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| Artist | Track | Album | Label | Comments | New | Approx. start time |
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| Motion Trio |
Yellow Trabant
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Play-Station | Asphalt Tango | 0:00:00 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
| Polky |
Kolomyjka
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Songs From Home | Polky | The album is a collection of traditional Polish folk songs with new arrangements and a “Toronto twist” added to it, as it reflects cultural-diversity of the city, featuring Toronto based guests artists such as Ahmed Moneka of Moskitto Bar, Jaash Singh of Lemon Bucket Orkestra, and jazz trumpet player Andrew McAnsh. - PR | 0:06:14 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
| Warsaw Village Band & Bassałyki |
Siwa zezulejko - Oh, grey-feathered cuckooing
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Sploty | Karrot Kommando | The Warsaw Village Band, almost from the very beginning, has been forming various marriages, inviting guests, creating sonic coalitions. Without limitations, without genre patterns, against trends and fashions. In 2022 they decided to invite music producers and instrumentalists: Grzegorz Rytka, Michał Marecki, and Jerzy Markuszewski to collaborate on the project. This is how the Bassałyki were created. - PR | * | 0:10:12 (MP3 | Pop-up) |
| Trebunie Tutki & Twinkle Brothers |
Going to the Village
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Higher Heights: Twinkle Inna Polish Stylee | Twinkle Music | 0:17:10 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
| Lolomis |
Sidrabiņa
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Carmen 404 | Airfono | The linguistic tour — Bulgarian, Georgian, Serbian, Romani, Macedonian, Ladino — deploys a thousand sounds and colours with twirling, intertwined harps and flutes responding to electronic creations on a base of tribal warrior percussion. - PR | * | 0:23:15 (MP3 | Pop-up) |
| Earth Wheel Sky Band |
Me Sem Rrom (Only a Man)
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Waltz Rromano | Asphalt Tango | 0:26:00 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
| Muzsikas |
I Want it All
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Nem ugy van most, mint volt regen | Fono | 0:33:20 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
| La gravetat de Coulomb |
La taula dels dimecres
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L'efecte Doppler | Segell Microscopi | 0:37:38 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
| The Bongo Hop |
Eko Eko - feat Moonlight Benjamin
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La Pata Coja | Underdog Records | France based Afro-Latin protagonists and tropical revivalists The Bongo Hop return to the fray, with a new album with the help of Afro-Colombian voice and serial collaborator Nidia Góngora, the voodoo Haitian sensation Moonlight Benjamin and Brazil’s pioneering producer and singer Lucas Santtana, with a guest artist and voice on each of the album’s eight tracks. - PR | * | 0:40:50 (MP3 | Pop-up) |
| Los Africanos |
Pamoja Watu
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Various Artists: We've Got A Groovy Thing Going: The Latin Soul Of Bobby Marin | Vampi Soul | * | 0:45:45 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
| Os Panteras |
O Espaco
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Various Artists: Mr Bongo Record Club Volume Seven | Mr Bongo | * | 0:48:36 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
| Orchestre Safari Sound |
Burhani Mlanzi
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Zanzibara 11, Congo in Dar- Dance No Sweat 1982-1986 | Buda Musique | The 1960s and 1970s moreover had seen the influx of a number of bands from neighboring Congo-Zaire. Typically contracted by some of the upmarket clubs and hotels in Dar es Salaam and Arusha for a limited time, some of the individual musicians and bands stayed on, among those the musicians of the future Orchestre Maquis and Orchestre Safari Sound. - PR | * | 0:54:01 (MP3 | Pop-up) |
| Di Groovy Girls |
Ririmi Rotsombela
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Various Artists: Kampire Presents: A Dancefloor in Ndola | Strut | * | 1:04:03 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
| Manka |
Thabo
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Thabo | Teal Sound | 1:07:07 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
| Kananayé |
A Chauffer
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Kananayé | Tzig'Art | In the streets of Burkina Faso, the phrase "ka nana yé" can be heard everywhere. It means "it's not easy", but also implies that things will be okay. With the album "Kananayé," which takes its name from this popular saying, things can only get better. Its foundational multiculturalism, conscious lyrics, intertwined traditions, and contemporary grounding are essential qualities in these times when optimism has become a survival virtue. - PR | * | 1:08:50 (MP3 | Pop-up) |
| Aboubakar Traoré & Balima |
Tulon
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Sababu | Zephyrus Records | Aboubakar Traoré from Bobo-Dioulasso is a prodigy of the Kamele ngoni and an exceptional singer. He tells and renews the fabulous repertoire of the Mandingo Griots. Aboubakar Traoré & Balima's strength lies in the vitalisation of tradtion on the scenery of a varied background. - bandcamp | * | 1:13:58 (MP3 | Pop-up) |
| Dogo Du Togo & The Alagaa Beat Band |
Zonva
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Avoudé | We Are Busy Bodies | Following on from his self-titled 2022 debut, Togolese singer and guitarist Dogo du Togo introduces his new Lomé-based Alagaa Beat Band with the album Avoudé, released on Canadian label, We Are Busy Bodies. Recorded in less than 48 hours with help from renowned engineer Patrick Jauneaud (Elton John, Kate Bush, Queen), Avoudé represents a new evolution of Togolese music and makes a powerful cultural statement: hard-hitting psychedelic Afro-rock that builds upon the country’s musical traditions while creating a new sound to energise its future. - PR | * | 1:17:48 (MP3 | Pop-up) |
| Idrissa Soumaoro Et L'Eclipse De L'Ija |
Fama Allah
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Various Artists: The Original Sound of Mali | Mr Bongo | Idrissa Soumaoro, L’Eclipse De L’I.J.A.’s sought-after album ‘Le Tioko-Tioko’ was originally released in the German Democratic Republic (GDR) in 1978 and has been a long-time favourite at Mr Bongo. Two tracks from the album were featured on our 2017 compilation ‘The Original Sound Of Mali". - BANDCAMP | 1:22:34 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
| Tamala |
Diboli
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Diboli | MuziekPublique | In this third album ‘Diboli’, Tamala officially presents itself as a quartet, with harmonica player and guitarist Olivier Vander Bauwede as the band’s new member. Diboli, a border town between Senegal and Mali where Mola Sylla’s ancestors come from, symbolises the link with the past. - PR | * | 1:36:24 (MP3 | Pop-up) |
| Soledad Kalza & Sina Kienou |
Maika
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Atlanti Kaw | homerecords.be | Soledad Kalza and Sina Kienou are respectively rooted in strong traditions such as improvisation, protest singing and text songs, Mandingo culture, the plains and maquis. Their new album Atlanti Kaw, «Peuple Atlantique», occupies this common space without renouncing the singularities that constitute them. In French, Dioula and Spanish, they sign at homerecords 10 compositions. - PR | * | 1:41:18 (MP3 | Pop-up) |
| Sinimuso |
Barika
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Nouskaa sisaret | Sinimuso | SINIMUSO – the Women of the Future in the Bambara language – was born in 2022 as a part of the project 'World Wide Women – female musicians crossing borders and building futures'. In SINIMUSO, the focus is on female instrumentalists and different music traditions in Mali and Finland. - PR | * | 1:46:08 (MP3 | Pop-up) |
| Ali Farka Touré |
Sadjona (feat. Oumou Sangaré)
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Voyageur | World Circuit | Ali Ibrahim "Ali Farka" Touré was a Malian singer and multi-instrumentalist, and one of the African continent's most internationally renowned musicians. His music blends traditional Malian music and its derivative, African American blues and is considered a pioneer of African desert blues. - wiki | 1:50:59 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
| Nahawa Doumbia |
Foliwilen
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Kanawa | Awesome Tapes From Africa | Nahawa Doumbia is a singer from Mali's Wassoulou region, who broke the taboo of blacksmiths singing and influenced Mali's musical culture. She has released several albums, including Kanawa, which addresses Mali's social and political issues. - wiki | 1:55:43 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
| BKO |
Toumaro
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Djine Bora | Les Disques Bongo Joe | In response to current political and ecological unrest, the famous Malian quintet BKO calls upon the magical spirit of the djinn with Djine Bora (the apparition of the genie). An explosive album with rock accents that skillfully combines DIY saturations with Malian animist ritual sounds and griotic heritage. - PR | 2:09:01 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
| Koniba Diarra |
Massaya
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Various Artists: Fest Donso Ngoni V1 | Remote Records / Studio Mali | Dive into the heart of ancestral traditions with this exclusive compilation, bringing together the finest melodies from ten master Donso N'goni singers, recorded during the largest traditional hunter festival in West Africa. Each vibration of the ngoni transports you to a sacred realm, where every note tells of a legendary feat or a captivating myth waiting to be discovered. Co-produced by the Association Djiguiya-Blo and Instruments4Africa, this album immerses listeners in the music and spiritual traditions of the Donso brotherhood, offering a true insight into the cultural essence of West Africa. - PR | * | 2:11:59 (MP3 | Pop-up) |
| Molobaly Keita |
Man Tan Te Coro
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Mamoutou | Camara Production | 2:22:54 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
| The Baltic Sisters |
Soka saule rītiedama
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Varti | CPL-Music | The Baltic Sisters is an international project of traditional music, where singers from Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia came together. They are united by their passion for sutartinės – Lithuanian multipart songs, as well as music from Estonia and Latvia. - FB | 2:34:06 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
| Building Bridges |
Huskesnor
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Spev | Konvergencie | Outstanding Slovak and Norwegian musicians playing jazz, classical and world music have come together for the project Building Bridges. - PR | * | 2:37:53 (MP3 | Pop-up) |
| Windborne |
Satan Es Ben Estonat/Lo Paure Satan
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To Warm the Winter Hearth | Wand’ring Feet Records | Join American vocal quartet Windborne for folklore, magic and mystery on new album + songbook ‘To Warm The Winter Hearth’, a collection of welcoming wassails, songs of solstice and music for midwinter, performed in English, Occitan and Lithuanian. - PR | * | 2:42:25 (MP3 | Pop-up) |
| L'Alba |
A petra di Ghjacintu
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Grilli | Buda Musique | L'Alba is one of the most innovative group from Corsica: polyphony, cabaret song, traditional, lullaby, exploratory works. The creative inspiration comes largely from the island's geographical position and its history, as well as from a musical approach that chooses to look towards other horizons. - PR | * | 2:46:24 (MP3 | Pop-up) |
| Hartmann ensemble |
Doce è lo viento
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Nurture | L'Airone dischi | NURTURE has been registered strictly live between 8 and 9 October 2022 inside the Church of the Monumental Complex of S. Sofia, in the heart of the historical centre of Salerno, without any overdubs nor added artificial reverb. The grandeur of the spaces of the Church is a cornerstone of the sound of these recordings. - PR | 2:51:54 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
| La Mòssa |
Granada
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Wanda Pétrichor | La Curieuse | By creating a set of new compositions, well-anchored in today’s world, these four women take harsh aim at the apparent naïveté of rhythms and melodies coming from secular traditions. - PR | 2:57:17 (MP3 | Pop-up) |
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:
Always a privilege & a pleasure to hear this Program.
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slugluv1313:
greetings, Rob! Paradisians!
enjoying immensely! got home right when your show was starting, been listening, but felines wanted their DINNER
dropped by the FMU Cat Adoption Party earlier -- so many wonderful cats, kittens too -- all adorable 😻😻
(wherever you are in the world -- please support your local animal rescue groups, even if you cannot adopt or foster -- every little bit helps!)
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and call it "transpacific fools' paradise"
Rob W:
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:
slugluv1313:
WOW! so cool
(gotta see if they have anything happening here in the states!)
coelacanth∅:
...an experiment. answers derived; never needs to happen again!
i recall Stan paired with a new, young show host (i don't remember now) that seriously did not get Stan! it was uncomfortable!
and a few other trainwrecks. not good for fundraising.
Tommy in Neversink:
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hi RevRabN63! interested in your perspective on Pluto in Aquarius (duh, have i asked you about this already?!?)
TDK60:
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:
I mused on it on the first pass :
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- but I need to look @ those & see what I think now...
coelacanth∅:
Forget Facadebook.
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