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Favoriting August 26, 2023: Late Summer

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Artist Track Album Label Comments New Approx. start time
Tony Allen & Adrian Younge  Oladipo   Favoriting Jazz Is Dead 18  Jazz is Dead    *   0:00:00 (Pop-up)
WITCH  By The Time You Realize   Favoriting Zango  Desert Daze  Zamrock pioneers' first album in four decades  *   0:00:51 (Pop-up)
Immy Owusu  Sunsum Dware   Favoriting Lo-life!  Hope Street  From Australia, a grandson of Ghanaian artist Koo Nimo  *   0:05:33 (Pop-up)
Ndenga Andre Destin & Les Golden Boys  Ndenga Andre Destin & Les Golden Sounds   Favoriting Various Artists: Cameroon Garage Funk: 1964 - 1979  Analog Africa      0:10:38 (Pop-up)
Ali Mohammed Birra  Abbaa Lafa   Favoriting Various Artists: Ethiopiques 28: Great Oromo Music  Buda Musique  Released first Oromo LP and considered greatest Oromo singer    0:19:33 (Pop-up)
Bzunèsh Bèqèlè  Tegel new   Favoriting Various Artists: Éthiopiques 13: Ethiopian Groove - The Golden Seventies  Buda Musique  "First Lady of Ethiopian popular music"    0:25:30 (Pop-up)
Assèlèfètch Ashiné & Géténèsh Kebrèt & Army Band  Tenafakiwou Tersseh   Favoriting Beauties  Mississippi/Domino Sound  New reissue  *   0:28:18 (Pop-up)
Tinariwen  Arajghiyine   Favoriting Amatssou  Wedge  Album title means "beyond the fear".  *   0:36:22 (Pop-up)
75 Dollar Bill  Power Failure #2   Favoriting Power Failures  Karlrecords  Newly remastered / GIG note: They're playing pretty much right now (7 pm) at Bryant Park  *    
Etran de L'Aïr  Agrim Agadez   Favoriting No. 1  Sahel Sounds  Currently on the road in Europe as we heard from Bas!    0:52:07 (Pop-up)
Franco  Na Loba Loba Pampa Te   Favoriting Guitar Hero  Cantos  1977 gem by the Congolese great    1:03:06 (Pop-up)
Balka Sound  Ni Kuel'ko   Favoriting Balka Sound  Strut  New anthology - electrified traditional sound of the Beembe people of Congo  *   1:12:13 (Pop-up)
Gibraltar Drakus  Exode Rural   Favoriting Hommage A Zanzibar  Awesome Tapes From Africa  Orig Cameroon, 1989 - new reissue  *   1:18:34 (Pop-up)
André Marie Tala  Mwouop   Favoriting Bend Skin Beats  RetroAfric  Cameroonian guitarist, percussionist, and vocalist who was prolific during the 1970s and ’80s    1:24:48 (Pop-up)
Roger Bekono  Jolie Poupée   Favoriting Roger Bekono  Inter Diffusion System      1:29:08 (Pop-up)
Kasai Allstars  Mukuba   Favoriting In The 7th Moon, The Chief Turned Into A Swimming Fish And Ate The Head Of His Enemy By Magic  Crammed Discs      1:38:19 (Pop-up)
Malombo Jazz Makers  Abbey's Mood   Favoriting Malompo Jazz  Strut  New reissue  *   1:46:02 (Pop-up)
Julian Bahula's Jazz Afrika  Woza Cindi   Favoriting Various Artists: Bilongo  Comet      1:49:40 (Pop-up)
Maher Cissoko  Laye Diallo   Favoriting Kora World  Ajabu!  Advance single; album releases Sept. 29  *   2:01:29 (Pop-up)
Gao Hong and Kadialy Kouyate  Joyful World   Favoriting Terri Kunda - Chinese pipa meets Senegalese kora  ARC Music  The rare yet captivating combination of possibly two of world music’s most mesmerising instruments: the Chinese pipa, and the West African kora played by musical virtuosos Gao Hong and Kadialy Kouyate, Gold medal winners of the Global Music Awards  *   2:06:05 (Pop-up)
Vumbi Dekula  Maamajacy   Favoriting Congo Guitar  Hive Mind / Sing A Song Fighter  Advance single; album releases Sept. 15  *   2:09:15 (Pop-up)
Ali Farka Touré & Toumani Diabaté  56   Favoriting Ali and Toumani  World Circuit      2:16:22 (Pop-up)
Alif Naaba  Koom Kaye   Favoriting So Wok    From Burkina Faso; this track is also on new Putumayo Acoustic Africa 6 compilation.    2:22:51 (Pop-up)
Sinta Wullur  Shades of Jog   Favoriting Ragamalan    Gamelan musician, pianist, singer, and classical composer from Netherlands via Indonesia - music bed for concert listings  *   2:33:47 (Pop-up)
Chouk Bwa & The Ångströmers  Somanti   Favoriting Somanti  Les Disques Bongo Joe  Advance single; album releases Sept. 8 digitally  *   2:33:55 (Pop-up)
Dudu Tassa, Jonny Greenwood  Lhla Yzid Ikthar   Favoriting Jarak Qaribak  World Circuit  The Radiohead guitarist teams up with the Israeli bandleader and guests from across the region for an uplifting survey of songs from Algeria, Egypt, Morocco and more - Guardian  *   2:39:41 (Pop-up)
Jawa  Taba waqti   Favoriting Last Breaths from Aleppo  Muziekpublique  Jawa decided to provide a musical accompaniment to Aleppo’s sufi heritage, whichwas originally performed a capella, with a carefully chosen selection of pieces. Thisvocal repertoire is interpreted in a new and expertly crafted form by musicians fromSyria, Belgium, Palestine and the Maghreb  *   2:44:19 (Pop-up)
El Sheikh Amin الشيخ أمين  Mouled Fe Medina Tanta   Favoriting Various Artists: Bourini Records 1968-75: Bodega Pop 2023 WFMU Marathon Premium  WFMU    *   2:48:27 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

  6:02pm
chresti:

Hi Rob and paradisians!
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john_zilla:

hello Rob and all! got you on in vacation in PA
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Bas NL:

Hi Rob! Hi all!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:11pm
Rob W:

Hi folks, thanks for listening!
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northguineahills:

Rob y transsonicopadadisos!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:15pm
Rob W:

Hi ngh!
  6:16pm
mr 6:

By the time you realize;those lyrics were deep
Avatar 🌍 Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:23pm
chresti:

Great set!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:27pm
Rob W:

Thanks chresti. Sorry for the technical glitchfest that followed.
Avatar 🌍 Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:29pm
chresti:

↳ Rob W @6:27
Did not notice!
  6:32pm
Dirk Zaffer Brussels:

Hi Rob. Hi All TPSP-ears
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:32pm
Rob W:

Hi Dirk!
Avatar 🌍 Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:38pm
Bas NL:

↳ Song: "Tenafakiwou Tersseh" by "Assèlèfètch Ashiné & Gét...
Great, this!
  6:39pm
greg technology:

Incredible sounds!! As always
Avatar ♥ 6:42pm
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Song: "Tenafakiwou Tersseh" by "Assèlèfètch Ashiné & Gét...
very hypnotic, like most ethiopian music
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:45pm
Rob W:

Thanks greg and yes, agreed tom tom!
Avatar 🌍 Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:47pm
Bas NL:

Next Friday i'll be visiting a concert by Etran De L'Aïr. Really looking forward to it!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:48pm
Rob W:

Oh that's nice Bas!
Avatar ♥ 6:51pm
tom tom the pipers son:

so good, yet so indebted...
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:57pm
JohnEBGood:

I like this 75 Dollar Bill. It's like Psychedelic, Delta and Country Blues : )
Avatar 🌍 Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:57pm
chresti:

↳ Song: "Power Failure #2" by "75 Dollar Bill"
LOVE this!
Avatar 🌍 Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:58pm
chresti:

↳ JohnEBGood @6:57
Yes!
Avatar ♥ 6:58pm
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ JohnEBGood @6:57
and malian guitar
Avatar 7:00pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Hullo ! Just arriving & lovin' it immediately.
Avatar 🌍 Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:01pm
Bas NL:

↳ Song: "Agrim Agadez" by "Etran de L'Aïr"
Yeay!! Thanks Rob!
Avatar ♥ 7:01pm
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Song: "Agrim Agadez" by "Etran de L'Aïr"
v groovy
Avatar 🌍 Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:04pm
chresti:

↳ Song: "Agrim Agadez" by "Etran de L'Aïr"
Rejoiceful!
Avatar 🌍 Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:06pm
chresti:

↳ chresti @7:04
* like a celebration
  7:06pm
tuskandhusk:

tuned in from the end of the Oregon trail
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chresti:

↳ tuskandhusk @7:06
which end?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:07pm
coelacanth∅:

good evening Rob and the melting paradisos
Avatar ♥ 7:07pm
northguineahills:

at a very crowded cafe/brewery (somehow still pluggef in)
Avatar ♥ 7:07pm
tom tom the pipers son:

2 of my listening favorites, sahel and ethiopian music, thx rob, tuned in at right time
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:11pm
Rob W:

Good evening coelacanth∅!
  7:12pm
tuskandhusk:

ha the Dalles, in Colombia gorge
  7:12pm
tuskandhusk:

@ chersti
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:18pm
Rob W:

tuskandhusk, we didn't quite make it to the Dalles but we were just in Portland as it happens...
Avatar 🌍 Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:20pm
chresti:

Get up and move!
Avatar 🌍 Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:22pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

Good evening, Rob and paradise people!
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chresti:

↳ tuskandhusk @7:12
Thanks
Avatar 7:25pm
Troy:

Enjoying the fine sounds here in the PNW.
Avatar 🌍 Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:26pm
chresti:

↳ tuskandhusk @7:12
I've only been as far as Portland
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:26pm
Rob W:

Good evening Ken!
Avatar ♥ 7:35pm
tom tom the pipers son:

just a guess ... is konono no1 coming up,,, hope so
Avatar ♥ 7:35pm
northguineahills:

↳ Song: "Exode Rural" by "Gibraltar Drakus"
what a rockin' first name! 😜
Avatar ♥ 7:35pm
northguineahills:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @7:35
kasai allstars, per chance?
Avatar ♥ 7:38pm
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ northguineahills @7:35
don't know kasai all stars, but the percussion in last one had me thinking electric lukembi
  7:40pm
Dutch___________:

Greetings all you pacifying people. Rob 👍
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:41pm
Rob W:

Greetings Dutch!
Avatar ♥ 7:42pm
northguineahills:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @7:38
kasai allstars were an allstar group of older junkyard electric musicians from kinshasa that included konono no1.
  7:44pm
Zydeco Phil:

Cameroon!!!!!!!
Avatar ♥ 7:46pm
northguineahills:

↳ Song: "Mukuba" by "Kasai Allstars"
psychic djing!
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tom tom the pipers son:

↳ northguineahills @7:42
oh, thx for the info, learned about konono no1 pretty recently and saw in videos that they are no spring chickens, so to speak.
  7:47pm
Dutch___________:

Me gots 'psyco on da bus' by Tony Allen. Crazy good nigeria afrobeat jazzfunk album
Avatar ♥ 7:47pm
northguineahills:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @7:46
like many things, the Ex introduced me to them...(two decades ago, whew)
Avatar ♥ 7:48pm
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ northguineahills @7:47
ah... the ex, into african music, the ethiopian players too
  7:49pm
Dutch___________:

@northguineahills Hi NGH saw my patat frites mail? 🤪
Avatar ♥ 7:55pm
northguineahills:

↳ Dutch___________ @7:49
great, now I'm hungry. (nothing potato based around here, only hot wings [i might get the vegan])
Avatar ♥ 7:56pm
northguineahills:

↳ Song: "Mukuba" by "Kasai Allstars"
you have to admit, this album name is boss!
  8:01pm
Robm:

hello fellow TSP lovers
  8:03pm
Dutch___________:

Sry... and...reading about Nagarjuna...a bit.
  8:08pm
M&K:

M&K on board…sounds like we missed something
  8:08pm
Dutch___________:

Kora is cool
  8:11pm
Dutch___________:

20 strings. 10 for each hand, you go figure it out..🤔
Avatar 8:13pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Just had Malian Kora player Yacouba Sissoko & his band SIYA up here where I live the other week - playing for Free virtually next door.
  8:13pm
Dutch___________:

Darn...got to sleep. CGH is doing me in a bit. Bye all.
Avatar 8:15pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

↳ Dutch___________ @8:11
Yeah two sets of strings - perpendicular to the face of the instrument.
  8:17pm
Robm:

↳ Dutch___________ @8:13
night dutch hope the bedbugs don’t bite
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

↳ Revolution Rabbit Nov63 @8:15
www.site-annonce.fr...
  8:18pm
Dutch___________:

@Robm That be 2 kittens 😉 they are allowed 🐱🐱
  8:24pm
Robm:

↳ Dutch___________ @8:18
yeah our feline overlords dutch
Avatar ♥ 8:27pm
northguineahills:

just went to a vegan bakery. One the guys working there had a "be kind to animals, violent to nazis". I complimented him on his shirt, and he asked about wfmu (my shirt). I then began my proselyting...
  8:30pm
Robm:

↳ northguineahills @8:27
ohh yes spread the good word brother NGH
Avatar 🌍 Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:31pm
chresti:

↳ northguineahills @8:27
good work!
  8:32pm
Robm:

↳ northguineahills @8:27
or should i say spread the WFMU gospel
Avatar 8:34pm
Troy:

Thanks for the amazing show Rob!
Avatar 8:35pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

I for one Welcome our new pugilistic beastie-loving Antifa Overlordz.
Avatar ♥ 8:36pm
northguineahills:

↳ Revolution Rabbit Nov63 @8:35
he was the vegan cook, and the shirt had an open switchblade after the nazi comment...
Avatar 8:37pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

↳ northguineahills @8:36
...try that in a small town...
Avatar 🌍 Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:39pm
chresti:

↳ northguineahills @8:36
in fla ?
  8:41pm
Robm:

↳ chresti @8:39
chresti there are open minded people in florida, not many but some
Avatar ♥ 8:42pm
northguineahills:

↳ chresti @8:39
well, i'm still stuck until my job starts, so yeah, in florida i am.
Avatar ♥ 8:43pm
northguineahills:

↳ Revolution Rabbit Nov63 @8:37
i don't know whether guffaw or admonish you for getting that in my head...
Avatar 8:44pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

↳ northguineahills @8:43
Laugh or Cry ?
It's a fine line anymore...
Avatar 🌍 Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:45pm
chresti:

↳ northguineahills @8:42
glad you're seeing signs of civilization there
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northguineahills:

↳ chresti @8:45
just as i'm leaving! 😊
Avatar ♥ 8:54pm
northguineahills:

Rob, this was amazing as per usual. Thanks for the transcultural spatial and temporal drift!
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Rob W:

Thanks ngh!
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northguineahills:

↳ chresti @8:45
I have to go a long ways from the shelter and spend some $ to find the cultural niches, here. Still rather small for a city this size...
Avatar 8:59pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

~ TY Always DJ RobW ~
Avatar ♥ 8:59pm
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Song: "Mouled Fe Medina Tanta" by "El Sheikh Amin الشيخ ...
this guy's voice... ugly beauty
Avatar 🌍 Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:59pm
Bas NL:

Thanks Rob! Great show!!
Avatar 🌍 Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:01pm
chresti:

Thanks Rob!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:17pm
coelacanth∅:

Thanks Rob!
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