Songs of fools and games from around the planet to celebrate this April Fool’s day.
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Hour 1
Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars – I’m Not a Fool – Living Like a Refugee
Aka Pygmies – Child game – Nze-nze-nze – Musical Anthology Of The Aka Pygmies
Saimniekdeli – Rahu the Fool – Folk & great tunes from Latvia
Amampondo (Children’s game) – Cumbelele – Drums for Tomorrow (Re-Issue)
Axiom of Choice – Mystics and Fools – Unfolding
The Yandong Grand Singers – Kgus Weex Senh (Deliberately Feigning the Fool) – Everyone Listen Close
Dama & D’Gary – Mbola – The Fool At the Marketplace – The Long Way Home
Olga Avigail Mieleszczuk – Goodbye Odessa – Jewish Folksongs From The Shtetl
René Lacaille – Game Zoboc – Mapou
Spanglish Fly – Chain of Fools (feat. Snowboy) – Ay Que Boogaloo!
Mighty Sparrow – Fool Fool Fool – Sparromania! Wit, Wisdom & Soul From King Of Calypso 1960-1974
Anakronic Electro Orkestra – Why Is It Funny? (Remix) [feat. David Krakauer] – Speak With Ghosts
Mano Negra – The Fool – King of Bongo
Chuck Barrister and The Voices of Darkness – Be Kind, Be Foolish, Be Happy – The World Ends-Afro Rock and Psychedelia in 1970s Nigeria
Hour 2
Iyasa – Amadebhula (A Counting Children’s Game) – Lullabies Schlaf Gut, Suesser Mond
Yale Strom’s Broken Consort – The Fool over Yonder – Shimmering Lights
Rim Banna – April Blossoms – April Blossoms: Songs from Palestine Dedicated to All the Children
Afrolicious – Foolin’ – A Dub for Mali – Single
Kuku – Is It All a Game (Séré Ni Ilé Ayé) – Ballads & Blasphemy (The Areligious Gospel of Adebola Kuku)
Nemanja – The Fool – Tarot Funk
Youssou N’Dour – Joker (feat. Patrice) – Dakar – Kingston
Shara’s Simsim – Traditional Game Song – Sesame Street Playground
Papa Siama with Auntie Dallas – Monkey Game – The Land of Yangalele
Talvin Singh & Niladri Kumar – Play – Together
Svjata Vatra – Ty zh mene pidmanula / You tricked me and let me down – Maailm, Sa Muutud / Svit, Ty Miniaeschia
Mynta – Playing – First Summer
Perkalaba – Pisyuny – !Chydro
Flyzzah – Море (Скрябіна) – Тепло За Годину (Warm for an Hour)