Category: Playlists

Music from War Zones (#1232)Music from War Zones (#1232)

Ukraine isn’t the only conflict area in today’s world. The depressingly long list also includes Cameroon, Columbia, Iraq, Nigeria, Tanzania, Myanmar, Burkina Faso, Algeria, and others. (See this list of ongoing armed conflicts.) But in many places, people are still living, working, making music, falling in love, having kids. This music is a reminder of those people, with the hope that we can move beyond violence as a way of settling differences.

Hour 1
Ahmed Mukhtar – Dance of War – The Road To Baghdad
Yiddish Glory – My Mother’s Grave (feat. Loyko) – The Lost Songs of World War II
Dhafer Youssef – Dance Layan Dance – Sounds of Mirrors
Hudaki Village Band – Dana Maye Dana – Yo!
Vasily Gontarsky – Сільвер Боб (Silver Bob) – Сільвер Боб (Silver Bob)
Invisible System – Kele (War) – Dance to the Full Moon
Luman Seidjalilov – Tym-Tym – Legend of Crimean Tatar Music
Tondo – Shakaza – Tanzanian Classics
Hassouna Bangaladish – Dam-Et El Shouq (Tears of Longing) – Hossam Ramzy Presents Azza: Music from Sudan
Ndala Kasheba – Kadi Ya Njano – Yellow Card
Jeli Moussa Sissoko – Sirifo Haidara – Ballaké (Kora Music From Mali)
Jawhar – Shahrayar Blues – Qibla Wa Qobla

Hour 2
Emmanuel Jal – Gua – The Rough Guide to the Music of Sudan
Omar Souleyman – Aenta Lhabbeytak – To Syria, With Love
Konsonans Retro – Kurka Chubaturka – A Podolian Affair
Cumbia en Moog – Cumbia de Sal – Cumbia de Sal
Kady Diarra – Laada – Musique Traditionnelle Du Burkina-Faso
Los Folkloristas – El Diablo (Son Terracalenteño, Guerrero) – México
Yemen Blues – Eli – Yemen Blues
Zafa – Wasmaee – Funky Grooves of Yemen
Farhad Darya – Salaam Afghanistan – The Rough Guide to the Music of Afghanistan
Marianna Sadovska – Cycle of Wedding Songs: Oi zasvity maty svichku/Sy plavalo sire utia/Za khatoiu/Dai u sinechkakh – Songs I Learned In Ukraine
Pisyuny – Perkalaba – Dido
Eyuphuro – Othiawene – Yellela
Gnawa Diffusion – Reche sous le chèche – Algeria
Haydamaky – Yidu tramvayem (I take the tram) – Kobzar

Global Cover Songs and other delights (#1231)Global Cover Songs and other delights (#1231)

Lots of world-music covers of popular songs this week, along with a few other treats at the end of the show. Enjoy!

Hour 1
Merengada – No Woman No Cry (Salsa Version) – Claude Challe Presents Lovely Reprises By K’lid
Corneille – Africain a New York – The Birth of Cornelius
Eliades Ochoa – All Along the Watchtower – From Another World: A Tribute to Bob Dylan
Tony Succar – Black or White – Unity: The Latin Tribute to Michael Jackson
Baba Yaga – Back in the USSR – Secret Combination
Reptile Palace Orchestra – The Devil Went Down To Plovdiv – XOPO.1
Le Grand Orchestre Du Comptoir De Marrakech – Take Khamsa (Take Five) – Claude Challe Presents Lovely Reprises By K’lid
Uakti – Get Back – Beatles
autorickshaw – Caravan – Four Higher
Cedella Marley – Misunderstood – Celebrating Nina: A Reggae Tribute to Nina Simone
Ladysmith Black Mambazo And Kermit The Frog – African Alphabet – Songs From The Street: 35 Years Of Music – The Ultimate Sesame Street Music Collection
Angelique Kidjo – Voodoo Chile (Slight Return) – Keep On Moving – The Best Of
Malik Adouane – Papa Was a Rolling Stone – Orientale Fever and Funk Music – Spectacle
Lungiswa – Inner City Blues Xhosa – Ekhaya

