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This Island Earth
Sunday September 17th, 2017 with Neil Bakshi
Music from Montreal's Constantinople, some Somali Funk from the 70's, a little Mento, and, Jamaican folk music, and some dance and house music from around the planet.

Starting with music from Constantinople who will be performing with Kinan Azmeth in Ottawa, October 15. Stay tuned for details.
Reel de la tempérance
La Vent du Nord et L' Ensemble Constantinople - Par ici la visite! - Radio-canada
Devr-e-Raksan
Constantinople - Passages - Buda Musique
Lountang
Constantinople and Ablaye Cissoko - Itinerant Gardens - Ma Case
Horizons
Constantinople and Belem - Horizons lointains - Constantinople
A Glimpse
Kinan Azmeh - Songs for Days to Come, Vol. 1 (feat. Dima Orsho, Kinan Abou Afach & Lenore Davis) - St Urban
A set of Jamaican Mento and folk music.
Ho M Joe
Louise Bennett - Jamaican Folk Songs - Folkways
Nightfall in Zion
Laurel Aiken - The Evolution of Ska - Calypso, Mento, Jamaican R&B & Bluebeat - Jasmine
Linstead Market
Lord Messan & His Calypsonians - Retro Island Beat - Calypso Mento Ska - Essential World Masters
Mama, Call the Fire Brigade
Wilmoth Houdini - Retro Island Beat - Calypso Mento Ska - Essential World Masters
Breadfruit Season
Count Lasher's Seven - Jamaican Mento Music Hits (1952 - 1958) - Black Round Records
Don't Fence Her In
Harold Richardson & The Tickers - Jamaican Mento Music Hits (1952 - 1958) - Black Round Records
Island Gal Sally
Count Lasher - Jamaican Mento Music Hits (1952 - 1958) - Black Round Records
Special Amber Calypso
LC & Lord Power & His Calypsonians - Early Jamaican Music - The Best Of Mento & Calypso
Ethiopia
Lord Lebby - Before Reggae Vol. 1 - Ndh Music
Dr. Kinsey
Lord Lebby - Vintage Steelpan - Early Calypso & Steel Band Drums of the Old Caribbean - Ndh Music
New dance and house from around the world.
Me Voy featuring Maria Rodriguez
Ibeyi - Ash - XL New
Chibitenyi
Msafiri Zawose - Uhamiaji - Soundway New
Cruising
Tony Allen - The Source - Blue Note New
In Praise of Homeboys
Kasai Allstars - Félicité Remixes - Crammed
Wine Lange
King Ayisoba - 1000 Can Die - Makkum New
Pinta Manta
António Sanches - Space Echo - Analog Africa
No Time
Witch - Can't You Hear Me? 70s African Nuggets And Garage Rock - Now Again
Kingdom of D´tm
Karl Hector & The Malcouns - Can't Stand The Pressure - Now Again
Hard-Boiled Babe
Lizzy Mercier Descloux - Press Color - Light In The Attic
Zeus Zam
NO ZU - Afterlife - Chapter
No Sangue
Rocky Marsiano - Meu Kamba Vol. Dois - self released
Poor People Must Work
Rhythm and Sound - Clear and Present C2 Sessions
Ndiguel
Mark Ernestus' NDAGGA RHYTHM FORCE: - Yermande - ND-25
Low Protein Shack
African Head Charge - Return of the Crocodile - On-U New
Return of Ubuntu
Mo Laudi - Paris Afro House Club New
Somali funk and pop from the 1970's and 80's.
Xuduud Ma Leh Xubigaan (This Love Has No Boundaries)
Iftiin Band feat. Mahmud Abdalla "Jerry" Hussen & Maryan Naasir - Sweet As Broken Dates: Lost Somali Tapes from the Horn of Africa - Ostinato Records New
Gorof (Elixir)
Dur Dur Band - Sweet As Broken Dates: Lost Somali Tapes from the Horn of Africa - Ostinato Records New
Rag waa Nacab iyo Nasteexo (Men are Cruel and Kind)
Aamina Camaari - Sweet As Broken Dates: Lost Somali Tapes from the Horn of Africa - Ostinato Records New
Na Daadihi (Guide Us)
4 Mars - Sweet As Broken Dates: Lost Somali Tapes from the Horn of Africa - Ostinato Records New
Codkeeni Kala Harlow
Iftin - s/t cassette
Interactive CKCU