ProgramThis Island Earth: Recent Acquisitions
Hosted ByAlnoor Allidina
Date1:00 PM on Apr. 29th, 2012
Alnoor Allidina presents a host of 2012 acquisitions, including Chicha Libre, The (Vieux Farka) Tourée-Raichel Collective, David Krakauer, Spanglish Fly, Rocket Juice & The Moon (Tony Allen + Flea + Damon Albarn), and on and on. In summary: a wonderfully eclectic afternoon of Earthling music!
Artist Album Track Label  
We begin the program with a postlude to our Second Annual Awards Show Show, where we surveyed the nominees in the world music categories of various awards. No real surprises in the North American wards: Tinariwen picked up the Grammy, and Kiran Ahluwalia got the Juno. In France, Tinariwen was bested by Jehro, who won the Victoire de la Musique for world music ablum of the year.
Jehro Cantina Paradise Why Me? Warner Music France   
Kiran Ahluwalia Aam Zameen: Common Ground Yaar Naal World Connection 
Tinariwen Tassili Walla Illa Anti   
We devote the rest of the program to recent acquisitions. Enjoy!

Let's begin with the "heavy" soul sounds of German-Nigerian Nneka. Maybe you caught her performance in Lorient, France yesterday? No? Nor did we -- here's a taste of her latest album.
Nneka Soul Is Heavy Soul Is Heavy Decon   
Nneka Soul Is Heavy Shining Star Decon   
Nneka Soul Is Heavy V.I.P. Decon   
Two New York-based bands up next. Chicha Libre is heavily influenced by surf and Peruvian pop. Spanglish Fly is focused on reviving and spreading the message of boogaloo. The message apparently is: "dance!"

Both bands are quite active currently; Chicha Libre just finished up a South American tour, and Spanglish fly plays regularly in and around NYC.

http://chichalibre.com
http://spanglishfly.com/
Chicha Libre Sonido Amazonico Popcorn Andino Barbès   
Chicha Libre Sonido Amazonico Primavera en la Selva Barbès   
Chicha Libre Sonido Amazonico Six Pieds Sous Terre Barbès   
Spanglish Fly Latin Soul Y Bugalú Think (Pensamiento) Spanglish Fly   
Spanglish Fly Latin Soul Y Bugalú Let My People Bugalú Spanglish Fly   
Spanglish Fly Latin Soul Y Bugalú New York Soul Spanglish Fly   
From the "if you can imagine it, it exists" file. Remember when you imagined how great it would be if Tony Allen recorded an album with Flea (Red Hot Chili Peppers) and Damon Albarn (Blur, Gorrilaz)? Well, it happened, and just like in your imagination, they called themselves Rocket Juice & The Moon.
Rocket Juice & The Moon Rocket Juice & The Moon Forward Sweep Honest Jon's 
Rocket Juice & The Moon Rocket Juice & The Moon Follow-Fashion (feat. Fatoumata Diawara & M.anifest) Honest Jon's 
Rocket Juice & The Moon Rocket Juice & The Moon Lolo (feat. Fatoumata Diawara & M.anifest) Honest Jon's 
Next up: a great new compilation put out by Electric Cowbell Records. From their website:

"Electric Cowbell Records is a Brooklyn-based record label started by Jim Thomson that releases vinyl 45 records with no genre-specific agenda. Songs released on Electric Cowbell will also be available for downloads."

http://electric-cowbell.com
Karthala 72 For Whom The Cowbell Tolls Dans Le Couer Du Feu Electric Cowbell 
NO BS! Brass For Whom The Cowbell Tolls NO BS! Brass Electric Cowbell 
Polythythmics For Whom The Cowbell Tolls Pink Wasabi Electric Cowbell 
Bossa For Whom The Cowbell Tolls Os Magrelos Electric Cowbell 
Since we're imagining things today, how about that time you imagined Leonard Cohen arranged for ukele, and played by Hawaiian ukele virtuoso Jake Shimabukuro? That happened too.

http://jakeshimabukuro.com
Jake Shimabukuro Peace Love Ukulele Hallelujah Hitchhike Records   
Remi Kabaka Black Goddess The Quest Soundway   
Remi Kabaka Black Goddess Slave March Soundway   
Israeli pianist and singer Idan Raichel met Vieux Farka Touré in a German airport in 2008. The chance meeting led to a November 2010 recording session, and a 2012 album release.

http://www.toureraichel.com/
The Touré-Raichel Collective The Tel Aviv Session Azawade Cumbancha 
The Touré-Raichel Collective The Tel Aviv Session Experience Cumbancha 
Debashish Bhattacharya Live In Calcutta Maru Bihag Gat And Jhala In Drut Tintala Network   
David Krakauer fits in perfectly with the eclectic nature of This Island Earth. He is a world renown clarinetist, known both for his work in classical music as well as klezmer. This disc finds him collaborating with Canadian hip-hop artist Socalled.

http://www.davidkrakauer.com
David Krakauer Bubbemeises - Lies My Gramma Told Me B Flat à la Socalled (feat. Socalled & Klezmer Madness) Label Bleu   
David Krakauer Bubbemeises - Lies My Gramma Told Me Ms N.C (feat. Socalled & Klezmer Madness) Label Bleu   
David Krakauer Bubbemeises - Lies My Gramma Told Me Long… Short, Long (les colocs) (feat. Socalled & Klezmer Mad Label Bleu   
We finish the program with a longer cut, recorded in 1965. Kulu Se Mama was composed by Juno Lewis, who also plays percussions and sings on the track.
John Coltrane Kulu Se Mama Kulu Se Mama (Juno Se Mama) Impulse!   
Canadian content New release
Interactive CKCU
Alnoor Allidina

Today's program is brought to you by imagination. Hope you enjoy it!

1:09 PM 29-Apr-2012
Colin

Awesome cover of popcorn! It's been a while since I heard the Hot Butter version!

1:37 PM 29-Apr-2012
Alnoor Allidina

It's been a while since I've heard the name Hot Butter! Glad you liked it.

3:04 PM 29-Apr-2012
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