WFMU: Transpacific Sound Paradise with Rob Weisberg: Playlist from September 30, 2023

Transpacific Sound Paradise with Rob Weisberg: Playlist from September 30, 2023

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September 30, 2023: Habibi Festival Preview
The Habibi Festival celebrates ancient and contemporary music from the SWANA region Oct 1-7 at Joe's Pub.

Featuring:

Oct 1, 2023 // Hadi Eldebek & Friends + Omar Offendum*
Oct 3, 2023 // Amal Murkus & Firas Zreik + Tarek Yamani & Yacine Boulares Quartet*
Oct 4, 2023 // Tarek Yamani & Yacine Boulares Quartet + Bab L’bluz
Oct 5, 2023 // Nesrine + Bab L’Bluz
Oct 6, 2023 // Clarissa Bitar + Sofiane Saidi
Oct 7, 2023 // Nesrine + Sofiane Saidi

Nesrine Sofiane Bab

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(* = new)

Artist	Track	Album	Label	Comments	New	Approx. start time
Dengue Fever	Silver Fish "Silver Fish" by "Dengue Fever"	Ting Mong	Tuk Tuk	Ting Mong is the sixth full-length album of new material from Cambodian/American band Dengue Fever. In Khmer folklore, a Ting Mong is a decoy or mannequin, similar to a scarecrow, used to fight away evil spirits and plagues.	*	0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Kel Assouf	Ariyal "Ariyal" by "Kel Assouf"	Black Ténéré	Glitterbeat	Kel Assouf means "from nostalgia" in Tamasheq language. The band was formed in 2006 by Anana Harouna, a Tuareg musician from Niger, when arriving in Brussels after a long exile. The last album 'Black Tenere', produced in 2019 on multi-award winning label Glitterbeat, is a milestone: African trance rhythms melted into the energy of vintage rock bring a significant new vibration in desert music. - artist bio		0:03:35 (Pop-up)
Azmari	Khamsin "Khamsin" by "Azmari"	Maelström	Sdban	Forthcoming release	*	0:11:03 (Pop-up)
Oriane Lacaille	Je suis la fleur qui ne poussera jamais	iViV	Ignatub / MDC / Pias	Daughter of Reunion Island legend Rene Lacaille	*	0:20:15 (Pop-up)
Kristo Rodzevski	Armenia "Armenia" by "Kristo Rodzevski"	Black Earth	Defkaz	Macedonian artist whose day job is as a NYC Psychiatrist.	*	0:24:24 (Pop-up)
Mokoomba	Makolo "Makolo" by "Mokoomba"	Tusona (Tracings in the Sand)	OutHere	Mokoomba is a six-piece band originally from the Chinotimba township in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe. Mokoomba fuses the traditional sounds of Zimbabwe with soukous, funk, reggae, rock and Afrobeat.	*	0:26:50 (Pop-up)
Sangit	Danser "Danser" by "Sangit"	Ooroo	Riverboat	With Dobet Gnahore, a song about longing for the simplicity of village life. Sangit is a producer, percussionist and songwriter from Israel, And one of the pioneers of Afro beat scene in Israel. Forthcoming release.	*	0:30:59 (Pop-up)
Idrissa Soumaoro	Yélé "Yélé" by "Idrissa Soumaoro"	Diré	Mieruba	Idrissa Soumaoro is a singer-songwriter from Mali. A joyful and inventive multi-instrumentalist, he has devoted his life to helping others by becoming a music teacher for the blind. He has been awarded the title of Chevalier de l'Ordre national du Mali in recognition of his contribution to Malian culture and music. - Bandcamp		0:36:58 (Pop-up)
Leon Keita	Diarabi Mana "Diarabi Mana" by "Leon Keita"	Leon Keita (Analog Africa Dance Edition No.16)	Analog Africa	New collection of music by 1970s Guinean-born Mali-based singer. In 1970, Leon helped to found the legendary Rail-Band, which became a celebrated mainstay of Bamako’s nightlife and launched the international careers of Salif Keita, Mory Kanté and many others. Leon himself went on to join Les Ambassadeurs Internationaux alongside his close friend Manfila Kanté, with whom he toured throughout West Africa, before departing to work on his own compositions. - Bandcamp	*	0:40:46 (Pop-up)
Baaba Maal	Mbeda Wella (feat. Paco Lenol)	Being	Atelier Live	Baaba Maal has been appointed by the United Nations as a Goodwill Ambassador, an honorary spokesperson representing the UN’s interests, raising awareness and mobilising support.		0:48:07 (Pop-up)
