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Şenay |
Dalkavuk
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Various Artists: Istanbul 70 Sampler | Nublu | 0:00:00 (Pop-up) | ||
Mohammad Jamal محمد جمال |
Mili Ma Mal El Hawa ميلي ما مال الهوى
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Doroup El Hawa دروب الهوى | EMI | Lebanese artist, just passed away. Audio c/o Gary Sullivan, host of Bodega Pop, Wednesdays 7 - 10pm (EDT) | on WFMU's Give the Drummer Radio | 0:05:22 (Pop-up) | |
The Panthers |
Khatak Dance
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Various Artists: A Beginner's Guide to Sublime Frequencies Vol 1&2 | High Castle Teleorkestra | Revved up folk dance but same melody as a Sufi qawwali anthem (Mast Qalandar). | 0:10:14 (Pop-up) | |
Vaqo |
Teatri chokhebit
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Gveleshapi (rotsa sikete damartskhda) | Bloom music | One-man band from Republic of Georgia. | 0:13:31 (Pop-up) | |
Withered Hand |
Black Tambourine
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New Gods | Slumberland | Katie's pick this hour | 0:16:45 (Pop-up) | |
Lorraine Klaasen & Mongezi Ntaka |
Amampondo
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Ukubonga (Gratitude) | Justin Time | Album spotlights the South African Township songbook. | 0:19:36 (Pop-up) | |
Mahlathini & The Mahotella Queens |
Jive Makgona
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Music Inferno: The Indestructible Beat Tour 1988-89 - Umsakazo | Umsakazo | 0:23:13 (Pop-up) | ||
Star Feminine Band |
L'Excision
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Star Feminine Band in Paris | Born Bad | Young women from Benin singing for girls' and womens' rights, as in this anti-FGM song. | 0:34:41 (Pop-up) | |
Kerfala Kante Jr. |
Konikélé
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Jokoto | Roadmusic Prod | From Guinea, musician / griot family, got a break when invited to play in Salif Keita's band | 0:38:11 (Pop-up) | |
Kala Jula & Gangbé Brass Band feat. Fama Diabaté |
Gede
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Asro | Buda Musique | Band from Benin fronted by young singer. (The word "gangbe" means "sound of metal" in the Fon language.) | * | 0:42:12 (Pop-up) |
Sia Tolno |
Weather Song
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Baya | Slow Walk | Guinean-Sierraleonian singer also fronts a Grateful Dead covers project ("Afro Dead"). | * | 0:48:38 (Pop-up) |
Dur Dur Band Int. |
Wan Ka Helaa (Fadumina)
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The Berlin Session | Out Here | Revival of legendary Somalian band. | 0:54:29 (Pop-up) | |
Iftin Band |
Sig Sig Nima (Come Closer) feat. Luul Jeylaani & Cabdiraxman Fanaan
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Mogadishu's Finest / The Al-Uruba Sessions | Ostinato Records | Vintage cassette recordings from pre-war Somalia. | 0:58:12 (Pop-up) | |
Captain Planet |
Loose Wires (feat. El Din)
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Sounds Like Home | Bastard Jazz | * | 1:07:04 (Pop-up) | |
Atse Tewodros Project |
Set Nat
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Maqeda | Atse Tewodros Project | Ethiopia meets Italy | 1:10:14 (Pop-up) | |
Entoto Band |
Aifalkn Gehrnete
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Entoto Band | Guitar Globetrotter Recordings | Ethiopia meets Netherlands | 1:15:30 (Pop-up) | |
Celibate Rifles |
Pretty Pictures
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Platters du Jour | Katie's pick for this hour | 1:19:23 (Pop-up) | ||
Imarhan |
Derhan
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Aboogi | City Slang | GIG: Saturday, 15 July @ Brooklyn Bowl. (Album recorded in Tamanrasset, Algeria's first permanent studio.) | 1:25:44 (Pop-up) | |
Mdou Moctar |
Azawad
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Niger EP Vol. 2 | Matador | GIG: Mdou Moctar / Meg Baird and Mary Lattimore / Rough Francis / dj.henri @ Central Park Summerstage Sat July 29 6 pm / Azawad is a geographic term for parts of Tuareg land and also was the name of an unrecognized state that declared independence from Mali on April 6 2012 | 1:29:06 (Pop-up) | |
