29 March 2008

29March08: Favs & New Releases for Pledge Drive!

Thanks for your support of TransGlobal, KRNN, and the 3 (count them, 3!) K3 stations during the spring pledge drive.

22 March 2008

PLAYLIST: 22March08: Eclectic Equinox

Track
Artist
Album
Year
Country/Notes

3:00pm

Bossa Nova, Eh?
Luiz Macedo
Rough Guide to Brazilian Electronica
2002
Brazil

Nova Estacao
Da Cruz
Nova Estacao
2007
Brazil

Samba Do Gringo Paulista (Zero dB Reconstruction)
Suba
Rough Guide to Brazilian Electronica
2002
Brazil

3:15pm

Take Sarava
Silvia Tores
Brasilerio
1999
Brazil; "sarava" means "good luck" in language of Candoble region of Brazil

Quem Nao Tem Ninguem
Mo' Horizons
Sunshine Today
2007
Germany

Sunny
Oojami
Urban Dervish
2004
Turkey

3:30pm

Perhaps (Someday the Roof Will Get Fixed)
Dan the Automator remix of Charlie Parker
Bird Up
2003
Artist is Japanese-American living in S.F.

Midnight Sun
Manu Dibango
Lion of Africa
2007
Cameroon

Lion
Edson X & Kimikumana
Africa: The New Beats
2005

3:45pm

Zuni Sunrise Song
Chester Mahooty
Rough Guide to Native American Music
1998
Zuni Tribe

Tjapukai Sunset
Tjapukai Dancers
Rough Guide to Australian Aboriginal Music
1999
Australia

Spring Song (DJ Emay Mix)
Huun-Huur-Tu
Spirits from Tuva
2005
Tuvan throat-singing

4:00pm

In the Sun
BeatPharmacy
African Travels
2001

The Blinding Sun
Gustavo Santaolalla
Babel (Sountrack)
2006
Moroccan drumming with Mexican brass band

Be Like the Sun
Askura Alexander Shkuratov
Enjoy my God!
2006
Russia

Spring Arrives (Transglobal Underground Remix)
Azam Ali
Elysium Remixes
2007
Artist from Iran, raised also in India; music reflects both

Foto Viva
Mo' Horizons
Come Touch the Sun2005
Germany

4:15pm

Seventeen Birds Outside my Window
Suphala
Blueprint
2007
India

Red Sun
Anoushka Shankar
Rise
2005
India (Ravi Shankar's daughter, sitar player & composer)

4:30pm

Also Sprach Zarathustra
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
2001: A Space Odyssey (Soundtrack
1968 (film release)

Surf Trek
The Rubinoos
Paleophonic
2006
San Francisco

Sitar Wars (play on "Star Wars")
Kamel Nitrate
Lost in Spice (play on "Lost in Spice")
2003
India

Life on Mars?
Seu Jorge
The Life Aquatic (Soundtrack)
2005
Brazil; cover of David Bowie track

4:45pm

Here Comes the Sun (Francois K Remix)
Nina Simone
Remixed & Reimagined
2006

15 March 2008

PLAYLIST: 15March08: Mostly MiddleEast

Track
Artist
Album
Year
Country/Notes

3:00pm

Allahi Allah (MIDIval Punditz Remix)
Niyaz
Niyaz Remixed
2006
Iran & San Francisco

Afsoongar ("Glamorous")
Arian
The Rough Guide to Music of Iran
2006
Iran

Dunya ("This World")
Al-Yaman
Hurriya
2006
Artist from Yemen, currently living in Prague

3:15pm

El Hob el Kebber
George Wassouf
The Very Best of
2006
Syria

Sama-Sounounou
Le trio joubran
Majaz
2006
Palestine; brothers who play the oud

Surya
ZAMAN 8 & Hafez Modir
Suryaghati
2007
Iran; "zaman" means time/age in both Farsi & Arabic

