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April 5, 2025: Pascuala Ilabaca and Fauna
Singer-songwriter Pascuala Ilabaca and her band Fauna perform rousing songs about serious subjects. Her approach is exemplified by her song El Baile del Kkoyaruna: The video for it, which has almost 3 million views, features a deadpan migrant worker walking an endless dusty road while surrounded by carnival dancers. The band joins us to play and we'll talk about their new EP "Poetica Bailable Vol.1" (Danceable Poetics) and more.
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| Artist | Track | Album | Label | Comments | New | Approx. start time |
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| Roksonaki |
Ne Zhaman
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Antologiya 1 | Formed in 1990, Roksonaki is believed to have been the very first Kazakh folk-rock band. Founder Ruslan Karin took ancient epic poems and backed them up with traditional and electric instruments, blending traditional melodies with elements of jazz, rock and prog-rock. - multiple sources | 0:00:00 (Pop-up) | ||
| Wild Mushrooms |
Le Zuo
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Under the Dragon Tree | Sea of Wood Records | ‘Under the Dragon Tree’ is a debut album from the Yunnan band Wild Mushrooms, who are the first band to represent the music of the Hani people of western Yunnan, resisting pressure to sing in Chinese the band have largely persisted in their use of the Hani language for the majority of their songs. The album features a mixture of traditional and original material. - PR | * | 0:05:39 (Pop-up) |
| Aina |
Shaman Girl
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Ekonda | musique de sibérie | Evenk singer AINA is releasing her second album. “post-ethno” – what follows after the archaic. It does not contradict tradition and history, but it continues it. The new album includes songs based on traditional texts from the northern epic: Kumalan – about a traditional carpet made of many scraps of deer skin sewn together in the form of a mosaic; Girkiyo – about the value of friendship, as well as original compositions on the nature of the far north. - PR | * | 0:09:46 (Pop-up) |
| Wimme + Rinne |
Ring of Earth
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Ivgu | Rockadillo Records | The long anticipated new album by Finnish Sámi indigenous York (joik artist) Wimme Saari and his long time producer and musician Tapani Rinne. - PR | * | 0:13:00 (Pop-up) |
| Leila Gobi |
Imidiwani
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Leila | Clermont | LEILA GOBI began her career as a student and grew to national attention. As an artist from provincial Menaka near Gao Mali, it was tough to break into the tightly knit music community in the capitol city, Bamako. But Leila’s talent quickly brought her recognition and she has became a sought after backup vocalist for many great musicians in Mali. By 2010 she had formed her first group and performed in her own name to cheers. - label | 0:20:35 (Pop-up) | |
| DJAM! |
Lasaltery
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DJAM! | Guitar Globetrotter Recordings | DJAM! is a musical alliance forged between two master guitarists: Joep Pelt and Bounaly Traoré. As a teenager, Joep learned guitar from his idols in the Mississippi Delta and later embarked on projects in Mali, South Africa, and Ethiopia. Bounaly, hailed as North Mali’s premier guitar prodigy, blends the entrancing tones of the Sahel with the pulsating rhythms of Bamako. Drummer Randell Sambo and bassist Kyan Sambo inject modern soul/funk influences and Caribbean beats into the mix, creating a wild musical ride that will keep you moving. - PR | * | 0:24:08 (Pop-up) |
| Mdou Moctar |
Tchinta
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Funeral for Justice | Matador | Mahamadou Souleymane, known professionally as Mdou Moctar, is a Nigerien guitarist, singer and songwriter who performs modern rock music inspired by Tuareg guitar music. His music first gained attention through a trading network of mobile phones and memory cards in West Africa. - wiki | 0:28:26 (Pop-up) | |
| Boubacar Traoré Trio |
Mbalimaou
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Live! | Boubacar Traoré has been captivating audiences with his music, dance, and singing on stages around the world for more than 60 years. Yet, despite his long career, this is the first time his live performances have ever been captured for a production. - PR | * | 0:36:29 (Pop-up) | |
| Kin Gongolo Kiniata |
Angoisse