Maher Cissoko	Foromateng "Foromateng" by "Maher Cissoko"	Kora World	ajabu!	From Sweden via Senegal. Maher Cissoko was born to be a kora player in one of the greatest Griot families in Casamance, Senegal. His family has seen the art of the griot and kora playing being passed from generation to generation through more than 700 years. - WOMEX	*	0:54:41 (Pop-up)
Koum Tara	Kifech Nensa "Kifech Nensa" by "Koum Tara"	Baraaim El-Louz	Odradek Records	Koum Tara is a meeting of four musical worlds centered around a common project, created and directed by pianist-composer Karim Maurice: traditional chaâbi music, classical string quartet, contemporary music, and jazz. The raw material was extracted from the traditional repertoire of Algerian singer Sid Ahmed Belksier. - Odradek Records. Forthcoming release.	*	1:03:30 (Pop-up)
Nègarit	Yewelalia (Gurage) "Yewelalia (Gurage)" by "Nègarit"	Origins	Buda Musique	Self-described as an Indigenous Ethiopian Jazz Project. Forthcoming release.		1:08:20 (Pop-up)
Samuel Belay	Aynotchesh Yerèfu "Aynotchesh Yerèfu" by "Samuel Belay"	Various Artists: Ethiopiques Volume 8: Swinging Addis	Buda Musique	Member of Ethiopia's Army Band.		1:13:16 (Pop-up)
Vimma	Antrasiitille "Antrasiitille" by "Vimma"	Tornadon silmässä (In the Eye of the Tornado)		Vimma means frenzy or mania in Finnish	*	1:16:26 (Pop-up)
Bab L'Bluz	El Gamra "El Gamra" by "Bab L'Bluz"	Nayda!	Real World	Fronted by an African-Moroccan woman in a traditionally male role, Bab L' Bluz are devoted to a revolution in attitude which dovetails with Morocco's 'nayda' youth movement - a new wave of artists and musicians taking their cues from local heritage, singing words of freedom in the Moroccan-Arabic dialect of darija. - bandcamp		1:25:30 (Pop-up)
Sofiane Saidi & Mazalda	El Ndjoum (arr. Ammar 808)	El Ndjoum	Airfono	The press nicknamed him the Prince of Raï 2.0. The label makes him laugh. Known for his numerous collaborations, with his band Mazalda he reinvented a new, funky version of 1980’s Raï, with analog synths, saz, North-African percussion and trance-inducing vocals. Now solo, his live show is a rare experience, a subversive exploration, a charge of erotic transgression, the raï soul in an electronic body. - Habibi Festival and other sources		1:28:41 (Pop-up)
Nesrine Belmokh	Rissala "Rissala" by "Nesrine Belmokh"	Nesrine	ACT	When Nesrine Belmokh and her trio NES emerged in 2018, the music world was taken by surprise and captivated by her unique fusion of voice, cello, and percussion. In her latest album, simply titled "Nesrine," she continues to showcase her personal and musical journey, seamlessly blending her North African roots with her European present. - Habibi Festival		1:35:20 (Pop-up)
Amal Murkus	Ah Ya Asmar "Ah Ya Asmar" by "Amal Murkus"	Na'na' Ya Na'na'	Levantine Music	Often known as the Voice of Palestine, Amal Murkus’s songs take inspiration from Palestinian folkloric themes as well as original compositions that feature elements of pop, rock, Western Classical, jazz and many global influences, creating a breath- taking modern and authentic sound. - Habibi Festival		1:38:53 (Pop-up)
Clarissa Bitar	Bayara "Bayara" by "Clarissa Bitar"	Hassan Sabi	Levantine Music	Clarissa Bitar is an award-winning Palestinian oud musician and composer. Hailing from the vibrant city of Los Angeles, California, Clarissa's profound connection to their Palestinian heritage infuses their music with a unique soulful touch. She has studied with prominent Arab oudists like Simon Shaheen, Charbel Rouhana, and Bassam Saba. - Habibi Festival		1:47:16 (Pop-up)
Galeet Dardashti	Wine Song for Spring	Monajat		The album is inspired by old and haunting recordings of the prayers of Selichot chanted by Galeet’s late grandfather, Younes Dardashti, a famous master singer of Persian classical music in 1950s and ’60s Iran. - Forward	*	1:49:14 (Pop-up)
Dimitris Papageorgiou	Sundance "Sundance" by "Dimitris Papageorgiou"	Greek Bouzouki Classics	ARC Music		*	1:56:07 (Pop-up)

Listener comments!