Etran de L'Aïr |
Tarha Warghey Ichile
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Agadez | Sahel Sounds | GIG: Etran de L'Aïr @ Music Hall of Williamsburg Thursday, 29 June 8 pm | 1:33:11 (Pop-up) | |
Tamikrest |
Azawad
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Tamotaït | Glitterbeat | GIG: Tamikrest @ Rockefeller Park (Free) Thursday, 20 July, 7 pm (part of River & Blues festival) | 1:36:46 (Pop-up) | |
Saroyé |
Mon Bané
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In Lèr | Compagnie 4000 / Inouïe Distribution | Fusion of members of the maloya group Ti'Kaniki from Reunion with Cuban rumba musicians. | 1:44:35 (Pop-up) | |
Pedro Lima |
Meu
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Antologia Vol.1 | Les Disques Bongo Joe | "Pedro Lima was certainly the most iconic singer from Sao Tomé island." - bandcamp | * | 1:47:33 (Pop-up) |
Alhaji Waziri Oshomah |
Omhona-Omhona
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World Spirituality Classics 3: The Muslim Highlife of Alhaji Waziri Oshomah | Luaka Bop | From Nigeria, blending highlife and traditional music with Islamic teachings. | 1:53:13 (Pop-up) | |
Azuka Moweta & his Anioma Brothers |
Ejene Luno
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Nwanne Bu Ife | Palenque Records | "Moweta’s musical style could be characterized as a blend of Ekobe music and Igbo Highlife, imbued with his Asaba dialect," - World Music Central | * | 2:02:57 (Pop-up) |
Okwy Osadebe and Highlife SoundMakers |
Matador Sound System
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Igbo Amaka | Palenque Records | Son of highlife legend Chief Stephen Osita Osadebe | * | 2:07:51 (Pop-up) |
Al Valdés Y Su Conjunto |
Gózalo
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Gozando! | Vampi Soul | From Peru, recorded with musicians of Machito's band | 2:12:34 (Pop-up) | |
Estrella Acosta & Esquina 25 |
Amor de Millones
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Tierra | eStar 136 | Musicians from Cuba, Venezuela, Uruguay, Germany and the Netherlands, songs inspired by womens' rural music of Cuba. | * | 2:15:42 (Pop-up) |
Lengaïa Salsa Brava |
Lengaïa está sonando
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Estética de un rumbero | Lulaworld Records | Montreal band celebrates its 10th anniversary | * | 2:21:33 (Pop-up) |
Naïssam Jalal |
Rituel de la Riviere
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Healing Rituals | Les Couleurs Du Son | GIG: Thursday evening June 29 @ Lincoln Center Rubenstein Atrium. | * | 2:29:08 (Pop-up) |
Maniucha i Ksawery |
Czumak
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Oj borom borom | Wodzirej | GIG: Performing songs of Polissya region in Ukraine as part of Poland's Jazztopad festival NY offshoot, in a free double bill at Lincoln Center Rubenstein Atrium Wed eve June 28. | 2:38:42 (Pop-up) | |
Norma Waterson |
Black Muddy River
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Norma Waterson | Hannibal | Katie's pick for this hour. | 2:42:09 (Pop-up) | |
Sopa de Pedra |
Breu - VI Queimada
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Do Claro ao Breu | Lovers & Lollypops | Womens' vocal group from Portugal (their name means "stone soup"). | 2:46:07 (Pop-up) | |
Mawaca |
Nama Pariret
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Nama Pariret | Ethos Music | Global group from Brazil - singing in over twenty languages. | 2:50:11 (Pop-up) | |
Beatriz Aguiar |
Tatata
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Ultramar | Silvox Records | Europe, originally from Uruguay. | * | 2:52:53 (Pop-up) |
La Marisoul and Los Texmaniacs |
Me caí de la nube / I Fell from the Cloud
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Corazones and Cancion | Smithsonian Folkways | Eva Marisol "La Marisoul" Hernández (of LA-based band La Santa Cecilia) and San Antonio-based Tejano conjunto Los Texmaniacs | * | 2:55:31 (Pop-up) |
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