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Favoriting December 16, 2023: Global Christmas

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Artist Track Album Label Year Comments Approx. start time
Greg Miner  We Three Kings of Orient Are   Favoriting A Christmas Collection  Miner Music      0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Bukkene Bruse  Christmas Gangar (Romjulsgangar)   Favoriting The Loveliest Rose    2009  Bukkene Bruse is a Norwegian traditional folk music band, presenting a varied repertoire of traditional and folk-style Norwegian songs, but also including many new compositions based on various Norwegian musical traditions.  0:04:46 (Pop-up)
Kitka  Collage of Koleda Carols (Bulgarian)   Favoriting Evening Star    2018  Kitka Women's Vocal Ensemble is an all-female professional vocal ensemble based in Oakland, California and focused on Eastern European women’s vocal traditions. It was founded in 1979 as an offshoot of the Westwind International Folk Ensemble.  0:08:26 (Pop-up)
Zedashe  Otsdakhuta   Favoriting Silver Sanctuary  Electric Cowbell  2020  Zedashe Ensemble is a vocal and dance group based in the eastern medieval fortress city of Sighnaghi, Caucasus Georgia. Directed by Ketevan Mindorashvili, the ensemble was founded in the mid-1990's to sing polyphonic chants, unique to Georgia, that were largely lost during the Communist era.  0:11:20 (Pop-up)
Simpiwe Manana  Sizalelwe Indodana   Favoriting Kuthi Mangigiye    2015  South African gospel vocal enseemble.  0:14:48 (Pop-up)
Chị Kayla  Christmas Medley in Vietnamese Style   Favoriting Vietglish Fun      Vietnamese singer and comedian.  0:22:43 (Pop-up)
Kroke  Jezus malusienki (Little Jesus)   Favoriting The World of Christmas Carols      Kroke is a Polish instrumental ensemble of world music. The band's name refers to the Yiddish language name for Kraków. The band was founded in 1992 by three friends and graduates of the Academy of Music in Kraków.  0:24:25 (Pop-up)
Lionel Benjamin  Nwèl La Rive   Favoriting Various Artists: Noël Sou Noël, Vol. 1    2016  Haitian singer and actor.  0:28:52 (Pop-up)
Milo & The Kings  I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus   Favoriting Christmas in the Virgin Islands      From Trinidad and Tobago.  0:33:22 (Pop-up)
El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico  Alegría y Paz   Favoriting En Navidad  Gema Records  1965  Led by pianist and musical director Rafael Ithier, El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico is one of Puerto Rico’s greatest dance bands. Decades after its inception, the 13-piece salsa group continues to inspire dancers with its horn-punctuated Latin rhythms and lush vocal harmonies.  0:35:26 (Pop-up)
Joan Soriano y su banda 'Los Candé'  El Niño del Tambor (The Little Drummer Boy)   Favoriting Single    2020  Joan Soriano is a Dominican bachata singer and guitarist from the Dominican Republic. His style is a blend of modern with traditional bachata. Since the 1980s, Joan's guitar and arrangements have graced many hit bachatas by other artists.  0:38:17 (Pop-up)
Pete "El Conde" Rodríguez  Boogaloo Navideño   Favoriting Fania Christmas Essentials  Fania    Pedro Juan Rodríguez Ferrer, better known as Pete "El Conde" Rodríguez, was a salsa singer born in Barrio Cantera, Ponce, Puerto Rico.  0:41:24 (Pop-up)
New York Afro Bop Alliance Big Band  Trepak   Favoriting The Pan American Nutcracker Suite    2022  NYABABB was founded and is led by drummer Joe McCarthy. The band is comprised of first call Jazz and Afro-Cuban Jazz players from New York City who collectively perform with the greatest names in the business.  0:44:45 (Pop-up)
Trio Ambisi  Di Bethlehem do Tubu   Favoriting Christmas in Toba        0:54:12 (Pop-up)
Mbaraka Mwinshehe & Super Volcano  Kakolele Viva Xmas   Favoriting Various Artists: Merry Christmas      Tanzanian guitarist/bandleader Mbaraka Mwinshehe was one of the spearheads of East African dance music. Having established his reputation as a member of Morogoro Jazz, between 1964 and 1973, Mwinshehe continued to make his influence felt as the leader of his own band, Super Volcano, from 1973 until his untimely death six years later.  1:00:04 (Pop-up)
Vijana Jazz Band  Barua Ya Christmas   Favoriting Single  Moto Moto    Vijana Jazz Orchestra is a Tanzanian muziki wa dansi band that reached its peak of popularity in the 1980s.  1:09:03 (Pop-up)
Eddy Jay, Nando Black, Elio Boom, Alvaro "El Barbaro", Ito, Gale, Albert, El Afinaito, El Oveja, Papa Rasta, Papo Man, Encanto, Yankee y Anne Swing  Champeta Llego Navidad   Favoriting Single      All-star group performing Colombia's Afro-pop influenced Champeta music.  1:19:35 (Pop-up)
Mini All Stars  Noel Compas   Favoriting El Manicero      Mini Allstars were a studio-based band of Haitian musicians brought together in New York in 1980 by the producer and owner of Mini Records, Fred Paul, to play the music of Nemours Jean-Baptiste, the pioneer of Haiti’s ‘compas’ dance rhythm.  1:23:28 (Pop-up)
Coupé Cloué  Noel Sans Lune   Favoriting Habitude Cé Vice  Mini Records  1985  Jean Gesner Henry, known professionally as Coupé Cloué, was a Haitian footballer, singer, guitarist, and bandleader. He was known for defining a style of Haitian konpa music he called konpa manba.  1:32:49 (Pop-up)
Zakopower  Tryumfy Króla Niebieskiego (Triumphant King Of Heaven)   Favoriting Kolędowo (Christmas songs from Polish Tatra Mountains Gorale Highlands)      Zakopower is a Polish Goral folk music group. It is named after Zakopane, the hometown of its lead singer. Their music links folklore with the aesthetics of rock.  1:45:38 (Pop-up)
Gronicki i Harnasie  Dziecie biydne narodzone   Favoriting Kolędy góralskie (Christmas Carols from the Polish Tatra Mounatins)  Tercet      1:50:14 (Pop-up)
Klezmonauts  Joy To The World   Favoriting Oy to the World - A Klezmer Christmas      From Oregon. Building on the klezmer tradition, the Klezmonauts add influences from their own backgrounds in jazz, bluegrass, Indian, African, and classical music.  1:54:07 (Pop-up)
Houghas Sorowonko (vocal - Pee Pee Dynamite)  A Groovy Christmas & New Year   Favoriting Single  Academy Records, Voodoo Funk    From Ghana.  1:56:52 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

