WFMU: Transpacific Sound Paradise with Rob Weisberg: Playlist from March 23, 2024

Transpacific Sound Paradise with Rob Weisberg: Playlist from March 23, 2024

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March 23, 2024:

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Comments	New	Approx. start time
Toumast	Innulamane (The Falcon) "Innulamane (The Falcon)" by "Toumast"	Ishumar	Real World			0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Tinariwen	Toumast Tincha "Toumast Tincha" by "Tinariwen"	Emmaar	Anti			0:06:21 (Pop-up)
Abdallah Oumbadougou	He Tenere "He Tenere" by "Abdallah Oumbadougou"	Amghar: The Godfather of Tuareg Music - VOL. 1	Petaluma	Abdallah Oumbadougou (c. 1962–2020) was a guitarist from Niger. He was one of the founders of the ishumar genre of the desert blues, a politicized, guitar-driven musical genre of the Kel Tamasheq people of North Africa's Sahel. - Wiki	*	0:10:19 (Pop-up)
Mdou Moctar	Kamane Tarhanin "Kamane Tarhanin" by "Mdou Moctar"	Ilana: The Creator	Sahel Sounds	Moctar's first full-band studio album.		0:16:49 (Pop-up)
Bombino	Aitma "Aitma" by "Bombino"	Sahel	Partisan	Born in 1980 just outside Agadez, Niger, Bombino came of age during much political upheaval, fleeing with his family to Algeria by 1990, teaching himself guitar by watching videos of his heroes Jimi Hendrix, Dire Straits, Ali Farka Toure and Tinariwen, and returning to northern Niger's largest city, Agadez, seven years later, when he took on music professionally. - home page		0:21:34 (Pop-up)
Tarwa N-Tiniri	Anamur "Anamur" by "Tarwa N-Tiniri"	Azizdeg	Atty	Tarwa N-Tiniri are a five-piece desert blues band from Ouarzazate in Morocco. The all Berber band was formed in 2012 and they have released one album Azizdeg in 2019 and toured Norway and France. The band’s name means "sons of the desert". - Wiki		0:25:36 (Pop-up)
ZA! + Perrate	Seguirilla "Seguirilla" by "ZA! + Perrate"	Jolifanto	Lovemonk	"Jolifanto" is an unexpected explosion propelled by (poly)rhythm, expanding into seemingly distant territories under the influence of flamenco. - Sonic Rendezvous	*	0:33:50 (Pop-up)
IndiaLucia	Kinna Sohna "Kinna Sohna" by "IndiaLucia"	Acatao		Indialucia - an international musical project by flamenco guitar player Miguel Czachowski, is at the same time one the first band which has managed to successfully combine the traditional music of India with flamenco from Andalusia, giving concerts all over the world since 1999. The members of the project include many outstanding musicians from Poland, India and Spain.		0:42:53 (Pop-up)
Buddy Rich & Alla Rakha	Khanda Kafi	Rich à la Rakha	Modern Harmonic	With Paul Horn, flute. New reissue		0:47:21 (Pop-up)
Saicobab	Nrtyaman "Nrtyaman" by "Saicobab"	Nrtyaman	Thrill Jockey	SAICOBAB channels the vital energy of living music traditions through ecstatic performance. The quartet brings together four musicians whose understanding of ancient musical forms is matched only by their thrilling contemporary resetting of such styles. - Thrill Jockey	*	0:52:38 (Pop-up)
Kuunatic	Dewbow "Dewbow" by "Kuunatic"	Gate of Klüna	Glitterbeat	Formed by 3 female members who have completely different musical and cultural background, KUUNATIC explores pulsing, unconventional and atmospheric sound with diverse sonics and ritual vocals. - bandcamp		0:58:52 (Pop-up)
Elana Sasson & Golestan Ensemble	Dar Hejiroke	Golestan		Elana Sasson is an Iranian/Kurdish American vocalist and musician born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. Her music breathes new life to the sacred traditions of music from Iran and Kurdistan through contemporary arrangements and her own original compositions that oscillate between east and west, traditional and contemporary, inspired by jazz and Latin rhythms. - home page	*	1:09:01 (Pop-up)