3:30pm

The Dream
Dark2Men
(download)
2007
Saudi Arabia

Azini (Comfort Me)
The Idan Raichel Project
The Idan Raichel Project
2006
Israel & Ethiopia; vocalist on this track is Mira Anwar Awad from Haifa, singing in Arabic

3:45pm

Little Plait
Jia Bing
Beautiful Tibet
2004
Artists from China & Tibet

Hey Lhasa
Ayongzerang
The Unsinkable Red on my Heart
2003
Tibet (pop)

Sawah
Les Faux
Ethnique Electrique
2007
Artists from Japan & Germany; track with MiddleEastern & Argentinian influences & instrumentation

Dance of Ginka
artist unknown
East Mediterranean Musical Instruments
2005
Oud solo

4:00pm

Coffee Grinding Rhythm
various artists
Bedouins of the Middle East
1955
Field recording of Bedouin in desert between Iraq & Jordan

Egyptian Surf Queen
Jimmy Luttrell
USA Guitar Surf King
2004
Oklahoma

Jibal Al Nuba
Mahmood Fadl
Tribal Groove
2001
Egypt

Esma Yalli
Hakim
Desert Roses & Arabian Rhythms
2001
Egypt

4:15pm

The Architects (Ha'adrichalim)
Subliminal
The Light from Zion (Ha'or Mitzion)
2006
Israel (Hebrew rap)

Kamti
HaDag Nachash
Rough Guide to the Music of Israel
2006
Israel

Abadai
Bustan Abraham
Rough Guide to the Music of Israel
2006
Arab/Jewish musicians

4:30pm

Baladi
Hanine y Son Cubano
10908 km
2006
Lebanon vocalist (singing in Arabic) with Cuban musicians

Alabina
Ishtar & Los Ninos de Sara
Rough Guide to Latin-Arabia
2006
Egypt

4:45pm

Donya
The Klezmatics
The Tango Lesson (soundtrack)
1991

Yo En La Prizion
Yasmin Levy
Rough Guide to Mediterranean Cafe Music
2005
Israel/Spain

Melech Amiti
Zehava Ben
Rough Guide to the Music of Israel
2007
Israel (Arab-influenced "mizachi" music)

Nahan
Niyaz
Niyaz
2005
Iran

08 March 2008

PLAYLIST: 8March08: Favs & Jazz-Inspired Remixes that Sort-Of Relate to This Week's World News (yep, an eclectic-but-fun mix . . .)

Track
Artist
Album
Year
Country/Notes

3:00pm

Livin' the Truth
Guy Monk
The Jazz Influence
2006
Greek producer of compilation CD (global jazz)

Stiff Jazz
Dzihan & Kamien
Six Degrees 100
2004
Sarejavo

Silencio (live)
Ojos de Brujo
Techari Live
2008
Spain

3:15pm

can you censor this!
mbs, zed, youss, mc tya
Recorded for World Music Freedom Day, 3 March 2008
2008
International group of artists; download

Muume Wa Mtu
Dataz
Rough Guide to the Music of Tanzania
2006
Tanzania

Mr. Baloi-Part One
Marcus Wyatt
Language 12
2006
South Africa

3:30pm

Mbube (The Lion)
Solomon Linda's Original Evening Birds
Rough Guide to the Music of South Africe
2006 (1939 recording)
South Africa; Zulu artist

Leon (The Lion)
Kinky
Reina
2006
Mexico

3:45pm

Sambassim
Fernanda Porto
Fernanda Porto
2001
Sao Paulo, Brazil; artist is composer, producer, vocalist, and plays all instruments on this recording

Lactochampeta
Andrea Echeverri
Andrea Echeverri
2006
Columbia; also lead singer for Aterciopelados