	♥ 9:00am Handy Haversack: Morning, Rob and border smashers!
	♥ 9:02am TDK60: Buenos dias, DJ Rob! Hey, it's light outside. I mean, the sky.
	9:03am Andres: Good morning. I’ve been surprised with a breakfast sandwich! TSP and coffee to boot!
	🌍 ♥ 9:03am Bas NL: Hi Rob! Hi all!
	♥ 9:04am Chris Hiatt: Good Morning, Rob and all!
	♥ 9:06am Rob W: Good morning Chris, Bas, Andres, TDK and Handy!
	♥ 9:06am slugluv1313: good morning, Rob! Paradisians! happy to be home and listening with you all, on this dreary rainy Saturday
	9:07am Peter from Boonton formerly Dover NJ: Good morning Rob and fellow travelers. Still getting used to this new schedule.
	9:07am SeffTuna: Morning Dippers! This first thing on the news yesterday was about flooding up in the NYC area. We know a lot of you guys are from around the city and us Tuna's care about folks dealing with inclement weather. Tell us how You're doing?
	♥ 9:08am Rob W: Good morning slugluv and Peter!
	♥ 9:09am Rob W: ↳ SeffTuna @9:07 Our basement in Hoboken flooded but that's not all that unusual; we were spared the worst.
	9:10am Juli: Good Morning beautiful souls!!
	♥ 9:10am TDK60: ↳ SeffTuna @9:07 Hi SeffTuna. We're okay here as my neighborhood is at the highest elevation in Manhattan (near the highest rock that's in Bennett Park).
	9:12am Cooh John: Good morning Rob and earthlings.
	♥ 9:14am slugluv1313: familiar with MENA, but SWANA is new to me -- more accurately descriptive and less colonial, imho (now if only it could be added to the census)
	♥ 9:16am Rob W: Good morning Juli and John!
	♥ 9:18am slugluv1313: ↳ SeffTuna @9:07 thank you, SeffTuna! all seems ok -- the intersection nearest me was a bit flooded yesterday -- and thankfully, i am on the fourth floor (not the top floor) so no leakiness here
	♥ 9:18am coelacanth∅: good morning Rob! ...i'm going to bed soon but leaving the show on
	9:20am Andy Luck: We're listening and loving it! Good morning!
	♥ 9:20am TDK60: I think some of the NYC subway lines are skipping some stations that may be still flooded. MTA has lines listed with changes but I can't tell if that's normal as often there are a lot of changes due to weekend construction.
	♥ 9:21am Rob W: Good morning coelacanthe and Andy!
	♥ 9:21am Chris Hiatt: ↳ Juli @9:10 Morning, Juli!
	♥ 9:23am Handy Haversack: ↳ TDK60 @9:20 I think that's all planned in advance stuff.
	♥ 9:26am TDK60: ↳ Handy Haversack @9:23 Good morning, Handy. Thanks for thinking. Ho there, Chris H also.
	♥ 9:27am Chris Hiatt: ↳ Handy Haversack @9:23 Ho there, TDK60. Yeah, it's looking back to normal, however the MTA defines that word.
	🌍 ♥ 9:28am chresti: Good morning Rob and sound paradisians!
	♥ 9:30am Rob W: Good morning chresti!
	9:32am Nina: Merci Beaucoup and gooood morning, ROB!
	♥ 9:32am Chris Hiatt: ↳ Handy Haversack @9:23 Handy, were K8's parents coming in yesterday? They make it ok? I heard there was mayhem at the airports.
	♥ 9:35am Handy Haversack: ↳ Chris Hiatt @9:32 They actually made it just fine. Plane landed ten minutes early. They had to wait a while for an E train after the AirTrain, but they were in Long Island City two hours after hitting the ground.
	♥ 9:36am slugluv1313: ↳ Handy Haversack @9:35 hi Handy -- glad to hear that!
	♥ 9:37am slugluv1313: ↳ chresti @9:28 good morning, chresti!
	♥ 9:39am Rob W: ↳ Nina @9:32 Good morning Nina!
	♥ 9:40am Chris Hiatt: ↳ Handy Haversack @9:35 Nice, glad to hear it wasn't too crazy.
	♥ 9:41am Chris Hiatt: ↳ Song: "Yélé" by "Idrissa Soumaoro" Lovin' that heavy and dusty Malian groove.
	🌍 ♥ 9:41am chresti: ↳ slugluv1313 @9:37 good morning slugluv! not quite awake yet, fed the outside cats, now making coffee...
	🌍 ♥ 9:41am luka: good morning!
