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Saturday, October 8, 2016 Favoriting
HONK NYC! at Monty Hall preview - with the Merasi Master Musicians of Rajasthan

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The Merasi Master Musicians of Rajasthan are an all star team of folk musicians from the Thar Desert region of North India, playing rousing folk and Sufi songs that have been passed down for centuries.

They're on a rare North American tour, and it just so happens that their final show in our area is
at WFMU's Monty Hall Thursday night (October 13th), kicking off our five-band HONK NYC! concert spectacle at 7:30 pm.

Meet the Merasi on Transpacific Sound Paradise this week!

Here's the schedule for HONK NYC! at WFMU's Monty Hall Thursday Night!:

7:30 pm Merasi - Master Musicians of Rajasthan

8:10 pm: Funkrust Brass Band - rollicking street band mania from the Big Apple

8:50 Zlatne Uste Balkan Brass Band - NYC's first and greatest Serbian style brass battallion!

9:30 Le Pompier Pony Club (Marseille, France) - wild French Fanfare romps

10:10: Underground Horns - Afrobeat to bhangra and lots more

This Week's Playlist:

(* = new)

Xylouris-White: Black Peak Favoriting / Black Peak / Bella Union / * (0:00:00 Pop-up)

Kristi Stassinopoulou & Stathis Kalyviotis: I Wish I Were Water Favoriting / NYN / Riverboat / * (0:07:27 Pop-up)

Constantinople: Gozar Favoriting / Passages / * (0:09:23 Pop-up)

Zohreh Jooya: Tonight I Am So Enraptured Favoriting / Various Artists: Discover Sufi Music / ARC Music / * (0:15:16 Pop-up)

La Banda Morisca: Tu Eres Zarza y Yo Me Enreo Favoriting / Algarabya / * (0:21:39 Pop-up)
GIG: Roulette, 509 Atlantic Avenue (at 3rd Ave), Downtown Brooklyn, Sat Nov 19

Razia Aziz: Bhavain Too Jaan Na Jaan Favoriting / Various Artists: Discover Sufi Music / ARC Music / * (0:27:50 Pop-up)

Merasi Master Musicians of Rajasthan: Devotional Poems (Live on WFMU) Favoriting (0:36:14 Pop-up)

Merasi Master Musicians of Rajasthan: Allah Hoo (Live on WFMU) Favoriting (0:45:51 Pop-up)

Merasi Master Musicians of Rajasthan: Hindu Devotional Song (Live on WFMU) Favoriting (0:56:06 Pop-up)

Merasi Master Musicians of Rajasthan: Merasi Song (Live on WFMU) Favoriting (1:13:08 Pop-up)

Merasi Master Musicians of Rajasthan: Wedding Song (Live on WFMU) Favoriting (1:13:28 Pop-up)

Merasi Master Musicians of Rajasthan: Merasi Festival Song (Live on WFMU) Favoriting (1:18:09 Pop-up)

Zlatne Uste Balkan Brass Band: Boki Favoriting / Various Artists: Brasslands (1:24:16 Pop-up)
GIG: Along with the Merasi and three other bands, playing our HONK NYC! show Thursday night at WFMU's Monty Hall!

Le Pompier Poney Club: Live at the 8e Concours international de fanfares Versailles 2014 Favoriting (1:27:34 Pop-up)
GIG: Along with the Merasi and three other bands, playing our HONK NYC! show Thursday night at WFMU's Monty Hall!

Funkrust Brass Band: Live at 1 Penn Plaza Favoriting (1:32:02 Pop-up)
GIG: Along with the Merasi and three other bands, playing our HONK NYC! show Thursday night at WFMU's Monty Hall!

Underground Horns: Shumba Favoriting / Big Beat (1:36:25 Pop-up)
GIG: Along with the Merasi and three other bands, playing our HONK NYC! show Thursday night at WFMU's Monty Hall!

Jefferson Street Band: El Cascabel Favoriting / Viral / * (1:43:37 Pop-up)

Banda el Recodo: Arriba Pichataro Favoriting / Lo Esencial (1:47:33 Pop-up)
GIG: Tomorrow (Sun) night at Stage 48, 605 W 48th St (10 pm show, with other bands)

Oratnitza: Tzrum Ochi Favoriting / Various Artists: First Seven Years / Koncerti / * (1:50:40 Pop-up)

Typani y Gaidi: KIU Favoriting / Various Artists: First Seven Years / Koncerti (1:53:28 Pop-up)

Mohammad Reza Mortazavi: A Voice Favoriting / Transformation / * (1:57:16 Pop-up)

Kaoru Watanabe: Kagura Gurui Ii Favoriting / Neo (2:00:43 Pop-up)

