#1058 October 11, 2014 No. 1
PLAYLIST
1. Oliver Mtukudzi ‘Hope’ #857 Tk 5 4.54
Zimbabwe’s Oliver “Tuku” Mtukudzi, performed in Wisconsin last year about this time. Tuku as his fans call him has some 60 albums under his belt and numerous awards to his name. He opens this edition of Hg with Hope. On Friday, April 12th, 8PM in The Sett at Union South, the Wisconsin Union Theater is pleased to present Zimbabwean guitarist and singer Oliver Mtukudzi. Call the Box Office at 608-265-ARTS (2787) for more information Nhava, Heads Up International, 2005
2. Arling & Cameron ‘Shiva’s Daughters’ Cmpl Tk 7 4.09
Arling and Cameron, the Dutch duo are among the most ecletic figures in contemporary electropop. Here the sound of the sitar gives us the lush of lounge music on a number called Shiva’s Daughters. World Lounge, Putumayo World Music, 2002
3. Susana Baca ‘Se Me Van Los Pies’ Cmpl CD 2 Tk 3 5.34
With a splendid voice and equally impressive interpretive gifts, Susana Baca is a primary exponent of the Afro-Peruvian musical tradition. Baca came to world attention in 1995, when her rendition of “Maria Lando,” a heartbreaking ballad of Third World worker oppression. Baca renders (Say Mee Vahn Los Pee-ehs) Se Me Van Los Pies.
Awards for World Music, Union Square Music, 2003
4. Lila Downs w/La Mari ‘Ojo De Culebra’ Alb Tk 2 4.02
Ana Lila Downs Sánchez best known as Lila Downs is a Mexican singer–songwriter. She performs her own compositions as well as tapping into Mexican traditional and popular music. She also incorporates indigenous mexican influences and has recorded songs in indigenous languages such as mix-tec, sah-potec, and ma-ya. Downs sings Ojo Day Cu-lay-bra. Shake Away, Blue Note, 2008
5. Michael Slattery ‘Sleep Wayward Thoughts’ Alb Tk 1 2.36
Here is American Tenor Michael Slattery singing Sleep Wayward Thoughts by English composer John Dowland. La Nef, ATMA Classique, 2010
6. Alka Yagnik (with Sonu Nigam & Udit Narayan) ‘Pyar Ka Matlab’ CD2 Tk 5 (5:47)
Al-ka Yag-nik is among the best-known playback singers of Hindi cinema with a career spanning more than three decades. With friends she performs P-yar Ka Mah-t-lab.
BBC Radio 3 Awards for World Music, Union Square Music, 2003
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7. Kaushiki Chakrabarty ‘Raga Misra Mand: Thumri’ Cmpl CD 2 Tk3 5.34
Prominent Indian classical vocalist, Kau-shiki Chak-ree-bah-tee sings (Jaga Misra Mand: Some-jee), a lamenting love ballad… ‘The dusk is setting, I am staring and staring wondering if he is on his way, from where I don’t know. Numerous sleepless nights have passed counting the stars’. Awards for World Music, Union Square Music, 2005
8. Orchestra Baobab ‘Ndéleng Ndéleng’ Tk 8 (5:40)
From inauspicious beginnings as the weekend house band at a Dakar club for government officials, Senegal’s Orchestra Baobob, named for the club (which in turn took its name from the native baobob tree),. The group went on to become one of the seminal bands of world music, with an influence that extended far beyond their national boundaries, throughout West Africa and into Europe and now in the U.S. Baobab performs N-Déleng N-Déleng – a traditional griot song about a man who can’t sleep for thoughts of his lady love. Made In Dakar, Nonesuch, 2008
9. Grażyna Auguścik, Paulinho Garcia ‘ When I’m 64’ Alb Tk 1 3.03 Grah-zhe-na Ah-gooz-cheek, Polish jazz vocalist, composer and arranger is joined by performance partner Pahoo-leen-you Garcia, Brazilian guitarist on an adaptation of the Beatles hit tune, When I’m 64. Ah-gooz-cheek and Garcia appear in concert at the Brink Lounge, November 1st, 2014. The Beatles Nova, A.A.MTJ, 2011
10.The Budos Band ‘Shattered Winds’ Alb Tk 4 2.41
The Boo-dos Band is an instrumental band recording on the Dap-tone Records label. The band has ten members who play instrumental music that is self-described by the band as “Afro-Soul”. The repertoire includes, Shattered Winds.
