Edition #1056

#1056 September 27, 2014 No. 1

PLAYLIST

1. Tshala Muana, “Lekela Muadi” (Congo) Tk 5 5.22

Shah-lah mwah-nah is from the Democratic Republic Of Congo. She first made her mark as a dancer in a style called Mu-tu-a-shi, popular in her Luba Tribe. Muana sings Leh-keh-lah mwah-dee a song that musically explores the link between mutuashi rhythm and Cuban son with a lullaby used to calm a crying baby….don’t cry baby sings Muana…your parents are out earning a living to provide for you.

Congo To Cuba, Putumayo, 2002

2. Kiran Ahluwalia ‘Hayat’ Alb Tk 1 5.02

Kiran Ah-luwalia is an Indo-Canadian singer who performs her own musical arrangements of ancient Persian and Punjabi Ghazal poems. Ahluwalia sings Hayat about life and how it drifts in its own shadow…dragging along lounging sighs…

Sanata: Stillness, +FE Music/Hard Boiled, 2014

3. The Touré-Raichel Collective ‘L’Amore’ Tk 5 3.07

THE TOURÉ-RAICHEL COLLECTIVE, is an ACCLAIMED COLLABORATION BETWEEN ISRAELI POP STAR IDAN RAICHEL AND RENOWNED MALIAN MUSICIAN VIEUX FARKA TOURÉ. The, PARIS SESSION, this Tuesday, SEPTEMBER 30, 2014 ON CUMBANCHA Records, the new release includes Lah’-MORE-ray.

The Paris Session, Cumbancha, 2014

4. Ayub Ogada ‘Obiero’ Alb Tk 1 5.40

Kenyan musician Ayub Ogada gives us a taste of his music on Obiero.

En Mana Kuoyo, Real World Records, 2007

5. Zingaros ‘Orientes’ Alb Tk 1 3.50

With the selection Orientes, Zingaros the band was formed in winter 2004, when the guitar and violin duo got together by chance after jamming. Later, the duo added an accordion player. The elaborated fusion of Slavonic gypsy music, tango flavor, Hot Club nuances, and contemporary chords, opened up unexplored horizons for this Argentinian ensemble. Gitano, ARC, 2013

6. Paul Simon ‘Peace Like A River’ CD1 Tk 15 3:20

Paul Simon is a most successful American musician and singer-songwriter. He helped South Africa’s Ladysmith Black Mambazo launch their career. Simon’s fame, influence, and commercial success began as part of the duo Simon & Garfunkel, formed in 1964 with musical partner Art Garfunkel. Simon adds his interpretive signature to the tune Peace Like A River. Starbucks – A 40th Anniversary Collection, Rhino, 2011

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7. Arthur Lyman ‘Misirlou’ #714 Tk 5 2.56

Arthur Lyman was an American jazz vibraphone and marimba player. His ensemble popularized a style of faux (foo-Polynesian) music in the 1950s and 1960s. That sound would later be known as exotica. Lyman also played some guitar, piano, and drums, as well as paying careful attention to producing stereophonic LP albums complete with elaborate and lively percussion with rich bass textures. With friends, Lyman, known as the “King Of Lounge Music”, gives us (Mee-sear-lou) Misirlou.

Taboo – the Exotic Sounds of Arthur Lyman, Rhino, 1996

8. Afro-Celt Sound Sys ‘Go On Through’ Alb Tk 4 8.04

The Afro Celt Sound System is a musical group that fuses modern electronic dance rhythms with traditional Irish and West African music. Afro-Celt pays homage to a river that flows in Northern Ireland called Go On Through.

Afro-Celt Sound System Vol. 3: Farther In Time, Read World Records, 2001

9. Leticia Rodriguez Garza ‘Sagüita Al Bate’ Alb Tk 1 2.49

The tune (Sah-gee-tal Bate) Saguita Al Bate, lively and cleverly worked, is about a baseball player named Alberto (Sah-gee-tal-Bate) ‘Sagüita’ Hernandez and describes the lament of a man being driven crazy by his girlfriend’s obsession with baseball. Mexican singer (Lay-tee-see-ah) Rodriguez Garza treats us to her powerful voice with a taste of sassy percussion and crisp brass lines. Sagüita Al Bate, Leticia Rodriguez Garza, 2014

10. Cheb Khaled/Cheba Zahouania ‘The Ancestor’AfroLite B2 Tk4 7.20

Cheb Khaled, Cheba Zah-oua-nia, both Algerian raï singers blend their talents on, The Ancestor. Together, Terrascape Productions, 1998

11. Olga Tañón ‘Es Mentiroso’ #714 Tk 2 4.04

Puerto Rico’s Olga Tahn-yone, winner of multiple grammy and Latin grammy awards, renders Es Men-tee-ro-so (It’s A Liar). A song about a lying lover.

