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This Island Earth
Sunday February 16th, 2025 with Manmohan Panesar
Black History Month celebration with many great new releases

Africa
Dogo Du Togo & The Alagaa Beat Band - Avoudé New
We Give Thanks (feat. Pat Thomas)
Peter Somuah - Highlife New
Chop Chop (feat. Gyedu-Blay Ambolley)
Peter Somuah - Highlife New
Mental Slavery
Peter Somuah - Highlife New
Timba
Patrick Bebey - Ponda New
The Coffee Cola Song
Patrick Bebey - Ponda New
Descente
Patrick Bebey - Ponda New
Toukambela
Songhoy Blues - Héritage New
Dagabi
Songhoy Blues - Héritage New
Boutiki
Songhoy Blues - Héritage New
Adounia Nissan
Tinariwen - Idrache (Traces of the Past) New
NASCENTE DA PAZ
Marcelo D2 & Grupo Fundo de Quintal - Manual Prático Do Novo Samba Tradicional, Vol. 2: TIA DARCI New
FIM DA TRISTEZA (feat. Marcelinho Moreira)
Marcelo D2 & Grupo Fundo de Quintal - Manual Prático Do Novo Samba Tradicional, Vol. 2: TIA DARCI New
CASTELO DE UM QUARTO SÓ
Marcelo D2 - Manual Prático Do Novo Samba Tradicional, Vol. 1: DONA PAULETE New
Suenan las Trompetas
Ricardo Jacob - Suenan las Trompetas New
Begin from Here
Tashi Dorji - We Will Be Wherever the Fires Are Lit New
Himalayan Highlands (Live)
Robbie Basho - Snow Beneath the Belly of a White Swan: The Lost Live Recordings New
100% Samba
Rogê - Curyman II New
O Topo Do Coqueiro
Rogê - Curyman II New
A Rã
Rogê - Curyman II New
No te comas las blanquísimas mofetas
Julián Mayorga - Chak Chak Chak Chak New
La muerte del perro
Julián Mayorga - Chak Chak Chak Chak New
Hands Up For Africa
Ras Teo & Sizzla - Hands Up For Africa - Single New
Castellanes I Basques
Trevol Castellanes - i basques - Single New
Clamour
Saba Alizadeh - Temple of Hope New
İfşa
Melike Şahin - AKKOR New
Aadi - The Beginning (feat. Shackleton)
Giridhar Udupa - My Name Is Giridhar Udupa (feat. Shackleton) New
Streets of Calcutta (Instrumental)
Ananda Shankar - Ananda Shankar And His Music - EP
Mágica Bonita (feat. Lucas Santtana)
The Bongo Hop - La Pata Coja New
Una Cumbia en Kinshasa
Ale Hop & Titi Bakorta - Mapambazuko New
Mazigador (feat. Francky Lauret)
Force Indigene & Jako Maron - Z'amalgame New
Eva (feat. Babou B'Jalah)
Force Indigene & Jako Maron - Z'amalgame New
Sirayo
SINIMUSO - Nouskaa sisaret New
Anii mei şi tinereţea
Simon Thacker & Justyna Jablonska, & Masha Natanson - Anii mei şi tinereţea New
What's Going On?
Raz & Afla - Echoes of Resistance New
Kan Ya Makan
Nesrine - Kan Ya Makan (Once Upon a Time) New
Selma Ya Salama
Nesrine - Kan Ya Makan (Once Upon a Time) New
Ya Lil
Nesrine - Kan Ya Makan (Once Upon a Time) New
Interactive CKCU
Manmohan Panesar (host)
Greetings Earthlings!!!! I managed to ride my bicycle in to the studio and am pleased to me here live and on-time. Drop a line right HERE with any comments, deep thoughts, musings, rambling streams of consciousness, whatever works for you. We always love hearing from any Earthlings who are OUT THERE listening...who is out there?

1:02 PM, February 16th, 2025
Benoît
Hiya! Not planning, I just turned on CKCU (airwaves), and, well, this is pretty cool music!

1:27 PM, February 16th, 2025
Manmohan Panesar (host)
Merci Benoît ! Thanks for tuning in and for dropping a line. Glad you're enjoying the cool tunes. Keep it locked here for much more.

1:33 PM, February 16th, 2025
Neil & Drake, The Dancing Labrador
Greetings Manmohan, and u2 Benoit ! Will be listening later On Demand this weekend as I continue shovelling my way through Snowmageddon 2. Just popped in to say that I am sure it is another dazzling presentation of the coolest tunes on the planet..........that is " Planet Earth". Thx for your curation presenting this week !!

2:12 PM, February 16th, 2025
Manmohan Panesar (host)
Hi Neil & Drake, The Dancing Labrador. Take the music outside as you shovel! It will speed up the snow clearing. Thanks for your kind words!

2:14 PM, February 16th, 2025
Anne in Wakefield
Thanks for taking one for the team! Just came in from snow Triathalon with doggie (shoveling, sliding, frisbee). Saw a FIN group in Wakefield last night Mexican influenced from Montreal- El Balcon. Super fun. They have a horse jawbone percussion thingy!

2:16 PM, February 16th, 2025
Anne
*FUN group lol. Thanks for the great tunes.

2:17 PM, February 16th, 2025
Manmohan Panesar (host)
Hi Anne in Wakefield. Wow, that shows sounds great. I'm going to have to look up El Balcon. Thanks for sharing your thoughts for for listening in.

2:18 PM, February 16th, 2025
Manmohan Panesar (host)
Ha, I though you meant FINE.

2:20 PM, February 16th, 2025
robert p in gatineau
Thank you. Sounds good.

3:08 PM, February 16th, 2025
robert p in gatineau
Hi. Ghatan magic...

3:09 PM, February 16th, 2025
robert p in gatineau
Ghatam...

3:10 PM, February 16th, 2025
Manmohan Panesar (host)
Hi robert p in gatineau. Yes indeed ghatam magic. It's a beautiful album of electronic soundscapes with the accents of the ghatam. Glad you're bunkered down in the showstorm and listening.

3:12 PM, February 16th, 2025
robert p in gatineau
Kudos to you for riding your bicycle !

3:14 PM, February 16th, 2025
Manmohan Panesar (host)
Hey thanks! We will not be stopped from bringing the tunage to the people, even if it means slow motion cycling in a snowstorm.

3:23 PM, February 16th, 2025
Bobby Calzone
Mmm....wasn't planning on commenting - a rarity for me;)! - but this last skipping ? Track woke up my cat! The female one... it does sound like kittens! She's looking outside and freaking out!!! :):):)

3:31 PM, February 16th, 2025
Manmohan Panesar (host)
Hi Bobby Calzone! What? You always comment here! Lol re the kitten sounding song. Tell your cat that I am sorry for causing panic on the home front.

3:33 PM, February 16th, 2025