Jeong Ga Ak Hoe: Track 4 Favoriting / Akdan Gwanghil (First Live Concert) (2:03:04 Pop-up)

Refugees For Refugees (Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Tibet via Belgium): Jeljelaak Mui Dari Favoriting / Amerli / Muziek Publique / * (2:15:07 Pop-up)
Aman Yusufi (dambura, vocals) Majid Zare (tabla)

Taksim Trio: Ic Benim Icin Favoriting / Hicaz Mandira (2:18:52 Pop-up)
GIG: Headlining the Istanbulive concert tomorrow (Sunday) night at 7 at Symphony Space

Ahmet Kaya: Ben Beni Favoriting / Yıldızlar ve Yakamoz / S Muzik (2:22:23 Pop-up)

3 Hür-El: Omür Biter Yol Bitmez Favoriting / Hürel Arsivi (2:25:33 Pop-up)

The Apostles: Never Too Late Favoriting / Various Artists: Wake Up You! The Rise and Fall of Nigerian Rock, Vol. 1 (1972-1977) / Now-Again / * (2:29:29 Pop-up)

Lafayette Afro-Rock Band: Conga Favoriting / Afro Funk Explosion (Split 2-CD with ICE) / Manifesto Records / * (2:35:29 Pop-up)
New reissue package

Underground Horns: Ethio Favoriting / Funk Monk (2:43:52 Pop-up)

Yishak Banjaw: Segno Sra Allebign Favoriting / Love Songs Vol. 2 / Teranga Beat / * (2:53:06 Pop-up)
New reissue

Orchestre Laye Thiam: Sanga Té Favoriting / Various Artists: Senegal 70 / Analog Africa (2:52:43 Pop-up)

L'Harmonie Voltaique: Killa Naa Ye Killa Favoriting / Various Artists: Voltaique Panoramique, Volume 1: Popular Music in Ouagadougou & Bobo-Dioulasso 1968-1978 / Kindred Spirits (3:00:09 Pop-up)




Listener comments!

Avatar 6:05pm geezerette:

Not touching that "dial"! Greetings Rob & citizens of Paradise.
Avatar 🌍 Swag For Life Member 6:05pm Bas NL:

Hello Rob!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:06pm SeanG:

this beat is funky and rockin at the same time
Avatar 6:07pm geezerette:

a fine masala.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:12pm Rob W:

Good evening and thanks everyone!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:15pm Parq:

Constantinople, not Istanbul.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:17pm Rob W:

That is correct Parq!
  6:37pm SeanG:

We are back!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:47pm katie:

Greetings to our musician friends from Jaisalmer. It's rockin' here as it was there in the desert.
  6:52pm ?:

cant help but think [of blessed memory] of nusrat fateh ali kahn when i hear this song. nice work Merasi
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:59pm katie:

can it be cranked any louder? This is so beautiful. And I DID swim in Maine thank you very much.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:07pm Rob W:

Yes it's true, Katie did swim in the frigid oceanic waters of Maine, I stand corrected!
  7:25pm andrew:

best ive heard since nusrat. great mix too.
Avatar 🌍 Swag For Life Member 7:26pm Bas NL:

Great session by the Merasi Master Musicians!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:27pm Rob W:

Thanks Bas!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:32pm Rob W:

Apologies for the dropout there - my bad...
Avatar 7:33pm slugluv1313:

hi Rob and everyone!
what Bas NL said above -- WOW!
Avatar 7:34pm slugluv1313:

GO KATIE!!!
Avatar 7:38pm geezerette:

this is an old jazz song isn't it?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:41pm Rob W:

Actually I'm not sure...
Avatar 7:41pm geezerette:

Funkrust jam I meant.
Digging Shumba.
Avatar 7:45pm geezerette:

WOW!
Avatar 🌍 Swag For Life Member 8:04pm Ken From Hyde Park:

That was pretty cool. Kind of like Bryce's tunes.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:11pm maestroso:

This is awesomely great. Or greatly awesome.
Avatar 🌍 Swag For Life Member 8:33pm Bas NL:

A great set is developing here!! ;)
Avatar 8:51pm geezerette:

Terrific show Rob!!!
Avatar 🌍 Swag For Life Member 8:56pm Bas NL:

Thanks Rob! Very nice and varied show!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:58pm Rob W:

Thanks everyone, enjoy the rest of your weekends!
Avatar 8:59pm slugluv1313:

wonderful show, Rob -- thank you!
Avatar 9:02pm Linda Lee:

beautiful music once again Rob! thank you! lovely ~
Avatar 9:03pm Linda Lee:

every sound in this Orchestre Laye Thiam composition is delicious
Avatar 9:04pm Linda Lee:

or was that Harmonie Voltaique??? help!
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