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February 8, 2025: Belated Lunar New Year (Hours 2-3)
In 2025, the Year of the Snake begins on January 29 and celebrations culminate with the Lantern Festival on February 12. See: https://www.nypl.org/blog/2021/02/11/15-days-lunar-new-year .
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| Artist | Track | Album | Label | Comments | New | Approx. start time |
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| Bonga |
Mona Ki Ngi Xica
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Various Artists: Telling Stories to the Sea | Luaka Bop | 0:00:00 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
| Mario Lucio |
Rabidante
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Independance | Maremusica | 50 years after the independence of Cape Verde and the other former Portuguese colonies, Mario Lucio releases an album that celebrates this great moment of change in Lusophone Africa. Singer, guitarist, composer, poet, writer, thinker or even former Minister of Culture: Mario Lucio is all of these things and much more for Cape Verdeans. - PR | * | 0:06:02 (MP3 | Pop-up) |
| Ragu Dixit Project |
Shakkarpari Ft. Bela Fleck (Hindi)
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Shakkar | This album, my dearest listener, is just a recording of that riot within. Its called Shakkar, a metaphor for happiness. Making it felt to me like how it felt eating a sweet as a child. Nothing profound. Nothing nuanced. Nothing too complicated. Just good old fashioned Ah ! joy. Joy of the moment. I am still high. I hope you will be too. When lost in darkness and lost for answers, I hope one or more of these songs will help you find light and a way back to life. - PR (From the artist) | * | 0:13:09 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
| Ensemble Chakâm |
Olive
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The Blazing Winds | Drawing from the classical foundations of Persian, Arabic and Baroque repertoires, where intense rhythms give way to vibrant, melodic monologues, each Chakâm performance resonates with personal, authentic yet modern compositions woven with soulful improvisations. - PR | * | 0:18:07 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
| Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan & Party |
Aaj Sik Mitran Di
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Chain of Light | Real World | A new album of unheard recordings by the Pakistan musical icon Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan was released on 20 September 2024, 34 years after they were recorded. The ‘lost album’ — named Chain of Light — was discovered in the tape archives of Peter Gabriel’s Real World Records, the label that signed Khan in 1989 and released a series of universally acclaimed albums with him throughout the 1990s. - PR | 0:25:49 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
| Rizwan-Muazzam Qawwali |
Yaar Da Muhallah
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At the Feet of the Beloved | Real World | Imbued with the spirit of their late uncle, the qawwali master Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Rizwan-Muazzam Qawwali return with another deeply accomplished, moving collection of songs that ache with the frenzied anxiety of falling in love and dreamy desire of devotion | * | 0:35:37 (MP3 | Pop-up) |
| Xanthoula Dakovanou |
Mia kori roda (ft. Argiro Reppa)
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Rizituals | Mousa | Xanthoula Dakovanou will unveil “Rizituals”, her third album, on its release, February 21, 2025, on MOUSA / UVM. Xanthoula Dakovanou is a special singer-composer, whose work is inspired by musical traditions of Greece and the wider Mediterranean and creates music that concerns modern societies. - PR | 0:48:13 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
| Phương Tâm |
Đêm Huyền Diệu (Magical Night)
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Various Artists: Saigon Rock & Soul: Vietnamese Classic Tracks 1968-1974 | Phương Tâm, like other performers, would chạy số — which literally translates as “run numbers.” The phrase described the high-speed nightclub runs that were common for performers at the time: 5 p.m. at Tân Sơn Nhất Air Base, 7 p.m. at An Đông, 8 p.m. at the Capriccio Bar — then to Tự Do. And so on, every hour, three songs per venue. At midnight, she finished with an hour-long set at the Olympia. - KQED | 1:00:06 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
| Sanullim |
My (My Soul is a Wasteland)
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My (My Soul is a Wasteland) | Formed in the early 70s by brothers Kim Chang-wan, Kim Chang-hoon, and Kim Chang-ik, SANULLIM (whose name translates as “Mountain Echo”) took the Korean rock scene by storm with their unique sound, mixing demented acid-fuzz guitar, garage organ, crashing drums and catchy melodies. They’re probably the most influential Korean rock group ever. - PR | * | 1:04:40 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
| Bagedai |
Nan Ai Er
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Bagedai | Sea of Wood | On 7th of January 2024 Yunnan band Bagedai released their first international self-titled album in China domestically with the international release planned for April. Bagedai is a band of twelve musicians, including five lead singers, infamous for stealing the show at the many festivals they have played since being established early in 2023. - PR | 1:09:00 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
| Second Hand Rose |
Picking a Flower
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Various Artists: The Rough Guide To The Music Of China | World Music Network | Second Hand Rose is a Chinese rock band from Beijing, China, formed in mainland China in 1999 by musician Liang Long. The band is known for its combination of traditional Chinese instruments and western rock and roll,the stage design is exaggerated and gorgeous, with rich visual effects and humorous lyrics, making the band's style magical and unique in the Chinese rock industry. - wiki | 1:13:29 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
| Shan Ren |
Meat Chopping
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Shandao | The band Shan Ren (山人), or Mountain People, hails from the remote Yunnan Province in southwestern China and combines indigenous folk music with rock and reggae. Utilizing varied instruments from local minority communities, interesting rhythms and harmonies, and vocal techniques, their music posessess an exotic and flavorful quality. - synkroniciti | 1:18:05 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
| South City Second Brother (Beijing Street Theatre Folk Rock) |
Good Girl
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Various Artists: Lost in China | Riverboat | Lost In China is a compilation of music that blows away stereotypes of what Chinese music can be, revealing the ethnic patchwork that lies quietly below the surface of the national narrative and leaving us wondering if we really know anything about this country at all. - label | 1:21:17 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
| Basiwali |
I Have Nothing
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Polynesia | Basiwali makes music inspired by the natural world. They have a clean acoustic classical guitar sound and vibrant drumming, and vocals that move audiences wherever they’re from, with their Amis melodies and Latin rhymes. It’s truly a unique vision, a fusion of cultures that are deeply related. - Passport to Taiwan via facebook | 1:30:15 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
| Jeong Ga Ak Hoe |
The Dream of an Old Fisherman
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Pungnyu 5 ("Tasteful" 5) | Since their founding in 2000, Jeong Ga Ak Hoe has been concertizing widely throughout Korea, Europe and the United States, presenting their unique, one-of-a-kind performances of both Korean traditional music and novel pieces for Korean traditional instruments. Jeong Ga Ak Hoe’s eclectic and diverse repertoire has deep roots in the ancient Korean concept of Johwa (조화), meaning ‘harmony’ or ‘balance;’, and each performance is an expression of the transformative power that exists in music and nature. - arts&culture | 1:34:02 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
| Black String · Nguyên Lê |
Song of the Sea
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Karma | ACT | On the face of it, Karma closely follows the successful road-map of Mask Dance, with traditional instruments wedded to electric guitar and subtle electronics to powerful effect. There are, however, a couple of novelties. French-Vietnamese guitarist Nguyen Le lends his distinctive chops to a couple of tracks, while Radiohead's "Exit Music (For a Film)" marks Black String's first cover version. Both offer glimpses into possible future pathways, but for the rest of the album it is business as usual. - All About Jazz | 1:38:34 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
| Wang Li and Wu Wei |
Overtone Dance III. Spring
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Overtones "Les harmoniques du ciel" | Harmonia Mundi | Wang Li and Wu Wei play the kouxian (Jew’s harp) and the sheng respectively. Put like that, it can sound like a fairly unlikely duo . . . Yet here we have an astonishing musical encounter between two immense artists of the oriental tradition, one living in Paris, the other in Berlin, who focus their skills on a different breath and time, on harmonics that grip the listener with telluric force. - zamanproduction | 1:43:37 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
