Transpacific Sound Paradise
Saturday, November 22, 2008
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This Week's Playlist:
(* = new)
Sin Sisamouth:
Track 12
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Late great Cambodian singer, one of the inspirations for Dengue Fever (who played Terre T's show earlier today)
Baba Zula:
Eternal is the Word of Poets
/ Roots
/ Doublemoon
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From Istanbul, Turkey
Agostones:
Ordogbomba
/ Ordogbomba
/ Etnofon
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The Devil's Bomb. Project of Hungarian musician Bela Agoston, who sings and plays saxophone and bagpipes.
Babylon Circus:
Sailor's Wife
/ Dances of Resistance
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From France
Valkyrien All Stars:
Hvis Jeg Var Deg
/ Valkyrien All Stars
/ Phantom Sound & Vision
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From Norway, and coming to NYC Jan 11 for the annual world music mega-showcase Globalfest (Jan 11, Webster Hall NYC)
Watcha Clan:
Goumari
/ Diaspora Hi-Fi
/ Piranha
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From Marseille, France - playing in this year's Globalfest (Jan 11, Webster Hall NYC)
Youssou N'Dour:
Baay Faal
/ Rokku Mi Rokka
/ Nonesuch
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Youssou's Great African Ball is this Wed / Thurs at the Nokia Theatre NYC
Prince Diabate:
Djerelon
/ Djrelon
/ Kora Company Collection
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Kora Player / Band leader from Guinea via California.
Thierry Robin:
Swing Wassalou
/ Alezane
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Featuring Abdelkrim Sami "Diablo"
Mamak Khadem:
Gelayeh
/ Jostojoo
/ Banyan Tree
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From Iran via Southern California, where a lot of Iranian music is made
Fairuz:
Heyla Ya Wasee
/ Live in San Francisco
/ Voix de l'Orient
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Unsafe at any speed?
Terakaft:
Iswegh Atay
/ Akh Issudar
/ World Village
/
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Latest Southern Saharan guitar band to make the scene - from Mali
Abiyou Solomon:
Bogge Oromo (Shewa)
/ In Search of My Roots
/ AIT Records
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Ethiopian bassist who lived in US for a while, now back in Ethiopia, and has worked with many of the country's greats.
Massukos:
Mudacia Wana
/ Bumping
/ Poo Productions
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Popular band from Mozambique. Thanks to http://www.calabashmusic.com.
Samba Mapangala & Orchestre Virunga:
Malako
/ African Classics
/ Sheer
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New anthology
Remmy Ongala & Orchestre Super Matimila:
Ndumila Kuwili
/ Nalilia Mwana
/ WOMAD
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Don't Speak With Two Mouths / from WOMAD's anthology of selections from Ongala's East African label releases.
Aterciopelados:
Dia Paranormal
/ Rio
/ Nacional
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New CD from the artsy Colombian band
Manu Chao:
Me Llaman Calle
/ Various Artists: Beyond the Horizon
/ Warner Classics & Jazz
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Charlie Gillett comp
Los Cuatro Ases de Jarana:
Jarana 1 (excerpt)
/ Vocal Duels from the Streets of Lima
/ Topic
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The jarana is a type of improvised vocal duel performed in the back streets of Lima, Peru. This cd is a collection of previously unreleased field recordings made in the 1950s by Latin American literary historian José Durand Flórez (1925-1990). (Info from http://www.mustrad.org.uk/reviews/jarana.htm.)
Lila Downs:
Ojo de Culebra
/ Shake Away
/ Manhattan
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From Mexico via Minneapolis via NYC - this latest cd is with her "New York Band"
Nation Beat:
Mare Cheia
/ Legends of the Preacher
/ Modiba
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With the Klezmatics
Ilgi:
Rita Rasa Krita
/ Kaza Kapa Debesis (A Goat Climbed to the Sky)
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From Latvia
Kvarts:
Halling Efter Hjalmar Fjellhammer
/ Steinsprang
/ Kvarts
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From Norway
Kormoran:
Vedelmezz
/ Folk and roll
/ Hungaroton
/ 1984
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"Protect Me." From Hungary
Fairport Convention:
Tam Lin
/ Liege & Lief
/ A&M
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Much of the European neo-trad or folk rock music I played tonight owes a huge debt to Fairport, the pacesetters
Altan Urag Folk Rock Band:
Shiree Nuur
/ Made in Mongolia
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From Ulan Bator, Mongolia. Band name means "The Golden Family".
Ida Kelarova:
Ej Hora, Hora
/ Gypsy, Moravian and Slovakian Songs
/ Lotos Records
/ 2000
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From Czech Republic
Bea Palya:
Nina Nenem
/ Psyche (Weores Sandor)
/ Gryllus
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Poems of Hungarian author and poet Sandor Weores. Palya makes her solo NYC debut Jan. 30 at Carnegie Hall's Zankel Hall.
Kayhan Kalhor and Brooklyn Rider:
Parvaz
/ Silent City
/ World Village
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Renowned Kurdish-Iranian kamancheh player and western classical players from Brooklyn get together
Hazmat Modine:
It Calls Me
/ Bahamut
/ Barbes
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With Huun Huur Tu - they're playing together Sunday night Nov 23 at Le Poisson Rouge, NYC
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