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Saturday, September 6, 2008
Tidawt + Polka Madre
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Two very different WFMU live performance debuts in one show.
Tidawt (playing the Highline Ballroom Sept 22 along with a screening of the film Amanei, Touareg Entre Dunes et Montagnes) is a compelling Tuareg guitar band from Niger in West Africa led by Hasso Akotey. Akotey and his bandmates came together as they fought in the 90s Tuareg rebellion in Niger. The New York unit of TIdawt is a stripped-down version of the band, just guitars and percussion, but very similar in style and intensity to, for example, Tinariwen, the Tuareg band that has toured extensively in the US. Tidawt recently finished recording a new cd Amawal (Tantrum Records) in California, to be released soon.
Special thanks to the Nomad Foundation, Tidawt's hosts in the US. The Nomad Foundation is a California-based organization dedicated to preserving traditional arts in Niger. And it provides aid and support to the nation's nomadic communities, currently battling foreign encroachment into their territories for uranium development and continuing struggles for rights in the Southern Sahara.
Polka Madre is a Balkan / Polka / thrash mashing Mexican / Euro / US combo that sprung forth from Jueves de Karmer, a warehouse / performance space and ground zero for artists, musicians, outsiders and bohemian types in Mexico City. In addition to spearheading Mexico City's nascent Balkan / E. European scene with their sonic onslaught, the band is notorious for its on-stage theatrics, bolstered by the visually compelling motorized bone-puppetry of Finland's soon-to-be-legendary Isorattya Bone Machine (which you can experience through image and video at http://tinyurl.com/isorattya-bone-machine-01).
After their FMU session, they continue their extended tour of the boroughs by playing a Rocks Off Cruise with O'Death aboard the Half Moon, boarding at 7pm at Skyport
Marina, at 23rd Street & the East River on Sept 10, a Celebrate Mexico Now festival show at Hecho en Dumbo, 111 Front St., Bklyn on Sept 11 and also the infamous Balkan thrash bar Mehanata, 113 Ludlow St. on Sept 13. Their first full-length debut cd is called Casa Donde and like Tidawt they've chosen to record their new CD in the US - Brooklyn in fact.
Profuse thanks to our illustrious engineer Bil Bowen who mixed both sets!
This Week's Playlist:
(* = new)
Tidawt:
Tilladene
/ Amawal
/ Tantrum
Forthcoming release
Tidawt:
My Heart and Yours
Live performance on WFMU
Tidawt:
Tenere
Live performance on WFMU
Tidawt:
Mano Dayak
Live performance on WFMU
Tidawt: Ariyalan / Various Artists: Festival in the Desert / World Village
Tidawt:
Azamane
/ Amawal
/ Tantrum
Forthcoming release
Tidawt:
Amidinine
/ Amawal
/ Tantrum
Forthcoming release
Chiwoniso:
Nguva Ye Kufara
/ Rebel Woman
/ Cumbancha
/
*
Playing Joe's Pub, 425 Lafayette St. Wed Sept. 10
Kanda Bongo Man:
Yonde Love Me
/ Zing Zong
/ Hannibal
Playing a World Music Institute show at Symphony Space, B'way and 95th St. Friday Sept. 19
La Troba Kung-Fu: Calor Calor / Clavell Morenet / K Industria / *
Boom Pam: Ani Rotse Lazuz / Puerto Rican Nights / Essay Recordings / *
Red Baraat Festival:
Chunnari Chunnari
Playing our remote at Barbes, 376 9 St in Park Slope next Saturday (Sept 13). See http://www.wfmu.org/tsp for info.
Bio Ritmo:
A La Cha
/ Bionico
/ Locutor
/
*
Playing Zebulon, 258 Wythe Ave. in Williamsburg, Brooklyn Fri., Sept. 19
Gilberto Gil:
Jurubeba
/ Gil e Jorge
/ Verve
Playing Joe's Pub Sept 22-23 but the shows are sold out (your reliably inaccurate DJ may have mistakenly said that tickets were still available)
Polka Madre:
1864
Live performance on WFMU
Polka Madre:
Nina, Olga, Vodka
Live performance on WFMU
Polka Madre:
Amsterdam
Live performance on WFMU
Polka Madre:
Vida Propia
Live performance on WFMU
Polka Madre:
Funeral / Brahms
Live performance on WFMU
Polka Madre:
Le Fin du Monde
Live performance on WFMU
Polka Madre:
Clammy Hands
Live performance on WFMU
Polka Madre:
Ruso Trap
Live performance on WFMU
Polka Madre:
Stalin's Head
Live performance on WFMU
Polka Madre:
Gitanas Mojadas
Live performance on WFMU
Polka Madre:
Karjalainen Tanssi
Live performance on WFMU
Polka Madre:
Herasinkuoleena
Live performance on WFMU
Polka Madre:
Circo del Siglo
Live performance on WFMU
Frigg: Polka Internationale de Lousiane / Economy Class / Northside / *
Seckou Keita SKQ:
Mande-Arab
/ The Silimbo Passage
/ World Artventures
/
*
Playing at Drom, 85 Ave A on Wed Sept 17
Mamak Khadem:
Heydar
/ Jostojoo
/
*
Playing the Rubin Museum of Art, 150 W 17 St. on Sat. Oct 4
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