	♥ 9:42am Handy Haversack: ↳ Chris Hiatt @9:40 Kind of shocking, given what things were like around here yesterday. Reminded me of the time that, what was it, Ida? blew through and dumped 7" of rain and pretty much every highway in the city was closed and flooded the next day -- except 95 in the Bronx, which we used to get out on the way to Maine and just sailed out of the city in record time.
	9:44am Nina: 🎵🥁🎧🌞
	9:45am Listener Tom: Buenas dias, Rob! Great stuff so far!
	♥ 9:47am Rob W: Good morning and thanks Tom!
	9:50am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ~Good ♄Saturday FMUvianz~ ...playlist flawless, as ever...
	♥ 9:51am Chris Hiatt: ↳ Handy Haversack @9:42 Yeah, that was Ida. I was driving on the LIE a couple days after that, tons of ditched cars from the flooding.
	♥ 9:52am Chris Hiatt: ↳ Song: "Mbeda Wella (feat. Paco Lenol)" by "Baaba Maal" Congrats to Ambassador Baaba Maal!
	♥ 9:54am slugluv1313: ↳ Song: "Mbeda Wella (feat. Paco Lenol)" by "Baaba Maal" Ambassador Baaba Maal! 💚💚💚 very cool news too -- congratulations!
	♥ 10:00am Handy Haversack: It's wild how disparate the volumes have become between the main WFMU web stream and the other streams. If I switch over to one of the others, I have to scramble to turn it down from the volume that was comfortable on the main stream. Is 91.1 somewhat quieter, too, compared to previously? There's so much interference on the Bathroom Boombox that it's hard for me to tell.
	🌍 ♥ 10:06am chresti: ↳ Handy Haversack @10:00 Some seem louder than others at different times, depending on the show?
	♥ 10:07am slugluv1313: ↳ chresti @9:41 mmmmm CAFFEINE! 😺😺
	🌍 ♥ 10:09am Bas NL: ↳ Handy Haversack @10:00 Same experience here; at least on the streams.
	10:11am frenchee: Hi Rob, it’s terrific to hear your show in the am!
	♥ 10:11am Rob W: Thanks frenchee!
	♥ 10:12am TDK60: ↳ Handy Haversack @10:00 Handy. I just tested, using radio then, the Pop-up player. The radio broadcast is louder. And by the way, the reception is good today, hasn't been lately, in north Manhattan.
	♥ 10:12am TDK60: And, hello chresti and Bas.
	♥ 10:13am Handy Haversack: ↳ TDK60 @10:12 Science!
	🌍 ♥ 10:13am chresti: ↳ chresti @10:06 But generally, Sheena's got it cranked
	🌍 ♥ 10:14am Ken From Hyde Park: Good morning, Rob and citizens.
	♥ 10:15am Rob W: Good morning Ken!
	🌍 ♥ 10:18am chresti: Hello TDK60!\\//
	♥ 10:19am Bobby: Hello DJ hello chat! Feels good in here
	10:25am Jeff: Beautiful show Rob!!!!
	♥ 10:26am Rob W: Thanks Jeff!
	10:27am Artanker: did you say these bab L bluz is playing Joe's Pub? I love these guys
	♥ 10:29am Chris Hiatt: ↳ Song: "El Gamra" by "Bab L'Bluz" That was a certified banger.
	10:29am Artanker: that whole record is wicked!
	♥ 10:30am Rob W: ↳ Artanker @10:27 Yes they're at Joe's Pub Wed Oct 4 & Thurs Oct 5
	🌍 ♥ 10:33am Bas NL: Off to my Saturday meet with friends... Thanks for the great tunes Rob! Have a great day all!
	🌍 ♥ 10:36am chresti: See ya, Bas!
	♥ 10:37am Rob W: Thanks Bas!
	♥ 10:47am Chris Hiatt: Really great show today. Thanks, Rob! Have good Saturdays, y'all.
	🌍 ♥ 10:51am chresti: Rabbit rabbit!
	♥ 10:51am TDK60: Thanks Rob. Great Saturday morning show.
	♥ 10:52am Rob W: Thanks Chris and TDK!
	10:52am Nina: Great show! Love this track…
	♥ 10:53am Rob W: Thanks Nina!
	♥ 10:53am evancuts: So happy to be finally be hearing some grown up music again on s Saturday morning! Been loving your set.
	♥ 10:53am Rob W: Thanks evancuts!
	♥ 10:53am Handy Haversack: Thanks, Rob! Real good stuff today. I don't think we'll make it to the festival, but I regret that already. Just super busy these weeks for some reason.
	♥ 10:59am slugluv1313: great show, Rob -- gotta learn more about these artists -- thanks so much!
	10:59am Smacky: Liking the new time slot! I still NEED to hear the show's theme at 6pm Saturdays! So I do the archives!
	🌍 ♥ 10:59am Ken From Hyde Park: Thanks, Rob.
	11:00am rw: Nice. Thank you!
	🌍 ♥ 11:00am chresti: Thanks Rob!
	11:04am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ~ TY Always DJ RobW ~

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Comments	New	Approx. start time
Dengue Fever	Silver Fish "Silver Fish" by "Dengue Fever"	Ting Mong	Tuk Tuk	Ting Mong is the sixth full-length album of new material from Cambodian/American band Dengue Fever. In Khmer folklore, a Ting Mong is a decoy or mannequin, similar to a scarecrow, used to fight away evil spirits and plagues.	*	0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Kel Assouf	Ariyal "Ariyal" by "Kel Assouf"	Black Ténéré	Glitterbeat	Kel Assouf means "from nostalgia" in Tamasheq language. The band was formed in 2006 by Anana Harouna, a Tuareg musician from Niger, when arriving in Brussels after a long exile. The last album 'Black Tenere', produced in 2019 on multi-award winning label Glitterbeat, is a milestone: African trance rhythms melted into the energy of vintage rock bring a significant new vibration in desert music. - artist bio		0:03:35 (Pop-up)
Azmari	Khamsin "Khamsin" by "Azmari"	Maelström	Sdban	Forthcoming release	*	0:11:03 (Pop-up)
Oriane Lacaille	Je suis la fleur qui ne poussera jamais	iViV	Ignatub / MDC / Pias	Daughter of Reunion Island legend Rene Lacaille	*	0:20:15 (Pop-up)
Kristo Rodzevski	Armenia "Armenia" by "Kristo Rodzevski"	Black Earth	Defkaz	Macedonian artist whose day job is as a NYC Psychiatrist.	*	0:24:24 (Pop-up)
Mokoomba	Makolo "Makolo" by "Mokoomba"	Tusona (Tracings in the Sand)	OutHere	Mokoomba is a six-piece band originally from the Chinotimba township in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe. Mokoomba fuses the traditional sounds of Zimbabwe with soukous, funk, reggae, rock and Afrobeat.	*	0:26:50 (Pop-up)
Sangit	Danser "Danser" by "Sangit"	Ooroo	Riverboat	With Dobet Gnahore, a song about longing for the simplicity of village life. Sangit is a producer, percussionist and songwriter from Israel, And one of the pioneers of Afro beat scene in Israel. Forthcoming release.	*	0:30:59 (Pop-up)
Idrissa Soumaoro	Yélé "Yélé" by "Idrissa Soumaoro"	Diré	Mieruba	Idrissa Soumaoro is a singer-songwriter from Mali. A joyful and inventive multi-instrumentalist, he has devoted his life to helping others by becoming a music teacher for the blind. He has been awarded the title of Chevalier de l'Ordre national du Mali in recognition of his contribution to Malian culture and music. - Bandcamp		0:36:58 (Pop-up)
Leon Keita	Diarabi Mana "Diarabi Mana" by "Leon Keita"	Leon Keita (Analog Africa Dance Edition No.16)	Analog Africa	New collection of music by 1970s Guinean-born Mali-based singer. In 1970, Leon helped to found the legendary Rail-Band, which became a celebrated mainstay of Bamako’s nightlife and launched the international careers of Salif Keita, Mory Kanté and many others. Leon himself went on to join Les Ambassadeurs Internationaux alongside his close friend Manfila Kanté, with whom he toured throughout West Africa, before departing to work on his own compositions. - Bandcamp	*	0:40:46 (Pop-up)
Baaba Maal	Mbeda Wella (feat. Paco Lenol)	Being	Atelier Live	Baaba Maal has been appointed by the United Nations as a Goodwill Ambassador, an honorary spokesperson representing the UN’s interests, raising awareness and mobilising support.		0:48:07 (Pop-up)
Maher Cissoko	Foromateng "Foromateng" by "Maher Cissoko"	Kora World	ajabu!	From Sweden via Senegal. Maher Cissoko was born to be a kora player in one of the greatest Griot families in Casamance, Senegal. His family has seen the art of the griot and kora playing being passed from generation to generation through more than 700 years. - WOMEX	*	0:54:41 (Pop-up)