Aynur Doğan	Biranin "Biranin" by "Aynur Doğan"	Rabe	Dreyer-Gaido	Aynur's music is based on traditional Kurdish folk songs, with many of them being at least 300 years old. Her lyrics are about the life and sufferings of Kurdish people and in particular Kurdish women. - home page	*	1:13:27 (Pop-up)
Sutari	Włosy - Hair "Włosy - Hair" by "Sutari"	#kołysankidlaświata #lullabiesfortheworld		Sutari transform traditional Polish songs into Kujawski swing, and they mix folk songs, whispers, and shouts with sounds of…a grater, a knife being sharpened or a bathtub being filled with water. An original trio, Sutari, is gaining popularity on the folk scene with their modern interpretations of old songs. - culture.pl	*	1:18:29 (Pop-up)
Zisl Slepovitch & Sasha Lurje	Muestra Tierra	Shotns-Shadows, Songs from Holocaust Testimonies, Volume 3 - Yale University, Fortunoff Archive (Redeye Distribution)		Researched, curated, arranged and produced by composer, multi-instrumentalist, ethnomusicologist, and Yiddish educator D. Zisl Slepovitch and recorded by Zisl Slepovitch Ensemble featuring singer Sasha Lurje, this album draws upon the more than 100 testimonies in the Fortunoff Archive's collection in which survivors recount poetry or sing musical compositions from the prewar, wartime and postwar periods. - Yivo	*	1:22:44 (Pop-up)
Sampo Lassila Narinkka	Bukoviner Freilachs	Suomiklezmer 2	Narinkaattori Records	Sampo Lassila NARINKKA is a dynamic and new-seeking modern klezmerband, which music can be called with a new term: ”suomiklezmer”. (Suomi being the Finnish word for Finland). - home page	*	1:25:55 (Pop-up)
Amsterdam Klezmer Band	A Greater Plan	Bomba Pop	Vetnasj Records	Amsterdam Klezmer Band, sometimes referred to as AKB, is a Dutch-Jewish musical group created in 1996 in Amsterdam. The band plays Yiddish and Klezmer music, but also incorporates sounds from Balkan, jazz, Romani, and hip-hop music. - Wiki	*	1:29:28 (Pop-up)
ShazaLaKazoo	Toula "Toula" by "ShazaLaKazoo"	Chorba	Asphalt Tango	ShazaLaKazoo is a two member live electronic act hailing from Belgrade (Serbia) formed by Milan Djuric (laptop, usb-clarinet, kazoo) and Uros Petkovic (electric violin, turntable). The band creates and performs danceable electronic music spiced with the sounds originating from their own region – the Balkans, as well as from Latin America, Africa and the Middle East. - Marmoset Music. Vocals by Aimilia Varanaki,	*	1:34:02 (Pop-up)
Barbora Botošová	Sandala "Sandala" by "Barbora Botošová"	Roshambo	Ornament	Barbora Botošová, a renowned versatile violin virtuoso, has extensive expertise spanning traditional, classical, Balkan, and jazz improvisation. Following in the footsteps of her grandfather, the legendary Slovak violinist Ján Berky Mrenica, she adeptly performs world music and ethno-jazz (world jazz). - World Music Central	*	1:43:27 (Pop-up)
Hajda Banda	Babaczka "Babaczka" by "Hajda Banda"	Hajda!	Karrot Kommando	Hajda Banda / Гайда Банда is a Polish-Belarusian band, performing traditional dances and songs from western Belarus, eastern Poland's Podlasie and Polesye. - WOMEX	*	1:46:51 (Pop-up)
Frank London's Klezmer Brass AllStars	Greekz (Yevonim)	Chronika	Borscht Beat		*	1:50:46 (Pop-up)
A.G.A Trio	Kavkasiuri "Kavkasiuri" by "A.G.A Trio"	Araxes		A bridge between the history and future created by the natural harmony of #duduk of Armenia, #accordion of Georgia and #kaval of Anatolia. - Instagram	*	1:56:37 (Pop-up)

Listener comments!
