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Saturday, April 16, 2011 Favoriting
Elikeh + New Releases / Mixed Bag

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This week's show kicks off with a rocking set from Washington DC based Elikeh. Led by Togolese emigre Massama Dogo, Elikeh serves up buoyant blends of Afrobeat and rock mixed with traditional Togolese polyrhythms.

The Elikeh sound is a refreshing mixture, a broader musical palette than most contemporary Afrobeat bands - harkening back to classic Afro-rock bands like Osibisa (the 70s UK-based Ghanaian / Caribbean band cited by Dogo as a primary influence). The band has pan-African flavor too, with musicians from Togo, Benin, Cameroon and Nigeria (Nigerian rhythm guitarist Frank Martins played with the legendary Orlando Julius) - as well as the U.S.A.

Elikeh's excellent debut cd Adje Adje was released last year. Check out http://www.elikeh.com to learn more, and for info on upcoming gigs and to get in touch.

Big thanks: Our illustrious engineer Mark Koch and assistant Josh J.

This Week's Playlist:

(* = new)

Elikeh: Yema Yema (Live on WFMU) Favoriting (0:00:00 Pop-up)

Elikeh: Get Ready (Live on WFMU) Favoriting (0:15:26 Pop-up)

Elikeh: Oleblemi (Live on WFMU) Favoriting (0:22:44 Pop-up)

Elikeh: Let's March (Live on WFMU) Favoriting (0:33:14 Pop-up)

Elikeh: Jondji Favoriting / Adje Adje / Azalea City (0:40:25 Pop-up)

Aurelio Martinez: Weibayuwa Favoriting / Laru Beya / Sub Pop / Next Ambiance / * (0:48:34 Pop-up)

Electric Kulintang: Anitos (Spirits) Favoriting / Dialects / Plastic (0:51:58 Pop-up)

Juan Cholucha y Picaflorcita de Huamanga: Acochapelo Favoriting (0:59:22 Pop-up)

Nancy Morocho: La Pulguita Favoriting / Las Cholitas mas Chulitas (1:06:50 Pop-up)

Piedad Torres: Flor de Olvido Favoriting / Sanjuanitos de Oro Caymbenos / Yersy (1:08:17 Pop-up)

Los Mirlos: Chinito end Onda Favoriting / Various Artists: Beginner's Guide to Cumbia / Nascente / * (1:14:46 Pop-up)

Lisandro Meza: La Cumbia Negra Favoriting / Various Artists: Beginner's Guide to Cumbia / Nascente / * (1:18:28 Pop-up)

Cantina y su Combo: Santa Marta Cumbia Favoriting / Cartagena / Sound Way / * (1:20:35 Pop-up)

Septeto Nacional Ignacio Pineiro: Coco Mai Mai Favoriting / Mas Cuba Libres / Network (1:25:40 Pop-up)

Orchestra Super Mazembe: Lukasi Favoriting / Giants of East Africa / Earthworks (1:29:15 Pop-up)

Samy Izy: Maro Favoriting / Tsara Madagasikara / Network / * (1:36:56 Pop-up)

Malika Zarra: Berber Taxi Favoriting / Berber Taxi / Motema / * (1:39:47 Pop-up)

Kasba: Zorona Favoriting / Sodfa / * (1:49:10 Pop-up)

Googoosh: Ki Midouneh Favoriting / Doe Penjereh 4 / Caltex Records (1:53:27 Pop-up)

Yacov Meir Alkobi: Track 2 Favoriting / Shirey Raba (2:01:16 Pop-up)

Lord Nelson: All Day, All Night Favoriting / Ah Ha / Richie's (2:07:26 Pop-up)

The Mgababa Queens: Alukalwa Soweto Favoriting / Various Artists: Next Stop Soweto Volume 2 / Strut / * (2:11:27 Pop-up)

Orchestre Poly-Rythmo: Koumi Dede Favoriting / Cotonou Club / Strut / * (2:15:26 Pop-up)

Hazmat Modine with Gangbe Brass Band: Cotonou Stomp Favoriting / Cicada / Barbes / * (2:21:55 Pop-up)

Fanfare Pourpour: Danse de Breloques Favoriting / Danse de Breloques / Mansieur Fauteux / * (2:25:20 Pop-up)

Sandy Lopcic Orkestar: Usti, Usti, Babo Favoriting / Border Confusion / Network (2:27:50 Pop-up)

Dave Douglas: United Front Favoriting / Brass Ecastasy at Newport (2:34:30 Pop-up)

Dengue Fever: Mr. Bubbles Favoriting / Cannibal Courtship / Concord / * (2:44:22 Pop-up)

The Son of PM: Ra Cha Khlong Jhao Favoriting / Hey Klong Yao! / * (2:48:12 Pop-up)

Sanda Weigl: Saraiman Favoriting / Gypsy in a Tree / Barbes / * (2:52:18 Pop-up)





Listener comments!

  6:57pm Mitten John:

Nice groove tonight, Rob.
  7:09pm [S]:

Great show! Might be worth noting, I tried looking this song up, and I found it as "Ocucha Pelo" rather than "Acochapelo"

Stayin' tuned!
  7:12pm Your DJ:

Thanks Mitten John and [S}, and [S}, noted, I'll look into that...
  7:36pm julian:

ambiance!
  7:37pm Richard from Venezuela:

Just Checking in. Greetings Rob and all the listeners.
  7:47pm Marmalade Kitty:

Hi Rob! Hi all listeners! This is where it's at!! :)
  7:52pm katie:

glad you're still surviving. reminder: the cakeshop is named for a jowe head/swell maps song - cakeshop girl. that's what makes it so swell he's playing there.
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