Koum Tara	Kifech Nensa "Kifech Nensa" by "Koum Tara"	Baraaim El-Louz	Odradek Records	Koum Tara is a meeting of four musical worlds centered around a common project, created and directed by pianist-composer Karim Maurice: traditional chaâbi music, classical string quartet, contemporary music, and jazz. The raw material was extracted from the traditional repertoire of Algerian singer Sid Ahmed Belksier. - Odradek Records. Forthcoming release.	*	1:03:30 (Pop-up)
Nègarit	Yewelalia (Gurage) "Yewelalia (Gurage)" by "Nègarit"	Origins	Buda Musique	Self-described as an Indigenous Ethiopian Jazz Project. Forthcoming release.		1:08:20 (Pop-up)
Samuel Belay	Aynotchesh Yerèfu "Aynotchesh Yerèfu" by "Samuel Belay"	Various Artists: Ethiopiques Volume 8: Swinging Addis	Buda Musique	Member of Ethiopia's Army Band.		1:13:16 (Pop-up)
Vimma	Antrasiitille "Antrasiitille" by "Vimma"	Tornadon silmässä (In the Eye of the Tornado)		Vimma means frenzy or mania in Finnish	*	1:16:26 (Pop-up)
Bab L'Bluz	El Gamra "El Gamra" by "Bab L'Bluz"	Nayda!	Real World	Fronted by an African-Moroccan woman in a traditionally male role, Bab L' Bluz are devoted to a revolution in attitude which dovetails with Morocco's 'nayda' youth movement - a new wave of artists and musicians taking their cues from local heritage, singing words of freedom in the Moroccan-Arabic dialect of darija. - bandcamp		1:25:30 (Pop-up)
Sofiane Saidi & Mazalda	El Ndjoum (arr. Ammar 808)	El Ndjoum	Airfono	The press nicknamed him the Prince of Raï 2.0. The label makes him laugh. Known for his numerous collaborations, with his band Mazalda he reinvented a new, funky version of 1980’s Raï, with analog synths, saz, North-African percussion and trance-inducing vocals. Now solo, his live show is a rare experience, a subversive exploration, a charge of erotic transgression, the raï soul in an electronic body. - Habibi Festival and other sources		1:28:41 (Pop-up)
Nesrine Belmokh	Rissala "Rissala" by "Nesrine Belmokh"	Nesrine	ACT	When Nesrine Belmokh and her trio NES emerged in 2018, the music world was taken by surprise and captivated by her unique fusion of voice, cello, and percussion. In her latest album, simply titled "Nesrine," she continues to showcase her personal and musical journey, seamlessly blending her North African roots with her European present. - Habibi Festival		1:35:20 (Pop-up)
Amal Murkus	Ah Ya Asmar "Ah Ya Asmar" by "Amal Murkus"	Na'na' Ya Na'na'	Levantine Music	Often known as the Voice of Palestine, Amal Murkus’s songs take inspiration from Palestinian folkloric themes as well as original compositions that feature elements of pop, rock, Western Classical, jazz and many global influences, creating a breath- taking modern and authentic sound. - Habibi Festival		1:38:53 (Pop-up)
Clarissa Bitar	Bayara "Bayara" by "Clarissa Bitar"	Hassan Sabi	Levantine Music	Clarissa Bitar is an award-winning Palestinian oud musician and composer. Hailing from the vibrant city of Los Angeles, California, Clarissa's profound connection to their Palestinian heritage infuses their music with a unique soulful touch. She has studied with prominent Arab oudists like Simon Shaheen, Charbel Rouhana, and Bassam Saba. - Habibi Festival		1:47:16 (Pop-up)
Galeet Dardashti	Wine Song for Spring	Monajat		The album is inspired by old and haunting recordings of the prayers of Selichot chanted by Galeet’s late grandfather, Younes Dardashti, a famous master singer of Persian classical music in 1950s and ’60s Iran. - Forward	*	1:49:14 (Pop-up)
Dimitris Papageorgiou	Sundance "Sundance" by "Dimitris Papageorgiou"	Greek Bouzouki Classics	ARC Music		*	1:56:07 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	♥ 9:00am Handy Haversack: Morning, Rob and border smashers!
	♥ 9:02am TDK60: Buenos dias, DJ Rob! Hey, it's light outside. I mean, the sky.
	9:03am Andres: Good morning. I’ve been surprised with a breakfast sandwich! TSP and coffee to boot!
	🌍 ♥ 9:03am Bas NL: Hi Rob! Hi all!
	♥ 9:04am Chris Hiatt: Good Morning, Rob and all!
	♥ 9:06am Rob W: Good morning Chris, Bas, Andres, TDK and Handy!
	♥ 9:06am slugluv1313: good morning, Rob! Paradisians! happy to be home and listening with you all, on this dreary rainy Saturday
	9:07am Peter from Boonton formerly Dover NJ: Good morning Rob and fellow travelers. Still getting used to this new schedule.
	9:07am SeffTuna: Morning Dippers! This first thing on the news yesterday was about flooding up in the NYC area. We know a lot of you guys are from around the city and us Tuna's care about folks dealing with inclement weather. Tell us how You're doing?
	♥ 9:08am Rob W: Good morning slugluv and Peter!
	♥ 9:09am Rob W: ↳ SeffTuna @9:07 Our basement in Hoboken flooded but that's not all that unusual; we were spared the worst.
	9:10am Juli: Good Morning beautiful souls!!
	♥ 9:10am TDK60: ↳ SeffTuna @9:07 Hi SeffTuna. We're okay here as my neighborhood is at the highest elevation in Manhattan (near the highest rock that's in Bennett Park).
	9:12am Cooh John: Good morning Rob and earthlings.
	♥ 9:14am slugluv1313: familiar with MENA, but SWANA is new to me -- more accurately descriptive and less colonial, imho (now if only it could be added to the census)
	♥ 9:16am Rob W: Good morning Juli and John!
	♥ 9:18am slugluv1313: ↳ SeffTuna @9:07 thank you, SeffTuna! all seems ok -- the intersection nearest me was a bit flooded yesterday -- and thankfully, i am on the fourth floor (not the top floor) so no leakiness here
	♥ 9:18am coelacanth∅: good morning Rob! ...i'm going to bed soon but leaving the show on
	9:20am Andy Luck: We're listening and loving it! Good morning!
	♥ 9:20am TDK60: I think some of the NYC subway lines are skipping some stations that may be still flooded. MTA has lines listed with changes but I can't tell if that's normal as often there are a lot of changes due to weekend construction.
	♥ 9:21am Rob W: Good morning coelacanthe and Andy!
	♥ 9:21am Chris Hiatt: ↳ Juli @9:10 Morning, Juli!
	♥ 9:23am Handy Haversack: ↳ TDK60 @9:20 I think that's all planned in advance stuff.
	♥ 9:26am TDK60: ↳ Handy Haversack @9:23 Good morning, Handy. Thanks for thinking. Ho there, Chris H also.
	♥ 9:27am Chris Hiatt: ↳ Handy Haversack @9:23 Ho there, TDK60. Yeah, it's looking back to normal, however the MTA defines that word.
	🌍 ♥ 9:28am chresti: Good morning Rob and sound paradisians!
	♥ 9:30am Rob W: Good morning chresti!
	9:32am Nina: Merci Beaucoup and gooood morning, ROB!
	♥ 9:32am Chris Hiatt: ↳ Handy Haversack @9:23 Handy, were K8's parents coming in yesterday? They make it ok? I heard there was mayhem at the airports.
	♥ 9:35am Handy Haversack: ↳ Chris Hiatt @9:32 They actually made it just fine. Plane landed ten minutes early. They had to wait a while for an E train after the AirTrain, but they were in Long Island City two hours after hitting the ground.
	♥ 9:36am slugluv1313: ↳ Handy Haversack @9:35 hi Handy -- glad to hear that!
	♥ 9:37am slugluv1313: ↳ chresti @9:28 good morning, chresti!
	♥ 9:39am Rob W: ↳ Nina @9:32 Good morning Nina!
	♥ 9:40am Chris Hiatt: ↳ Handy Haversack @9:35 Nice, glad to hear it wasn't too crazy.
	♥ 9:41am Chris Hiatt: ↳ Song: "Yélé" by "Idrissa Soumaoro" Lovin' that heavy and dusty Malian groove.
	🌍 ♥ 9:41am chresti: ↳ slugluv1313 @9:37 good morning slugluv! not quite awake yet, fed the outside cats, now making coffee...
	🌍 ♥ 9:41am luka: good morning!
	♥ 9:42am Handy Haversack: ↳ Chris Hiatt @9:40 Kind of shocking, given what things were like around here yesterday. Reminded me of the time that, what was it, Ida? blew through and dumped 7" of rain and pretty much every highway in the city was closed and flooded the next day -- except 95 in the Bronx, which we used to get out on the way to Maine and just sailed out of the city in record time.
	9:44am Nina: 🎵🥁🎧🌞
	9:45am Listener Tom: Buenas dias, Rob! Great stuff so far!
	♥ 9:47am Rob W: Good morning and thanks Tom!