	🌍 9:00am chresti: Morning Rob and sound paradisios!
	🌍 9:01am Bas NL: Hello Rob and all!
	9:02am John from FP: morning fellow sounds listeners
	9:02am TDK60: Buenos dias, Rob.
	9:03am fred: Good morning and belated happy Nowruz Rob
	🌍 9:05am Listener Tom: Buenos dias everybody!
	9:07am katie: good rainy morning everyone.
	9:08am Heidee: Hello, beautiful people.
	9:09am John from FP: ↳ katie @9:07 nice day to stay inside and listen to music
	9:11am Rob W: Good morning everyone and thanks so much for your support these past two weeks.
	9:12am tom tom the pipers son: hello dj rob w and people...
	🌍 9:14am Listener Tom: Counterprogramming the Nor'easter with some desert blues? I like it!
	9:17am fred: ↳ Rob W @9:11 Is this the show where you finally play music from outer space, as Gaylord hinted?
	9:19am Rob W: Fred, I'm not sure if I'm ready...
	🌍 9:20am Bas NL: Fantastic desert sounds Rob!
	🌍 9:22am chresti: ↳ fred @9:17 Thats another show..
	9:26am John from FP: ↳ chresti @9:22 abby from mars?
	9:27am fred: ↳ Song: "Kamane Tarhanin" by "Mdou Moctar" I was chatting this week about Mdou with two people who have worked with him; quite different takes, I attribute that to the settings in which they met (and the timing)
	9:29am fred: ↳ John from FP @9:26 We got a good deal trading Abbie for Elon. Too bad Mars took a second look and went "we're good, keep him"
	9:32am John from FP: ↳ fred @9:29 ha ha ha
	9:38am TDK60: "Flamenco +"? This'll heat things up on this chilly damp morn....
	9:42am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ fred @9:29 i have a friend who signs his emails "from planet earth"
	9:55am Marley P. Dogg: Good morning Rob W and friends! Happy weekend!
	9:57am massive spring ❄️ snow storm: A La Izquierda / Tommy LaSorda
	10:17am rx "rexy" scabin: Good morning, Rob and Everyone.
	10:19am Rob W: Good morning rexy.
	10:28am massive spring ❄️ snow storm: Beans & then More Beans (fulla brush men) … 🤩
	🌍 10:37am Bas NL: ↳ Song: "Toula" by "ShazaLaKazoo" Wow! What an excellent mix of styles!
	10:41am estebangrande: ↳ Song: "Toula" by "ShazaLaKazoo" hi all, that reggae best. is it incorporated from there or does it have deeper folk roots from serbia?
	10:45am northguineahills: rob, friends!
	10:46am HyperDose: ↳ Song: "Sandala" by "Barbora Botošová" Fantastique!
	🌍 10:46am Bas NL: Hi ngh!
	10:46am Dean: More good klezmer c/o James Ginsburg's Cedille Records: https://www.cedillerecords.org/artists/new-budapest-orpheum-society/
	10:46am Rob W: ↳ estebangrande @10:41 I could be wrong but I don't think it's really a Serbian thing per se - just the artists mixing it up.
	10:51am estebangrande: ↳ Rob W @10:46 thanks Rob. i really dig your show, it opens me to the world
	🌍 10:55am Ken From Hyde Park: Thank you, Rob!
	10:55am northguineahills: ↳ Bas NL @10:46 gotta go to the bank. card was stolen, new card won't recognize my pin. beautiful birthday for me.
	🌍 10:57am Bas NL: ↳ northguineahills @10:55 Welcome to the New World. Sigh.. Better make it a Birthmonth celebration! :)
	🌍 10:58am Bas NL: Thanks Rob! Great tracks!
	10:59am HyperDose: Thanks, Rob!
