This Island Earth
Sunday February 24th, 2019 with Manmohan Panesar
Mixed grab bag of mainly exciting new releases from all over the globe!
Welcome to THIS ISLAND EARTH, CKCU's world music program, broadcast every Sunday afternoon from 1 to 4 p.m. EST. Stay with us this afternoon (Sunday 1-4pm) at CKCU 93.1 FM in the greater Ottawa area or at ckcufm.com from anywhere around the world. This afternoon, I'll be presenting mostly new releases, hot off the press with a few older odds and ends thrown in the mix. We will visit Poland, Hungary, Mali, Iraq, Madagascar, Argentina, Togo, Congo, Mexico, Mongolia, Pakistan, Nigeria, Benin, India, Lebanon, Brazil, Cuba, France, and who knows where else. Enjoy and please do drop me a line!
| Starting in Hungary, with a frenetic new album by a group featuring not one but two cimbaloms (hammered dulcimers). |
| Jumppara Cimbalom Brothers - Testveriseg Brotherhood 
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| This set features a number of new releases from the continent of Africa, but we start with an older track from the wonderful Nigerian Afrobeat artist, Peter King. Toward the end we veer off to Brazil. |
| Go Go's feast Peter King - Shango |
| Gbê Lionel Loueke, Etienne Charles & Cyro Baptista - The Journey
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| Tango Akofa Akoussah - Akofa Akoussah
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| Soleil de Volt Baloji - 137 Avenue Kaniama
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| Bipolaire - Les Noirs Baloji - 137 Avenue Kaniama
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| Deli Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba - Miri
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| Objeto Opaco Garotas Suecas - Futuro Do Pretérito
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| We continue in Brazil with a couple of more tracks and then switch gears, moving to South Asia. There, we will hear a wild track from Psychedelic India and then some groovy flamenco/qawwali fusion, followed by some straight ahead qawwali, ending with some beats/electronica. |
| Batata Frita, O Ladrão De Bicicleta Tim Maia - Tim Maia 1976 |
| Tartaruguê (feat. João Donato) Gilberto Gil - OK OK OK
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| Rakshasa Simon Thacker's Svara-Kanti - Rough Guide to Psychedelic India |
| Allah hu (Live) Ensemble De Qawwali Faiz Ali Faiz, Duquende & Miguel Poveda - Qawwali Flamenco |
| Lal Shahbaz Qalandar Faiz Ali Faiz - L'amour de toi me fait danser (Hommage à Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan) |
| Ja Sha Taan (transglobal Underground Karachi Deathcult Mix) FunDaMental - Asian Travels |
| Now on to brand new release that is a bit 'out-there', by a Lebanese darbuka percussionist, who utilises electronica and minimalism as his inspiration. Disturbing and Beautiful sounds! Even if it's not your cup of tea, persevere and give it a try with an open-mind, as you may be rewarded. |
| Prisme de 3 (feat. David Brossier, Amaryllis Billet, Léonore Grollemund & Anil Eraslan) Wassim Halal - Le cri du cyclope
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| L'oracle Wassim Halal - Le cri du cyclope
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| Niña Magos Herrera & Brooklyn Rider - Dreamers
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| Great Tocsin of Intelligence Huun-Huur-Tu, Vladimir Martynov, Tatyana Grindenko, Olga Vyguzova & Michael Stepanitch - Children of the Otter
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| Well, hopefully we didn't scare away too many listeners or house pets that that last set of music. We move back to some more melodic sounds in this set. No pop but more soothing nonetheless. We start with a great new release from Armenia. |
| Trapizoni Par Vardan Hovanissian & Emre Gultekin - Karin
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| Water Blues Warsaw Village Band - Mazovian Roots
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| Bint El Moshab Dudu Tassa and the Kuwaitis - El Hajar
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| Inchana Massina Ali Farka Toure - The Source |
| Black and Brown Cherries Abdullah Ibrahim - Voice of Africa |
| Shango Peter King - Shango |
| Shango Olatunji! - Drums of Passion |
| Exit stage left with some gorgeous nuevo tango from Argentina. |
| Chin Chin Quinteto Astor Piazzolla - Revolucionario
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1:18 PM, February 24th, 2019