This Island Earth
Sunday June 8th, 2025 with Manmohan Panesar
Hommage to the late great Foday Musa Suso, fantastic new album from Salin, Ottawa International Jazz Fest artists, and many other groovy and weird new musical delights

Rest in Power Foday Musa Sosa, who passed away on May 25, 2025. Foday was a multi-instrumentalist, composer and vocalist, whose primary instrument was the kora. He was a true musical explorer, recording and performing with Herbie Hancock, Don Cherry, Hamid Drake, Adam Rudolph, Bill Laswell, Philip Glass, Pharoah Sanders, Jack DeJohnette, Ginger Baker, Paul Simon, Yousif Sheronick, Kronos Quartet, and many other, as well as releasing many other albums as a bandleader (Mandingo Griot Society and Mandingo) or as a solo artist. There is sadly very little available in terms of an obituary, especially in light of the wonderful music he left us with. Today we feature a small sampling of musical treats from this amazing musician. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foday_Musa_Suso Ottawa International Jazz Festival https://ottawajazzfestival.com/ https://program.ottawajazzfestival.com/item/14078-La-Pambele https://program.ottawajazzfestival.com/item/14076-Kombilesa-Mi https://program.ottawajazzfestival.com/item/13894-Balkan-Paradise-Orchestra Two other artists that we have featured on past shows are also performing at this wonderful festival but the respective shows are sold out: Richard Bona, and Arooj Aftab. :-(