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David Dalle
Thursday April 22nd, 2010 with David Dalle
New music from Sierra Leone, Brazil, and Tjadik classical maqam

Bute Vange
Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars - Rise & Shine - Cumbancha New
Tamagbondursu
Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars - Rise & Shine - Cumbancha New
Think Afrika
Seun Kuti & Fela's Egypt 80 - Seun Kuti - Disorient
Me Deixa em Paz
Orquestra Imperial - Carnaval so ano que vem - Totolo
Jogado Peito
Orquestra Contemporanea de Olinda - Orquestra Contemporanea de Olinda - Som Livre
Balcaoda Venda
Orquestra Contemporanea de Olinda - Orquestra Contemporanea de Olinda - Som Livre
J'ai deux amours
Nazare Pereira - Brazil Forro - Playasound
Llegada
Los Chiriguanos - Guarani Songs & Dances - Nonesuch
El Chupino
Los Chiriguanos - Guarani Songs & Dances - Nonesuch
A gorgeous continuous suite of music from Samarkand in Uzbekistan stretches languorously over 70 minutes with subtle shifts in mode and rhythmn. Listening to it reminds me somewhat of listening to the continuous unending melody of Wagner's operas.
Maqam-I Rast
The Academy of Maqam - Music of Central Asia vol. 2 Invisible Face of the Beloved - Smithsonian Folkways