100% Merengue, Warner Music Latina, 2006

12. Baabal Maal ‘Kowoni Maayo (Mi Yeewnii)’ Tk 10 5.49

Baaba Maal is a Senegalese singer and guitarist born in (Poo-DURE’) Podor, on the Senegal River. In addition to acoustic guitar, he also plays percussion. He has released several albums, both for independent and major labels. This is Maal with Missing You (Mi Yeewnill). Missing You (mi yeewnii), Palm Pictures, 2001

13. Black Umfolosi ‘Inobembela Njiba’ Alb Tk 4 3.19

Zimbabwe’s Black Umfolosi, an A cappella singing and traditional dance group specialize in imbube music, gumboot dance and Zulu dance. Representing their country, Umfolosi presents Ingoma Yak-we-thu (Catch Our Song). Festival Umdlalo, World Circuit, 1993

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14. Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan/Peter Gabriel ‘Taboo’ Alb Tk 3 4.19

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, was a legendary Punjabi musician from Pakistan, primarily a singer of devotional music of the Sufis (a mystical traditions of Islam). Today, he is remembered as one of if not the single greatest singer Pakistan has ever produced. He is joined by composer Peter Brian Gabriel, an English singer-songwriter, musician and humanitarian activist who rose to fame as the lead vocalist and flautist of the progressive rock band Genesis. Ali Khan and Gabriel perform Taboo.

Voices Of The Real World, Real World Records, 2000

15. Clannad ‘TransAtlantic’ Alb Tk 3 3.57

Kla-nad is an Irish band formed in 1970 in Gwee-dore, County Donegahl. Their music has been variously described as bordering on folk and folk rock, traditional Irish, Celtic and New Age, often incorporating elements of an even broader spectrum of smooth jazz and Gregorian chant. With their first appearance on Hg, Klan-ad introduces TransAtlantic. Nádúr, ARC Music Productions, 2013

16. Siegfried Behrend & DZO Chamber Orchestra ‘Concerto For Lute and Plucked Strings I. Moderato’ Alb Tk 7 (2:55)

Siegfriend Behrend was a German classical guitarist and composer, whose repertoire includes Concerto for Lute and Plucked Strings1. Moderato, featuring the D-Z-O Chamber Orchestra. The Grand Budapest Hotel Movie Soundtrack, 2014

17. 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 Irish Sean nós singing tradition. Lenard showcases his talent on Eleanor Plunkett.

30 Real World AT WOMAD, Real World Records, 2012

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

With Sus Tambores, this is Totó la Mom-po-sina, Colombian singer of Afro-Colombian and Indigenous descent and La Sombra Negra (The Black Shadow).

Voices Of The Real World, Real World Records, 2000

19. Daby Touré ‘Kelimanta’ CD 1 Tk 2 3:11

Raised in Senegal, here is the artist Daby Touré with Ke-li-man-ta.

BBC Awards For World Music, Manteca, 2006

20. Papa Wemba ‘Rail On’ Alb Tk 5 2.26

Papa Wemba is a world renowned Congolese rumba musician, one of Africa‘s most popular musicians, and certainly a prominent figure in World music with Rail On.

Emotion, Real World Records, 1995

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21. Shu-De ‘Sygt, Khoomei, Kargyraa (Styles of Throat-Singing)’ Tk 1 1.12

The band Shu-de is known for its Tuva throat singing and interpretation of Sha-manic songs. Shamanic meaning, the Shaman spiritual practice that involves reaching altered states of consciousness as a means of encountering and interacting with the spirit world with a mission to channel such transcendental energies into the world via benevolent and ma-leh-volent spirits. The end purpose is to be transformed by a higher deity to heal and make the damaged world, whole.

Voices Of The Real World, Real World Records, 2000

22. Leticia Rodriguez Garza ‘Incertidumbre’ Alb Tk 2 4.17

Here again is Mexican singer (Lay-tee-see-ah) Rodriguez Garza treats us to her powerful voice with a taste of sassy percussion and crisp brass lines. Garza and friends showcase EEN-sear-tee-dome-bray (Uncertainty). Sagüita Al Bate, Leticia Rodriguez Garza, 2014

23. Shira u’tfila ‘Khasapikos’ Sglns #69 Tk 4 5:16

The Sephardic music group Shira utila based in Belgrade, Serbia sustains that Balkan sound with Kah-sah-pee-kos, (The Butcher’s Dance). The sound is steeped in Judeo-Spanish, Balkan and Arabic musical traditions.