Mama Tierra (remix)
Macaco
Ingravitto
2007

4:00pm

Smells Like Teen Spirit
Clemens Orth Trio
Silhouette Ascending
2007
Germany

Perro Que Ladra
X Alfonso
Rough Guide to Latin Funk
2007

16 Toneladas ("16 tons")
Funk Como le Gusta
Roda de Funk
2006
Brazil

4:15pm

Holy Incense
Dingding Sa
Alive
2007
Chinese artists singing in language of Tibet

Descarga (Goldenberg & Schmuyle Remix)
Huun-Huur-Tu
Spirits from Tuva
2005
Mongolia

Spirit Dance
Clarence Clemons
Peacemaker
1995
American saxaphone player for Bruce Springsteen; solo CD of Native American-influenced jazz

4:30pm

Belleville
Django Reinhardt
Rough Guide to the Music of Paris
2007 (recorded in the 1940s)
France

Moskuv 2007 Bastermix
Les Faux
Ethnique Electrique
2007
Artists from Japan and Germany

Psychoscout
Flat Earth Society
20 Ways to Float thru Walls
2007
Multinational "big band" playing African polyrhythms

4:45pm

Kronos
Alien Chatter
Invastion EP 2
2007
Indo-electronic-jazz-fusion

Jazzhole
Free the Robots
Free the Robots
2007

01 March 2008

PLAYLIST: 1March08: New Releases (and just generally wandering the globe . . .)

Track
Artist
Album
Year
Country/Notes


3:00pm

Superlight
Yannah Valdevit
Future Sound of Jazz,Vol. 11
2007
Croatia

Morena de Angola (Chocalho Mix)
DJ Ze Pedro
Lo Mejor Para Dancar
2003
Brazil; remix of classic vocals

Devil Kuri from Mars
Alien Chatter
Invasion EP 2
2008
Indo-jazz-fusion

3:15pm

Me Cai (I Fell)
Pacifika
Asuncion
2008 (will release in April)
Peru/Canada/Barbados

Esa Musica (w/Juan Chills)
Bitman & Roban
Musica Para Depues de Almuerzo (Music for After Lunch)
2007
Chile

Como el Aqua Cale
Macoco & Ms. Maiko
Ingravitto
2007
Spain; includes founder of Ojos de Brujo

3:30pm

Ride (w/Chery Denise/J Grier)
Chosan
The Beautiful Side of Misery
2007
Artist from Sierra Leone, now living in the Bronx; "blood diamond" activist

Bataxal
Alif
Dakamerap
2006
Senegal; all-girl rap band w/lyrics about survellience

Diawar
Ismael Lo
Diawar
1989
Senegal; AIDS activist

3:45pm

Bambumiehta (Bamboo Honey)
Wimme
Cuga
2007
Finland; "Sami yoki" style of vocal chanting (from nomadic Lapplanders)

Teknochek (M.E.M.O.R.Y. Man Remix)
Slavic Soul Party & Marc Uselli
Remixed
2008
Immigrant artists living in NYC, from Mexico, Eastern Europe & Asia

4:00pm

Bethe Bethe Kese Kese
Gaudi & Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
Dub Qawwali Remixes
2008
Pakistan

Tu Ki Janis Na 1
Arnob
Hok Kolorob
2008
Bangladesh

The Sacrifice
Bikram Ghosh
Drum Invasion
2008
India

4:15pm

The Swallow's Bridge
Huong Thanh & Nguyen Le
Fragile Beauty
2008
Vietnam

Chimuguri Utasha (Ryukyu Underground Remix)
Miyazawa
Deeper Than Oceans
2003
Japan (recorded in Brazil with Japanese and Brazilian musicians)

Seeing Hands
Dengue Fever
Venus on Mars
2008
Cambodia & San Francisco

4:30pm

Le Temps de L'Amour
April March
Paris in April
1996
Ohio (yes, Ohio . . . artist lived in France most of her life)

4:45pm

Sweet Dreams
Bebel Gilberto
Live Session
2008
Brazil; cover of Eurythmics 1980s recording

Contraditorio
DJ Dolores
Contraditorio
2006
Brazil; uses rhythms from NE Brazil