playlist #107 (3/22/10)-for charlie

World of Music

Pgm #107 – New releases, World Water Day, and a remembrance of BBC broadcaster Charlie Gillett

Catch the show on Mondays 3-5pm EDT – at 105.9FM in Burlington, VT or online at The Radiator

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Nas with Youssou N’Dour & Neneh Cherry: Wake Up (It’s Africa Calling) / Open Remix / http://www.intrahealth.org/open/ (download) – (USA / SENEGAL)

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Antonio Carlos Jobim: Águas de Março (Waters of March / The Best of Antonio Carlos Jobim / Hip-O Records 429702 – (BRAZIL) * World Water Day *
Ana Moura: Fado das águas / Leva-Me Aos Fados / World Village 468099 / (PORTUGAL) * NEW *
The Spy from Cairo: Oud Funk / Secretly Famous / Wonderwheel Recordings 8 – (ITALY)
Badar Ali Khan: Drowned in Your Eyes / Lost in Qawwali III / Media Creature Music / http://www.mediacreature.com – (PAKISTAN)

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Quadro Nuevo: Tango Jalousie / Tango Bitter Sweet / Justin Time 8530 – (GERMANY)
11 Acorn Lane: Live It Up / Everybody’s Here / http://www.11acornlane.com – (UK?)
Rob Curto: A Voz de Razão / Forró for All / Mezzogiorno Records 2006 – (USA/BRAZIL)
Rokia Traoré: Finini / Mouneïssa / Indigo 2524 – (MALI) * at the Flynn on 4/18/2010, 7:30pm *
Shooglenifty: Loreen’s Tune / Troots / Shoogle 6005 – (SCOTLAND)

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Thanks to the late Charlie Gillett for my first introduction to Franco, Mariza, and Šaban:

Syran Mbenza & Ensemble Rumba Kongo: Liwa Ya Franco / Rumba Kongo: Immortal Franco / Riverboat 1050 – (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO)
Mariza: Há Festa Na Mouraria / Fado em Mim / Times Square Records 9026 – (PORTUGAL)
Šaban Bajramović: Vasilica / Gypsy King & Drunkard / Balkanika 13937 – (SERBIA)

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The Underscore Orkestra: Devil With The Devil / No Money No Honey All We Got Is Us / http://www.theunderscoreorkestra.com 2009 – (PORTLAND, OR) * NEW – at Langdon Street Café in Montpelier tonight, 8pm *
Le Vent du Nord: l’Heure Bleue / Dans les Airs / Borealis 189 – (QUÉBEC)
Lágrima Ríos: El Abrojito / Canción Para Mi Pueblo / Acqua Records 78 – (URUGUAY)
Tony Mastaler: Over The Rainbow / Moonlight Expressions / (self-produced)  – (MADE IN VT)
Rachid Taha: Agi / Bonjour / Wrasse Records 251 – (ALGERIA) * NEW *

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Soweto Kinch: The Opening Theme / A Life in the Day of B19: Tales from the Tower Block / Dune 14 – (UK)
Palmeras Kanibales: Internacional Socialista / La Ruta / PCDI 2006 – (VENEZUELA)
The Mitchell & Dewbury Band featuring Billie Godfrey: Beyond the Rains / Beyond the Rains / Mr. Bongo 47 – (UK)
Biakuye Percussion Group: Nana Yaa / Jumbie Sampler / Jumbie 11 – (GHANA)

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Junkyard Productions: Grateful / The Sound Invasion: World Music Crossroads from Denmark / WMD 2007/08 – (DENMARK)
Sierra Leone’s Refugee All-Stars: Global Threat / Rise & Shine / Cumbancha 18 – (SIERRA LEONE) * NEW *
Gecko Turner: Monosabio Blues / Chandalismo Ilustrado / Love Monk 15 – (SPAIN)

tango for two

This week’s World of Music samples some new recordings and pays tribute to the late BBC broadcaster Charlie Gillett.

Charlie’s world music show was one of the inspirations behind this program. He passed away last week, after more than 30 years spent introducing radio audiences to artists like Franco, the Congolese guitarist; Portuguese fado singer Mariza; Serbian vocalist Šaban Bajramović, and many, many others.

We’ll hear from some of Charlie’s favorites along with the Underscore Orkestra, which is visiting Langdon Street Cafe in Montpelier tonight on their current Northeastern tour.

New releases this week include Quadro Nuevo’s Tango Bittersweet (a 2006 release, but something we just picked up); Portugal’s Ana Moura in her fourth recording for World Village records; and Rise & Shine, the latest from Sierra Leone’s Refugee All-Stars – it’s being released in the States tomorrow.

World of Music is a reverential, groove-shaking mashup of blues, poetry, jazz, and world music every Monday from 3-5pm ET on the Radiator.  Online, or at 105.9FM if you’re listening in Burlington, VT.

playlist #92 (12/7/2009)-year-end 2009 review

World of Music

Pgm #92 – Reviewing some of 2009’s top world recordings

Listen Mondays 3-5pm EDT  – at 105.9FM in Burlington, VT or online at The Radiator

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Nas with Youssou N’Dour & Neneh Cherry: Wake Up (It’s Africa Calling) / Open Remix / http://www.intrahealth.org/open/ (download) –  (USA / SENEGAL)

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Ska Cubano: Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / Ay Caramba! / Cumbancha 1 – (CUBA)
Pistolera: No Suspires (No Sighs) / Siempre Hay Salida / http://www.pistolera.net 2006 – (NY CITY)
Tchavolo Schmitt: Antsela /French Essentials / BurexJazz 5 – (FRANCE)
Abdul Aziz Al Mubarek: Bitgoolila / Abdul Aziz Al Mubarek / GlobeStyle Records 23 – (SUDAN)

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Telmary Diaz: Que Equivoca’o / A Diario / DM Ahora Records 3 – (CUBA)
Béaturia: Teléphone / MIDEM Sampler / http://www.picap.cat 2008 – (SPAIN)
Bole 2 Harlem: Ya Selam / Volume 1 / Sounds of the Mushroom v.1 – (ETHIOPIA)
Shruti Sadolikar: Raga Bhairavi / Shruti Sadolikar / Nimbus 5346 – (INDIA)

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Easy Star All-Stars featuring Sugar Minott: When I’m Sixty-Four / Easy Star’s Lonely Hearts Dub Band / Easy Star Records 21622 – (JAMAICA)
Los Fabulosos Cadillacs: Arde Buenos Aires / Lo Esencial Los Fabulosos Cadillacs / norte  706443 – (ARGENTINA)
Rokia Traoré: Tounka / Tchamantché / Universal 530 785 – (MALI)
Klazz Brothers & Cuba Percussion: Mambozart (on Mozart’s Symphony #40) / Classic Meets Cuba / Sony 93090 – (CUBA)

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Chango Spasiuk: Alvear Orilla, Estancia Santa Maria, Tío Marcos, La Ratonera / Pynandí / World Village 468083 – (ARGENTINA) *2009 release*
Tinariwen: Lulla / Imadiwan: Companions / World Village 468096 – (MALI) *2009 release*
Willie Colón: Cuando Me Muera / El Malo vol. II / Lone Wolf Records 804 – (CUBA) *2009 release*
Angelique Kidjo: Zelie / Oyo / N/A *DEMO* – (BENIN) * preview – coming out in 2010 *

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Debashish Bhattcharya: Milaap / O Shakuntala! / Riverboat Records 1053 – (INDIA) *2009 release*
K’Naan: Take a Minute / Troubadour / A&M Octone / 12478 – (SOMALIA) *2009 release*
Oumou Sangare: Kounadya / Seya / Nonesuch 519650 – (MALI) *2009 release* – Grammy nominee, Best Contemporary World Music Album
Syran Mbenza & Ensemble: Rumba Kongo / Zozo Visi / Immortal Franco: Africa’s Unrivaled Guitar Legend / Riverboat Records 1050 – (CONGO) *2009 release*

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Jon Balke & Amina Alaoui: A la Dina Dana / Siwan / ECM 2042 – (NORWAY / MOROCCO) *2009 release*
Les Léopards: D’Leau Coco (Coconut Milk) / Tumbélé: Biguine, Afro and Latin Sounds from the French Caribbean, 1963-74 / Soundway 17 – (MARTINIQUE) *2009 release*
Mamane Barka: Wo Kuru / Introduucing Mamane Barka / World Music Network 114 – (NIGER) *2009 release*
Kailash Kher & Kailasa: Kaise Main Kahoon (How Do I Say It?) / Yatra (Nomadic Souls) / Cumbancha 14 – (INDIA) *2009 release*
Omara Portuondo featuring Jorge Drexler: Gracias / Gracias / World Village 479021 – (CUBA) *2009 release* – Latin Grammy winner, Best Traditional Tropical Album

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…and listen for more new 2009 world releases in the next show!