Burnt Offering, Daptone Records, 2014
11. Khun Narin ‘Sut Sanaen #2’ Alb Tk 3 4.36
Thailand’s Khun Narin, a modest collective of musicians from a small village, has an intriguing percussive and electric sound. Khun Narin, no longer an obscure band, introduces to an adaptation of the traditional song Sut Sa-na-en #2.
Electric Phin Band, Innovative Leisure, 2014
12. Oumar Konaté ‘Addoh’ Alb Tk 1 5.21
Here is Ou-mar Ko-nate front door in Gao, Mali with his first band. That was the mid-80’s, today, he’s one of Mali’s emerging artist, again performing at the MWMF this fall. Konate sings Ah-do, a sad tale about a young girl who cries as she’s taken to her new husband’s house, forced to marry someone she doesn’t love.
Addoh, Clermont Music, 2014
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13. Alpha Blondy ‘I Wish You Were Here’ #857 Tk 4 4.29
Alpha Blondy, from the (Coat Dee-Vwah) is a reggae singer and a major star in West Africa. He has played with The Wailers. He studied English at Hunter College in New York, and later in the Columbia University American Language Program. Alpha Blondy sings mainly in the trade language of (Dyula) Dioula, but also French, English, and sometimes in Arabic or Hebrew. His lyrics convey strong political attitudes and a sense of humor and themes of love evidenced on I Wish You Were Here.
Jah Victory, Jober Entertainment, 2007
14. Paul Robeson ‘Ol’ Man River’ Cmpl Tk 2 3.08
Bass Paul Robeson was more than a singer’s singer. He in fact excelled as an athlete, actor, and activist, qualifying him as a contemporary renaissance man. His early accomplishments as a professional football player, Columbia law school graduate, and an actor on Broadway in the 1920s seemed but a prologue to even greater achievements that followed. From the 1927 musical Show Boat, Robeson renders a deeply rich interpretation of the classic tune, Ol’ Man River. Lift Every Voice! Sony, 1973
15. Sweet Honey In The Rock ‘On Children’ Cmpl Tk 3 1.58
The forever popular American a cappella ensemble Sweet Honey in the Rocks presents On Children. Lift Every Voice! Sony, 1973
16. Michael Slattery ‘Behold A Wonder Here’ Alb Tk 3 4.11
With a selection from English renaissance composer John Dowland’s: Book Of Songs – published in 1603, here again is American Tenor Michael Slattery with an interpretation of Dowland’s, Behold A Wonder Here. La Nef, ATMA Classique, 2010
17. Captain Planet Ft Samira Winter ‘Voce’ Alb Tk 12 3.45
The globe-trotting beat maker Captain Planet, joined by Brazilian artist Sa-mee-rah Winter feature Voh-chee. Esperanto Slang, Bastard Jazz, 2014
18. The Touré-Raichel Collective ‘Hodu’ Alb Tk 3 3.27
From their new 2014 album, The Paris Session, THE TOURÉ-RAICHEL COLLECTIVE, featuring ISRAELI artist IDAN RAICHEL AND MALIAN MUSICIAN VIEUX FARKA TOURÉ showcase, Hodu, oh give thanks. The Paris Session, Cumbancha, 2014
19. Chehade Brothers ‘Al Nashal (The Day Pickpockets Became Beggars)’ Cmpl CD 2 Tk 2 4.03
Farid and Rami Che-ha-de, who perform professionally as the Che-hade Brothers, are Palestinian musicians, singers and natives of the Old City of Jerusalem. They present Al Nah-shal, The Day Pickpockets Became Beggars.
Awards for World Music, Union Square Music, 2005
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Leonard Slatkin/St. Louis Symp Orch ‘Subway Jam’ Alb Tk 7 3.10
American composer, composition instructor, writer, and later in his career a conductor of his own and other American works. Copland was instrumental in forging a uniquely American style of composition. In his later years he was hailed as “the Dean of American Composers”. Leonard Slatkin conducts the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra employing Copland’s 1964 Music For A Great City, and the movement titled Subway Jam. Aaron Copland: Symphony #3, Music For A Great City, RCA, 1990
21. Zingaros ‘Tutti Frutti’ Alb Tk 4 3.08
With the selection Tutti Frutti, Zingaros the band was formed in winter 2004, when the guitar and violin duo got together by chance after jamming. Later, the duo added an accordion player. The elaborated fusion of Slavonic gypsy music, tango flavor, Hot Club nuances, and contemporary chords, opened up unexplored horizons for this Argentinian ensemble. Gitano, ARC, 2013
22. Afro-Celt Sound Sys ‘Colossus’ Tk 2 6.48
The Afro Celt Sound System is a musical group that fuses modern electronic dance rhythms with traditional Irish and West African music. Afro-Celt pays homage to a river that flows in Northern Ireland called Colossus.