	10:59am massive spring ❄️ snow storm: This was intense morning tonic !!! - stingingly & stunningly outta this world 🌍!!!

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Comments	New	Approx. start time
Toumast	Innulamane (The Falcon) "Innulamane (The Falcon)" by "Toumast"	Ishumar	Real World			0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Tinariwen	Toumast Tincha "Toumast Tincha" by "Tinariwen"	Emmaar	Anti			0:06:21 (Pop-up)
Abdallah Oumbadougou	He Tenere "He Tenere" by "Abdallah Oumbadougou"	Amghar: The Godfather of Tuareg Music - VOL. 1	Petaluma	Abdallah Oumbadougou (c. 1962–2020) was a guitarist from Niger. He was one of the founders of the ishumar genre of the desert blues, a politicized, guitar-driven musical genre of the Kel Tamasheq people of North Africa's Sahel. - Wiki	*	0:10:19 (Pop-up)
Mdou Moctar	Kamane Tarhanin "Kamane Tarhanin" by "Mdou Moctar"	Ilana: The Creator	Sahel Sounds	Moctar's first full-band studio album.		0:16:49 (Pop-up)
Bombino	Aitma "Aitma" by "Bombino"	Sahel	Partisan	Born in 1980 just outside Agadez, Niger, Bombino came of age during much political upheaval, fleeing with his family to Algeria by 1990, teaching himself guitar by watching videos of his heroes Jimi Hendrix, Dire Straits, Ali Farka Toure and Tinariwen, and returning to northern Niger's largest city, Agadez, seven years later, when he took on music professionally. - home page		0:21:34 (Pop-up)
Tarwa N-Tiniri	Anamur "Anamur" by "Tarwa N-Tiniri"	Azizdeg	Atty	Tarwa N-Tiniri are a five-piece desert blues band from Ouarzazate in Morocco. The all Berber band was formed in 2012 and they have released one album Azizdeg in 2019 and toured Norway and France. The band’s name means "sons of the desert". - Wiki		0:25:36 (Pop-up)
ZA! + Perrate	Seguirilla "Seguirilla" by "ZA! + Perrate"	Jolifanto	Lovemonk	"Jolifanto" is an unexpected explosion propelled by (poly)rhythm, expanding into seemingly distant territories under the influence of flamenco. - Sonic Rendezvous	*	0:33:50 (Pop-up)
IndiaLucia	Kinna Sohna "Kinna Sohna" by "IndiaLucia"	Acatao		Indialucia - an international musical project by flamenco guitar player Miguel Czachowski, is at the same time one the first band which has managed to successfully combine the traditional music of India with flamenco from Andalusia, giving concerts all over the world since 1999. The members of the project include many outstanding musicians from Poland, India and Spain.		0:42:53 (Pop-up)
Buddy Rich & Alla Rakha	Khanda Kafi	Rich à la Rakha	Modern Harmonic	With Paul Horn, flute. New reissue		0:47:21 (Pop-up)
Saicobab	Nrtyaman "Nrtyaman" by "Saicobab"	Nrtyaman	Thrill Jockey	SAICOBAB channels the vital energy of living music traditions through ecstatic performance. The quartet brings together four musicians whose understanding of ancient musical forms is matched only by their thrilling contemporary resetting of such styles. - Thrill Jockey	*	0:52:38 (Pop-up)
Kuunatic	Dewbow "Dewbow" by "Kuunatic"	Gate of Klüna	Glitterbeat	Formed by 3 female members who have completely different musical and cultural background, KUUNATIC explores pulsing, unconventional and atmospheric sound with diverse sonics and ritual vocals. - bandcamp		0:58:52 (Pop-up)
Elana Sasson & Golestan Ensemble	Dar Hejiroke	Golestan		Elana Sasson is an Iranian/Kurdish American vocalist and musician born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. Her music breathes new life to the sacred traditions of music from Iran and Kurdistan through contemporary arrangements and her own original compositions that oscillate between east and west, traditional and contemporary, inspired by jazz and Latin rhythms. - home page	*	1:09:01 (Pop-up)
Aynur Doğan	Biranin "Biranin" by "Aynur Doğan"	Rabe	Dreyer-Gaido	Aynur's music is based on traditional Kurdish folk songs, with many of them being at least 300 years old. Her lyrics are about the life and sufferings of Kurdish people and in particular Kurdish women. - home page	*	1:13:27 (Pop-up)
Sutari	Włosy - Hair "Włosy - Hair" by "Sutari"	#kołysankidlaświata #lullabiesfortheworld		Sutari transform traditional Polish songs into Kujawski swing, and they mix folk songs, whispers, and shouts with sounds of…a grater, a knife being sharpened or a bathtub being filled with water. An original trio, Sutari, is gaining popularity on the folk scene with their modern interpretations of old songs. - culture.pl	*	1:18:29 (Pop-up)
Zisl Slepovitch & Sasha Lurje	Muestra Tierra	Shotns-Shadows, Songs from Holocaust Testimonies, Volume 3 - Yale University, Fortunoff Archive (Redeye Distribution)		Researched, curated, arranged and produced by composer, multi-instrumentalist, ethnomusicologist, and Yiddish educator D. Zisl Slepovitch and recorded by Zisl Slepovitch Ensemble featuring singer Sasha Lurje, this album draws upon the more than 100 testimonies in the Fortunoff Archive's collection in which survivors recount poetry or sing musical compositions from the prewar, wartime and postwar periods. - Yivo	*	1:22:44 (Pop-up)
Sampo Lassila Narinkka	Bukoviner Freilachs	Suomiklezmer 2	Narinkaattori Records	Sampo Lassila NARINKKA is a dynamic and new-seeking modern klezmerband, which music can be called with a new term: ”suomiklezmer”. (Suomi being the Finnish word for Finland). - home page	*	1:25:55 (Pop-up)
Amsterdam Klezmer Band	A Greater Plan	Bomba Pop	Vetnasj Records	Amsterdam Klezmer Band, sometimes referred to as AKB, is a Dutch-Jewish musical group created in 1996 in Amsterdam. The band plays Yiddish and Klezmer music, but also incorporates sounds from Balkan, jazz, Romani, and hip-hop music. - Wiki	*	1:29:28 (Pop-up)
ShazaLaKazoo	Toula "Toula" by "ShazaLaKazoo"	Chorba	Asphalt Tango	ShazaLaKazoo is a two member live electronic act hailing from Belgrade (Serbia) formed by Milan Djuric (laptop, usb-clarinet, kazoo) and Uros Petkovic (electric violin, turntable). The band creates and performs danceable electronic music spiced with the sounds originating from their own region – the Balkans, as well as from Latin America, Africa and the Middle East. - Marmoset Music. Vocals by Aimilia Varanaki,	*	1:34:02 (Pop-up)
Barbora Botošová	Sandala "Sandala" by "Barbora Botošová"	Roshambo	Ornament	Barbora Botošová, a renowned versatile violin virtuoso, has extensive expertise spanning traditional, classical, Balkan, and jazz improvisation. Following in the footsteps of her grandfather, the legendary Slovak violinist Ján Berky Mrenica, she adeptly performs world music and ethno-jazz (world jazz). - World Music Central	*	1:43:27 (Pop-up)
Hajda Banda	Babaczka "Babaczka" by "Hajda Banda"	Hajda!	Karrot Kommando	Hajda Banda / Гайда Банда is a Polish-Belarusian band, performing traditional dances and songs from western Belarus, eastern Poland's Podlasie and Polesye. - WOMEX	*	1:46:51 (Pop-up)
Frank London's Klezmer Brass AllStars	Greekz (Yevonim)	Chronika	Borscht Beat		*	1:50:46 (Pop-up)
A.G.A Trio	Kavkasiuri "Kavkasiuri" by "A.G.A Trio"	Araxes		A bridge between the history and future created by the natural harmony of #duduk of Armenia, #accordion of Georgia and #kaval of Anatolia. - Instagram	*	1:56:37 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	🌍 9:00am chresti: Morning Rob and sound paradisios!
	🌍 9:01am Bas NL: Hello Rob and all!
	9:02am John from FP: morning fellow sounds listeners
	9:02am TDK60: Buenos dias, Rob.
	9:03am fred: Good morning and belated happy Nowruz Rob
	🌍 9:05am Listener Tom: Buenos dias everybody!
	9:07am katie: good rainy morning everyone.
	9:08am Heidee: Hello, beautiful people.
	9:09am John from FP: ↳ katie @9:07 nice day to stay inside and listen to music
	9:11am Rob W: Good morning everyone and thanks so much for your support these past two weeks.
	9:12am tom tom the pipers son: hello dj rob w and people...
	🌍 9:14am Listener Tom: Counterprogramming the Nor'easter with some desert blues? I like it!
	9:17am fred: ↳ Rob W @9:11 Is this the show where you finally play music from outer space, as Gaylord hinted?
	9:19am Rob W: Fred, I'm not sure if I'm ready...
	🌍 9:20am Bas NL: Fantastic desert sounds Rob!
	🌍 9:22am chresti: ↳ fred @9:17 Thats another show..
	9:26am John from FP: ↳ chresti @9:22 abby from mars?
	9:27am fred: ↳ Song: "Kamane Tarhanin" by "Mdou Moctar" I was chatting this week about Mdou with two people who have worked with him; quite different takes, I attribute that to the settings in which they met (and the timing)
	9:29am fred: ↳ John from FP @9:26 We got a good deal trading Abbie for Elon. Too bad Mars took a second look and went "we're good, keep him"
	9:32am John from FP: ↳ fred @9:29 ha ha ha
	9:38am TDK60: "Flamenco +"? This'll heat things up on this chilly damp morn....
	9:42am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ fred @9:29 i have a friend who signs his emails "from planet earth"
	9:55am Marley P. Dogg: Good morning Rob W and friends! Happy weekend!
	9:57am massive spring ❄️ snow storm: A La Izquierda / Tommy LaSorda
	10:17am rx "rexy" scabin: Good morning, Rob and Everyone.
	10:19am Rob W: Good morning rexy.
	10:28am massive spring ❄️ snow storm: Beans & then More Beans (fulla brush men) … 🤩
	🌍 10:37am Bas NL: ↳ Song: "Toula" by "ShazaLaKazoo" Wow! What an excellent mix of styles!
	10:41am estebangrande: ↳ Song: "Toula" by "ShazaLaKazoo" hi all, that reggae best. is it incorporated from there or does it have deeper folk roots from serbia?
	10:45am northguineahills: rob, friends!
	10:46am HyperDose: ↳ Song: "Sandala" by "Barbora Botošová" Fantastique!
	🌍 10:46am Bas NL: Hi ngh!
	10:46am Dean: More good klezmer c/o James Ginsburg's Cedille Records: https://www.cedillerecords.org/artists/new-budapest-orpheum-society/
	10:46am Rob W: ↳ estebangrande @10:41 I could be wrong but I don't think it's really a Serbian thing per se - just the artists mixing it up.
	10:51am estebangrande: ↳ Rob W @10:46 thanks Rob. i really dig your show, it opens me to the world
	🌍 10:55am Ken From Hyde Park: Thank you, Rob!
	10:55am northguineahills: ↳ Bas NL @10:46 gotta go to the bank. card was stolen, new card won't recognize my pin. beautiful birthday for me.
	🌍 10:57am Bas NL: ↳ northguineahills @10:55 Welcome to the New World. Sigh.. Better make it a Birthmonth celebration! :)
	🌍 10:58am Bas NL: Thanks Rob! Great tracks!
	10:59am HyperDose: Thanks, Rob!
	10:59am massive spring ❄️ snow storm: This was intense morning tonic !!! - stingingly & stunningly outta this world 🌍!!!

Transpacific Sound Paradise with Rob Weisberg: Playlist from March 23, 2024

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