Groovy Ethiopia (#1450)

Hour 1 (artist – song – album):
Tezeta Band – Drop It! – Beyond Addis (Contemporary Jazz & Funk Inspired By Ethiopian Sounds From the 70’s)
Hoodna Orchestra – Yelben (feat. Tesfaye Negatu) – Yelben / Beza (feat. Tesfaye Negatu) – Single
Arat Kilo – Addis Polis – AK
Anbessa Orchestra – Gurage – Negestat
Ogun Afrobeat – Afroshark (feat. Javier Paxariño & Kaveh Sarvarian) – UNITE
Yegna – And Edil – Best of Yegna
Yasuhiro Mori – Meche Neow – Ethio Breaks
Mulatu Astatke – Gamo – Sketches of Ethiopia (Bonus Track Version)
De la Abesh – Xirak’s Tizita Jam (excerpt) – Addis
Alemayehu Eshete – Yelben Betayiw – Éthiopiques, Vol. 9: Alèmayèhu Eshèté (1969-1974)
Netsanet Melesse – Semerelign – Furtuna
Meklit – Yerakeh Yeresal (feat. Andrew Bird) – When the People Move, the Music Moves Too
Kirubel Assefa – Dimtsepia – Dimtsepia
Akalé Wubé – Alègntayé (feat. Genet Asefa) – Sost
Imperial Tiger Orchestra – Bemgnot Alnorem – Mercato

Hour 2:
Debo Band – Trek From Ethiopia,Pt. 1 – Beyond Addis (Contemporary Jazz & Funk Inspired By Ethiopian Sounds From the 70’s)
Badume’s Band – Yemewded Neger – Qelemewa – EP
Damakase – Tizu Konjo Wusha – Gunfan Yellem!
Bole 2 Harlem – Bole 2 Harlem – Bole 2 Harlem, Vol. 1
Molly Tigre – Hello Bolly – Molly Tigre
The Selenites Band – Yekatit (Funky Bijou Remix) – Ethio Jazz Groove Project
Ka-La-Ka Afro Beat Band – Every do it your own way – Soul Ethiopia
Krar Collective – Mr Astatke – Ethiopia Super Krar
Ménélik Wossenachew – Chereka – Mekaberene Liyew / Chereka
Sun Hop Fat – Yègellé Tezeta – Sun Hop Fat
Woima Collective – Woima – Beyond Addis (Contemporary Jazz & Funk Inspired By Ethiopian Sounds From the 70’s)
Gigi w/Material – Gudfela – Mesgana Ethiopia
Ethioda – Musicawi Silt – Ethiopian Jazz Groove

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Global Songs of War and Peace (#1226)Global Songs of War and Peace (#1226)

Originally assembled as a collections about war and peace for Memorial Day in the USA, this playlist works just as well in light of the smaller but no less devastating violence of school shootings. Violence is a problem in many cultures, as these songs illustrate. We need to do better, and soon.

Hour 1
Vieux Farka Touré & Julia Easterlin – Masters of War – Touristes
Atamina – When Two Elephants Fight – Sycophantic Friends
Phạm Mộng Hải – For the Fallen – Hanoi Masters: War Is a Wound, Peace Is a Scar
Yuriy Gurzhy & Wladimir Kaminer vs. Zelwer – The New Adventures Of Soldier Tufaiev – Electric Gypsyland 2
Balkan Beat Box – War Again – Blue Eyed Black Boy
Karibuni Addis – No Child Soldier – Back Road to Ethiopia
Hadag Nahash – War – 6
Amabutho – Amabutho (the Warriors) – Sikelela
Mary Jane Lamond & Wendy MacIsaac – Oran an t-Saighdeir/The Soldier’s Song – Seinn
Haris Alexiou – Soldier – Mondo Greece
Aditya Prakash Ensemble – The Warrior (feat. B.C. Manjunath & Josh Johnson) – Diaspora Kid
Yannick Noah – War / No More Trouble – Hommage
Soweto String Quartet – Ukusina Kwa Mabutho (The Dance of the Warriors) – Millennia
Moana & The Tribe – Warrior Woman – Rima
André Sampaio – Stop Fighting Immigrants (feat. Okwei Odili) – Alagbe

Hour 2
Invisible System – Kele (War) – Dance to the Full Moon
Chopteeth Afrofunk Big Band – Warriors – Bone Reader
Morgane Ji – Woman Soldier – Woman Soldier
Warsaw Village Band – When Johnny Went to Fight In the War – Uprooting
FolkBeat – Сила Богатырская/The Strength of the Warriors – I’m Marching on My Own
Nytt Land – The Last War – The Last War – EP
De’Anza – War – Cosmic Dream
Ahmed Mukhtar – After the War – The Road To Baghdad
Baaba Maal – War – The Traveller
Tony Allen – Don’t Fight (edit) – Homecooking
Achien’g Abura – Spirit of a Warrior – Spirit of a Warrior
Chiwoniso – Rebel Woman – Rebel Woman
Mari Boine, Chiwoniso & Banda Dida – War Leaves No Victors – Make Me a Channel of Your Peace

Cuban Flavors + more (#1247)Cuban Flavors + more (#1247)

Hour 1 (artist – song – album)
Celia Cruz & India – Oye Como Va – Salsa Divas
Oscar Pena – La Inflacion de Ofelia – Cuban Funk Experience
Ska Cubano – Ska Che – Mambo Ska
Buena Fe – Catalejo (2015) – Soy
Cuban Beats All Stars – Back Benny – La Receta
Yusa – Conga Pasajera (feat. Juan Carlos Marín) – Haiku
La Lupe – Busamba – Too Much
Jose Conde – Amor y Felicidad – Jose Conde
Telmary – Que Equivoca’o – A Diario
AfroCubism – Mariama (feat. Toumani Diabaté, Eliades Ochoa & Bassekou Kouyaté) – Afrocubism
Hilario Durán – Rumba de Cajón (leke-leke) – Contumbao
Avana – Loca – Mulata
Orquesta Akokán – Yo Soy para Tí – Orquesta Akokán
Orishas – Connexion – A Lo Cubano
Antonis Antoniou – Skarta dora – Throisma

Hour 2
Renata Flores – Francisca Pizarro – Isqun
Optur – Tømmerschottish – Nordic Free Folk
Ajimovoix Drums – Lamba (with C Blvck) – That Unserious Focus Boi (T.U.F.B)
Wesli – Trouba Ewa – Tradisyon
Golosa La Orquesta – Voy bajando por la quebrá (feat. Nano Stern) – Voy bajando por la quebrá (feat. Nano Stern) – Single
Oumou Sangaré – Wassulu Don – Timbuktu
Yungchen Lhamo – Monkey Mind – Awakening
Antonio Sanchez – Mi palabra (feat. Ana Tijoux) – SHIFT (Bad Hombre, Vol. II)
Josyara – CLARÃO – ÀdeusdarÁ
Radicanto – Ebla – Alla radici del canto
Frank Emilio Flynn – Santa Tae – Cuban Remix Project
Nini Music – Wukong – Legends – EP
Alune Wade – Celebration – Sultan
Trixstar – زن، زندگی، آزادی (Freedom for Iran) – زن، زندگی، آزادی (Freedom for Iran) single
Branko Galoic – Skakavac – Danse de la liberté
Otyken – Wild Siberia – Kykakacha

Global Songs of Resistance and Hope (#1366)Global Songs of Resistance and Hope (#1366)

Hour 1 (artist – song – album):
Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra – Better Days Gonna Come – Wild Peace
Eljuri – Resiste – Resiste
Süperstar Orkestar – Hope – Hope
Chiwoniso – Rebel Woman – Rebel Woman
Nitin Sawhney & Natacha Atls – Hope – Flying Carpet
Tribeqa – Better Days – Tribeqa
Abdelli – Asiram (Hope) – Among Brothers
The Sachal Ensemble – Get Up, Stand Up / Shalamar (feat. Cibo Matto) – Song of Lahore
Dawtas of Aya – Perseverança e Resistência – Be My Voice
Wally Warning – Hope for Tomorrow – Mama Nature
L’Ham de Foc – Rebels – Cançó de Dona I Home
Peace Development Crew – Better Days – Better Days
Vusi Mahlasela – Hope – Wisdom of Forgiveness
Chiwoniso – Brilliant – A New Hope Has Been Kindled – Make Me a Channel of Your Peace

Hour 2:
Sia Tolno – Rebel Leader – African Woman
Los de Abajo – Resistencia – LDA V The Lunatics
J.P. Bimeni – Give Me Hope – Give Me Hope
Pernett – La Resistencia – Sounds and Colours: 10 Years Anniversary Compilation
Linas Rimsa & Folk Group Arinushka – About Hope – Old Faith
Elemotho – Better Days – My Africa
Ozomatli – Love and Hope – Street Signs
Peeni Waali – Beacon of Hope – Peeni Waali
Westmoreland – Something Hopeful – Cast Fire
Bester Quartet – Hope – Krakoff
Pamela Lynn – Abundance of Hope – Fearless and Feminine: A Voice of Intuitive Rhythms
Ojos de Brujo – Get up Stand Up – Backspin: A Six Degrees 10 Year Anniversary Project