Alnoor Allidina presents a host of 2012 acquisitions, including Chicha Libre, The (Vieux Farka) Tourée-Raichel Collective, David Krakauer, Spanglish Fly, Rocket Juice & The Moon (Tony Allen + Flea + Damon Albarn), and on and on. In summary: a wonderfully eclectic afternoon of Earthling music!
| We begin the program with a postlude to our Second Annual Awards Show Show, where we surveyed the nominees in the world music categories of various awards. No real surprises in the North American wards: Tinariwen picked up the Grammy, and Kiran Ahluwalia got the Juno. In France, Tinariwen was bested by Jehro, who won the Victoire de la Musique for world music ablum of the year. |
| Why Me? Jehro - Cantina Paradise - Warner Music France |
| Yaar Naal Kiran Ahluwalia - Aam Zameen: Common Ground - World Connection 
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| Walla Illa Tinariwen - Tassili - Anti |
| We devote the rest of the program to recent acquisitions. Enjoy!
Let's begin with the "heavy" soul sounds of German-Nigerian Nneka. Maybe you caught her performance in Lorient, France yesterday? No? Nor did we -- here's a taste of her latest album. |
| Soul Is Heavy Nneka - Soul Is Heavy - Decon |
| Shining Star Nneka - Soul Is Heavy - Decon |
| V.I.P. Nneka - Soul Is Heavy - Decon |
| Two New York-based bands up next. Chicha Libre is heavily influenced by surf and Peruvian pop. Spanglish Fly is focused on reviving and spreading the message of boogaloo. The message apparently is: "dance!"
Both bands are quite active currently; Chicha Libre just finished up a South American tour, and Spanglish fly plays regularly in and around NYC. http://chichalibre.com http://spanglishfly.com/ |
| Popcorn Andino Chicha Libre - Sonido Amazonico - Barbès |
| Primavera en la Selva Chicha Libre - Sonido Amazonico - Barbès |
| Six Pieds Sous Terre Chicha Libre - Sonido Amazonico - Barbès |
| Think (Pensamiento) Spanglish Fly - Latin Soul Y Bugalú - Spanglish Fly |
| Let My People Bugalú Spanglish Fly - Latin Soul Y Bugalú - Spanglish Fly |
| New York Soul Spanglish Fly - Latin Soul Y Bugalú - Spanglish Fly |
| From the "if you can imagine it, it exists" file. Remember when you imagined how great it would be if Tony Allen recorded an album with Flea (Red Hot Chili Peppers) and Damon Albarn (Blur, Gorrilaz)? Well, it happened, and just like in your imagination, they called themselves Rocket Juice & The Moon. |
| Forward Sweep Rocket Juice & The Moon - Rocket Juice & The Moon - Honest Jon's 
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| Follow-Fashion (feat. Fatoumata Diawara & M.anifest) Rocket Juice & The Moon - Rocket Juice & The Moon - Honest Jon's
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| Lolo (feat. Fatoumata Diawara & M.anifest) Rocket Juice & The Moon - Rocket Juice & The Moon - Honest Jon's
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| Next up: a great new compilation put out by Electric Cowbell Records. From their website:
"Electric Cowbell Records is a Brooklyn-based record label started by Jim Thomson that releases vinyl 45 records with no genre-specific agenda. Songs released on Electric Cowbell will also be available for downloads." http://electric-cowbell.com |
| Dans Le Couer Du Feu Karthala 72 - For Whom The Cowbell Tolls - Electric Cowbell
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| NO BS! Brass NO BS! Brass - For Whom The Cowbell Tolls - Electric Cowbell
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| Pink Wasabi Polythythmics - For Whom The Cowbell Tolls - Electric Cowbell
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| Os Magrelos Bossa - For Whom The Cowbell Tolls - Electric Cowbell
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| Since we're imagining things today, how about that time you imagined Leonard Cohen arranged for ukele, and played by Hawaiian ukele virtuoso Jake Shimabukuro? That happened too.
http://jakeshimabukuro.com |
| Hallelujah Jake Shimabukuro - Peace Love Ukulele - Hitchhike Records |
| The Quest Remi Kabaka - Black Goddess - Soundway |
| Slave March Remi Kabaka - Black Goddess - Soundway |
| Israeli pianist and singer Idan Raichel met Vieux Farka Touré in a German airport in 2008. The chance meeting led to a November 2010 recording session, and a 2012 album release.
http://www.toureraichel.com/ |
| Azawade The Touré-Raichel Collective - The Tel Aviv Session - Cumbancha
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| Experience The Touré-Raichel Collective - The Tel Aviv Session - Cumbancha
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| Maru Bihag Gat And Jhala In Drut Tintala Debashish Bhattacharya - Live In Calcutta - Network |
| David Krakauer fits in perfectly with the eclectic nature of This Island Earth. He is a world renown clarinetist, known both for his work in classical music as well as klezmer. This disc finds him collaborating with Canadian hip-hop artist Socalled.
http://www.davidkrakauer.com |
| B Flat à la Socalled (feat. Socalled & Klezmer Madness) David Krakauer - Bubbemeises - Lies My Gramma Told Me - Label Bleu |
| Ms N.C (feat. Socalled & Klezmer Madness) David Krakauer - Bubbemeises - Lies My Gramma Told Me - Label Bleu |
| Long… Short, Long (les colocs) (feat. Socalled & Klezmer Mad David Krakauer - Bubbemeises - Lies My Gramma Told Me - Label Bleu |
| We finish the program with a longer cut, recorded in 1965. Kulu Se Mama was composed by Juno Lewis, who also plays percussions and sings on the track. |
| Kulu Se Mama (Juno Se Mama) John Coltrane - Kulu Se Mama - Impulse! |
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1:09 PM, April 29th, 2012