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Saturday, June 8, 2019
Tuareg Guitar Wizard Mdou Moctar


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Meet Mdou Moctar, the scorching visionary Tuareg rock guitarist! You may know Moctar from his star turn in the first-ever Tuareg-language dramatic movie, a desert-rocking adaptation of Purple Rain. Now he has a blistering new album, Ilana: The Creator (Sahel Sounds), which NPR Music calls "perhaps the most fiery psych-rock of the 21st century". Hear Moctar chat with Rob tonight and then come to WFMU's Monty Hall Wednesday night June 26th to see Mdou Moctar and his super-charged band blow your mind!

This Week's Playlist:

(* = new)

Picoby Band D'Abomey: Mé Adomina / Various Artists: African Scream Contest Vol. 2: Benin 1963-1980 / Analog Africa (0:00:00 Pop-up)

Super Borgou de Parakou: Baba L'oke Ba'wagbe / Various Artists: African Scream Contest Vol. 2: Benin 1963-1980 / Analog Africa (0:03:25 Pop-up)

T.P. Orchestre Poly-Rythmo De Cotonou: Iya Me Dji Ki Bi Ni / The Vodoun Effect 1972-1975 / Analog Africa (0:06:27 Pop-up)

Tal National: Entente / Tantabara / FatCat Records ‎ (0:10:34 Pop-up)
GIG: Public Records, 233 Butler St, Brooklyn, Thurs night August 1

Zemog el Gallo Bueno: Quiero Correr / Yoyoumetu Trilogy Vol.3 / Afinque X Records / * (0:09:01 Pop-up)

Bruno Capinan: Saint Salvador / Divina Graça (0:20:21 Pop-up)

Casuarina: Você Já Foi à Bahia? / No Passo de Caymmi / Circular Moves (0:23:10 Pop-up)
GIGs: Artes Brasileiras Series @ NY Botanical Garden, Bronx, Sat July 27 1-4 pm; House of Yes, Sun eve July 28 (Brasil Summerfest event)

Benji Kaplan and Rita Figueiredo: Piocera / Benji and Rita / * (0:25:33 Pop-up)
GIG: Friday eve July 26 @ Drom (part of Brasil Summerfest)

Caracoles: Tiempo / Flores (0:28:39 Pop-up)

Dizzy Mandjeku & Ale Kuma: Nasinalapi Ndayi / De Palenque à Matongé / Palenque Records / * (0:37:02 Pop-up)

Tabou Combo: Bebe Paramount / Respect... / Mini Records / Secret Stash (reissue) (0:41:30 Pop-up)
GIG: Tabou Combo + Lakou Mizik @ Springfield Park (City Parks Summerstage, FREE) Sun July 7, 6-9 pm

Abel Lima: Farmacia / Various Artists: Synthesize the Soul: Astro-Atlantic Hypnotica from the Cape Verde Islands 1973-1988 / Ostinato Records (0:47:46 Pop-up)

The Four Brothers: Uchandifunga / Rugare / Shungu Records (0:52:22 Pop-up)

Ibibio Sound Machine: Nyak Mien / Doko Mien (Tell Me) / Merge / * (0:56:38 Pop-up)
GIG: Thurs eve July 25th @ Brooklyn Bowl

Mdou Moctar: Jagwa / Akounak Tedalat Taha Tazoughai (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) / Sahel Sounds (1:05:55 Pop-up)

Mdou Moctar: Interview (1:09:27 Pop-up)

Mdou Moctar: Anar / Various Artists: Music from Saharan Cellphones: Volume 2 / Sahel Sounds (1:09:33 Pop-up)

Mdou Moctar: Amer Iyan / Afelan / Sahel Sounds (1:16:50 Pop-up)

Mdou Moctar: Amidini / Sousoume Tamachek / Sahel Sounds (1:20:37 Pop-up)

Mdou Moctar: Interview (1:25:43 Pop-up)
Moctar explains that there's no word for "purple" in the Tamasheq (Tuareg) language so the Tuareg adaptation of Purple Rain's title translates literally to "Rain the Color of Blue with a Little Red in It"

Mdou Moctar: Adounia / Akounak Tedalat Taha Tazoughai (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) / Sahel Sounds (1:28:35 Pop-up)

Mdou Moctar: Interview (1:32:44 Pop-up)
Moctar talks about the variations in the nature of his earlier recordings, and then introduces the title cut of the new album, which talks about the struggles of the Tuareg people. He's very critical of the French colonial and post-colonial relationship.

Mdou Moctar: Ilana / Ilana: The Creator / Sahel Sounds / * (1:36:28 Pop-up)

Mdou Moctar: Tartahazed / Ilana: The Creator / Sahel Sounds / * (1:42:28 Pop-up)

Mdou Moctar: Wiwarshanin / Ilana: The Creator / Sahel Sounds / * (1:51:47 Pop-up)
"Effacer" basically means to wipe out or destroy - I didn't quite catch that in the interview! He's critical in this song of French colonialists (and others), as he sees it, taking advantage of less powerful people.

Mdou Moctar: Anna / Ilana: The Creator / Sahel Sounds / * (1:58:21 Pop-up)
In this song Moctar is singing to his mom about his experience of the world in his musical travels, compared to life at home. Also he mentions during the interview that at his merch table on tour you can buy Tuareg jewelry and the proceeds from that are going toward a school construction project back home.

Mdou Moctar: Tumastin / Ilana: The Creator / Sahel Sounds / * (2:05:12 Pop-up)
Song about how the Tuareg people were separated by colonial and post-colonial borders

Mashrou' Leila: Bint Elkhandaq / Ibn El Leil (2:09:44 Pop-up)
GIG: Mashrou’ Leila with Rabih Almuddine perform in conjunction with Oliver Beer's sound-art exhibition, Vessel Orchestra @ The Met Breuer, July 12 (Fri) 6:30 to 8:30 PM

Moussu T e lei Jovents: Qu'es Bòn / Navega / World Village (2:13:18 Pop-up)

Aterciopelados: Manifesto Colibrí / Claroscura / Sony / * (2:16:39 Pop-up)
GIG: Aterciopelados + Diamante Eléctrico presented by LAMC @ Queensbridge Park (City Parks Summerstage, FREE) Thurs July 11, 7 pm

El Dusty: Loquito Loca / Cumbia City / Universal / * (2:19:51 Pop-up)

Taina Asili: Decir Que No / Resiliencia / * (2:22:56 Pop-up)
GIG: Taína Asili will be performing and speaking at the World Pride Rally 2019 (at Christopher St. & Waverly Pl) in commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising - info at https://2019-worldpride-stonewall50.nycpride.org/events/stonewall-50th-commemoration/

Oumou Sangare: Yere Faga / Mogoya / No Format (2:31:28 Pop-up)
Featuring Tony Allen

Harouna Samake: Try Voice / Kamale Blues / NCB / * (2:36:26 Pop-up)

Eténèsh* & Le Tigre (des Platanes): Tché Bèlèw / Zèraf! / Buda Musique (2:40:59 Pop-up)

Kalibè: Indignawa / Mãe da Lua (2:50:56 Pop-up)

Aziz Sahmaoui and University of Gnawa: La Peur - Nogcha / Poetic Trance / Blue Line / * (2:54:31 Pop-up)

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National Immigration Law Center: Established in 1979, the National Immigration Law Center (NILC) is one of the leading organizations in the U.S. exclusively dedicated to defending and advancing the rights of low-income immigrants.

National Immigration Forum: The National Immigration Forum is one of the leading immigrant advocacy organizations in the country, with a mission to advocate for the value of immigrants and immigration to the nation.

New York Immigration Coalition: The New York Immigration Coalition aims to achieve a fairer and more just society that values the contributions of immigrants and extends opportunity to all. The NYIC promotes immigrants’ full civic participation, fosters their leadership, and provides a unified voice and a vehicle for collective action for New York’s diverse immigrant communities.

Arab American Family Support Center (New York City): The Arab-American Family Support Center is a 501(c)3 non-profit, non-sectarian organization that provides culturally and linguistically sensitive services to immigrant communities throughout New York City.

Action NYC: ActionNYC connects New Yorkers to free, safe immigration legal help. You can make an appointment to learn your immigration legal options and get immigration application assistance. There are ActionNYC sites in all five boroughs. Appointments are required. Your appointment will be in your language.

Immigration Equality is the leading LGBTQ immigrant rights organization in the country. It provide s advice and legal services to thousands of LGBTQ and HIV-positive immigrants seeking refuge, fair treatment, and freedom in the United States. The work is truly lifesaving because there are nearly 80 countries around the world where it is a crime to be LGBTQ, with consequences up to and including the death penalty. For this reason, Immigration Equality fights to obtain asylum in the United States for LGBTQ and HIV-positive refugees - with a remarkable 99% win rate.

International Refugee Assistance Project: The International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP) organizes law students and lawyers to develop and enforce a set of legal and human rights for refugees and displaced persons. Mobilizing direct legal aid and systemic policy advocacy, IRAP serves the world’s most persecuted individuals and empowers the next generation of human rights leaders.

International Rescue Committee: The International Rescue Committee responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people whose lives and livelihoods are shattered by conflict and disaster to survive, recover, and gain control of their future.

Kids in Need of Defense (KIND): KIND serves as the leading organization for the protection of children who enter the US immigration system alone and strives to ensure that no such child appears in immigration court without representation. We achieve fundamental fairness through high-quality legal representation and by advancing the child's best interests, safety and well-being.

Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF): AALDEF is a national organization that protects and promotes the civil rights of Asian Americans by combining litigation, advocacy, education, and community organizing. Issues / focus include immigrant rights, civic participation and voting rights, economic justice for workers, language access to services, educational equity, housing and environmental justice, and the elimination of anti-Asian violence, police misconduct, and human trafficking.

Make the Road New York (MRNY): MRNY builds the power of Latino and working class communities to achieve dignity and justice through organizing, policy innovation, transformative education, and survival services.

Make the Road New Jersey (MRNJ): Make the Road New Jersey builds the power of immigrant and working class communities in New Jersey to achieve dignity and justice through community organizing, legal and support services, transformative education and policy innovation.