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Handy Haversack:

Morning, Rob, Border Spanners in the works.
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TDK60:

Hola Rob, and hominid wanderers.
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Bas NL:

Hello Rob! Hello World!
  9:03am
deeesat:

Good morning Rob and all!
Avatar 🌍 Swag For Life Member 9:04am
chresti:

Morning Rob and sound paradisians!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:04am
Handy Haversack:

Rob, if you want to add to the calendar, Dervisi is playing at Troost Monday, 12/18, 8 PM.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:07am
Rob W:

Thanks Handy!
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TDK60:

↳ Handy Haversack @9:04
Good morning Handy. Are you going to that?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:09am
Handy Haversack:

↳ TDK60 @9:07
I was considering it, yeah! At least for one set.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:09am
Rob W:

Good morning everyone!
Avatar 🌍 Swag For Life Member 9:18am
john_zilla:

good morning RobW and TPPers!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:19am
Rob W:

Good morning john_zilla!
  9:21am
Dirk Zaffer Brussels:

Goodmorning TPSP-fans. Greetings from Antwerp.
  9:23am
PAUL BRANDWEIN:

You got any yodeling on the playlist?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:24am
Rob W:

Paul, sad to say I don't think I have any seasonal yodels.
Avatar 🌍 9:30am
slugluv1313:

greetings, Rob! Paradisians!
laying low today, but so grateful for your show -- for real, the positive sounds/vibes are truly healing -- thank you,😺😺
  9:33am
PAUL BRANDWEIN:

