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Favoriting October 31, 2013: Traveling through Western Africa- Sierra Leone to Ghana


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Ebenezer Calender & His Maringar Band  Double Decker Bus   Favoriting       0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Super Combo Kings  Memuna   Favoriting       0:03:09 (Pop-up)
Sabanoh 75  Carry On   Favoriting       0:08:31 (Pop-up)
Afro National  Money Palava   Favoriting       0:11:36 (Pop-up)
Dr Oloh  Koko   Favoriting       0:16:02 (Pop-up)
African Connection  Tiembelema   Favoriting       0:25:15 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
 

Sounds From the Coney Island Boardwalk  

 

 

 

0:29:29 (Pop-up)
Ceasar Gartor  Yeh Kek Yea   Favoriting       0:34:15 (Pop-up)
Princess Fatu Gayflor  Tikey Leyway   Favoriting World Classics: Jegjeg Surya      0:38:01 (Pop-up)
Morris Dorley  Who Are You Baby   Favoriting       0:41:36 (Pop-up)
Mr T-Kpan Nimley (Kplenkenten Man of Africa)  Fly Was Living   Favoriting       0:47:06 (Pop-up)
Tecumseh Roberts  Coming Home (Aye Yah)   Favoriting       0:51:30 (Pop-up)
Sundaygar Dearboy  Ugly Baboo   Favoriting       0:56:12 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
 

Sounds of Sideshows by the Seashore  

 

 

 

0:59:45 (Pop-up)
Zouglou Net  Coco   Favoriting       1:04:39 (Pop-up)
Alpha Blondy  La Bataille d'Abidjan   Favoriting Mystic Power      1:09:41 (Pop-up)
Tiken Jah Fakoly  Sors De Ma Tele   Favoriting African Revolution      1:14:05 (Pop-up)
Ernesto Djedje  Zibote   Favoriting       1:17:43 (Pop-up)
Daouda  Cherie Coco   Favoriting       1:23:00 (Pop-up)
Petit Yode et L'Enfant Siro  Paris   Favoriting Foutou Sauce Graine      1:27:34 (Pop-up)
Douk Saga  Saga Cite   Favoriting Chateau Rouge Vol 2: Sapologie      1:33:32 (Pop-up)
Meiway  Rouler Moutou   Favoriting       1:38:42 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
 

Sounds from the Point Pleasant Beach  

 

 

 

1:42:51 (Pop-up)
Adama Drame  Soun Kalo   Favoriting Sindi      1:50:40 (Pop-up)
Victor Deme  Djon'maya   Favoriting Victor Deme      1:56:56 (Pop-up)
Compaore Issouf  Dambakale   Favoriting Bambara Mystic Soul: The Raw Sound of Burkina Faso 1974-1979      2:00:46 (Pop-up)
Amadou Ballake et Les 5 Consuls  Renouveau   Favoriting       2:05:17 (Pop-up)
Coulibaly Tidiani  Doro Daga   Favoriting       2:09:57 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
 

Sounds from the Point Pleasant Boardwalk  

 

 

 

2:16:50 (Pop-up)
Black Beats Band  Agoogyi   Favoriting       2:24:20 (Pop-up)
ET Mensah and the Tempos  Freedom   Favoriting       2:27:25 (Pop-up)
Wulomei  Akrowa   Favoriting       2:29:41 (Pop-up)
Uppers International  Dankasa   Favoriting Afro-Beat Airways: West African Shock Waves, Ghana & Togo 1972-1978  Analog Africa    2:33:33 (Pop-up)
The African Brothers International Band  Wompe Masem   Favoriting Ghana Special: Modern Highlife, Afro Sounds & Ghanaian Blues 1968-1981      2:37:08 (Pop-up)
Ebo Taylor  Heaven   Favoriting Ebo Taylor      2:41:22 (Pop-up)
Dr. Paa Bobo  Enya Adwo   Favoriting       2:47:26 (Pop-up)
African Brothers Band  Ngyegye No So   Favoriting Afro-Beat Airways: West African Shock Waves, Ghana & Togo 1972-1978      2:52:15 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

Avatar 6:01am
Sem Chumbo:

Hiya, Meghan, good morning. Along again this morning. Can't get enough of this on-going West African theme.
Oh, yah: BOO!
Avatar 6:02am
glenn:

boo to you too.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:03am
Matt from Springfield:

West Africa - spooooooky!
Not all themes pair up nicely :) Morning Meghan and everyone!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:05am
Meghan:

morning all! Yeah since I've done a Halloween theme before.... and we need to continue our traveling!
  6:08am
Andrew:

Hi Meghan & Matt & glenn & Sem ^_^
Avatar 6:09am
Sem Chumbo:

Hi, glenn. How's everything in TO, or as someone called it, a city like New York if it were run by the Swiss?
Avatar 6:10am
mauri:

gooood morning all
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:11am
Matt from Springfield:

Hey Andrew, Sem, glenn and mauri!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:12am
Meghan:

morning andrew and mauri
Avatar 6:12am
glenn:

well, today is a big day. court documents and search warrants to be released in re: our moron mayor and his crack dealing / video stealing buddies.
Avatar 6:13am
glenn:

and that was peter ustinov that said that.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:17am
Matt from Springfield:

Kuku for Koko!
Avatar 6:19am
Sem Chumbo:

Ever quotable, Mr. Ustinov.
Rob Ford and Mike Duffy: separated at birth?, speaking of morons.
Hi, Matt, and Andrew & ystävämme Suomessa.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:19am
Guido (Cologne):

... and no Lou Reed from Africa ....
... just kidding.
Good morning everyone!
Avatar 6:19am
Davee:

Greetings and good morning all.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:19am
Meghan:

haha! nope! I save my deaths until the end of the year.... plus I figure you all need a bit of a Lou break....
Avatar 6:21am
mauri:

crack and videos.. what... sounds strange glenn. Finland needs something as absurd like that too.
sunny day here by the lake. sunenergy and african beats making me dance. I'll be warming up the sauna in the evening.
Avatar 6:23am
glenn:

oh man. mike duffy. i have a huge man crush on him.
Avatar 6:24am
glenn:

mauri: just google rob ford crack video. you'll laugh, you'll cry.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:26am
Matt from Springfield:

@Meghan: That's right...start thinking of that quintessential Lou song for October...at least it doesn't look like another 2012 - that was an insane number of famous deaths! Two specials' worth of tributes!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:27am
Guido (Cologne):

... some Voodoo-Zombies maybe for Halloween ...
How is Voodoo in West Africa? No Idea ...
... alright, I'm a bit dull maybe ... just kidding again.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:30am
Matt from Springfield:

Guten Tag, Guido aus Köln!
That's true, Voodoo was derived from West African traditions - good connection!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:33am
Matt from Springfield:

Oh, Burkina Faso - did you find anything from Thomas Sankara? He was the leader of Burkina Faso, played guitar, played in a band Tout-à-Coup Jazz before rising to power; even wrote the national anthem for the country!
Avatar 6:34am
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Vodoun is a complete Religion, the more you learn
- & since slaves basically came from West Africa, it had a huge influence on the Blues & so Rock - the connections are surprisingly direct - from West Africa to the Caribbean to N'Orleans. It's something that fascinates me. 'Mambo' for instance originally meant a Voudon Priestess. A lot of the drumming in Latin music is virtually unaltered from these ceremonial roots...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:36am
Guido (Cologne):

Halli - hallo ... alles schreibeb Deutsch jetzt! Toll!

@Meghan -
Africa is just perfect for me in the morning!
Cheering up!
You might continue with some more 10 or 20 shows like this, as far as my appetites are concerned.
Avatar 6:36am
mauri:

I guess then the next mayor will do crocodile...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:40am
Matt from Springfield:

@mauri: Or Krokodil as commonly spelled. Cheesh...
"artificial heroin" artificial "spice" pot, street 'ludes in South Africa, cheap substitutes just end up being horribly worse than the originals, the world over.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:40am
Spatulator (formerly elwyn5150):

Hey everyone!
Avatar 6:42am
glenn:

i've never heard of crocodile as a drug.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:42am
Meghan:

Hey Elwyn!
Avatar 6:42am
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...of course - the first thing they tried to do in Slavery was obliterate the connections & control people completely - so drums & dance were banned, & the survival of African influences in the Western Hemisphere/the Americas is an amazing & heroic thing. In N'Orleans, drum & dance were allowed openly where the slavemasters could keep watch once a week in Congo Square - as specific a place for the birth of African-American music as we have...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:43am
Matt from Springfield:

Wiki article corresponds to desomorphine: en.wikipedia.org...

Hey RRN63! Hey Spatulator Elwyn!
Avatar 6:44am
Sem Chumbo:

glenn: www.heavy.com...
  6:45am
Andrew:

xplains why I like Latin music so much O_O
its African roots. Love the beats ^_^
hi guido, davee, mauri, revolution rabbit & spatulator ^_^
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:45am
Matt from Springfield:

Congo Square...that's amazing! The whole world has benefitted from those African rhythms surviving by blending into a uniquely American music.
Avatar 6:49am
mauri:

drum & dance allowed. was it something similar with capoeira?
Avatar 6:51am
glenn:

dear sweet jesus. that's awful.
Avatar 6:52am
glenn:

the krokodil, i mean. not this awesome music.
Avatar 6:56am
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...slaves were even prohibited from crossing their legs & certain movements, so far-reaching was the ban on dance - so things like 'Jump for Joy' & leaping in the air have a socio-political relevance as well as just being exuberant dance...It's easy to forget that this Music we take for granted is a steel hardened in the hottest flame.
- Also - in the Western European - @ least since Christianity - the deep Spiritual belief is that the Body & the Earth are corrupted by Satan, & the Music that reflects the Divine is not Rhythmic but Harmonic & Melodic
- but in the West African tradition - you access the Divine through the Body & Rhythm - through Possession by the Deity, even. Europeans disparaged African music as 'primitive', but it had no way of notating it's complex polyrhythms! It represents a completely different way of relating to the Universe & Spirituality through your Body & Music. So, in a way, those uptight southern preachers were right!
mauri: Every place in the Americas - North & South - had slaves from different regions of West Africa, a different socio-political experience of Slavery, & a unique blend of African, European & even NativeAmerIndian influences. In Haiti, for example, the Slaves rebelled & won! & Vodoun is a major religion there. It's also the poorest place in the Western Hemisphere, because white countries refused to recognize & honor it...But there are similarities too, yes. My understanding is capoeira is like a martial art disguised as a dance!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:01am
Matt from Springfield:

A "steel hardened in the hottest flame" -- so true.
I've written here before about how the slave rebellion in Haiti sapped much of the Revolutionary spirit of early America - "for me, not for thee"...
Avatar 7:01am
doca:

Hello, Meghan! I'm checking in just to give you my feedback on the Africa-themed shows. I must say I've never had access to such a comprehensive collection of music from Africa (and it's not something which I didn't have any knowledge before). I'm also favoriting every show so as to make it easy to search for the artists, songs and discs later. This said, I think it would be awesome if you did something marathon-related about it, but I have to say I think you have too much material for just one audio CD. Thanks!
Avatar 7:02am
doca:

They say Côte d'Ivoire has a busy nightlife...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:03am
Spatulator (formerly elwyn5150):

It's your show Meghan. You can do a whole show on Nigeria if you want to.
Avatar 7:06am
Dave B:

*yawn*
~stretch~
< looks in coffee box
FUCK! ... no coffee
Avatar 7:06am
Sem Chumbo:

Sheik Djibouti, a Zappa fun-w/ words album title.
Avatar 7:08am
glenn:

man, this cup of coffee is good. oh look, a full pot over there. damn, life is good.
  7:09am
Andrew:

love the music tonight ^_^
yeh Revolution Rabbit, I think it's the polyrhythms that get me ^_^
love this zouglou net track ^_^
Avatar 7:10am
Dave B:

\(>_<)/
Avatar 7:11am
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

- I love the African travelog here - what's not to enjoy - ?!
- but it might be too much to fit in my head & grasp & retain - on one pass anyhow! I'm not necessarily ☆ing individual tracks as distinct from each other - & I'm not sure how much I'm learning what I should be about the differences between regions - altho' anything I pick up might be more than I knew before - & the journey is still going on ! By the very same token, admire the ambition...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:11am
Spatulator (formerly elwyn5150):

Wakey wakey Evil Brady!
Avatar 7:13am
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

- yerknow - always impressed w/ the handling of Themes here...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:17am
Meghan:

I'd do more than one CD
Avatar 7:17am
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...one could just as easily make an argument for how much has been left out, I am quite sure...
Avatar 7:19am
Dave B:

Speaking of CDs,are you gonna do the CD swap again this marathon?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:20am
Meghan:

yep, another CD swap! Get your ideas together....
Avatar 7:23am
Dave B:

oh - and congrats to the Sox for winning one at home for a change. Is Boston burning?
Avatar 7:23am
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...like, if you're a fan of Rob Weisberg's World Music program, you experience a kind of disorientation & awe that can actually be a little humbling! You are rewarded w/ rich new experiences & maybe even a little more understanding of the World...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:24am
Meghan:

I can imagine Boston is going insane!
  7:27am
Andrew:

you can certainly hear different styles (and no doubt african musicians have been influenced by other world music) can hear the reggae sounds in some of this music & calypso
Avatar 7:28am
glenn:

wicked insane.
Avatar 7:32am
doca:

@RRN63: yes, I agree with you, Rob Weisberg show is one of my favorites, but it seems more difficult if you want to get a panoramic view of world's music.
Avatar 7:34am
doca:

By the way, speaking in Africa, do you know this? It's an ex-Ivory Coast diplomat who received enlightenment and started creating this "feral alphabet", as he says. It's on Venice Biennale this year. www.caacart.com...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:37am
Meghan:

I like the illustrations for the letters.....
Avatar 7:41am
doca:

@Andrew: you can also hear the influence on northeastern Brazilian rhythmns, even the poppier ones, like Axé and guitarrada
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:41am
Spatulator (formerly elwyn5150):

Does Diet Coke lose it's chemical potency after a day? I'm feeling sleepy now.
Avatar 7:43am
Dave B:

Here you go Elwyn

Happy Halloween

boingboing.net...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:45am
Spatulator (formerly elwyn5150):

Evil Brady, I'll install this at work during slack off time!
Avatar 7:46am
Dave B:

where slack off time = 9am to 5pm, right?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:49am
Spatulator (formerly elwyn5150):

@Evil Brady, hell no. I get in around 10:30 if I am lucky.
Avatar 7:50am
Dave B:

every time I hear the word "Cameroon" this comes to mind:

www.youtube.com...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:51am
Meghan:

Every time I hear the word Cameroon.... I think of macaroons.... and I get hungry....
  7:54am
Andrew:

yeh doca, like this Adama Drame song, you can hear the south american sound

everything's so connected O_O
Avatar 7:55am
duke:

This Adama Drame drum thing is fantastic.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:56am
Meghan:

it's so interesting to hear the influences of the rest of the world in each country. See who had passed through each country....
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:58am
Spatulator (formerly elwyn5150):

Land not yet contaminated by Western main stream music...
  8:00am
Andrew:

this Victor Deme song sounds like a song I've heard before. I wonder who influenced who?
Avatar 8:00am
duke:

This is great too. You're killin' it today Meghan
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:03am
Meghan:

If you all can "LIKE" the songs that you dig, I will use that as an indicator for what songs to use for my DJ premium this year.....
  8:07am
Andrew:

love them ^_^
victor deme, compoare issouf & amadou ballake. all amazing! ^_^
I'd like them, but I have to register first
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:08am
Meghan:

ha! Andrew, you can give me a list if you want!
  8:08am
Janster *Jamster*:

Greeeeeat! Niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:12am
Meghan:

So close to my goal..... please please please help me reach it! Only have 11% left!
Avatar 8:12am
doca:

@Spatulator: I guess the thing is not so much being contamined or not, because western music was equally "contamined" with African music and the results were great. I also know there's some house music scenes in South and West Africa which are in the same manner "pure" and "contamined" and sound great.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:15am
Meghan:

Oh there is a tremendous amount of music from Africa that has the auto tune on all vocals. It's so bad! Remember, I am hand selecting the stuff that I think is good.
  8:15am
Andrew:

*imagines some african based radio station playing the exotic sounds of dolly parton, eminem & taylor swift*
  8:17am
Janski the *Jamster* Hamster:

Loving the show! In Cornwall..
Avatar 8:22am
doca:

Meghan, the internet says there's 55 countries in Africa, so there'll be 55 songs on the CDs?
  8:23am
Andrew:

i was just looking at this blog when I looked up Amadou Ballake
http://analogafrica.blogspot.co.uk/?view=classic

is that the same one?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:25am
Meghan:

Thanks Janski!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:25am
Meghan:

Doca.... that should be the plan.... though we shall see!
Avatar 8:26am
Dave B:

Check the "Paris DJs" label for some good stuff (and killer graphic design)

www.parisdjs.com
Avatar 8:27am
Green Mountain Man Mark:

Corn Weenie from Port Said.
Avatar 8:27am
glenn:

yeah, but by next week there could be 6o countries in africa. or 45. you never know.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:27am
Meghan:

That's it Andrew!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:29am
Meghan:

sad but true Glenn.... sad but true...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:39am
Spatulator (formerly elwyn5150):

I've got to go. See you all next week!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:40am
Meghan:

Until next week Elwyn!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:41am
Ken From Hyde Park:

Lovely show today. How many more Africa shows will there be? Or was this the last of them?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:43am
Meghan:

I am going to keep going until I have hit every country..... so it could take me until the end of this schedule.....
Avatar 8:43am
doca:

oh there's no doubt why they call it highlife!
Avatar 8:45am
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...has been said - you can close your eyes, but not your ears
- the 'contamination' (African~European) has been going on @ least 600 years !
- & I'm the type would go so far as to say - @ the end of the day - all Humanity - all Life on Earth is African. As Keith Richards said - there's something in this Music that speaks to the way real people walk & f@#k...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:45am
Meghan:

This Ebo Taylor track is soooo damn good.... I listen to this one a LOT
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:48am
Ken From Hyde Park:

Great...you're mining the mother lode (borrowing that from Doug Schulkind). Ken's show yesterday had a recording from a Ghana post office. I thought there was a recording of Ghanian truck driver music, but I wasn't able to find that on the webs.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:49am
Meghan:

oh that post office track is gorgeous....
Avatar 8:50am
Dave B:

Dr. Paa Bobo - Thanks to the cabbie who drove me home the other night!
  8:54am
Andrew:

reminds me of the African soccer song I got from here
(Gooooal)
http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2010/02/mining-the-audio-motherlode-volume-55-mp3s.html
Avatar 8:57am
northguineahills:

Man, this has been superbly awesome, Meghan! But why stop in Africa? (that could keep you busy for a year). Thanks!
Avatar 8:58am
Cheri Pi:

Thanks Meghan!!!
Avatar 9:00am
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

- a fun set indeed !
...little did I know that after taking us on your vacation you would take us all thru the Largest Continent !...
  9:00am
Andrew:

noooooo O_Q
could listen to your show another 3 hours ^_^

thanks meghan! loved it!
see you later everyone
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