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Favoriting December 30, 2023: Year End Roundup Pt 1

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Artist Track Album Label Comments Approx. start time
Vaqo  Saidumlo sityvebi (zemo khevis batoni tsalkotel vachars)   Favoriting Gveleshapi (rotsa sikete damartskhda)  Bloom music  Vakhtang Kantaria (Vaqo) was born in Tbilisi, Georgia. His music is characterized by elements of early rock and psychedelic rock; it’s a mixture of country music and Georgian folk, his music is full of odd musical notes that attract listeners. - Studio Hundert  0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Altın Gün  Badi Sabah Olmadan   Favoriting Aşk  Glitterbeat  Their 5th album in as many years Aşk (deeper feeling of love), marks an exuberant return to the 70s Anatolian folk-rock sound that characterised Altın Gün’s first two albums. - Glitterbeat  0:04:31 (Pop-up)
Witch  Nshingilile   Favoriting Zango  Desert Daze  Blending the rock and roll sounds of The Rolling Stones together with more traditional, African rhythms, WITCH pioneered a new genre dubbed Zamrock, and during their brief, yet prolific existence, WITCH (an acronym for We Intend To Cause Havoc) released 7 albums and were the most revered band in the country.  0:11:13 (Pop-up)
Baaba Maal  Boboyillo (feat. ROUGI)   Favoriting Being  Atelier Live  Visionary singer, cultural ambassador, epic storyteller and Senegal superstar Baaba Maal grew up inspired by indigenous African music, and the American R&B, Soul, Jazz, Reggae and Blues it influenced. - Proper Music  0:14:30 (Pop-up)
Adama Sambou and Ejam Kasa  Ajeme   Favoriting Ears of the People: Ekonting Songs from Senegal and Gambia  Smithsonian Folkways  Ears of the People is a collection of sublime contemporary recordings of the ekonting, a three-stringed gourd lute played by Jola people in Gambia and the Casamance region of Senegal. - Smithsonian Folkways  0:18:31 (Pop-up)
Bokanté  Illiminé   Favoriting History  Real World  The word Bokanté means ‘exchange' in Guadeloupean Creole, the language of vocalist Malika Tirolien's childhood island. A highly appropriate name for a group of musicians from 5 countries (and 4 continents) whose cultural and musical identities converge in the music they create together.  0:21:45 (Pop-up)
Inna Baba Coulibaly  Yewtanakam   Favoriting Gilli Kwral  Remote Records / Studio Mali  Inna Baba Coulibaly is a highly respected songwriter and ambassador of traditional Fulani music, a genre characterized by its strong oral traditions, intricate rhythms and melodies, and the use of call and response vocals. - Bandcamp  0:26:28 (Pop-up)
Acid Arab  Habaytak Feat Ghizlane Melih   Favoriting Trois  Crammed Discs  Acid Arab is a duet from Paris whose goal is to mix all kind of Eastern music (North Africa, Lebanon, Egypt, Turkey or… Mumbai) with electronic sounds, from pioneering acid house to today's powerful techno. - Resident Advisor  0:35:19 (Pop-up)
King Ayisoba  Adinooma   Favoriting Work Hard  Glitterbeat  This is the traditional kologo music from the Upper East Region of Ghana brought with the energy and flavor of the twenty first century. King Ayisoba sings in Frafra, Twi and in English and is a big star in Ghana. The kologo is a two string guitar with a calabash gourd resonator, it is rhythmic and melodic at the same time. - Bandcamp  0:39:53 (Pop-up)
Yalla Miku  Hyper Tigre   Favoriting Yalla Miku  Les Disques Bongo Joe  Yalla Miku's frenetic and uplifting debut album is a genre twister, with musicians from North and East Africa coming together with various musical alchemists from Geneva's burgeoning and experimentally minded, global music scene. - Bandcamp  0:44:24 (Pop-up)
Moonlight Benjamin  Taye Banda   Favoriting Wayo  Ma Case  Carried by a deeper and darker sound, and by the unique voice of Moonlight, influenced by Alabama Shakes, Oumou Sangaré, and Dr John, the album Wayo is a primal scream, a mystifying and mystical musical mixture, almost shamanic, an incantation of liberation in the midst of raging guitars and propulsive drumming. - home page  0:48:30 (Pop-up)