Songlines Compilation CD #69, July Issue 2010, Songlines Magazine, 2010

24. Madeleine Peyroux ‘Don’t Wait Too Long’ CD2 3.12

Madlyn Peh-row is an American jazz singer, songwriter, and guitarist noted for her vocal style, that pays homage to the legendary Billie Holiday. Pehrow sings Don’t Wait Too Long. Starbucks – A 40th Anniversary Collection, Universal Music, 2011

25. Paquito D’ Rivera ‘Vals Venzolano’ Alb Tk 6 2.12

D’Rivera, is a Cuban alto-saxophonist, clarinetist and soprano saxophonist and winner of multiple Grammy awards with pianist Pablo Zinger, Paquito D’ Rivera renders one of his manyself penned works, titled, Vals Ven-so-lah-no (Waltz).

Chamber Music from the South, Brazil Mix House, 1997

26. Remmy Ongala/Orchestre Super Matimila‘Nasikitika’CD1Tk11 6:24

A Part of the soukous music scene, Remmy Ongala was a Tanzanian guitarist and singer – born in Kindu near the Tanzanian border, in what is now the Democratic Republic of Congo. Ongala with his Orchestre Super Mati-mila. His music performed in Kiswahili, introduces reoccurring themes linked to equality and justice as with Na-si-kitika – I Regret. 30 Real World AT WOMAD, Real World Records, 2012

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27. Hugh Masekela ‘District Six’ Soulplay #7 Tk 1 6.21

The Hugh Masekela story is a long and exciting one. This South African based trumpeter, two time Grammy award winning artist is Africa´s most important jazz and world musician. He has covered the globe and played with just about every top star you can think of. In the style of what’s called township Jive, District Six, led by Masekela (and at the time a rising local singer named Corlea), is the name of the former inner-city residential area in Cape Town, South Africa. The area is infamously known for the forced removal of over 60,000 of its inhabitants during the 1970s by the apartheid regime.

Revival, The Icon Group, 2004

28.The Budos Band ‘Shattered Winds’ Alb Tk 4 2.41

The Budos Band is an instrumental band recording on the Daptone Records label. The band has ten members who play instrumental music that is self-described by the band as “Afro-Soul”. The repertoire includes, Shattered Winds.

Burnt Offering, Daptone Records, 2014

29. Khun Narin ‘Sut Sanaen #2’ Alb Tk 3 4.36

Thailand’s Khun Narin, a modest collective of musicians from a small village, has an intriguing percussive and electric sound. Khun Narin, no longer an obscure band, introduces to an adaptation of the traditional song Sut Sa-na-en #2 .

Electric Phin Band, Innovative Leisure, 2014

30. Jiggy ‘Jealousy’ Alb Tk 4 4.00

Here is an emerging Nigerian artist named Jiggy with the tune Jealousy from his new 2014 release, Oir on Paradise Records. Ori, Paradise Records, 2014

31. The Touré-Raichel Collective ‘From End To End’ Alb Tk 1 4.16

Idan Raichel and Vieux Farka Touré perform From End To End (

The Paris Session, Cumbancha, 2014

32. Spiro ‘The City And The Stars’ CD2 Tk 14 4:15

Presenting the work The City And The Stars, here is Spiro an instrumental musical group based in Bristol, England with an interest in fusing minimalist classical influences with the traditional music of the North of England.

30 Real World AT WOMAD, Real World Records, 2012

33. Oumar Konaté ‘Addoh’ Alb Tk 1 5.21

Here is Ou-mar Ko-nate front door in Gao, Mali with his first band. That was the mid-80’s, today, he’s one of Mali’s emerging artist, again performing at the MWMF this fall. Konate sings Ah-do, a sad tale about a young girl who cries as she’s taken to her new husband’s house, forced to marry someone she doesn’t love.

Addoh, Clermont Music, 2014

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34. The Touré-Raichel Collective ‘Hodu’ Alb Tk 3 3.27

THE TOURÉ-RAICHEL COLLECTIVE, is an ACCLAIMED COLLABORATION BETWEEN ISRAELI POP STAR IDAN RAICHEL AND RENOWNED MALIAN MUSICIAN VIEUX FARKA TOURÉ. The, PARIS SESSION, this Tuesday, SEPTEMBER 30, 2014 ON CUMBANCHA Records, the new release includes Hodu. The Paris Session, Cumbancha, 2014

35. Stan Getz/Charlie Byrd ‘Samba De Uma Nota Só’ Tk 5 6:13

Two of the most important figures in all of jazz meet at the same musical intersection. Charlie Byrd, American guitarist, best known for his association with Brazilian music, particularly bossa nova and Stan Getz, American jazz saxophonist known as “The Sound” because of his warm, lyrical, wispy, and mellow timbre emblematic of his idol, Lester Young. Getz and Byrd put their signature on Samba Jue Mah-Noh-tah-saw (One Note Samba Only). Jazz Samba, Verve, 1997

36. Zingaros ‘Tutti Frutti’ Alb Tk 4 3.08

With the selection Trutti Frutti, Zingaros the band was formed in winter 2004, when the guitar and violin duo got together by chance after jamming. Later, the duo added an accordion player. The elaborated fusion of Slavonic gypsy music, tango flavor, Hot Club nuances, and contemporary chords, opened up unexplored horizons for this Argentinian ensemble. Gitano, ARC, 2013

37. Afro-Celt Sound Sys ‘Colossus’ Tk 2 6.48

The Afro Celt Sound System is a musical group that fuses modern electronic dance rhythms with traditional Irish and West African music. Afro-Celt pays homage to a river that flows in Northern Ireland called Colossus.

Afro-Celt Sound System Vol. 3: Farther In Time, Read World Records, 2001

38. Peliroja ‘Te Wa’ Tumbar’ Alb Tk 5 4.54

Here a piece of music introducing the New York-based world music collective, (Pay-lee-row-hah), Redhead with (Tay wah Tum-bar).

Injusticia, Chulo, 2014

39. Concha Buika ‘No Habra Nadie en el Mundo’ (MINI) Tk 5 3.53

Concha Buika is a Spanish singer. Her album Niña de Fuego was nominated for the 2008 Latin Grammy Award for Album of the Year. La Fall-sah MO-ney-da (The False Coin) appears on the recording. Nina de Fuego, Warner Music Spain, S.A., 2008

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Incues

8P Opening

1. Zingaros ‘7 Sisters’ Alb Tk 7 3:45

With the selection 7 Sisters, Zingaros the band was formed in winter 2004, when the guitar and violin duo got together by chance after jamming. Later, the duo added an accordion player. The elaborated fusion of Slavonic gypsy music, tango flavour, Hot Club nuances, and contemporary chords, opened up unexplored horizons for this Argentinian ensemble. Gitano, ARC, 2013

2. The Touré-Raichel Collective ‘Debo’ Alb Tk 8 4.28

THE TOURÉ-RAICHEL COLLECTIVE, is an ACCLAIMED COLLABORATION BETWEEN ISRAELI POP STAR IDAN RAICHEL AND RENOWNED MALIAN MUSICIAN VIEUX FARKA TOURÉ. The, PARIS SESSION, this Tuesday, SEPTEMBER 30, 2014 ON CUMBANCHA Records, the new release includes Debo. The Paris Session, Cumbancha, 2014

3. Kiran Ahluwalia ‘Sanata’ Alb Tk 3 6.31

Kiran Ahluwalia is an Indo-Canadian singer who performs her own musical arrangements of ancient Persian and Punjabi Ghazals, or poems. Ahluwalia sings Sanata…this is the deafening stillness of having left you she sings…he certainty of breaking the knot will eventually dawn on me.

Sanata: Stillness, +FE Music/Hard Boiled, 2014

4. Papa Wemba ‘Yolele’ Alb Tk 1 3.24

Papa Wemba is a world renowned Congolese rumba musician, one of Africa‘s most popular musicians, and certainly a prominent figure in World music with Yolele.

Emotion, Real World Records, 1995

5. Ayub Ogada ‘Thum Nyatiti’ Alb Tk 4 2.43

Kenyan musician Ayub Ogada gives us a taste of his music called Thum N’ya-titi

En Mana Kuoyo, Real World Records, 2007

7. Leticia Rodriguez Garza ‘La Cumbancha’ Alb Tk 3 3.25

Here again is Mexican singer (Lay-tee-see-ah) Rodriguez Garza treating us to her powerful voice with a taste of sassy percussion and crisp brass lines. Garza and friends share the number La Cumbancha. Sagüita Al Bate, Leticia Rodriguez Garza, 2014

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Incues

9P Opening

1. Tshala Muana, ‘Banda Yango’ Alb Tk 1 6:33

Shah-lah mwah-nah is from the Democratic Republic Of Congo. She first made her mark as a dancer in a style called Mu-tu-a-shi, popular in her Luba Tribe. Muana sings Banda Yango. Mutuashi, Stern’s Music, 1996

2. Kiran Ahluwalia ‘Jaane Na’ Alb Tk 2 4.26

Kiran Ahluwalia is an Indo-Canadian singer who performs her own musical arrangements of ancient Persian and Punjabi Ghazals, or poems. Ahluwalia sings Ja-ane Na, No one knows my heart…there is a room inside me with a sign that says do not enter.

Sanata: Stillness, +FE Music/Hard Boiled, 2014

3. Jiggy ‘Break Your Spell’ Alb Tk 1 4.26

Once again this is emerging Nigerian artist Jiggy with the tune Break Your Spell from his new 2014 release, Oir on Paradise Records. Ori, Paradise Records, 2014

4. Peliroja ‘Mal Carrusel’ Alb Tk 8 4.54

Here a piece of music introducing the New York-based world music collective, (Pay-lee-row-hah), Redhead with (Mal Car-roo-sell). Injusticia, Chulo, 2014

6. Leticia Rodriguez Garza ‘Milonga Sentimental’ Alb Tk 4 3.24

Here again is Mexican singer (Lay-tee-see-ah) Rodriguez Garza treating us to her powerful voice with a taste of sassy percussion and crisp brass lines. Garza and friends perform Mee Longa Sen-TEE’-men-tahl.

7. Concha Buika ‘La Falsa Moneda’ Buika (MINI) Tk 1 3.35

Concha Buika is a Spanish singer. Her album Niña de Fuego was nominated for the 2008 Latin Grammy Award for Album of the Year. La Fall-sah MO-ney-da (The False Coin) appears on the recording. Nina de Fuego, Warner Music Spain, S.A., 2008

8. Afro-Celt Sound Sys ‘Lagan’ Tk 3 4.36

The Afro Celt Sound System is a musical group that fuses modern electronic dance rhythms with traditional Irish and West African music. Afro-Celt pays homage to a river that flows in Northern Ireland called Lagan.

Afro-Celt Sound System Vol. 3: Farther In Time, Read World Records, 2001

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Incues

10P Opening

PLAYLIST

1. The Touré-Raichel Collective ‘Gassi Gabbi’ Alb Tk 4 1.29

THE TOURÉ-RAICHEL COLLECTIVE, is an ACCLAIMED COLLABORATION BETWEEN ISRAELI POP STAR IDAN RAICHEL AND RENOWNED MALIAN MUSICIAN VIEUX FARKA TOURÉ. The, PARIS SESSION, this Tuesday, SEPTEMBER 30, 2014 ON CUMBANCHA Records, the new release includes Gassi Gabbi. The Paris Session, Cumbancha, 2014

2. Papa Wemba ‘Mandola’ Alb Tk 2 3.50

Papa Wemba is a world renowned Congolese rumba musician, one of Africa‘s most popular musicians, and certainly a prominent figure in World music with Mandola.

Emotion, Real World Records, 1995

3. Ayub Ogada ‘En Mana Kuoyo’ Alb Tk 10 3.54

Kenyan musician A-yub O-gada gives us a taste of his music on En Mana Ku-oyo, the title of his 2007 release on Real World Records.

En Mana Kuoyo, Real World Records, 2007

4. Zingaros ‘Rio de horo’ Alb Tk 12 3.33

With the selection Rio de Horo, Zingaros the band was formed in winter 2004, when the guitar and violin duo got together by chance after jamming. Later, the duo added an accordion player. The elaborated fusion of Slavonic gypsy music, tango flavour, Hot Club nuances, and contemporary chords, opened up unexplored horizons for this Argentinian ensemble. Gitano, ARC, 2013

5. The Budos Band ‘Into The Fog’ Alb Tk 1 4.48

The Budos Band is an instrumental band recording on the Daptone Records label. The band has ten members who play instrumental music that is self-described by the band as “Afro-Soul”. The repertoire includes Into the Fog.

Burnt Offering, Daptone Records, 2014

6. Khun Narin ‘Lai Sing’ Alb Tk 2 4.38

Thailand’s Khun Narin, a modest collective of musicians from a small village, has an intriguing percussive and electric sound. Khun Narin, no longer an obscure band, introduce us to an adaptation of another traditional song titled Lai Sing.

Electric Phin Band, Innovative Leisure, 2014

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Outcues

7P Close

Bio Ritmo ‘Asia Minor’ Alb Tk 11 4.21

Introducing Bio Ritmo, World Music Network, 2012

8P Close

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan ‘The Game’ #714 Tk 3 5.02

Mustt Mustt, Real World Records, 1990

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Rodrigo y Gabriela ‘Viking Man’ Tk 2 4.01

Rodrigo y gabriela, Rubyworks, 2006

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Olga Tañón ‘Es Mentiroso’ #714 Tk 2 4.04

100% Merengue, Warner Music Latina, 2006