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Kiniata | Helico | in’Gongolo Kiniata are a vital new voice of Congolese music, upending lyrical traditions and offering a potent and thrilling new take on Kinshasa-born rumba, with handcrafted percussion from found street objects providing the band’s rhythmical power Their debut album Kiniata is a call for peace, social justice and dignity for the Congolese people. - PR | * | 0:41:39 (Pop-up) |
| Solomane Konaté |
Farabana
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Various Artists: Fest Donso Ngoni V1 | 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 | 0:47:27 (Pop-up) | ||
| Abadongo Abaganda |
Okukomawe
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Various Artists: The Secret Museum of Mankind: Atlas of Instruments – Fiddles Vol. 1 | Jalopy Records | Fidddle from Kampala, Uganda c.1948. Curated by 78-rpm record collector Pat Conte, The Secret Museum of Mankind: Atlas of Instruments – Fiddles, Vol. 1 continues the legendary series and seeks to show the diverse range of fiddle sounds and styles developed and practiced across the globe. - PR | 0:52:58 (Pop-up) | |
| Pascuala Ilabaca y Fauna |
El Baile de Kkoyaruna into La Luchadora
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Live on WFMU | 1:01:54 (Pop-up) | |||
| Pascuala Ilabaca y Fauna |
Sea como Sea
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Live on WFMU | 1:09:45 (Pop-up) | |||
| Pascuala Ilabaca y Fauna |
Sabor de mi Barrio
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Live on WFMU | 1:13:29 (Pop-up) | |||
| Pascuala Ilabaca y Fauna |
Cumbia de los Vientos
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Live on WFMU | 1:19:11 (Pop-up) | |||
| Pascuala Ilabaca |
Interview
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1:31:15 (Pop-up) | ||||
| Pascuala Ilabaca y Fauna |
¡Juegue!
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Poética Bailable Vol. 1 | * | 1:38:21 (Pop-up) | ||
| Pascuala Ilabaca y Fauna |
Me Patarian
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Poética Bailable Vol. 1 | * | 1:41:39 (Pop-up) | ||
| Ablaye Cissoko & Cyrille Brotto |
Signola
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Instant | Ma Case | GIG: Wed April 9 at Adler Hall New York Society for Ethical Culture | 1:47:38 (Pop-up) | |
| Aboubakar Traoré & Balima |
Djarabi
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Sababu | Zephyrus Records | SABABU is a captivating blend of haunting rhythms and deep ballads, combining traditional heritage with contemporary sounds. Aboubakar Traoré's heartfelt cries are both passionate and demanding, and he takes on universal themes of injustice, love, heritage and the quest for freedom. - PR | * | 1:50:59 (Pop-up) |
| Rita Donte |
Patria Querida
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Ritual | Ansonia | Ritual, the new album by Cuban-born, Mexico-based Rita Donte, is a tapestry of classic Cuban son and rumba with Mexican instrumentation from son jarocho and contemporary songwriting, developed and produced by multi-instrumentalist Gustavo Guerrero (aka Augusto Bracho). - PR | * | 1:54:08 (Pop-up) |
| Luis Gimenez Amoros |
Yemanja
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Bahia-Levant | KRB | Bahia-Levant was recorded in Salvador de Bahia during my annual stay as a visiting Ethnomusicology professor at the Federal University of Bahia (UFBA) in 2023. Through different voices and sounds -acoustic and electronic- that inhabit Bahia, this album takes the songs of the popular songbook of Villena and traditional Levantine musical styles to an unknown dimension together with Bahian voices and musicians - PR (from the artist) | * | 1:59:55 (Pop-up) |
| Banning Eyre |
Tulear
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Bare Songs, Vol 1 | Lion Songs | GIG: April 9 at Adler Hall New York Society for Ethical Culture, opening for Ablaye Cissoko and Cyrille Brotto. | 2:02:20 (Pop-up) | |
| Damily & Toliara Tsapiky Band |
Zao lehireo
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Fihisa | Damily is a veteran guitarist, composer, and bandleader of tsapiky [tsa-PEEK] music. In 2001, he fell in love with and married a woman from France, and the moved there soon afterwards. Damily’s band, organized by his brother Rakapo, has remained in Tulear. In recent years, he has brought them to Europe for tours. - Afropop Worldwide | * | 2:06:32 (Pop-up) | |
| Khaleba |
Sitrany Tsy Manambal
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Khaleba | Tsapiky artist from Madagascar. | 2:11:56 (Pop-up) | ||
| Africa Negra |
Numigo iami ê
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Antologia Vol. 2 | Les Disques Bongo Joe | * | 2:16:30 (Pop-up) | |
| Justin Adams & Mauro Durante |
Leuca (ft. Alessia Tondo)
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Sweet Release | Ponderosa Music | * | 2:31:32 (Pop-up) | |
| Transglobal Underground |
The Khaleegi Stomp
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Impossible Broadcasting | Mule Satellite Recordings | TransGlobal Underground is a UK based collective fusing as many different kinds of world music as its members can get their hands on. The project grew out of a mutual love for dance, avant-garde, Arabic, and world music and draws on each member's listening tastes and cultural backgrounds. - Discogs | 2:37:10 (Pop-up) | |
| Biomigrant |
Oro y asfalto
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Aguaceros y Sequías | Biomigrant (Electronica, Roots Music, and Field Recordings) is the musical expression of producer and multi-instrumentalist Michael Alfred Wagner. Born in the US, in 2014 he crossed Central America by bicycle, arriving in Colombia, where his project grew into its current form. He explores sound as a medium to relive and share powerful moments and perspectives, and believes that through music and dance even the most painful experiences can be channeled into something beautiful. - PR | * | 2:40:46 (Pop-up) | |
| Ahmadi Hassan |
Habibi (Mari Bersatu)
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Various Artists: Ayo Ke Disco: Boogie, Pop & Funk from the South China Sea (1974-88) | Soundway | For Ayo Ke Disco (meaning ‘Let’s go to the disco’ in Indonesian), 10 rare tracks of disco-funk, psychedelic funk, synth, city pop, and Hindustani-Arabic rhythms were painstakingly licensed from local labels – forming a snapshot of the vibrant discotheques and live scenes across Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Hong Kong and the Philippines. - Bandcamp | * | 2:46:01 (Pop-up) |
| Manu Dibango |
Ashiko Oumba
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Dibango 82 - Live In Marseille | We Want Sounds | Wewantsounds is delighted to release Dibango 82 an unreleased live recording by Manu Dibango for the first time on vinyl, taped in Marseille, Dec 1982. The electrifying live performance features the African legend alongside his stellar 8-piece group, blending funk, jazz, and African rhythms. - bandcamp | * | 2:49:59 (Pop-up) |
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Listener comments!
Chris in Kensington Bklyn:
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Carmichael:
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Ken From Hyde Park:
chresti:
Chris in Kensington Bklyn:
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Ike:
rx "rexy" scabin:
Rob W:
coelacanth∅:
chresti:
Mark T:
He was Oregon I believe
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JR:
Rob W:
Mark T:
spodiodi:
Rob W:
Rob W:
spodiodi:
Bas NL:
Rob W:
Harry Corvair:
Sabor de mi Barrio by Pascuala Ilabaca y Fauna (Live on WFMU)
coelacanth∅:
coelacanth∅:
spodiodi:
Rob W:
Chris in Kensington Bklyn:
spodiodi:
Bas NL:
slugluv1313:
been lurking, enjoying immensely (kinda under the weather, grateful that i do not have to be out and about, and i can be home -- the music is so incredibly healing!)
i must tend to Los Gatos Locos, ¡tienen MUCHO hambre! pero, i will be listening 😺😺
Marie in Chicago:
Rob W:
Leandro Morgado:
Harry Corvair:
Yes.
Interview by Pascuala Ilabaca
coelacanth∅:
i don't think the u.s. or the u.k are ready for that!
spodiodi:
tom tom the pipers son:
slugluv1313:
slugluv1313:
Rob W:
slugluv1313:
Jim Pepper is freaking awesome -- i love Witchi Tai To!
more familiar with the Everything is Everything version -- but i think the first time i ever heard it was a version by Brewer and Shipley when i was a kid in the early 1970s
(and i have no idea why i always thought Jim Pepper was from Alaska! maybe bc he appeared on the "Alaska Hit Singles" compilation??)
slugluv1313:
i hope all is well! Franco's sister and brother in law all ok?
Vira Lata:
Bas NL:
Mister Dobalina:
chresti:
their house in Altadena is gone so they spend a lot of time filling out paperwork.
Their tortoise, Otis will be waking up soon as the weather warms up.
coelacanth∅:
coelacanth∅:
Bas NL:
slugluv1313:
Otis! 💚💚 please send him my love too (& cuddles, however one cuddles a tortoise)
Chris in Kensington Bklyn:
spodiodi:
Loved the live sets!
slugluv1313:
have a great night, everyone! 😺😺
Bas NL:
Rob W:
chresti:
Ken From Hyde Park:
Mister Dobalina:
coelacanth∅: