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Favoriting August 17, 2024

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Artist Track Album Label Comments New Approx. start time
Amira Kheir  You, Me   Favoriting Mystic Dance  Sterns      0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Arooj Aftab  Zameen   Favoriting Night Reign  Verve  GIG: Wednesday night @ Little Island, the Glade    0:09:11 (Pop-up)
Lauro Ro  Assim   Favoriting Cabana  Far Out    *   0:14:52 (Pop-up)
Nickodemus  Sun People feat Ismael Kouyate, Sun Children   Favoriting Sun People  Wonderwheel      0:16:57 (Pop-up)
Addict Ameba  Ya Bled Ft. Rabii Brahim   Favoriting Caosmosi  Black Sweat    *   0:22:27 (Pop-up)
Intercommunal Free Dance Music Orchestra  Vet Aqui Que Tenen Por: Abrisme Galanica   Favoriting L'Inter Communal  Souffle Continu  New anthology  *   0:27:57 (Pop-up)
Ahmed Moneka  Treed Trooh   Favoriting Kanzafula: Afro-Iraqi Sufi Soul  LulaWorld  Nine years ago, the multidisciplinary artist Ahmed Moneka was forced to seek asylum in Toronto after his life was threatened in his hometown of Baghdad. Separated from his family and his heritage, he used music to remember his roots and bridge the language gap he faced in Canada. - CBC  *   0:36:37 (Pop-up)
Bedouin Burger ft. Bu Nasser  Esha   Favoriting Ma Li Beit  PopArabia  Bedouin Burger is a musical project by Zeid Hamdan and Lynn Adib, who blend Arabic, jazz, and electronic influences. - World Music Central  *   0:40:55 (Pop-up)
Bab L' Bluz  Bangoro   Favoriting Swaken    Bab L' Bluz is a Moroccan-French rock band that was formed in Marrakesh in 2018. The band consists of lead vocalist/ electric awisha Yousra Mansour , electric gimbri player and multi-instrumentalist Brice Bottin. As an exponent of the "Nayda" artistic movement in Morocco which places emphasis on local heritage, Mansour provides vocals in the Moroccan Arabic dialect of Darija. - wiki  *   0:45:52 (Pop-up)
Al-Qasar, Lee Ranaldo  Awal   Favoriting Who Are We?  Glitterbeat  GIG: Thursday, September 26 8:00pm Al-Qasar w/ Lee Ranaldo @ Brooklyn Bowl (WMI)    0:50:19 (Pop-up)
Muddy Gurdy  Jure in the Morning   Favoriting Seven  Buda Musique  Muddy Gurdy is a trio of a singer-guitarist, a percussionist and a hurdy-gurdy player who mix traditional music from central France with American blues. They have recorded albums in Mississippi and Auvergne, and have performed in France and abroad. - home page  *   0:59:13 (Pop-up)
Etran De L'Air  Hadija   Favoriting No. 1  Sahel Sounds  GIG: Thurs Sept 19 @ Brooklyn Bowl (WMI). The name Etran de L’Aïr translates to “the Stars of the Aïr,” the mountainous region of Northern Niger. They are based in the town of Agadez, an urban center of the desert, and a city reknowned for the production of music – in particular the electric guitar and the so-called “desert blues,” popularized as late by bands such as Mdou Moctar and Bombino. - label    1:03:06 (Pop-up)
Al-Qasar  Sham System   Favoriting Who Are We?  Glitterbeat      1:12:33 (Pop-up)
Troupe École Tudu  Oyiwane   Favoriting Oyiwane  Sahel Sounds  Grade school girls ens., North Niger, orig. 1985    1:17:52 (Pop-up)
Bassekou Kouyate & Amy Sacko  Tche Djan   Favoriting Djudjion    Bassekou Kouyate is one of the true masters of the ngoni, an ancient traditional lute found throughout West Africa, and he has collaborated with many musicians in and outside of Mali, such as Ali Farka Toure, Toumani Diabate, Taj Mahal, …). Togther with his wife, the fantastic singer Amy Sacko, they play music, which has already played by his parents. - home page  *   1:21:20 (Pop-up)
Nfaly Diakité  Mogote Diabeye   Favoriting Hunter Folk Vol 1- Tribute to Toumani Koné  Mieruba  Nfaly Diakité is a representative of the new generation of donso ngoni players and he wishes to pay tribute to Toumani Koné, who throughout his long career has been a symbol of courage, daring, loyalty and honesty. The nine-track of this solo album leaves no room for hesitation. - bandcamp  *   1:27:53 (Pop-up)
Asmaa Hamzaoui & Bnat Timbouktou  Lalla Malika 2 & 3   Favoriting L´Bnat  ajabu!  Asmaa Hamzaoui is the foremost female ambassador of Gnawa music and with her group Bnat Timbouktou, she delivers a contagious brand of evangelistic 'desert blues'. - ebbmusic  *   1:32:23 (Pop-up)
Rabii Harnoune & V.B. Kühl  Baniya   Favoriting Gnawa Electric Laune  Tru Thoughts      1:38:28 (Pop-up)
Mahmoud Gania  Shaba Kouria   Favoriting Colours of the Night  Hive Mind  Final studio recordings by Gnawa great.    1:45:22 (Pop-up)
Alxaraf  Matika de Rueda   Favoriting Exodus  Digital Dos  Their debut album, Exodus (2024), exemplifies how Sephardic musical tradition intertwines with flamenco. Alxaraf subtly, respectfully, and creatively adapted Sephardic songs to mix them with flamenco. Building upon flamenco as their foundation, the band draws inspiration from Arabic, Andalusian, and Spanish folk music to enrich flamenco, appealing to individuals whose musical sensibility transcends boundaries. - world music central  *   2:00:08 (Pop-up)
Gilberto Sextet  El Ultimo Sue Se Rie   Favoriting Ponganse Duros  Ansonia      2:06:20 (Pop-up)
Los Guaracheros del Oriente  La Negra Tomasa   Favoriting Various Artists: Salsa con Estilo  Ansonia  New reissue  *   2:12:52 (Pop-up)
Juan Pablo Torres y Algo Nuevo  Y Que Bien   Favoriting Super-Son  Mr Bongo  New reissue  *   2:13:32 (Pop-up)
A.G.A Trio  Salkım Söğüt (Weeping Willow)   Favoriting Araxes  Riverboat  The Araxes river flows through Armenia, Georgia and Turkey, and provides the inspirational backdrop for the AGA Trio, who continue their quest of re-interpreting the musical histories and shared connections of these lands. - Proper Music  *   2:18:11 (Pop-up)
Tio Chorinho  Andre Sem Sapato   Favoriting Tempestuoso  Lulaworld  Tio Chorinho is the first ensemble in Canada dedicated to performing Brazilian choro music. - home page  *   2:22:25 (Pop-up)
Hazolahy  Talia   Favoriting Various Artists: Feedback Madagascar  Arc Music  Hazolahy is a musical group from Madagascar that performs the traditional genre of mangaliba from the island's southeastern coast. The group's music occasionally integrates the vocal style of beko from the neighboring Antandroy region at the southern end of Madagascar. - wiki    2:28:26 (Pop-up)
Zezex  Nahoda   Favoriting Various Artists: Tulear Never Sleeps  Sterns/Earthworks      2:35:08 (Pop-up)
Zoj  Study of a Bull   Favoriting Fil O Fenjoon  Parentheses Records      2:46:44 (Pop-up)
Sväng  Liukas Luikku / Slippery Slim Slope   Favoriting Svängo Nuevo  Galileo Music Communication  Harmonica Ensemble may not immediately inspire thoughts of high art or serious music-making, but Sväng, founded in 2003, have proved to the disbelievers that this tiny instrument can be very expressive and that its potential is, in fact, unlimited! - home page  *   2:50:55 (Pop-up)
Omiri  Rapariga Solteira   Favoriting Ribatejjo e Estremadura        2:53:54 (Pop-up)
P. Ramlee  Do Re Mi   Favoriting Lagu Dan Filem        2:55:10 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