Hour 2
Somi – House of the Rising Sun – Zenzile: The Reimagination of Miriam Makeba
Susheela Raman – Trust in Me – Salt Rain
Yuval Ron Ensemble – Imagine – Unity of the Heart
Ester Rada – Feeling Good – I Wish – EP
Brass-A-Holics – Happy Birthday Hallelujah – I Am a Brass-a-Holic
Eva B – Rozi – Rozi – Single
Júlia Kozáková – Kalo Kalo – MANUŠA
Clinton Fearon – Social Unrest – Breaking News
Juçara Marçal – Odumbiodé – Epdeb – EP
Zemi17 – Serra Tone – Gamelatron Bidadari
Punku – Pukllay – Punku
Marjan Vahdat – Tantanan – Our Garden is Alone
Héléna Recalde – No valentin – Karishina
Dobet Gnahoré – Lagô (feat. Kajeem) – Putumayo Discovery Presents World Party – EP

Zimbabwean Music and More (#1230)Zimbabwean Music and More (#1230)

ZimFest is this weekend, so we kick things off with an hour-ish of various Zim flavors, followed by a vigorous spin of the globe that takes us to India, Vietnam, Mali, Ghana, and elsewhere.

Hour 1
Ramadu – Thokoza (Be Happy) – Izambulelo – Traditional & Contemporary Music from Zimbabwe
Ephat Mujuru – Ta Tenda – Ancient Wisdom: Songs & Fables From Zimbabwe
Flavian Nyathi – Ropa Re Zimbabwe album cover Flavian Nyathi & Blues Revolution – Vumugabe – Ropa Re Zimbabwe
Mike Mopo & Zinawa – Aripo Ari Kununa – Tales of the Mbira – Modern and Ancient
Hallelujah Chicken Run Band – Kare Nanhasi – Take One
Tendai Muparutsa – Nyamaropa / Ngomkurira – Zimbabwe Acoustics
Zimbabwe Legit – Rhymin’ Wit the African Symphony – Brothers From the Mother
Oliver Mtukudzi – Mukombe – Wawona
Chiwoniso & Vibe Culture – Mukaranga Aneshanje – Timeless
Alport Astazio and The Kwana-Moto Band – Odoli [Puppets] – Rugare
Stella Chiweshe – Chachimurenga (Remastered) – Ambuya! (Remastered)
Mokoomba – Kulindiswe – Luyando
Jonah Sithole & The Deep Horizone – Ndinomutevera Mambo – ..present Zimbabwe Beat

Hour 2
Tocky Vibes – Man on a Mission – Villagers Money Greatest Hits
Atongo Zimba – Hello (feat. Paco Mendoza) – A to Z
Oumou Sangaré – Gniani Sara – Timbuktu
Jahzz – Rebels of Soul – Women – EP
Balaphonics – Golden Doudou – Spicy Boom Boom
Celtic Reggae Revolution – Ghandi’s Triumph (Instrumental) – Everything Comes to Those Who Wait
Saigon Soul Revival – Hào Hoa (feat. Blacka) – Hào Hoa (feat. Blacka) [Remixes]
Vilsevind – Staffansvisa från Orust – Julegille – EP
Jasdeep Singh Degun – Translucence (feat. Nitin Sawhney) – Anomaly
Pascuala Ilabaca y Fauna – Yma (Versión Álbum) – El Mito de la Pérgola
Toli Nameless & the Femme Nameless – Ibajekbe (What If) – Republicafrobeat vol. 5 – Mujeres 2
Darjala – Soloveyka – Podumayu, pogadayu
Russkaja – Kartuli Vino – Energia!
Alma Afrobeat Ensemble – Kudja – Toubab Soul

Top 10 World Music Albums, June edition (plus music for Juneteenth & Fathers’ Day) (#1229)Top 10 World Music Albums, June edition (plus music for Juneteenth & Fathers’ Day) (#1229)

Hear a song from each of the ten best new global albums, plus songs about dads and songs of freedom for Juneteenth.

Hour 1
#10 New Asia – Konokrad (horse thief) – Chorchok
#9 Grupo Rebolu – La Noche Perfecta – Mi Herencia (My Heritage)
#8 Oumou Sangaré – Wassulu Don – Timbuktu
#7 Kobo Town – Here by Chance – Carnival of the Ghosts
#6 Meïkhâneh – Bi – Chants du dedans, Chants du dehors
#5 Flo – Malemaritate – Brave Ragazze
#4 Auli – Zāļu Nasta Mugurā (feat. Banga) – Sit, Jānīti!
#3 Lucibela – Zum Zum – Amdjer
#2 Cimarron – El Gavilán (The Sparrow Hawk) – La Recia
#1 Leyla McCalla – Dodinin – Breaking the Thermometer
The Souljazz Orchestra – Freedom No Go Die – Freedom No Go Die
Hassan Hakmoun – Balili (My Father) – Unity
The Skatalites – Song for My Father – Walk With Me

Hour 2
Achanak – Dushman Da Badla (Freedom from Oppression) – 20 Years of Bhangra
Jon Batiste – FREEDOM – WE ARE
Daniel Kahn & The Painted Bird – Freedom Is a Verb – The Butcher’s Share
Djivan Gasparyan – Amen Hair Surb (All Fathers Are Holy) – The Soul of Armenia (Armenian Duduk)
O-Maya – Nothing Less Than Freedom – O-Maya
Melech Mechaya – Sweet Father – Budja Ba
Andy Palacio & The Garifuna Collective – Baba (Father) – Wátina
Rumba Caliente – Papa Was a Rolling Stone – The Rough Guide to Latin Rare Groove
Denagan Janvier Honfo – Papa – Kini Kana
Joseph Tawadros – Peace for My Father – Permission to Evaporate
Céu – Papa – Vagarosa
Apparatschik – Daddy – Aurora
Harry Belafonte – Oh, Freedom – American Wintertime
Bigflo & Oli – Papa (feat. Fabian Ordonez) – La vraie vie
Alain Ramanisum – Papa – Bat’ séga

Global Music Mixtape (#1228)Global Music Mixtape (#1228)

A mix of new and old tunes from all around the planet.

Hour 1
Ana Alcaide – Ecstasi – Ritual
Doctor L – Ibedji – Time Travelling
David Hillyard & The Rocksteady Seven – Maracatu Atômico – Plague Doctor
Baroque Jazz Trio – Delhi Daily – Pierre Barouh & The Saravah Sound
Madalitso Band – Mwaza – Musakayike
Grupo Rebolu – La Noche Perfecta – Mi Herencia (My Heritage)
Ahmed Saad – El Melouk (feat. 3enba & Double Zuksh) – El Melouk (feat. 3enba & Double Zuksh) – Single
Moktar Gania & Gnawa Soul – Al ‘Walidine – Masterisé
Dendê Macêdo – Crioula – Ago
Lucibela – Adeus Mama – Amdjer
Adrian Quesada – Mentiras Con Cariño (feat. iLe) – Boleros Psicodélicos
Jasdeep Singh Degun – Rageshri – Anomaly
Noori & His Dorpa Band – Saagama – Beja Power! Electric Soul & Brass from Sudan’s Red Sea Coast

Hour 2
Engin Gürkey – Nabiz-Kasbah – Balkanist
Goran Bregovic – Dikh Mo Vast – Karmen (With a Happy End)
Pisyuny – Perkalaba – Dido
Mista Savona – Solutions (We Can Do It) – Havana Meets Kingston, Pt. 2
Pacho Buscadoro & Putumayo – Mambo Hop (feat. Villalba) – Putumayo Discovery Presents Global Groove – EP
Luciano Lu – Terra Ardente (feat. Flavia Nascimento) – Confluens
Cimarrón – Cimarroneando – La Recia
Ba-Boom – Toque de Bamba – Incendeia
The Lost Clog a.k.a. Pamesta Klumpė – Sodai, sodai leliumoj – The Sparrow Made Some Beer
Kalyi Jag – Up Mother – Gipsy Love
Black Bazar – Zabouka – Black Bazar Round 2
Ethioda – Ambassel Groove (feat. Muyiwa Kunudji) – Tezet Reset
Celia Cruz – Cucala – Greatest Hits
Burlakat – Kun Mun Kulta – Tsastuska
Kaumaakonga – Taoba – Taoba
Bania Diwane – Baladji – Alwane

Brass Attack! (#1227)Brass Attack! (#1227)

Consider this show a warm-up to this weekend’s HonkFest West in Seattle. Both are a great collection of brass bands, street bands, and miscellaneous musical ruffians and anarchists.

Hour 1
Tokyo Brass Style – Suki Suki Song – Brasta Ghibli
Raul De Barros – Na Gloria – Brasil Trombone
LaBrassBanda – Kaffee vs. Bier – Danzn
Abraham Inc. – Trombonik – Tweet Tweet
The Original Pinettes Brass Band – We Got the Music – Finally
Bollywood Brass Band – Kehta Hai Mera Dil – Rahmania – The Music of A.R. Rahman
Intergalactic Brasstronauts – Made In Hong Kong – Music For the People
Džambo Aguševi Orchestra – Old Bazaar Groove – Brasses for the Masses
Fanfare Savale – Suita Lui Ernö – Speed Brass of the Gypsies
Schäl Sick Brass Band – Nzobu – Kesh Mesh
Hot 8 Brass Band – Let Me Do My Thing – Ghost Town / Let Me Do My Thing – Single
Jaipur Kawa Brass Band – Moriya – Fanfare Du Rajastan
Youngblood Brass Band – Brooklyn – Center: Level: Roar
Gran Afro Cuban Orchestra de Generoso Jiménez – Eso Es un Trombon – Generoso Que Bueno Toca Usted
Lagbaja – Mammoney Horns – Africano …The Mother of Groove

Hour 2
Konsonans Retro – Trombon Hora – A Podolian Affair
Black Market Brass – So Who, Pt. 2 – Undying Thirst
Brass Menazeri – Indijski Cocek – Brazen
Trombone Shorty – Vieux Carre – Say That to Say This
Va Fan Fahre – Desert Horns – Zet Je Maar
The M-9 – Marijo, deli bela kumrijo – Surdulica
Asiakwa Brass Band – Madamfo Pa – Asiakwa Brass Band
Kirubel Assefa – Dimtsepia – Dimtsepia
Menahan Street Band – Sleight of Hand – The Crossing
KINGDOM★AFROCKS – Anti Violence – Fanfare
Frente Cumbiero & Minyo Crusaders – Un Dos Kungfu – Minyo Cumbiero (From Tokyo to Bogota) – EP
Al Jawala – Schillers Banda – I Way To Äl
Viparat Piengsuwan – Cool Guy – Cool Guy – Single
The Bongo Hop – La Napa (feat. Nidia Góngora) – La Napa
Oumou Sangaré – Sarama – Timbuktu

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

Diverse Groups in World Music (#1225)Diverse Groups in World Music (#1225)

While “world music” seems diverse by nature, within it are collaborations and groups that bring together different musical traditions and create entirely new sounds. This show is a celebration of those fresh groupings.

Hour 1
Terrakota – World Massala – World Massala
Regis Gizavo, Louis Mhlanga and David Mirandon – International Rumba – Stories
Joe Driscoll & Sekou Kouyate – Tanama – Faya
Djivan Gasparyan & Michael Brook – Take My Heart – Black Rock
Congotronics International – Many Tongues in Our Band (feat. Deerhoof, Juana Molina, Kasai Allstars, Konono No 1, Wildbirds & Peacedrums & Skeletons) – Where’s the One? (feat. Deerhoof, Juana Molina, Kasai Allstars, Konono No 1, Wildbirds & Peacedrums & Skeletons)
Intended Immigration – Tangodeur (Unplugged) – Una Cartina
Monoswezi – Ndinewe – The Village
Playing for Change – War / No More Trouble (Remastered) – Songs Around the World (10 Year Anniversary Edition)
Cesária Evora – Crepuscular Solidao (feat. Bonnie Raitt) – Sao Vicente
Gilberto Gil & Vusi Mahlasela – The Beauty Of Our Land Ubuhle Bomhlaba – The South African Meeting Of Viramundo
Ballaké Sissoko & Vincent Segal – Future – Chamber Music
Margot Leverett & the Klezmer Mountain Boys – Cluck Ol’ Hen & Kolomeyke – Margot Leverett & The Klezmer Mountain Boys
Danny Michel & The Garifuna Collective – Sad and Beautiful World – Black Birds Are Dancing over Me

Hour 2
Ali Farka Toure & Ry Cooder – Keito – Talking Timbuktu
Guy Buttery & Kanada Narahari – Kya Baat (feat. Shane Cooper) – Nāḍī
Roberto Fonseca & Fatoumata Diawara – Sowa (Live) – At Home (Live In Marciac)
Omar Sosa & Seckou Keita – Mining-Nah (feat. Gustavo Ovalles) – Transparent Water
Issam Rafea & Gao Hong – Sunny Spirit (Live) – From Our World to Yours (Live)
Juju (Justin Adams & Juldeh Camara) – Waide Nayde – In Trance
Professeur Stefanov & Ray Lema – Afritude – Ray Lema, Professeur Stefanov et les voix bulgares de l’Ensemble Pirin
Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita – Tabadabang – Echo
Bela Fleck, V.M. Bhatt, Jie-Bing Chen – The Way of Love – Tabula Rasa
Samba Diabate & Vincent Zanett – Ipony Faasa – Kala Jula
Zawose & Brook – Chilumi Cha Kwetu: Voices From Home – Assembly
The Blassics – In a Sincere Way – Togetherings

Top 10 World Music Albums, May edition (#1224)Top 10 World Music Albums, May edition (#1224)

Hour 1
Congotronics International – Tita Tita (feat. Deerhoof, Juana Molina, Kasai Allstars, Konono No 1, Wildbirds & Peacedrums & Skeletons) – Where’s the One?
Somi – Umhome – Zenzile: The Reimagination of Miriam Makeba
Horzines Stara – Les bords de terre – Bord de Terres – Dubhe
Yungchen Lhamo – Nature’s Tears – Awakening
Julian Bel-Bachir – Wassa (feat. Lamine Sonko) – Babdoukkala
Oumou Sangaré – Degui N’Kelena – Timbuktu
Maga Bo – Cadê Zé (feat. Rosângela Macedo) – Amor (É Revolução)
New Asia – El Oyin – Chorchok
Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita – Dual Rising – Echo
Kobo Town – Shades of the Living – Carnival of the Ghosts
The Bongo Hop – Maydoum Hal (feat. Souad Asla) – La Napa
Dendê Macêdo – Epê Babá – Ago
S.O.A.P. & Reza Stax – Fautou (instrumental) – Expropriation Culturelle 2

Hour 2
Daniel Bellegarde – Non au racisme – Pastourelle
Paris Combo – Panic à bord – Quesaco?
Los Calvos – Pero en Caracas – …Y Que Calvos
Etno Grupa Gergina – Ja năjkucă vadra în mînă -Zavati mi dragi jofu vode – Dunăre, Dunăre
Kolonien – Springen – Till Skogen
KALUSH – Stefania (Kalush Orchestra) – Stefania (Kalush Orchestra) – Single
Manou Gallo – Amagnany – Dida
Peppe Aiello – Spriggiosa (feat. Zaira Magurano) – ‘Na stanza chiena ‘e ‘ncienzo (feat. Zaira Magurano) (feat. Zaira Magurano)
Dettmar Quartet – Hachamaim – Escales
Les Fils Canouche – N¯-5 – Nagori
Collectif Medz Bazar – Aysbes g’ella – Insanistan
Lily Henley – Morena Me Yaman (feat. Duncan Wickel & Haggai Cohen-Milo) – Oras Dezaoradas
Hadja Kouyate et Ali Boulo Santo – Sembéré – Manding-Ko
Maija Kauhanen – Menneet – Menneet
King Sunny Ade – Sunny Ti De Ariya – Juju Music

A Musical Celebration of Mothers (#1223)A Musical Celebration of Mothers (#1223)

Music for Mothers’ Day. Perhaps you know that Mothers’ Day in the US dates back to the Civil War period, and a movement by women to exert more control over their lives and over the politics of the nation. We’re still working on that, but there’s no shortage of great songs about motherhood.

Hour 1
Candido Oye-Oba – My Mother (Dedicated To All Mothers) – Adura Power
Zap Mama – The Mamas of the Mamas (Les Mama Des Mamas) – Sabsylma
Sia Tolno – Mama – African Woman
Anansy Cisse – Nia (Mothers) – Anoura
Cheb Khaled – Madre – World 2004
Yammi – Mother – Henna_Young Female Vocalists from Palestine
Teacher Jekyll – Bless the Mothers – Mercado
Bukky Leo – Precious Mother – Pulp Fusion – Africa Funk
Lord Tanamo – A Mother’s Love – I’m In the Mood for Ska
Drowned Songs – Mother My Mother – Russia 2018
Takashi Hirayasu & Bob Brozman – Haha No Uta (Song for Mother) – Nankuru Naisa
Guillaume Sanje Mpacko – Mama’m Iyo (Beloved Mother) – Praise and Celebration
Yellow Sisters – Máma – Zvěřinec
DANTCHEV:DOMAIN – What Did the Mother Say? – Say It
Toronto Tabla Ensemble – Prayer for the Mother – For the Love of Tabla

Hour 2
Mazigazi Band – Oh Mama! – Afrika Yetu
Damakase – Mother’s Love – Gunfan Yellem!
Sally Nyolo – Mama Say – La nuit à Fébé
Milli Janatková Quartet – My Dear Mother – To My Roots
Prince Nico Mbarga & Rocafil Jazz International – Sweet Mother (feat. Rocafill Jazz International) – The Best Of Music And Rhythm
Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita – Chaminuka – Echo
Maga Bo – Recado de Vovô (feat. Rosângela Macedo) – Amor (É Revolução)
FlyzZzA – Mope – Mope
Kobo Town – The Hidden Hand – Carnival of the Ghosts
Black Mango – The First Stone (feat. Anansy Cissé & Bocar Sana Coulibaly) – Quicksand
Dende Macado – Black Lives Matter – Ago
Dumza Maswana – Idinga Linzima – Celebrating African Song
Horzines Stara – Oshoï – Bord de Terres – Dubhe
Julian Belbachir – Berber Silver – Babdoukkala