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Saturday, October 18, 2014
Hoba Hoba Spirit: Marock'n Roll
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Morocco has a vibrant roots-rock scene. Bands mix traditional and rock instrumentation, bringing in influences from Moroccan genres like Gnawa and Berber music, Chaabi and more. It’s a compelling mix - but these bands rarely play in North America.
Thanks to the US State Dept's cultural exchange program Center Stage, one of the best made it to the US this fall: Casablaca powerhouse Hoba Hoba Spirit.
Tune in tonight for Hoba Hoba Spirit’s WFMU session and you'll understand exactly why they call their music (and their greatest hits cd) Marock'n Roll!
Here’s more from Hoba Hoba Spirit’s bio, courtesy of ace
world music publicity crew Rock Paper Scissors:
Bursting onto the scene more than a decade ago, the group won a huge fan base in their homeland by doing what rock once did on a regular basis: asking tough questions, challenging the status quo, and having a good time doing it. “We wanted people to be happy with who they are,” explains lead singer and philosophical Hoba Hoba frontman Reda Allali. “[Moroccan popular] chaabi music is full of this chaotic joy. We want this spirit, this private party filled with love and sweat and what you have in your heart, this African heart of Morocco, back on stage.”
Hoba Hoba Spirit will bring this powerhouse mix to American audiences in 2014 under the auspices of Center Stage. Center Stage is an exchange program of the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. Exchange programs initiated by the Bureau support U.S. foreign policy goals and engage youth, students, educators, artists, athletes, and rising leaders in the U.S. and more than 160 countries. Center Stage uses the performing arts to support cultural understanding between American and international communities; participating artists experience the U.S. first hand and cultivate lasting relationships.
A band of professionals—journalists, engineers, intellectuals by day; rock stars by night—Hoba Hoba Spirit plays with languages and sounds and puns across tongues. Songs like “Blad Schizo,” which coined phrases that entered popular slang, or “Dark Bendir Army,” which seamlessly melds a modal electric guitar line and pounding beat with raw-edged, soaring North African vocals and Arabic lyrics, show the band’s versatility and clever songwriting, their ability to craft riffs that barely give on where the Motorhead ends and the Moroccan party begins.
This Week's Playlist:
(* = new)Kurt Vile: Wedding Budz / It's a Big World Out There (and I Am Scared) (0:00:00 Pop-up)
Ram Sampat: Bhaag D.K. Bose, Aandhi Aayi (Run D.K. Bose, The Storm's Here) / Delhi Belly / UTV Motion Pictures (0:04:38 Pop-up)
The New Pornographers: Fantasy Fools / Brill Bruisers / Matador (0:08:49 Pop-up)
The Bombay Royale: Bombay Twist / The Island of Dr Electro / Hope Street / * (0:13:09 Pop-up)
Sheela Bringi: Buffalo Demon Slayer / Incantations / * (0:15:26 Pop-up)
Boban i Marko Markovic Orkestar: Od Hana Do Kana / Gipsy Manifesto / Piranha (0:20:15 Pop-up)
Banda Cuisillos Musical: Mister John / Dejate Llevar (0:23:28 Pop-up)
Sergio Mendoza y la Orkesta: Mario Tambien Come / Mambo Mexicano / Cosmica (0:25:07 Pop-up)
Victor Wail: Los Animales / Victor Wail y su Esencia Dominicana / TH Rodven (0:28:57 Pop-up)
Manuel Guysso: Christina / Christina (0:35:30 Pop-up)
Nyboma et les Kamale Dynamiques: Mama Yo / Pepe / Maikano (0:41:29 Pop-up)
Charles King: Gigolo / Champeta Fever (0:47:35 Pop-up)
Aurelio Martinez:
Chichanbara
/ Landini
/ Real World
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*
(0:51:35 Pop-up)
GIG: Symphony Space, Saturday Nov 22, 8 pm
Awa Sangho: Emama / Ala Ta / Motema / * (0:57:53 Pop-up)
Hoba Hoba Spirit:
Medley (Live on WFMU)
(1:09:09 Pop-up)
Including The Falling, Give Me Your Shirt, El Gouddam, Berber Song, Chaabi Song
Hoba Hoba Spirit: Medley (Live on WFMU) (1:33:29 Pop-up)
Saor Patrol: AD/BC / Open Air Asylum / ARC (1:46:39 Pop-up)
Second Hand Rose:
Are You Happy
/ Stealing the Show
(1:51:26 Pop-up)
GIG: Webster Hall tomorrow night with another Chinese band, 88 Balaz. 8 pm. Also check out their session on Mary Wing's show here on WFMU TONIGHT at midnight!
Edip Akbayram: Degmen Benim Gamli Yash Gonlume / Edip Akbayram / * (1:54:45 Pop-up)
Olcay Bayir: Min Beriya Te Kiriye / Neva / Harmony / Riverboat / * (2:00:53 Pop-up)
Gnawa Diffusion:
Ya Laymi
/ Souk System
(2:06:11 Pop-up)
GIG: Amazigh Kateb, singer from the famed French-Maghrebi band Gnawa Diffusion, performs at the Shrine in Harlem tomorrow night.
Orchestre National de Barbes: Rod Balek / Rendez-Vous Barbes (2:11:36 Pop-up)
Watcha Clan: Le Bastion / Le Bastion (2:14:01 Pop-up)
The Libyans: Honenu Ya Honenu with Barry Skharov / Wandering - Sacred Jewish Music from Libya / Nano Music / * (2:19:09 Pop-up)
Yeong-Hee Shin:
Pansori Sarang-ga
(2:28:56 Pop-up)
GIG: Sat Oct 25th: Symphony Space 2537 Broadway: Korean Performing Arts Center 20th Anniversary Concert: Vocalist Yeong-Hee Shin and percussionist Kwang-Soo Lee: legends of Korean spirit music. Plus NYC's Sounds of Korea and Rutgers Korean ensemble.
Su Wai: Longing For the King To Return / Gita Pon Yeik / Mississippi/Little Axe / * (2:38:08 Pop-up)
Chinbat Baasankhuu: Variations (composer B. Sharav, arranged by Chinbat Baasankhuu) / The Art Of The Mongolian Yatga / ARC / * (2:37:42 Pop-up)
Kardemimmit: Fallen Girl / Autio Huvila (2:49:56 Pop-up)
Frigg: Vieriva / Polka V (2:52:03 Pop-up)
Musette Explosion: TK 9 (2:57:02 Pop-up)
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