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Favoriting October 7, 2023: What the Hellraiser

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Artist Track Album Label Comments New Approx. start time
Gangar  Dorisk Reinlender   Favoriting Stubb    Norway's Gangar brings a fresh take on Nordic roots music. The young, five-piece ensemble digs deep into Norway's extensive folk music archives to come up with rare traditional tunes. -- and give them new, modern arrangements influenced by rock, folk-metal, and jazz improvisation. - Gangar  *   0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Hoven Droven  Bjekkergauken   Favoriting Jumping at the Cedar  Northside  Big influence on Gangar.    0:05:44 (Pop-up)
Jamala  Noğay Beyitleri   Favoriting Qirim    Album dedicated to Crimea, each song representing a different region.  *   0:13:09 (Pop-up)
Kultur Shock  Zumbul   Favoriting Acoustic at Seattle Town Hall    Active since 1996, Kultur Shock combines Balkan folk music with punk, metal and art rock. Its members hail from Bosnia, Bulgaria, and the United States. - Wiki  *   0:14:36 (Pop-up)
Mircan Kaya  Osmanum   Favoriting Ağitlar-Lamentations  UCM Productions  "Mircan Kaya is freed by her day job as an engineer to pursue her music with a singular vision. Her voice ranges from etheral to dutsy, through pain and joy, always true to some deep and wise river of sound that flows through her to our ears." - Smithsonian    0:22:05 (Pop-up)
Duo Perse Inca  Epopee de Simorgh   Favoriting Echos of the Mountains  Analekta  Showan Tavakol and Federico Tarazona, two musicians with deep roots in the rich traditions of Iran and Peru, met in Montreal and formed Duo Perse-Inca in 2018. They create a music that invokes a dialogue between two ancestral peoples, embodied by two of their iconic instruments, the Iranian kamancheh and the Andean charango. - Folk Alliance    0:28:02 (Pop-up)
Mohammad Motamedi & Rembrandt Trio  DamiBa Gham   Favoriting Intizar  Just Listen Records  "The interplay of Rembrandt Trio and Motamedi is totally natural. The jazz background and and extensive improvisation experience of the Dutch musicians fits the crucial role of improvisation in traditional Persian classical music." - Salt Peanuts  *   0:36:57 (Pop-up)
Driss El Maloumi  Tissit   Favoriting Aswat    Driss El Maloumi is a Moroccan composer and performer on the oud, the Arabic short-necked lute. He is mainly known for playing solo or in trio formations under his own name, for his long-standing cooperation with Catalan musician and musical director Jordi Savall, as well as for being a member of the group 3MA, comprising three popular African string instrumentalists. - Wiki  *   0:42:55 (Pop-up)
Theodoros Koumartzis  Almanecer   Favoriting Pausis    Vocals by Ariana Vafadari. "Theodore Koumartzis has ventured into the establishment of world music act Pausis, with the mission of introducing the Ancient Greek lyre as a symbol of human heritage." - World Music Central  *   0:46:12 (Pop-up)
Ayfer Düzdaş  Darî Ode   Favoriting Kilomên Arxawûnê    "Istanbul-based musician, Ayfer Düzdaş, has spent 25 years traveling through southeastern Anatolian villages, documenting Kurdish folk songs. In a new album, she arranges vanishing melodies into full-ensemble pieces" - The World  *   0:50:48 (Pop-up)
NK Güray's Baroque Miniatures  Sessiz   Favoriting Sounds Of Cycle  Felmay  "This Cd was designed and performed to show how close the eastern and western worlds horizon, purged of their historical and cultural limits in a perspective that places human feelings at the centre, share a common cultural memory." - Bandcamp  *   0:54:35 (Pop-up)
Alam Khan, Arjun K. Verma, Jack Verma, Del Sol Quartet  Two Worlds   Favoriting The Resonance Between  AMMP  "The Resonance Between presents a groundbreaking new level of fusion between these cultural genres, crafting a contemporary instrumental sound for this unique original work that is so much more than simply the sum of its parts." - bandcamp  *   1:03:24 (Pop-up)
Khiyo  Shona Bondhu Rey   Favoriting Bondona  ARC Music  The band is named Khiyo after a letter of the Bengali alphabet. It is a unique letter that, whilst being a combination of two letters, has an identity of its own. Similarly, though the band members have backgrounds that include Western classical, rock, jazz, blues, Nazrul Sangeet, Bengali folk and Indian classical, the amalgamation of the whole has a singularly identifiable sound. - Khiyo    1:08:48 (Pop-up)
Son Rompe Pera  El Saleroso   Favoriting Batuco  Aya Records  GIG: Music Hall of Williamsburg, tonight    1:15:38 (Pop-up)
DJ Click & Christine Salem  Malouwé (Akoustik)   Favoriting Mon rési  No Fridge  Christine Salem is the greatest living champion of maloya, a nearly-extinct musical tradition rooted in the work songs and chants of Reunion island's African slaves. - France Rocks  *   1:19:17 (Pop-up)
Battle of Santiago  Chawada   Favoriting Los Santos y Pecadores  Unfit Music  Saints and Sinners. "Informed by the esoteric culture and spirit of Santeria, this album retains the experimental broadness that Battle of Santiago is known for."  *   1:22:23 (Pop-up)
Nihiloxica  Olutobazzi   Favoriting Source of Denial    Source of Denial is the second LP from Nihiloxica, the Bugandan techno outfit hailing from Kampala, Uganda. It comes after more than three long years since Kaloli, their acclaimed debut on Crammed Discs. The album points a (middle) finger at the hostile immigration and freedom of movement policies implemented in the UK, as well as across the world. - bandcamp  *   1:25:17 (Pop-up)
Edgar Muzah  Nal'ibali (feat. Andy Ndlazilwana, Joliza)   Favoriting Son Of A Tribe: Royalty Edition    Edgar “Eddiebass” Muzah is a Zimbabwean born bass player, Mbira player and music producer based in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. - Cort Guitars  *   1:34:23 (Pop-up)
Faratuben  Njumbari   Favoriting Changement    Denmark / Malian band takes on the Bobo sound of Bamako.  *   1:40:32 (Pop-up)
Santrofi  Suru Nipa (live) Feat. A.K. Yeboah, Omniversal Earkestra   Favoriting Deep into Highlife  Outhere records    *   1:44:38 (Pop-up)
Emilia Lajunen  Elias Leppänen   Favoriting Vainaan perua: Satavuotinen sakka      *   1:53:30 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:00am
G:

Still getting used to 9am rather than 6pm :)
Avatar 🌍 Swag For Life Member 9:01am
Peter from Boonton formerly Dover NJ:

Good morning Rob and everyone!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:01am
sydnius:

Good morning Roger & Double Dippers!
Anyone else joining the Time Travellers at the PA Ren Faire to—day?
  9:05am
Listener Tom:

Woohoo! Gangar!
Avatar 9:07am
slugluv1313:

good morning, Rob! Paradisians!
getting ready to head out -- but i will be listening! 😺😺
Avatar 🌍 Swag For Life Member 9:07am
Brian in UK:

Hello Rob, prefer this slot for listening this side of the water.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:07am
Rob W:

Good morning folks!
Avatar 🌍 9:11am
Charles in Chicago:

First time catching TSP in the new timeslot. I like it! Nice way to wake up.
Avatar 9:15am
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

~Good ♄Saturday FMUvianz~
Avatar 9:15am
Claire from Montclair:

Enjoying the show! Thanks Rob! 👏👏👏
Avatar 🌍 Swag For Life Member 9:17am
chresti:

Hi Rob and paradisians!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:17am
Rob W:

Thanks Claire and Charles!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:17am
Rob W:

Hi chresti!
Avatar 9:23am
TDK60:

Back in the building. I'm still getting used to the morning TSP. Hi Rob and border crossers.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:25am
Rob W:

Hi TDK!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:27am
Greg from ZONE 5:

Morning Rob & all!
  9:28am
Katie:

This is beautiful. Catching it on and off on amtrak. Enjoy curating our Saturday morning Rob.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:28am
fred:

Again, I'm so happy this show moved into my listening range.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:29am
Rob W:

Morning Greg! And thanks Katie and fred.
  9:30am
Bethany in deBary, FL:

I love TSP in the evenings on Saturday…. When’s double dip on now. We liked that show in the AM. I will listen to TSP anytime though cause, wow, always.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:30am
fred:

↳ Rob W @9:29
Rob, your premiums are so great! I got a few from the warehouse from before I found the show
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:33am
fred:

↳ Bethany in deBary, FL @9:30
Double Dip Recess is now 9-11am on the Sheena stream: wfmu.org...
Avatar 🌍 Swag For Life Member 9:38am
Ken From Hyde Park:

Greetings, Rob and scattered time zones!
  9:38am
Nina:

Morning Rob! And listeners! So calming to hear your voice and listen to your programming. Thank you for getting my Saturday off so well.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:39am
Rob W:

↳ Bethany in deBary, FL @9:30
Thanks Bethany and thanks fred for the kind words and the program info for Double Dip!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:40am
coelacanth∅:

Good morning Rob and others
  9:40am
Jon:

great set, love all this!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:42am
fred:

↳ Rob W @9:39
You shouldn't thank me for sending listeners away!
  9:42am
Bethany in deBary, FL:

Thanks for this info! My 5 year old and 2 yo love TSP, great for mornings or evenings!
  9:48am
Andy & Lynn:

Good morning, Rob!!!! Love hearing your show first thing in the day!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:49am
fred:

@Rob: High hopes yet bracing for disappointment here: I have tickets for cool looking shows, but no idea who will get visas. Byambajargal Gombodorj seems ruled out, still hoping Ulzhan Baibussinova will be there
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:52am
Rob W:

Yes, visas remain a challenge - good luck with those fred. And good morning and thanks Andy & Lynn, and Bethany!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:55am
Handy Haversack:

Hello, Rob and Border Spanners. Good sounds as we pack up for a birthday trip up the Hudson Valley. Had a fantastic time at Nick Cave last night.
Avatar 9:55am
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

↳ Handy Haversack @9:55
Way kewl.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:58am
fred:

↳ Rob W @9:52
Nothing new sadly. 30 years ago an Algerian ensemble was denied a visa for a Maghreb music festival, the embassy saying Corsican musicians should be hired first
Avatar 🌍 Swag For Life Member 9:58am
chresti:

↳ Handy Haversack @9:55
Nice! Safe travels!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:04am
fred:

↳ Handy Haversack @9:55
Happy birthday!
I hope you can get some time on a river of water after the river of asphalt
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:05am
egould:

Is this paradise? I don’t know. But it’s pretty darn good on a cool Saturday morning. Nice way to greet the day.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:07am
Rob W:

Thanks egould and happy birthday Handy!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:08am
Juli:

I j tried to pledge Rob!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:08am
Juli:

I did!

<3

Ty Rob W
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:09am
Rob W:

Thanks Juli!
Avatar 10:11am
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

↳ Song: "Shona Bondhu Rey" by "Khiyo"
Wow this.
Avatar 🌍 Swag For Life Member 10:12am
Ken From Hyde Park:

↳ Handy Haversack @9:55
Happy birthday, Handy! (And also to my dear mother!) 🎂 Hyde Park Brewery has closed (in case that was on your agenda) and is now La Catrina Mexican Restaurant.
Avatar 🌍 Swag For Life Member 10:18am
Listener Bryan (the Professor):

Been lurking & enjoying the show. Had to say "Son Rompe Pera"!!! Their set at Globalfest a year or two ago knocked my socks off.
  10:20am
Bethany in deBary, FL:

Feeling it!
Avatar 🌍 Swag For Life Member 10:21am
Listener Bryan (the Professor):

↳ Song: "El Saleroso" by "Son Rompe Pera"
I guess that Globalfest set was just this year. Seems longer ago! But it appears there's some video: www.youtube.com...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:26am
Rob W:

Thanks for the link Bryan! They are quite something.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:26am
Toothgrinder Tom:

TSP, our ‘new’ Saturday morning tradition!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:31am
fred:

↳ Toothgrinder Tom @10:26
morning/afternoon/evening/nighttime TSP is for all time zones! (neighbor tolerance may vary)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:33am
Handy Haversack:

Thanks, Rob, Ken, fred!
Avatar 🌍 Swag For Life Member 10:34am
chresti:

Happy birthday Handy!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:35am
Handy Haversack:

Thanks, chresti!!
  10:35am
Telecommie PDX:

Hey Rob, whaddaya doing apologizing?? Great show this early morning! Had to pull over on my way out of Spokane to take a pic of some glorious valley fog, and send this. Thrilled to have your show as the soundtrack for the first couple of hours of my drive back to Portland!
Avatar 🌍 Swag For Life Member 10:37am
chresti:

↳ Telecommie PDX @10:35
Send some of that fog down here, please!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:38am
steveo:

Yep I love this time slot for you Rob.
Good morning.

Also happy birthday to listener and volunteer extraordinaire, Handy
Avatar 10:39am
slugluv1313:

↳ Katie @9:28
hi Katie! 🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛
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slugluv1313:

↳ Handy Haversack @9:55
hi Handy!
have a fantastic trip -- and Happy Birthday Weekend!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:42am
Handy Haversack:

Thanks, steveo, slugluv! Hoping to see some of you at Record Fair next weekend!
Avatar 10:44am
slugluv1313:

thanks so much, Rob, for these amazing sounds!

gotta head out now, into this wonderfully dark and gloomy and rainy Saturday -- have a great weekend, everyone!
Avatar 🌍 Swag For Life Member 10:45am
Ken From Hyde Park:

By the way, Handy, if you want a rest stop on your way by, let me know. The door is always open.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:45am
Rob W:

↳ Telecommie PDX @10:35
Thanks Telecommie and steveo and slugluv!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:46am
fred:

↳ Handy Haversack @10:42
Did you hear the Aesop Rock single Mindful Solutionism? It says "that is a powerful cat." Lets see if the cats let you back in when you return
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:47am
Handy Haversack:

↳ Ken From Hyde Park @10:45
Thanks, Ken! We might stop off near Rhinebeck and pick up some cider at the Golden Russet.
Avatar 🌍 Swag For Life Member 10:48am
Listener Bryan (the Professor):

Happy actual birthday, Handy! Hoping you have a grat weekend.
Avatar 🌍 Swag For Life Member 10:55am
chresti:

Thanks Rob!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:57am
Handy Haversack:

↳ Listener Bryan (the Professor) @10:48
Much appreciated, Bryan!

Thanks, Rob!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

~ TY Always DJ RobW ~
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:58am
Rob W:

Thanks everyone!
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Mister Dobalina:

Cool show today, as usual!!
Avatar 🌍 Swag For Life Member 10:59am
Ken From Hyde Park:

Thanks, Rob!
  10:59am
Listener Bryan (the Professor):

Thx Rob! Enjoyed the show.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:59am
steveo:

Thanks, Rob!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:59am
egould:

Thanks Rob W.
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Ken From Hyde Park:

Happy Indigenous Peoples' Day on Monday!
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Bas NL:

Thanks Rob!
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