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This Island Earth
Sunday January 21st, 2024 with Alka Sharma
Mish Mash of Music

Good afternoon! My name is Alka Sharma and you are listening to, "This Island Earth" on CKCU-FM. I'm happy to be with you this afternoon where there will be mish mash of different types of music. I wanted thank both Neil Bakshi and Manmohan Panesar for filling in and doing that last two weekends as I was supposed to do the show on Jan 7 and then the 14, but unfortunately was unable to do so. We'll start the show off with The Roots with a song called, Silent Treatment from their 1995 album, Do You Want More?!
Silent Treatment
The Roots - Do Want More
Black Ego
Digable Planets - Blowout Comb
Retrograde
James Blake - Overgrown
I swear I really wanted to make a "rap" Album but this is literally the way the wind blew me
Andre 3000 - New Blue Sun
Re: Stacks
Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
Landmines
St. Vincent - Marry Me
Prayer at the Gate
PJ Harvey - I Inside the Old Year Dying
Don't Feel Right
Sleater Kinney - Little Rope
Dig Me Out
Sleater Kinney - Dig Me Out
Mesecina
Lemon Bucket Orchestra - Moorka Canadian
Space is the Place
Sun Ra - Space is the Place
Happiness is a Thing Called Joe
Abbey Lincoln - On Riverside
The Sermon
Jimmy Smith - The Sermon
I'm Going In
Lhasa de Sela - Lhasa
Thiapa Thioly
Etoile de Dakar - Self-Titled: Etoile de Dakar
Arb'oju L'ogun
Shina Williams - Arb'oju L'ogun
No Accommodation for Lagos
Tony Allen and Africa 70 - No Accommodation for Lagos
Saqia Aur Pila
The Sabri Brothers - Ya Habib
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anne-marie
Loving your playlist, Alka! Thanks for the Sunday vibes.

3:16 PM, January 21st, 2024
Alka Sharma (host)
Thanks Anne Marie!

3:31 PM, January 21st, 2024
robert p in gatineau
Thank you !

3:31 PM, January 21st, 2024
Alka Sharma (host)
Thank you for listening Robert!

3:38 PM, January 21st, 2024
PeterB
TX for a great shoooow Alka! Nice to mix not-traditionally "word" with many other worthy suspects (whatever either of term means). Especially dug Blowout Comb off the top, one of my long term faves. Juicy, Fat and that near-gong cymbal driving the bus. q;^)

3:46 PM, January 21st, 2024
Alka Sharma (host)
Thanks Peter! Much appreciated and thanks for listening! I love Digable Planets too... One of my faves! Glad you enjoyed the show! :)

3:53 PM, January 21st, 2024