David Dalle
Thursday March 31st, 2016 with David Dalle
Traversing the globe with new releases from Eliades Ochora, Kaoru Watanabe, Msafiri Zawose, Rajab Suleiman and more

Today we venture across the globe with some new and recent releases as well as some older favourites. Including a new release from Buena Vista Social Club star Eliades Ochoa in a release with his older sister Maria Ochoa’s group Alma Latina. Japanese-American multi-instrumentalist Kaoru Watanabe who played in Kodo for many years with his own group Neo in a new album of contemporary works for Japanese percussion, flutes and other traditional instruments. Also two new releases of very different music traditions found in Tanzania: Msafiri Zawose, son of the great Gogo musician Hukwe Zawose, and his group perform music on traditional Gogo instruments including the Ilimba, a thumb piano, Izezes, a bowed instrument and other instruments; singer Saada Nassor, Qanun player Rajab Suleiman and their group Kithara perform the heavily Arab and Indian influenced Taarab music. We will hear some popular Sufi Rock from the Mekaal Hasan Band based in Lahore, Pakistan and other music from around the world.