Probably too schmatzy for your show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-KknZKViy4
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:33am
Handy Haversack:

↳ Rob W @9:24
Vocal Fry is filling in for Bad Animals on 1/1 -- maybe Dan will have some seasonal yodels on hand.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:33am
Greg from ZONE 5:

Morning Rob and all!
How do we not have a "seasonal yodel" section in the record library??
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:35am
Rob W:

Clearly an oversight Greg. Slugluv, feel better.
  9:37am
PAUL BRANDWEIN:

Ok, what about something from Indonesia? You played something from Toba in some past show
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:39am
Rob W:

Paul, that's right, I may get to that.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:44am
G:

I was in Puerto Rico last month. Boy, are they into Christmas there! (Pete "El Conde" Rodríguez was from PR.)
Avatar 🌍 Swag For Life Member 10:07am
Ken From Hyde Park:

Greetings, Rob and world!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:08am
Rob W:

Greetings Ken!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:11am
luka:

good morning
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:13am
Rob W:

Good morning luka.
Avatar 🌍 Swag For Life Member 10:14am
john_zilla:

loving the sounds!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:15am
Rob W:

Thanks john_zilla!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:19am
Brian in UK:

↳ Song: "Barua Ya Christmas" by "Vijana Jazz Band"
Hello Rob & listeners.

Love the relentlessness.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:25am
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

~ Good ♄Saturday FMUvianz ~
Not into Xmas @ all - but this playlist has been charming & heartwarming anyway & lovely for wakey wakies.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:27am
Rob W:

Thanks Revolution Rabbit.
Avatar 10:34am
Malcolm:

loving the show in stockport england!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:35am
Rob W:

Thanks Malcolm!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:37am
Listener Bryan (the Professor):

really have enjoyed the show this morning!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:37am
Rob W:

Thanks Bryan!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:38am
Handy Haversack:

Morning, Bryan. How're things on your island?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:38am
Handy Haversack:

Oop -- looks like we're ready to go over here. We have some errands to deal with. We'll be listening over FM, Rob -- thanks!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:39am
Listener Bryan (the Professor):

↳ Handy Haversack @10:38
sunny this morning.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:39am
Listener Bryan (the Professor):

↳ Handy Haversack @10:38
happy wkend to you and k8!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:40am
Handy Haversack:

↳ Listener Bryan (the Professor) @10:39
Same back again! Catch you later on.
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Mister Dobalina:

Excellent show so far, Rob!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:42am
Ïke:

Greetings, humans!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:44am
Megaroni:

Holiday greetings Rob! Wonderful new time slot:)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:47am
Rob W:

Thanks Mister Dobalina, greetings Ike and Megaroni, I'm glad you like the time slot.
Avatar 10:50am
Mister Dobalina:

Last week a track was played by the artist, Marja Mortensson. Haven't been able to stop listenin' to that hot tune! Was also a lot of fun telling my Norwegian friends about it. They were very surprised I listen to such good music. & yes, I did tell them about this show.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:51am
Rob W:

Oh that's great, thanks for the good word Mister Dobalina.
Avatar 🌍 Swag For Life Member 10:52am
chresti:

Sunny morning in San Gabriel, CA.

Enjoying the show with my coffee...
Thanks Rob!
Avatar 🌍 Swag For Life Member 10:52am
Mxter Baba:

Greetings, Rob and folx! Waking up on the west coast here.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:55am
Rob W:

Good early morning chresti and Mxter Baba!
  10:57am
MKT in Inwood:

Just woke up my late-dozing house by blasting the Klezmonauts
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Ken From Hyde Park:

Thanks and feliz, Rob!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

~ TY Always DJ RobW ~
  10:59am
Andres:

Fantastic show today, Rob! Really brightened up my morning! Especially as we close in on the shortest day of the year. ;)
Avatar 🌍 Swag For Life Member 10:59am
Bas NL:

Thanks for the happy festive sounds Rob!
  10:59am
Glistener MW:

Thanks for the festive show, Rob!
  11:00am
P-90:

Merry Christmas @Rob!
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slugluv1313:

this has been wonderful -- thanks so much, Rob
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:00am
coelacanth:

Thanks Rob!
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