	9:50am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ~Good ♄Saturday FMUvianz~ ...playlist flawless, as ever...
	♥ 9:51am Chris Hiatt: ↳ Handy Haversack @9:42 Yeah, that was Ida. I was driving on the LIE a couple days after that, tons of ditched cars from the flooding.
	♥ 9:52am Chris Hiatt: ↳ Song: "Mbeda Wella (feat. Paco Lenol)" by "Baaba Maal" Congrats to Ambassador Baaba Maal!
	♥ 9:54am slugluv1313: ↳ Song: "Mbeda Wella (feat. Paco Lenol)" by "Baaba Maal" Ambassador Baaba Maal! 💚💚💚 very cool news too -- congratulations!
	♥ 10:00am Handy Haversack: It's wild how disparate the volumes have become between the main WFMU web stream and the other streams. If I switch over to one of the others, I have to scramble to turn it down from the volume that was comfortable on the main stream. Is 91.1 somewhat quieter, too, compared to previously? There's so much interference on the Bathroom Boombox that it's hard for me to tell.
	🌍 ♥ 10:06am chresti: ↳ Handy Haversack @10:00 Some seem louder than others at different times, depending on the show?
	♥ 10:07am slugluv1313: ↳ chresti @9:41 mmmmm CAFFEINE! 😺😺
	🌍 ♥ 10:09am Bas NL: ↳ Handy Haversack @10:00 Same experience here; at least on the streams.
	10:11am frenchee: Hi Rob, it’s terrific to hear your show in the am!
	♥ 10:11am Rob W: Thanks frenchee!
	♥ 10:12am TDK60: ↳ Handy Haversack @10:00 Handy. I just tested, using radio then, the Pop-up player. The radio broadcast is louder. And by the way, the reception is good today, hasn't been lately, in north Manhattan.
	♥ 10:12am TDK60: And, hello chresti and Bas.
	♥ 10:13am Handy Haversack: ↳ TDK60 @10:12 Science!
	🌍 ♥ 10:13am chresti: ↳ chresti @10:06 But generally, Sheena's got it cranked
	🌍 ♥ 10:14am Ken From Hyde Park: Good morning, Rob and citizens.
	♥ 10:15am Rob W: Good morning Ken!
	🌍 ♥ 10:18am chresti: Hello TDK60!\\//
	♥ 10:19am Bobby: Hello DJ hello chat! Feels good in here
	10:25am Jeff: Beautiful show Rob!!!!
	♥ 10:26am Rob W: Thanks Jeff!
	10:27am Artanker: did you say these bab L bluz is playing Joe's Pub? I love these guys
	♥ 10:29am Chris Hiatt: ↳ Song: "El Gamra" by "Bab L'Bluz" That was a certified banger.
	10:29am Artanker: that whole record is wicked!
	♥ 10:30am Rob W: ↳ Artanker @10:27 Yes they're at Joe's Pub Wed Oct 4 & Thurs Oct 5
	🌍 ♥ 10:33am Bas NL: Off to my Saturday meet with friends... Thanks for the great tunes Rob! Have a great day all!
	🌍 ♥ 10:36am chresti: See ya, Bas!
	♥ 10:37am Rob W: Thanks Bas!
	♥ 10:47am Chris Hiatt: Really great show today. Thanks, Rob! Have good Saturdays, y'all.
	🌍 ♥ 10:51am chresti: Rabbit rabbit!
	♥ 10:51am TDK60: Thanks Rob. Great Saturday morning show.
	♥ 10:52am Rob W: Thanks Chris and TDK!
	10:52am Nina: Great show! Love this track…
	♥ 10:53am Rob W: Thanks Nina!
	♥ 10:53am evancuts: So happy to be finally be hearing some grown up music again on s Saturday morning! Been loving your set.
	♥ 10:53am Rob W: Thanks evancuts!
	♥ 10:53am Handy Haversack: Thanks, Rob! Real good stuff today. I don't think we'll make it to the festival, but I regret that already. Just super busy these weeks for some reason.
	♥ 10:59am slugluv1313: great show, Rob -- gotta learn more about these artists -- thanks so much!
	10:59am Smacky: Liking the new time slot! I still NEED to hear the show's theme at 6pm Saturdays! So I do the archives!
	🌍 ♥ 10:59am Ken From Hyde Park: Thanks, Rob.
	11:00am rw: Nice. Thank you!
	🌍 ♥ 11:00am chresti: Thanks Rob!
	11:04am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ~ TY Always DJ RobW ~

Transpacific Sound Paradise with Rob Weisberg: Playlist from September 30, 2023

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