Sia Tolno  Kelema   Favoriting Baya  Kingsland Music  Sia Tolno is an award-winning global touring & recording artist, vocalist and songwriter, from Guinea/Sierra Leone, steeped in Afrobeat, Afro-blues, Mandinga and Soukous styles of African popular music. - France Rocks  0:52:00 (Pop-up)
Cyril Cyril & Meridian Brothers  Diablos De Chuao   Favoriting Single  Les Disques Bongo Joe  Collaboration between two very distinctive Swiss and Colombian bands.  1:00:48 (Pop-up)
Calamita & Aya Metwalli  El Khala3 Wel Dala3   Favoriting Al Saher (Stay Awake)  Zehra  CALAMITA = KARKHANA members TONY ELIEH, SHARIF SEHNAOUI and Lebanese drummer MALEK RIZKALLAH join forces with the Egyptian singer AYA METWALLI - the result is the improbable meeting between free jazz / improv, punk rock & Oum Kalthoum! - Bandcamp  1:03:47 (Pop-up)
Houria Aichi  Hadda   Favoriting Chants Courtois de l'Aurès  Accords Croisés  Houria Aïchi (born in Batna) is an Algerian Berber singer of chaoui music. Aïchi sings songs that she learnt in her childhood, accompanied by bendir. - Wikipedia  1:09:03 (Pop-up)
Dur Dur Band  Wan Ka Helaa (Fadumina)   Favoriting The Berliln Session  Out Here  The first studio album of its kind since the golden days of Mogadishu came to a halt three decades ago. Glamorous discos and beachfront stages disappeared as the city was bombed to the ground. Like a sleeping giant patiently awaiting its revival, we can finally hear a new recording by the living representatives of that distinct era so far heard only on reissues. - Bandcamp  1:12:32 (Pop-up)
Polobi & the Gwo Ka Masters  La Lézad   Favoriting Abri Cyclonique  Real World  Moïse Polobi, 69 years old, is descended from a family of former slaves. He’s been singing and sounding his djembé-like Gwo ka drums since childhood, heart-beating the memory of his ancestors in Guadeloupe. - Real World  1:16:46 (Pop-up)
Kayhan Kalhor and Toumani Diabate  Joyful Sun   Favoriting The Sky Is The Same Colour Everywhere  Real World  The Sky Is the Same Colour Everywhere is a spiritual meditation by two master musicians and culture bearers of centuries-old musical traditions sharing modes based on Persian and Malian repertoires on kamancheh (spike fiddle) and kora (harp/lute).  1:24:57 (Pop-up)
Violons Barbares  Crystal Ghost   Favoriting Monsters and Fantastic Creatures  Violons Barbares  Barbaric violins – Balkan melodies, galloping rhythms and majestic throat singing. The trio is composed of two fiddle players and a percussionist. From the steppe country of Mongolia will Featuring Dandarvaanchig Enkhjargal, who sings overtone singing and plays Morin Khoor  1:30:26 (Pop-up)
Shono  The praising of the twelve animal symbols of the year   Favoriting Kolkhozoy traktor  CPL-Music  Unveiling unheard auditory landscapes hailing from the distant region of Buryatia, Shono resurrects the time-honored rituals of the expansive grasslands in Eurasia on their new album, “Kolkhozoy Traktor.” The group plays a fascinating mix of Buryat folk and rock music. - World Music Central  1:35:51 (Pop-up)
Auļi feat. Katrīna Dimanta  Laid māmiņa istabā   Favoriting Ķekatās  Lauska  The joyful and high energy album “Ķekatās” is dedicated to the Latvian masquerade traditions in winter. Starting from the Winter Solstice and ending with Meteņi.  1:40:00 (Pop-up)
Mazalda  Choubi   Favoriting Special Key  Airfono  Active since 2001, and revealed to the general public alongside the Algerian raï singer Sofiane Saidi in 2018, with a joint album and an international tour, the band Mazalda returns with a new album ‘Special Key’. Mazalda – comprised of veterans of a dizzying array of styles and scenes – has emerged as a group that skillfully and inspiringly delights in breaking down needless cultural compartmentalizations through intricate texturings and spectacularly tight arrangements. - Tartine Production  1:42:31 (Pop-up)
Okwy Osadebe and Highlife SoundMakers  Matador Sound System   Favoriting Igbo Amaka  Palenque  Son of Nigerian highlife great Chief Stephen Osita Osadebe, carrying on the tradition.  1:48:45 (Pop-up)
Mestizo  Puya   Favoriting Mestizo  Mais Um  ft members of Steam Down, Ondatropica, La Perla, Frente Cumbiero, DoomCannon, Minyo Cumbiero + more  1:55:54 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

Avatar 🌍 Swag For Life Member 9:01am
john_zilla:

good morning Rob, and all! happy approaching new year
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:02am
Peter from Saranac Lake NY:

Good morning Rob and fellow travelers.
  9:03am
annette:

good morn. flurries flying in northeastern penna. stay in yer holiday jammies and enjoy the sounds.bestest of newness to you all
Avatar 🌍 Swag For Life Member 9:04am
john_zilla:

↳ annette @9:03
nice! how far north? my fam in ABE
Avatar 9:06am
Heidee:

Ahh. Happy and so ready to join the musical journey. ♡ Sending love from the lands of the 99 Luftballons :-) 🎈🎈
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:06am
Rob W:

Good morning folks, happy soon-to-be new year.
Avatar 9:07am
HyperDose:

Interesting hearing what was a dinner show in the wee hours of the morning. Gettin me moving!
Avatar 🌍 Swag For Life Member 9:07am
john_zilla:

Frohliche Neues Jahre, Heidee
Avatar 9:11am
Heidee:

↳ john_zilla @9:07
Oh hey thank you so much john_zilla! I wish you the very same! 💫
  9:12am
deeesat:

Salutations, Rob and co!
  9:14am
Gainstager Liquid:

yeehaw
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:16am
Rob W:

Greetings deeesat!
Avatar 🌍 9:32am
Charles in Chicago:

↳ Heidee @9:11
Guten Morgen Heidee. I'm the listener formerly known as "Yeti Bob". Nice to see you, it's been a while. And great to hear TSP in its new time slot! Hi Rob!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:36am
Rob W:

Hi Charles formerly known as Yeti Bob!
Avatar 9:37am
HyperDose:

↳ Charles in Chicago @9:32
That's where Yeti Bob went!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:38am
katie:

This is amazing.
Avatar 🌍 9:41am
Charles in Chicago:

↳ HyperDose @9:37
Hey Hyperdose, I hope things are going better for you!
Avatar 9:43am
Heidee:

Heyyy Charles aka Yeti Bob (and I seem to remember another nickname in between?). How have you been keeping? It's been a wild few months, let alone years. May the new year bring all the peace and happiness we so need.
Avatar 🌍 9:43am
Charles in Chicago:

↳ Heidee @9:43
Yes, yes, peace and happiness in 2024!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:07am
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Song: "El Khala3 Wel Dala3" by "Calamita & Aya Metwalli"
especially liked this release, i think they transcend their influences
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:09am
tom tom the pipers son:

i do believe they go full on noise at times
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:10am
Rob W:

Thanks for your input tom, I'm glad you liked that.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:10am
tom tom the pipers son:

hi rob and folks...
Avatar 10:14am
northguineahills:

hola alohas rob and transpacificans!
Avatar 10:15am
bixa:

good morning!! perfect saturday coffee drinking music
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:16am
Rob W:

Hi ngh and thanks bixa, it's good to hear from you.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:18am
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

~ Good ♄Saturday FMUvianz ~
Grateful to wake up to these sounds.
  10:19am
Marie in Chicago:

So nice to hear Rob in the AM. Hi Rob, hi Everyone!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:20am
Rob W:

Hi and thanks Marie and RevRabbit!
Avatar 🌍 Swag For Life Member 10:21am
Ken From Hyde Park:

↳ northguineahills @10:14
¡Hola, ngh!
🎶 On the fifth day from Exodus, my true love gave to me five Metro cards!
Six Yos La Tengo!
Seven puns from Doug!
Eight Francos calling!
Nine Woof Moo T-shirts!
Ten jalapeños!
Eleven alligators!
And twelve pages of HR work! 🎵
Hello, Rob and paradise dwellers.
Avatar 10:22am
northguineahills:

↳ Ken From Hyde Park @10:21
😁😂🤣😂
Avatar 10:25am
HyperDose:

↳ northguineahills @10:14
Primo! 💨☕
  10:28am
Crei6hton:

Morning WFMU
Avatar 10:29am
northguineahills:

↳ HyperDose @10:25
hermano!
Avatar 🌍 10:37am
Charles in Chicago:

↳ Song: "The praising of the twelve animal symbols of the ...
this is great!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:38am
Rob W:

Glad you like it Charles!
Avatar 10:39am
Heidee:

↳ Song: "The praising of the twelve animal symbols of the ...
Sounds like a Eurasian-Scottish overtone-skilled "Waulking Song"
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:41am
katie:

The Barbaric violins were fabulous.
Avatar 10:41am
Heidee:

These bass harmonies touch my heart
Avatar 10:45am
northguineahills:

↳ Song: "Choubi" by "Mazalda"
diggery ensuing!
Avatar 10:45am
HyperDose:

↳ Song: "Choubi" by "Mazalda"
Fun!
Avatar 10:48am
Juli:

Hey Kiddos.&
Self Identified Adults
Avatar 🌍 Swag For Life Member 10:49am
john_zilla:

amazing sounds!!
Avatar 10:50am
northguineahills:

ack, my headphone cord is shorting out again, arghh!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:53am
Rob W:

Thanks john_zilla, sorry about your equipment problems ngh.
Avatar 10:55am
northguineahills:

↳ Rob W @10:53
i have a replacement pair from a friend waiting for me when I go up to ny next week....(just wish this pair would have lasted that long)
Avatar 🌍 10:56am
Charles in Chicago:

↳ Song: "Matador Sound System" by "Okwy Osadebe and Highli...
Sounds a little crunchy in the left channel, is anyone else hearing that?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:56am
fred:

Good morning Rob and all
Avatar 🌍 10:57am
Charles in Chicago:

(better now, it was just that last track)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:57am
Rob W:

Good ears Charles, sorry about that, and good morning fred.
Avatar 10:58am
Heidee:

↳ fred @10:56
Hi fred, any good projects in sight for the new year?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:59am
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

↳ northguineahills @10:50
One benefit of bluetooth perhaps easy to overlook - no more shorting out cords where they meet plugs (&tc.) all the time...
Avatar 🌍 Swag For Life Member 11:00am
Ken From Hyde Park:

Thanks, Rob. Happy New Year to all the time zones tomorrow!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:00am
coelacanth∅:

Thanks Rob for yet another year of Revelation!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:00am
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

~ TY Always DJ RobW ~
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