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This Island Earth
Sunday March 17th, 2019 with Rob Bitschofsky
An evocation of spring!

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We are, frankly, finished with winter. And so, today, nothing but upbeat sunny music to petition the gods for spring to finally come.
Pica O Dedo
Africa Ritmos - Angola Soundtrack
Mali Cuba
AfroCubism - AfroCubism
Papo Furado (Jive Talking)
Airto Moreira - Single
Descarga
Alfredo Linares - El Pito
El Salon
Julio Angel - Bachata Roja: Acoustic Bachata from the Cabaret Era
Pizzicarella Mia (Pizzica Tarantata)
L'Arpeggiata/Christina Pluhar - La Tarantella: Antidotum Tarantulae
Desfado
Ana Moura - Desfado
Kora Borealis
Addictive TV - Orchestra of Samples
Stonetown Shakedown
Dem Juju Poets - Liberated Thoughts
Nassau Jam (Smoove'S Funky Jam Remix)
The Bahama Soul Club - Bossa Nova Just Smells Funky
Bass do Tambô
BNegão & Seletores de Frequencia - BNegão & Seletores de Frequencia
Afro-Harping
Dorothy Ashby - Afro-Harping
Time To Waste It
Eno-Hyde - High Life
Hands Off She's Mine
English Beat - 12" Single
Junco Partner
The Clash - Sandanista!
Check Him Out
The Bleechers - Upsetter Box Set
A Live Injection
The Upsetters - Lee "Scratch" Perry Anthology 1968-1979
I'm Gonna Put It On
Bob Marley and the Wailers - Bob Marley 1963-1966 One Love (At Studio One)
The Whip
The Ethiopians - Everything Crash: the Best of the Ethiopians
Pickney Gal
Desmond Dekker - The King of Ska: The Indispensable Desmond Dekker
Too Busy Thinking About the Magnificent Seven
The Clash vs Marvin Gaye (mashup by Bobby Martini) - This One's For Joe
Pueblo Nuevo
Buena Vista Social Club - Buena Vista Social Club
Ethiopia
Bill Laswell - Sacred System, Dub Chamber 4: Book of Exit
Natalia
Bitori - Legend Of Funaná (The Forbidden Music of The Cape Verde Islands)
Wababa (E Preciso Crescer)
André Sampaio & Os Afromandinga - Desaguou
Seyni
Cheikh Lô - Jamm
Tsy Miroro
Damily - Valimbilo
Manheru Changamire
Hallelujah Chicken Run Band - Take One
Dunia Watu
Jagwa Music - Jagwa Music
Beka
Assagai - Assagai
Mra
Chris McGregor And The South African Exiles - Thunderbolt
Interactive CKCU
PB
Not only is it St. Pat's today. In Newfoundland, and parts of Cape Breton, tomorrow is Employee Absenteeism Day!! Sayin... q;*)

1:37 PM, March 17th, 2019
Rob Bitschofsky (host)
For the obvious reasons, I suppose, PB? I learned this year that Ireland actually gets tomorrow of as a statutory holiday. I know this now only because the high-tech company I work for by day now has in Irish division, so I work with actual Irish cats every day. Well, every day except tomorrow.

1:44 PM, March 17th, 2019
Rob Bitschofsky (host)
I also just learned, in typing that entry, that it's a statutory holiday, not a statuatory holiday. Really, PB, one never stops learning!

1:45 PM, March 17th, 2019
Shubham
Great show Rob

2:06 PM, March 17th, 2019
Rob Bitschofsky (host)
Thank you, Subham! Keep listening, because there's more great music to come!

2:17 PM, March 17th, 2019
Shubham
What year did this show start

2:30 PM, March 17th, 2019
Rob Bitschofsky (host)
I think it was 1962, Subham. No, no; I'm just kidding. I actually don't know, and I think the answer has been lost in the mists of time. The show has been around as long as anybody can remember. When I came on board, which is probably around 10 years ago now, the hosts at the time couldn't pinpoint when it began.

2:37 PM, March 17th, 2019
Shubham
What songs are you playing

2:40 PM, March 17th, 2019
Rob Bitschofsky (host)
All reggae right now, Subham, with the list just to the left of this chat, if you're looking on a desktop device. If you're on your phone, it's probably way up above here.

2:43 PM, March 17th, 2019
Rob Bitschofsky (host)
Right now, we got the Ethiopians, one of the most wonderful and yet woefully underrated reggae groups of all time!

2:43 PM, March 17th, 2019
Rob Bitschofsky (host)
And I went back and looked at our list of playlists, which dates back to 2009, and I was here for a bit before we started to post them, so yeah, I guess I did get here more than ten years ago. Sheesh. A decade. Time flies when you're spinning glorious world music.

2:44 PM, March 17th, 2019
Not him again
Great shoooooow today Sir Rob. Music to chop ice with an axe, and build some sink supports, to. ;^) Your invocation will eventually come true. And then, we will almost certainly complain it is too hot...

3:57 PM, March 17th, 2019
Alex MacKenzie
belated thanks for this amazing set list...winter begone!

9:24 PM, March 17th, 2019