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Saturday, July 16, 2016 Favoriting
Bandistan Ensemble: Music of Central Asia, in Concert at the Asia Society

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Bandistan Ensemble is a youthful Central Asian traditional and classical instrument orchestra that performs traditional and contemporary music. With support from international arts exchange organization CEC ArtsLink, they're on their first US tour, which includes a free concert at the Asia Society this Thursday night (July 14th). We'll air highlights from that concert on tonight's show.

They also perform Friday night (July 15th) in the Met Museum's Gallery 999 in conjunction with the exhibition Court and Cosmos; Saturday at the Mott Haven / Port Morris Waterfront Celebration in the Bronx, and they'll improvise a live soundtrack as Sergey Paradjanov’s 1969 film The Color of Pomegranate is screened Sunday evening (July 17th) at Pioneer Works in Red Hook, Brooklyn.

Learn more about the Bandistan Ensemble and CEC Artslink's programs at http://www.cecartslink.org/projects/GAL/PT_US_tour_2016.html#ensemble and http://www.cecartslink.org.
Special thanks to concert and recording engineer and technical director David Mason; Maxim Tumenev and Susan Katz of CEC Artslink, and to Asia Society Director of Global Performing Arts and Special Cultural Initiatives Rachel Cooper and the Asia Society, http://www.asiasociety.org.

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TICKET GIVEAWAY THIS WEEK: RAGAS LIVE FESTIVAL
24 hours of Indian Classical Music next weekend at Pioneer Works in Red Hook!


Eligibility: You must NOT have won tickets on this program previously this month. To enter the drawing for a pair of tickets, email me, Rob W, here and please put "TIX" in the subject line. The deadline to enter is midnight Sunday, July 17th. If you are a winner, I will let you know on Monday, July 18th. Thanks!

On offer:

We have TWO pairs of tickets available to attend all or part of the Ragas Live Festival. This is a 24 hour festival of Indian Classical music presented by Brooklyn Raga Massive at Pioneer Works, 159 Pioneer Street in Red Hook, Brooklyn from noon on Saturday July 23rd until noon on Sunday July 24th.

Info: http://pioneerworks.org/programs/ragas-live-festival/

There are different performers every hour, starting with a Ravi Shankar tribute with Neel Murgai (sitar), Sameer Gupta (tabla), Arun Ramamurthy (violin), Eric Fraser (bansuri), Trina Basu (violin), Michael Gam (bass), Samarth Nagarkar (vocal) at noon Saturday and ending with a performance by Abhik Mukherjee (sitar) and Shankh Lahiri (Tabla) at 11 am Sunday. And lots, lots more in between, 24 hours of Indian classical music non-stop!

Full schedule and listing of performers: https://www.facebook.com/events/610593845774161/

More about Brooklyn Raga Massive, a collective presenting Indian classical and multi-genre collaborative concerts and jam sessions every Wednesday night at various venues in New York City: brooklynragamassive.com

Eligibility: You must NOT have won tickets on this program during this month. To enter the drawing for a pair of tickets, email me, Rob W, here and please put "TIX" in the subject line. The deadline to enter is midnight Sunday, July 17th. If you are a winner, I will let you know on Monday, July 18th. Thanks!

This Week's Playlist:

(* = new)

Basil Gabbidon: Independence Blues Favoriting / Various Artists: Coxsone's Music – The First Recordings Of Sir Coxsone / Soul Jazz (0:00:00 Pop-up)

Clancy Eccles: Freedom Favoriting / Various Artists: Coxsone's Music – The First Recordings Of Sir Coxsone / Soul Jazz (0:03:06 Pop-up)

The Selecter: Street Feeling Favoriting / Too Much Pressure (0:06:17 Pop-up)
GIG: Oct 6 (Thurs) Gramercy Theatre, 127 East 23rd Street: The Selecter + Hub City Stompers, High School Football Heroes.

Democratoz: Melkhodra Lel Boulitik Favoriting (0:09:05 Pop-up)
GIG: July 22 (Fri) Shrine, 2271 Adam Clayton Powell Jr Blvd, Harlem: Democratoz from 10 pm to midnight

Paulo Flores: Amba Favoriting / Excombatentes Redux / Go Edições (0:19:09 Pop-up)
GIG: July 17 (Sun) Central Park Summerstage, Rumsey Playfield, 72 St. (mid-park): Paulo Flores + Herencia de Timbiquí + Monsieur Periné + DJ Greg Caz + DJ Manny 3 to 7 pm, free (small donation encouraged)

João Cirilo: Po' D'Terra Favoriting / Various Artists: Space Echo: The Mystery Behind the Cosmic Sound of Cabo Verde Finally Revealed! / Analog Africa / * (0:24:09 Pop-up)

Bitori: Bitori Nha Bibinha Favoriting / Legend of Funana: The Forbidden Music of the Cape Verde Islands / Analog Africa / * (0:28:50 Pop-up)

Herencia de Timbiquí: I a Kelé Kandá Favoriting / This is Gozar / Bombo Records (0:36:21 Pop-up)
GIG: July 17 (Sun) Central Park Summerstage, Rumsey Playfield, 72 St. (mid-park): Paulo Flores + Herencia de Timbiquí + Monsieur Periné + DJ Greg Caz + DJ Manny 3 to 7 pm, free (small donation encouraged)

Pablo Lubadika Porthos: Mbongo Mokonzi Favoriting / En Action (0:41:27 Pop-up)

The Baboons: Que Tiene Que Ver Favoriting / Spanglish / Syncopated Sounds / * (0:47:16 Pop-up)
Bandleaders Mano Pila and Majica are also hosts of Global Gumbo, a radio show on Miami non-commercial radio station WDNA (88.9 FM)

Kepa Junkera: Arrano Fandangoa Favoriting / Maletak / Boa Musica Editorial S.L. / * (0:52:30 Pop-up)

Bandistan Ensemble: Live at Asia Society, July 14, 2016 - Highlights Favoriting (1:11:57 Pop-up)

Ustatshakirt and the Red State Ramblers: Indian Ate the Woodchuck / Koyrong Kuu Favoriting / Live recording by (at?) US Embassy, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, February 2012
Ustatshakirt, from Kyrgystan, features Aisaana Omorova on komuz, who is also a member of the Bandistan Ensemble.

Raquel Z. Rivera and Ojos de Sofia: Salve Reina Favoriting / Las 7 Salves de la Magdalena (2:13:27 Pop-up)
GIG: July 22 (Fri) : Julia de Burgos Cultural Center, 1680 Lexington Avenue, East Harlem: Mary Magdalene celebration conceived and produced by visual artist Tanya Torres, featuring music by Raquel Z. Rivera (Las 7 salves de La Magdalena) and friends. 6-9 pm

Mimis Nikolopoulous: Balkan Waltz Favoriting / Various Artists: The 20 Winners of the FM Records World Music Competition / FM Records / * (2:16:18 Pop-up)

17 Hippies: Valse a Cadet Favoriting / Berlin-Style (2:20:26 Pop-up)

Ruta: Pan Nas Meczyl Favoriting / Na Uschod - Go East, Freedom or Death (2:22:14 Pop-up)

Hańba!: Bij Bolszewika Favoriting / Hańba! (2:25:58 Pop-up)

Riserva Moac: Babilonia Favoriting / Babilonia / Bayla Records / * (2:28:23 Pop-up)

The Bombay Royale: Bobbywood Favoriting / You Me Bullets Love / Hope Street Recordings (2:33:25 Pop-up)

Aki Kumar: Badan Pe Sitare Favoriting / Aki Goes to Bollywood / Little Village Foundation / * (2:37:00 Pop-up)

Asha Bhosle and Mohammed Rafi: O Hasina Zulfonwali Favoriting / Various Artists: Golden Voices from the Silver Screen Volume 2 / GlobeStyle (2:41:51 Pop-up)
From Teesri Manzil



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Listener comments!

Avatar 6:10pm geezerette:

Pauline Black!!! :D
Avatar 🌍 Swag For Life Member 6:14pm Bas NL:

Hi Rob!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:14pm Rob W:

Good evening dear listeners!
Avatar 6:18pm geezerette:

Hey Rob!
Hello Bas NL!
Avatar 🌍 Swag For Life Member 6:19pm Bas NL:

Hi geezerette!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:37pm maestroso:

Good Evening Rob! Enjoying this set.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:40pm Rob W:

Good evening and thanks Maestroso!
Avatar 6:56pm Marc Francis:

Beautiful music! Thanks Rob!
Avatar 🌍 Swag For Life Member 7:08pm Ken From Hyde Park:

Bandistan > American Bandstand
  7:19pm mauri:

hey guys
Avatar 🌍 Swag For Life Member 7:28pm Bas NL:

This is all the Bandistan Ensemble? Fantastic music!
  7:40pm mike east:

Hypnotic...
  7:46pm mike east:

Is that koto?
Avatar 7:49pm Linda Lee:

gorgeous music!! really lovely. wish to hear it every day. :-)
Avatar 7:50pm Linda Lee:

perfect for this evening. thanks Rob!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:51pm Rob:

Thanks Linda and everyone!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:57pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Yes - last track kindof reminded me of slow Gamelan tones wafting thru the mist kindof thing, Beautiful.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:02pm coelacanth:

this has all been extraordinary! Thanks Rob!
Avatar 🌍 Swag For Life Member 8:05pm Bas NL:

Funky tuning the on keys.. ;)
Avatar 8:07pm geezerette:

Gorgeous!
  8:30pm Dave:

Nice
Avatar 8:37pm Linda Lee:

you me bullets love. superb.
Avatar 🌍 Swag For Life Member 8:37pm Bas NL:

You could release this set on CD, Rob!! Grrreat tunes! ;D
Avatar 8:38pm Linda Lee:

absolutely amazing ...
Avatar 8:38pm geezerette:

"Bombay Royale" sounds like a cocktail.
Avatar 8:39pm Linda Lee:

if it's not, it should be :-)
Avatar 8:39pm geezerette:

..a delicious one.
Avatar 8:39pm Linda Lee:

spicy!
Avatar 8:39pm geezerette:

Hi Linda Lee!
Avatar 8:40pm Linda Lee:

good evening geezerette!
Avatar 8:40pm Linda Lee:

i'm freaking out over the sounds! collosal.
Avatar 8:41pm Linda Lee:

love the guitar.
Avatar 8:41pm geezerette:

Absolutely! :D
Avatar 8:42pm geezerette:

Makes you want to dance. :c)
Avatar 8:44pm Linda Lee:

just fantastic.
Avatar 8:45pm Linda Lee:

is that asha?
Avatar 8:46pm Linda Lee:

ho! yes!! :-)
Avatar 🌍 Swag For Life Member 8:50pm Bas NL:

As Scott Williams would put it: Killer set!!
Avatar 8:54pm geezerette:

Rob,gonna make a mango lassi in your honor. Cheers!
Avatar 8:56pm geezerette:

Still can't text a pitcher to all listeners but would!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:59pm coelacanth:

Cheers!
- Thanks Rob!
...tchau peeps
Avatar 🌍 Swag For Life Member 8:59pm Bas NL:

We'll join you in spirit geezerette! Make it a good one!
Avatar 🌍 Swag For Life Member 9:00pm Bas NL:

Thanks Rob; great one!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:02pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Mango lassi rules.
  9:03pm taratortuga:

Awesomely fun last hour of show!
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