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