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chresti:

Hi Rob and paradisians!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:05pm
Rob Weisberg:

Hi chresti and whoever else may be out there...
Avatar 🌍 Swag For Life Member 6:06pm
chresti:

I've got front row seats!
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katie:

Howdy all.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:07pm
radioronan:

Good evening Rob and citizens of the comment board!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:09pm
Chris in Kensington Bklyn:

Greetings, Rob and all the citizens of the Transpacific!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:12pm
Rob Weisberg:

Hi Chris, radioronan and of course katie!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:16pm
Chris in Kensington Bklyn:

↳ Song: "Zameen" by "Arooj Aftab"
Framptuary was fine. Summer of Seger? Hm...Mellancamp Mondays were fun on Surface Noise for a minute. I'm pushing for Autumn of Arooj, who's with me?!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:23pm
katie:

I'm up for it Chris!
Avatar 🌍 Swag For Life Member 6:27pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

Greetings, Rob and Team Earth.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:38pm
Rob W:

Greetings Ken.
Avatar 🌍 Swag For Life Member 6:52pm
Smilty69:

Good evening, Rob & friends!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:02pm
katie:

This is great. Good driving music for the family.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:02pm
Scott_Oz:

G'day Rob & Paradisians!
🌏🌞🍻😎🤙💨🍺
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:03pm
Rob W:

Good evening Smilty and G'day Scott!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:06pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Evening.
Gratified to be listening.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:07pm
Rob W:

Good evening Rabbit.
Avatar 🌍 Swag For Life Member 7:08pm
Tom in Brooklyn:

Hey Rob! Hey TSPers!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:09pm
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Song: "Hadija" by "Etran De L'Air"
sublime....
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:09pm
katie:

Sounds like we'll be at brooklyn bowl a few Thursdays.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:11pm
coelacanth∅:

Good evening Rob!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:17pm
Chris in Kensington Bklyn:

↳ Song: "Sham System" by "Al-Qasar"
Prog adjacent?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:21pm
Rob W:

Hi Tom, coelacanth∅!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:22pm
Handy Haversack:

Hey, Rob, Katie, Border Smashers. Greetings from far northern Vermont. We're practically international here!

Been listening the whole time while waiting for pasta water to boil. I didn't think the elevation was THAT extreme here ...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:23pm
tom tom the pipers son:

hello rob...people...favorite track off the al qasr record is hobek thawrat
Avatar 🌍 Swag For Life Member 7:25pm
Tom in Brooklyn:

↳ Song: "Tche Djan" by "Bassekou Kouyate & Amy Sacko"
This is wonderful music!
Avatar 🌍 Swag For Life Member 7:26pm
chresti:

↳ Song: "Tche Djan" by "Bassekou Kouyate & Amy Sacko"
💜⚡⚡⚡
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:31pm
Rob W:

↳ Handy Haversack @7:22
Hi Handy, I hope your pasta water has done its thing.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:32pm
Handy Haversack:

↳ Rob W @7:31
Sitting down outside with food, listening to you AND the river!
Avatar 🌍 Swag For Life Member 7:34pm
Tom in Brooklyn:

↳ Handy Haversack @7:32
Sounds great, Handy! Wish I was there instead of being in my house!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:34pm
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Handy Haversack @7:22
hello handy ...i have visions of a cd strewn back seat of a corolla....and the lovely image of a river in verm ont
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:36pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

↳ Song: "Lalla Malika 2 & 3" by "Asmaa Hamzaoui & Bnat Tim...
Powerful, evocative & direct.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:37pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

↳ Handy Haversack @7:22
Oh hey. Welcome to the TwinStates.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:37pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

↳ Revolution Rabbit Nov63 @7:37
(Verr-mont ~ NewHampshuh)
Avatar 🌍 Swag For Life Member 7:39pm
Tom in Brooklyn:

Brilliant set, Rob W!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:42pm
Rob W:

Thanks Tom!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:51pm
tom tom the pipers son:

i find the music of the sahel to be very abstract and wonder if there's some religio-cultural element in the culture combined with the emptiness of the desert that makes this happen because the quality is very consistent
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:52pm
Chris in Kensington Bklyn:

Gotta jet, thanks for spinning this beautiful music, Rob Weisberg.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:54pm
tom tom the pipers son:

or maybe this is still not music from that region
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:04pm
Handy Haversack:

↳ Revolution Rabbit Nov63 @7:37
Oh, man, we were pretty close to you -- we stopped to see a friend in White River Junction on the way up here.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:05pm
Handy Haversack:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @7:34
Still *mostly* contained in the bag. I totally overpacked on CDs-- I pulled them all together and THEN realized we needed to bring all the new WFMU premiums to listen to. That's all we've done so far in the car.
  8:06pm
Dutch___☆___:

Has a very Camaron de la Isla feel to it.
  8:06pm
Dutch___☆___:

With a probably Dutch flamenco guitar player
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TDK60:

Hi Rob.
  8:07pm
Dutch___☆___:

And hi Rob n transpacificos
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:08pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

↳ Handy Haversack @8:04
Very close ! I started a job in WhiteRiver a few weeks ago. Maybe we were there @ once.
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tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Handy Haversack @8:05
sounds like a great time...
  8:10pm
headcleaner:

Buenos, gente
Avatar 🌍 Swag For Life Member 8:11pm
Mxter Baba:

Sounding sizzlin in the stream! hi, Rob and folx!
  8:11pm
Dutch___☆___:

Lol. My name... ( sin o)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:12pm
Handy Haversack:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @8:08
Not too shabby. Off to Maine tomorrow morning. Radio had his first hike today, and he is OUT. It's a VSPS: very sleepy puppy situation.

I think I'm getting feeling back in my hips.
Avatar 🌍 Swag For Life Member 8:13pm
john_zilla:

Showing up late but happy to have TPP on. Thanks Rob W
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:20pm
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Handy Haversack @8:12
hips? from sitting in car for a long time?
sounds like this trip took some planning and reconnaissance, state hopping and all and not staying in motel 6's...i have good memories going up to maine on the coast...primeval landscape
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:20pm
Rob W:

↳ john_zilla @8:13
Thanks for coming on board john_zilla.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:22pm
Handy Haversack:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @8:20
Ha, no, from the hike! Not as flexible as once I was, I guess.

We're seeing friends in southern-ish Maine for three days and then going 3+ hours up the coast for a few days of canoeing. Should be real nice.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:24pm
tom tom the pipers son:

my maine memories are centered around canoeing...
glad to hear radio made the trip in good shape
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:28pm
Handy Haversack:

I've been told we're going to sit in the hot tub(!) for a little while. Thanks, Rob!

G'night, all!
Avatar 8:29pm
gailvachon:

Rob! We miss you when you're not here!
Avatar 🌍 Swag For Life Member 8:29pm
chresti:

↳ Handy Haversack @8:28
Hot tub!
Avatar 8:29pm
TDK60:

↳ Handy Haversack @8:28
Go get wet, play footsie, HH!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:29pm
Handy Haversack:

↳ chresti @8:29
Hot tub!
  8:41pm
Dutch___☆___:

Got to sleep....
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:45pm
Ike:

Just got back from the Queens Night Market. It was fun even though it rained a bit.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:56pm
Scott_Oz:

Thanks for the delights from paradise Rob!
🌏🌞🍻😎🤙💨🍺
Avatar 🌍 Swag For Life Member 8:57pm
Tom in Brooklyn:

Thanks for the superb show. Rob!
Avatar 8:59pm
TDK60:

Gracias, Rob.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:00pm
coelacanth∅:

Thanks Rob!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:00pm
Ike:

Cheers, all!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

~ TY Always DJ RobW ~
Avatar 🌍 Swag For Life Member 9:00pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

Thanks, Rob. If I'd've known about this community event sooner, I may have went. www.walkway.org...
Avatar 🌍 Swag For Life Member 9:00pm
chresti:

Thanks Rob!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:43pm
Chris in Kensington Bklyn:

↳ Ike @8:45
That's a great spot.
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