| Ak Dan Gwang Chil |
Whatever
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Such is Life | With one foot in the world of tradition and another in glitzy upbeat pop, Ak Dan Gwang Chil (ADG7) is a multi-award winning group featuring three powerhouse female folk singers and a rich repertoire inspired by Korea's sacred, shamanic ritual music (gut) and beloved folk songs (minyo) of Hwanghae Province in the northern reaches of the Peninsula. - koreanculture | 1:48:29 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
| Dongyang Gozupa |
Destruction
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Surface | Dongyang Gozupa biography Dongyang Gozupa is a progressive rock trio based in Seoul, South Korea, formed in 2017 and originally consisting of Jang Do-hyuk on percussion, Yun Eun-hwa on yanggeum, and Choi Woo-young on bass. The yanggeum is a Korean metal-stringed hammered dulcimer type instrument originating from the Persian region of the ancient middle east in the eighteenth century. - progarchives | 1:52:11 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
| Leenalchi |
A Fish Map
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Sugungga | LEENALCHI is an alternative six-piece band comprised of three vocalists, two bassists, and a drummer. Formed in 2019, they have become widely known through collaborations with various brands and advertisements. The unfamiliar sound, influenced by unique vocals and new waves, is very danceable and can be enjoyed with familiarity. - bandsintown | 1:55:13 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
| Khusugtun |
Jangar
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Jangar | Buda Musique | Khusugtun is a Mongolian band that has developed a contemporary form of Mongolian overtone singing by adding polyphony. The group released its first album in 2009 and later participated in the double disc An Anthology of Mongolian Khöömii in 2017. For over 10 years, Khusugtun has been one of the most acclaimed khöömii and throat singing groups in Mongolia. - World Music Central | 2:01:55 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
| Dabiya |
The Tiger And The Otter
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Various Artists: Lost in China | Riverboat | 2:08:55 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
| Xuân Hoạch |
Heroine Song - Hát Hầu Cô Bơ
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Various Artists: Hanoi Masters: War Is a Wound, Peace Is a Scar | Glitterbeat | “Hanoi Masters: War is a Wound, Peace is a Scar” is a haunting audio document recorded in the summer of 2014 by Grammy-award winning producer Ian Brennan (Tinariwen, Malawi Mouse Boys, The Good Ones). The sepia-tinged songs are sung and played live and direct by elderly Vietnamese musicians using half-forgotten traditional instruments. - bandcamp | 2:11:48 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
| A Moving Sound & ETHEL |
Jump
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Wheel of Life | Arc Music | Taiwanese whirlwind A Moving Sound unites with NYC’s pioneering classical string quartet ETHEL! This beautiful collision of creative forces brings us "The Wheel of Life", a transformative experience of stories-within-music and a crucible for personal evolution. With Mia Hsieh's evocative vocals riding the transcendent wave of ETHEL’s gorgeous strings, it courageously showcases a joy for creative experimentation and a penchant for dismantling boundaries. - PR | 2:16:19 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
| Li Family Band |
Trois Soutras
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Li Family Band - Shawms From Northeast China Vol. 2 | Buda Musique | NE China shawm tradition may have root in Korean shamanic tradition (From Dalian, NE China) | 2:21:03 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
| Dayan Ancient Music Association |
Yuanshi (Primordial)
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Dayan Ancient Music Association - Buddhist Music Of Tianjin, Naxi Music Of Lijiang | Dayan Naxi Ancient Music Association is composed of around 20 elders most of whom are more than 60 years old. They play the oldest music – Naxi ancient music in Yunnan. Naxi ancient music features 3 characters – the old music, the old musical instruments and the old players. Naxi ancient music is composed of Baisha Xiyue, Dongjing music, and Huangjing music (Huangjing music has failed to be handed down). Taoist ritual music, Confucian ceremonial music, even poems in the Tang (618 - 907) and Song (960 - 1279) dynasties are emerged into Naxi ancient music. - Seven Seas Music | 2:28:51 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
| Dajiu Xibo |
Pambie (Nuosu Language) Or Sixian (Chinese Language) Nuosu (Yi)
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Various Artists: Ethnic Minority Music Of Southern China | Sublime Frequencies | The fifth Sublime Frequencies volume in Laurent Jeanneau's amazing documentation of vanishing indigenous music of the rural Asian frontiers, this release focuses on ethnic minority groups of Southern China. Presented here are 17 tracks of supremely infectious vocals and folkloric instrumentals played on a wide variety of local traditional instruments. - bancamp | 2:34:31 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
| Min Xiao-Fen Blue Pipa Trio |
Dancing with the Moon
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Dim Sum | Blue Pipa | Min’s 2012 album Dim Sum, her first release to focus solely on her own original compositions, spotlighted the staggering range and bold scope of her musical vision, with “musical dishes meant to touch the heart” inspired by the street sounds that she heard growing up in China. - home page | 2:37:59 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
| Wu Man & Son de San Diego |
La Manta
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Fingertip Carnival | Wu Man collaborates with Son de San Diego in a project that explores plucked stringed instrument traditions from China and Mexico. Led by Eduardo García, Son de San Diego performs on traditional Mexican string instruments including the jarana, guitarra de son and tarima, and plays music from the southern region of Mexico’s Veracruz state known as Son Jarocho. - home page | 2:43:01 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
| 30 musicians from Cuba, Ukraine, Poland, USA, France, Israel, Zambia, Venezuela cover Chinese folk standards |
Purple Bamboo Melody - CMH Gong Hei Fat Choy
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Various Artists - Gong Hei Fat Choy | China Music House | 2:51:04 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
| Jah Wobble and the Chinese Dub Orchestra |
Happy Tibetan Girl
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Chinese Dub | 30 Hertz Records | 2:54:03 (MP3 | Pop-up) |
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Listener comments!
Bas NL:
Matty Cannabis:
luka:
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:
🐍 Gōngxǐ Fācái ! 🐍
Handy Haversack:
Ken From Hyde Park:
Deano de los Muertos:
chresti:
Rob W:
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:
I wrote :
Chinese New Year has been relatively early in 2025
- @ Sunset after the New ☽Moon in ♒︎Aquarius on January 29th.
The entire period of the Waxing (growing brighter) ☽Moon between the beginning of the New Year with the New ☽Moon on January 29th & the Full ☽Moon on 12th February is observed as the New Year Holiday (as much about family reunions & other rituals as public celebration) - culminating on the Full ☽Moon with the ‘Festival of Lanterns’ (which is more the public face of the Holiday)…
Chinese years come in pairs - with two in a row of the same Element in their system. This is the second year of the Wood element - corresponding to ♃Jupiter - & indicates a time for visible tangible growth…
The first year of the pair is the Yang expression - the active & more assertive manifestation. We have passed out of the the year of the ‘larger than life’ 🐉Dragon - a creature representing fundamental forces of Nature.
The second year of the pair is the Yin expression of it - its more passive or receptive manifestation. We have entered the year of the wise & stylish but also powerful & profound 🐍Snake…
Carmichael:
radioronan:
Rob W:
zydeco Phil:
Andres:
Peter from Saranac Lake NY:
Rob W:
luka:
Rob W:
Carmichael:
Deano de los Muertos:
Character:
slugluv1313:
good evening, Rob! Paradisians!
been listening, just kinda under the weather -- these tunes/vibes are amazing!
Rob W:
coelacanth∅:
Rob W:
TVP:
Ken From Hyde Park:
Deano de los Muertos:
Deano de los Muertos:
Swayframe:
Rob W:
slugluv1313:
(reminds me of some of the music played at the Dojang)
slugluv1313:
Trouble and Luck:
Rob W:
Peter from Saranac Lake NY:
Rob W:
Carmichael:
chresti:
Rob W:
Carmichael:
tom tom the pipers son:
brendan:
Rob W:
slugluv1313:
tom tom the pipers son:
slugluv1313:
tom tom the pipers son:
chresti:
Bas NL:
tom tom the pipers son:
Ken From Hyde Park:
slugluv1313:
snowing like crazy here in Hoboken! hope your trip home is not impacted
take care, everyone -- be well, stay safe! 🐱🐱
coelacanth∅: