#1089 Partial Showcase Playlist (Live)

Each Sunday the entire Saturday night playlist is posted on the Higher Ground webpage at WPR.org. And you can listen to the entire Saturday night show whenever and wherever you want, for two weeks after the original broadcast date. The archived edition becomes available each Monday after 4:00pm. Details on the Higher Ground webpage at: wpr.org www.wpr.org/program/higher-ground. Playlist subject to change without notice.

(partial #1089 playlist)

This weekend’s edition features music by: the Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band, Mali’s Mamani Keita, Mbongwana Star from DRC, Warren Cuccurullo, B.B. King, Aurelio, Clannad, Fiddler’s Bid, Markscheider Kunst, la Bottine Souriante, Bebel Gilberto (Bay-bell Zhu-bear-too), Shanren, Geoffrey Oryema, Kekeke, Bob Dylan, Bella Hardy, Jelly Roll Morton, Iran’s Hafez Nazeri, Algeria’s Rachid Taha, (Ear-lah O Le-nard) Iarla Ó Lionáird, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Buena Vista Social Club, (Ah-beeb Ko-eet’) Habib Koite, Solas, Pretty Yende, Tinariwen and more.

1. Geoffrey Oryema ‘Exile’ Alb Tk 10 3.52

Geo-ffrey Or-ye-ma, an internationally renowned Ugandan musician, descended from the kingdom’s A-cho-li aristocracy. Despite a life in exile, Geoffrey today kees his songs alive through the languages of his youth. His music often addresses the chaos caused by war. He sing about the human condition during war on the selection Exile.

Exile, Real World Records, 1990

2. Toto la Momposina/Sus Tambores ‘La Sombra Negra’ Alb Tk 11 3.26

With Sus Tam-bo-res, this is Totó la Mom-po-si-na, Colombian singer of Afro-Colombian and Indigenous descent and La Som-bra Ne-gra (The Black Shadow).

Voices Of The Real World, Real World Records, 2000

3. Armenian Navy Band ‘Let The Factories Open’ CD1 Tk 14 4:02

The Armenian Navy Band is fronted by Turkish-American musician Arto, who is an avant-garde folk artist with an appetite for sonic explorations. At the helm, Arto with the band presents Let The Factories Open. BBC Awards For World Music, Manteca, 2006

4. Kekele ‘Tubela’ World Of Music CD2 Tk 7 5.00

Showcasing their exquisite homage to the coupling of African music with the sounds of vintage Cuba, here is the work Tubela by the Congolese super-group Kekele.

World Of Music, Warner Music, 2006

5. Bella Hardy ‘The Seventh Girl’ Sglns#92 Tk6 3:45

Bella Hardy, is a contemporary folk musician, singer and songwriter from E-da-lein

Derbyshire, UK. She performs a combination of traditional and self-penned material, and has been nominated four times in the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards. Hardy sings The Seventh Girl. Battleplan, Noe Records, 2013

6. Mara & The Martenitsa Choir ‘Na P?rvo Libe : To My First Love’ Tk 5 2.13

Modeled after the outstanding state choirs of Bulgaria, Mara Kiek, based in Sydney, leads the Martenitsa Choir share their brand of the form on To My First Love.

Voices Of The Real World, Real World Records, 2014

7. Bob Dylan ‘Visions Of Johanna’ CD1 Tk 12 7:34

The sublime distillation of what’s come to be known as Dyland’s “thin white mercury music”, appears on the tune Visions of Johanna, recorded in Nashville for the classic 1966 double record, Blonde on Blonde.

Starbucks – A 40th Anniversary Collection, Rhino, 2011

8. Iarla Ó Lionáird ‘Eleanor Plunkett’ CD2 Tk 13 4:25

As an Irish singer and producer, Ear-lah O Le-nard is well known for his involvement with the Afro Celt Sound System. He is one of the most prominent artists of the beloved Irish Sean nós old style singing and dance tradition. Lenard showcases his talent on Eleanor Plunkett. 30 Real World AT WOMAD, Real World Records, 2012

9. Warren Cuccurullo & Ustad Sultan Khan ‘You Can’t Tell’ Alb Tk 7 2.27

Warren Bruce Coo-Coo-rul-low, American rock musician and a long term member of band Duran Duran is joined by Us-ad Sultan Khan who was an Indian (sah-ran’ gee)

sa-ran’-gi player, that the Nepalese stringed instrument, and Classical vocalist belonging to Indore Gharana and was one of the members of the Indian fusion group Tabla Beat Science, with Za-kir Hus-sain and Bill Laswell. Both artists are featured on, You Can’t Tell. The Master, Six Degrees, 2014

10. Hafez Nazeri ‘Untold – Stage 5: Unity’ Alb Tk 8 1.52

Ha-fez Na-ze-ri is an Iranian composer of Kurdish descent and the son of musician Shah-ram Na-ze-ri. In 2007, the Rumi Symphony Project, culminated in a major work to celebrate the 800th anniversary of Rumi’s birth. Rumi was a 13th-century Persian poet, theologian, and Sufi mystic. From his 2014 album Untold, Nazeri and the Rumi Symphony Project perform: Stage 1: Unity. Untold, Hafez Nazeri/Sony, 2014

11. Jelly Roll Morton’sRed Hot Peppers “Black Bottom Stomp”Dk1Tk3 3:13

Jelly Roll Morton started playing piano when he was ten. He even spent time in other professions-a gambler, pool player, vaudeville comedian. And though he died at the age of 50, he’s remembered as one of the very first giants of jazz, due to classics like the 1926 work “Black Bottom Stomp” featuring his band the Red Hot Peppers.

Say It Loud, Rhino 2001

12. Rachid Taha ‘Ya Rayah’ Alb Tk 1 6.12

Algerian artist Ra-chid Ta-ha has experimented with pop and cross-cultural music genres throughout his exceptional career. Taha takes a modern approach to a traditional sound with Ya Ra-ah – You who leaves, wherever you go, will tire and return, like many an innocent before you,and me. Cairo To Casablanca, Putumayo World Music, 1998