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November 16, 2019:
Bentenya: All-Women's Chindon Street Band From Japan
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Chindon is a uniquely Japanese street music tradition. It began over 150 years ago when shopkeepers started hiring musicians to march through the streets to promote their shops.
Ubiquitous in mid-20th-century Japan, it's now less common, but groups like Nagoya's vibrant - and very colorful - all-female chindon outfit Bentenya carry on the tradition.
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Bentenya's website with tons of images: https://bentenya.jp/en
Like (love) Bentenya on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bentenya
Check out their blog with great photos from their trip to New York:
https://ameblo.jp/bentenya/
Every year Bentenya presents a gala concert / event in their home city of Nagoya, Japan. You can see videos from the 2019 event here and from 2018 here, and more videos of Bentenya's annual shows in Japan and more from Hoshino1625 on YouTube here.
Bentenya also has their own page on YouTube with highlights from their international travels - including footage of Bentenya live on the pier at Exchange Place in Jersey City! - and much more, here.
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Images of Bentenya in NYC and NJ by Makoto Matsuo and Niklas Moller. Huge thanks to Hiroshi Kono of Mar Creation - http://marcreation.com/ - for bringing Bentenya to the US and to WFMU! And of course massive thanks to our illustrious engineer, Irene Trudel.
Artist | Track | Album | Label | Comments | New | Approx. start time |
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The Hu | The Gereg | The Gereg | Eleven Seven | GIG: Bowery Ballroom Sunday night November 17 (SOLD OUT) | * | 0:00:00 (Pop-up) |
Korjen | Marike | Sabur | Indies Scope | * | 0:04:35 (Pop-up) | |
Walka | Viaje Sideral | Un Solo Pensamiento | Walka | 0:07:59 (Pop-up) | ||
La Répétition | A Tamburi | Mondo | Mundial | * | 0:13:12 (Pop-up) | |
Oumar Konaté | Koima Djine | I Love You Inna | Clermont | "Where are the genies of Koima? We need rain!" (In Songhoy language.) | * | 0:23:42 (Pop-up) |
Mamadou Kelly | Tchiokoroba | Les Bateaux | Clermont | "Hey old man, It's not good to show off...It's not good to trick people...Stop showing off!" (In Bambara language) | * | 0:27:34 (Pop-up) |
NST & The Soul Sauce meet Kim Yulhee | Bak Taryeong (Work song of Hungbu: Halve a Gourd) | Version | Eastern Standard Sounds | South Korean reggae band NST & The Soul Sauce joined forces with a multi-award winning Korean pansori vocalist Kim Yulhee | * | 0:31:10 (Pop-up) |
Ikebe Shakedown | No Going Back | Kings Left Behind | Colemine | Blue-eyed Afrobeat from Brooklyn | * | 0:37:50 (Pop-up) |
Ebo Taylor Jr. and Wuta Wazuri | Mondo Soul Funky | Gotta Take It Cool | Mr Bongo | * | 0:41:37 (Pop-up) | |
Mac & Party | Harambe | Yaseen and Party | Afro7 Records | New anthology - 1960s recordings from coastal Kenya by Yaseen Mohamed and his ensembles | * | 0:47:27 (Pop-up) |
Los 300 | What a Girl | The Fighting Kangaroo | Rootsound | 0:49:50 (Pop-up) | ||
Joe Quijano with Conjunto Cachana | Fun City Shingaling | Various Artists: Freak Off: Latin Breakbeats, Basslines and Boogaloo | Harmless | 0:53:08 (Pop-up) | ||
Bentenya | Intro & Interview | Unreleased | N/A | 0:57:45 (Pop-up) | ||
Bentenya | Take Ni Suzume (Sparrow and Bamboo) Live on WFMU | Unreleased | N/A | 1:12:12 (Pop-up) | ||
Bentenya | Tsuno-Koboshi (Live on WFMU) | Unreleased | N/A | 1:14:38 (Pop-up) | ||
Bentenya | Omatsuri Mambo (Festival Mambo) - Live on WFMU | Unreleased | N/A | Song popularized by Misora Hibari circa 1950 | 1:17:12 (Pop-up) | |
Bentenya | Utsukushiki Tennen (Beautiful Nature) + Don-Dore-Me (Do, Do, Re, Mi) Live on WFMU | Unreleased | N/A | 1:22:09 (Pop-up) | ||
Bentenya | Anime Medley: Miku Hatsune (Vocaloid) - Senbonzakura (One Thousand Cherry Trees) + Themes from Sailor Moon (Moonlight Densetsu) and Evangelion (Live on WFMU) | Unreleased | N/A | 1:27:36 (Pop-up) | ||
Bentenya | Nagoya Medley: Benten-cha Ondo (Bentenya Original Bon Dance Song) + Moyo Dragons! (Chunichi Dragons Theme Song) Live on WFMU | Unreleased | N/A | 1:34:01 (Pop-up) | ||
Bentenya | Sore Sore Medley (Live on WFMU) | Unreleased | N/A | 1:38:08 (Pop-up) | ||
Aranguez Sanatan Dharma Maha Sabha Group | Chowtal (Excerpt) | Chowtal | Indian Records | 1:41:03 (Pop-up) | ||
BCUC | The Journey with Mr Van Der Merwe | The Healing | Buda Musique | * | 1:45:01 (Pop-up) | |
Mukunguni | Mwanzele (Kaleema Remix) | Various Artists: Basy Tropikalne #2 | Basy Tropikalne | 1:56:11 (Pop-up) | ||
Bantou Mentale | Halleluijah | Bantou Mentale | Glitterbeat | * | 1:59:06 (Pop-up) | |
Kokoko! | Buka Dansa | Fongola | Transgressive | * | 2:04:44 (Pop-up) | |
Grupo Bongar & Maga Bo | Manhaca' (Xamba'ricou) | Macumbadaboa | Kafundó Records | * | 2:08:47 (Pop-up) | |
Farafi | Tigri | Calico Soul | Piranha | * | 2:12:19 (Pop-up) | |
Anbessa Orchestra | Gize Suite | Negestat | Anbessa Orchestra | GIG: They're playing the WFMU Transpacific Sound Paradise Remote Live from Barbes a week from tonight! It starts at 6 pm Sat. Nov 23 at Barbes, 376 9th St. in Park Slope, Brooklyn - it's free, there's four African-tinged bands, AND we're giving away FMU swag - what's not to love? Get there early for your best shot at snagging some FMU swag and a good seat! Bring the kids - all ages OK! | 2:17:34 (Pop-up) | |
Anbessa Orchestra | Yeleleu Hager Lidl (Son of No Country) | Negestat | Anbessa Orchestra | GIG: Did I mention... they're playing They're playing the WFMU Transpacific Sound Paradise Remote Live from Barbes a week from tonight, Sat Nov 23, 6-9 pm!?! | 2:27:10 (Pop-up) | |
Qwanqwa | Gubliye | Volume One | FPE Records | GIG: Kaethe Hostetter of Qwanqwa will be opening our show live from Barbes, 376 9th St. in Park Slope Brooklyn next Sat Nov 23 at 6 pm with a set of solo violin + electronics - it should be very interesting! Did I mention that it's free AND we'll be giving away free FMU swag?! | 2:36:09 (Pop-up) | |
Alune Wade | Pharaoh's Danse | African Fast Food | 10H10 | * | 2:50:36 (Pop-up) | |
Natu Camara | Arabama Di | Dimedi | Natu Camara | She's at our Barbes remote next Sat too! | 2:57:17 (Pop-up) |
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Organizations supporting the rights of immigrants and refugees:
(For more suggestions see https://www.bustle.com/p/9-immigration-organizations-to-donate-to-if-you-want-to-support-daca-recipients-80757.)
National Immigration Law Center: Established in 1979, the National Immigration Law Center
(NILC) is one of the leading organizations in the U.S. exclusively dedicated to defending and advancing the rights of low-income
immigrants.
National Immigration Forum: The National Immigration Forum is one of the leading
immigrant advocacy organizations in the country, with a mission to advocate for the value of immigrants and immigration to the
nation.
New York Immigration Coalition: The New York Immigration Coalition aims to achieve a fairer
and more just society that values the contributions of immigrants and extends opportunity to all. The NYIC promotes immigrantsâ
full civic participation, fosters their leadership, and provides a unified voice and a vehicle for collective action for New Yorkâs
diverse immigrant communities.
Arab American Family Support Center (New York City): The Arab-American Family Support Center
is a 501(c)3 non-profit, non-sectarian organization that provides culturally and linguistically sensitive services to immigrant
communities throughout New York City.
Action NYC: ActionNYC connects New Yorkers to free, safe immigration legal help. You can make an appointment to learn your immigration legal options and get immigration application assistance. There are ActionNYC sites in all five boroughs. Appointments are required. Your appointment will be in your language.
Immigration Equality is the leading LGBTQ immigrant rights organization in the country. It provide s advice and legal services to thousands of LGBTQ and HIV-positive immigrants seeking refuge, fair treatment, and freedom in the United States. The work is truly lifesaving because there are nearly 80 countries around the world where it is a crime to be LGBTQ, with consequences up to and including the death penalty. For this reason, Immigration Equality fights to obtain asylum in the United States for LGBTQ and HIV-positive refugees - with a remarkable 99% win rate.
International Refugee Assistance Project: The International Refugee Assistance Project
(IRAP) organizes law students and lawyers to develop and enforce a set of legal and human rights for refugees and displaced
persons. Mobilizing direct legal aid and systemic policy advocacy, IRAP serves the worldâs most persecuted individuals and
empowers the next generation of human rights leaders.
International Rescue Committee: The International Rescue Committee responds to the
worldâs worst humanitarian crises and helps people whose lives and livelihoods are shattered by conflict and disaster to survive,
recover, and gain control of their future.
Kids in Need of Defense (KIND): KIND serves as the leading organization for the protection of children who enter the US immigration system alone and strives to ensure that no such child appears in immigration court without representation. We achieve fundamental fairness through high-quality legal representation and by advancing the child's best interests, safety and well-being.
Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF): AALDEF is a national
organization that protects and promotes the civil rights of Asian Americans by combining litigation, advocacy, education, and
community organizing. Issues / focus include immigrant rights, civic participation and voting rights, economic justice for workers,
language access to services, educational equity, housing and environmental justice, and the elimination of anti-Asian violence,
police misconduct, and human trafficking.
Make the Road New York (MRNY): MRNY builds the power of Latino and working
class communities to achieve dignity and justice through organizing, policy innovation, transformative education, and survival
services.
Make the Road New Jersey (MRNJ): Make the Road New Jersey builds the power of immigrant and working class communities in New Jersey to achieve dignity and justice through community organizing, legal and support services, transformative education and policy innovation.
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