the Crossroads
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In 1992, he recorded "In the Land of the Crossroads" for Rooster Blues in Clarksdale, Mississippi
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Little Willie John
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I Need Your Love So Bad
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What a voice! Although he died in prison in 1968-- he killed a man in a bar fight-- his music lives on. His older sister Mabel is in the Honeydripper band
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Wynonie Harris
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Good Rockin' Tonight
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This was a smash R&B hit in 1948, with Hal Cornbread Singer playing sax. A hot number
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Joe Ely
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Good Rockin' Tonight
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Joe Ely's version is even hotter, a rock & rock powerhouse-- from "Musta Notta Gotta Lotta" (SouthCoast Records, 1981)
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Mahalia Jackson
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Move On Up A LIttle Higher
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Can a gospel tune be a hit? This 1963 song sure has all the makings!
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Six Pack
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There Was A Time
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From "Good God! James Brown Covers from the 60s & 70s"
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The Dave Pike Set
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I Got the Feelin'
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More JB style funk
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OFS Unlimited
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Mr. Kidneys
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Mr. Kidneys?! I guess that's why they call it "Eccentric Soul: The Prix Label"
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Mardigras.bb
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Junge Telegraph
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Great stuff out of Frankfurt, Germany; the CD is "Alligatorsoup" (Hazlewood Music)
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Jose Roberto
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Crioula Multicolorida
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From "Brazilian Beats Brooklyn" on Mr. Bongo
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Erasmo Carlos
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Jeep
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More Brooklyn Brazilian Beats
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Rockin' Dopsie
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My Baby She's Gone`
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My favorite Dopsie album is "Hold On!" on Sonet Records out of London in 1979
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[from "Gypsy Caravan"]
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Smoking Bass
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Super soundtrack on World Village from new movie
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Esma's Ensemble Teodosievski
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Romano Horo
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According to the Liner Notes, Esma Redzepova, from Macedonia, has been performing for more than 40 years and is the musical "Queen of the Gypsies."
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[from "Gypsy Caravan"]
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Spoons
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Food and music go hand in hand
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Taraf de Hajouks
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Carolina
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This group from Macedonia is the best known of the Gypsy bands
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Fred Anderson & Hamid Drake
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Planet E
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These two Chicago guys have been playing together for decades; Allmusic says their new CD-- "From the River to the Ocean"-- "is not only among Anderson's finest albums to date, it has to be among the top jazz albums of 2007."
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