Afro-Celt Sound System Vol. 3: Farther In Time, Read World Records, 2001
23. Te Vaka ‘Alamagoto’ Cmpl CD2 Tk 11 3:43
Among the unique bands in world music is Te Vaka from Polynesia singing a song of tribute to Alamagoto which lies a little less than a 1000 miles south of the equator in Samoa. BBC Radio 3 Awards for World Music, Union Square Music, 2003
24. Youssou N’Dour ‘Touba Daru Salaam’ Cmpl CD 2 Tk 3 5.51
Senegal’s Youssou Ndour, world class singer, percussionist and and actor performs Touba Daru Salaam. Awards for World Music, Union Square Music, 2005
25. Blue Asia ‘Abyssinean Dub’ Cmpl Tk 6 4.16
Blue Asia lead by producer Ma-ko-to Ku-bo-ta has in their music elements of traditional Japanese instruments blended with electronic and dub as experienced with the selection Abyssinean Dub. World Lounge, Putumayo World Music, 2002
26. Women of Mambazo ‘Vimba’ Cmpl Tk 12 1.30
The South African vocal group Women of Mambazo was formed by Nellie Shabalala, then married to Joseph Shabala, founder of Ladysmith Black Mambazo. Though her life ended tragically, her legacy lives from a posthumously released tribute album in 2003 recorded by a group of women from her home church which includes the tune Vimba, a tribute to Nellie recalled as a great spirit in African music.
Women Of Africa, Putumayo World Music, 2004
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27. Peliroja ‘Te Wa’ Tumbar’ Alb Tk 5 4.54
Here a piece of music introducing the New York-based world music collective, (Pay-lee-row-hah), Redhead with (Tay wah Tum-bar). Injusticia, Chulo, 2014
28. Concha Buika ‘No Habra Nadie en el Mundo’ (MINI) Tk 5 3.53
Concha Buika is a Spanish singer. Her album Niña de Fuego was nominated for the 2008 Latin Grammy Award for Album of the Year. The selection No Ha-bra Na-dee-ay’ en el Mundo, Nobody In The World Like You, appears on the album.
Nina de Fuego, Warner Music Spain, S.A., 2008
29. Kimmo Pohjonen, Samuli Kosminen; Kronos Quartet ‘Plasma’ Sglns #75 Tk 10 (6:16)
Kim-mo Poh-jo-nen is a Finnish accordionist who has revolutionized accordion sounds and performance with his custom-made electrified and modified instrument. Since the mid-nineties he has released numerous albums and toured the world with various projects. Kim-mo Poh-jo-nen, Sa-muli Kos-mi-nen Kluster, a sampling master engineer and programmer meet the Kronos Quartet from San Francisco. They call the work Plasma. Top Of The World Songlines Magazine Compilation, 75th Issue, 2011
30. Samira Said ‘Min Youmi (Since Always)’ Cmpl CD2 Tk 12 3.40
From Rabat, Morocco, this is world music award winning singer Sah-mah-rah Said with and the love song Min You-mi, Since Always.
BBC Radio 3 Awards for World Music, Union Square Music, 2003
31. Lila Downs w/Ixaya Mazatzin Tleyotl ‘Perro Negro’ Alb Tk 4 3.04
Ana Lila Downs Sánchez best known as Lila Downs is a Mexican singer–songwriter. She performs her own compositions as well as tapping into Mexican traditional and popular music. She also incorporates indigenous mexican influences and has recorded songs in indigenous languages such as mix-tec, sapotec, and mai-ya. Downs, joined by musician Ruben Ortega, who has over the years, changed his stage name at least 20 times sings Perro Negro, Black Dog. Shake Away, Blue Note, 2008
32. Harry Belafonte ‘Matilda’ Cmpl Tk 1 3.15
Calypsonian folk singer and activist shares one of his hit numbers, Matilda.
Lift Every Voice! Sony, 1973
33. Tarika ‘Retany’ Cmpl Tk 5 2.51
Rooted in the music of Madagascar is the band Tark with a song about a man struggling to convince a woman to marry him. On the song Reh-tin, she spurns him for reasons she must keep secret. Women Of Africa, Putumayo World Music, 2004
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34. Montefiori Cocktail ‘Agua De Berber’ Cmpl Tk 8 2.40
The Gotan Project is the brainchild of French DJs Philippe Cohen-Solal and friends-it resulted in the making of music that uses the romantic rhythms, melodies and instrumentation of Argentinean tango for their remixes complete with electronica, dub, and the bandoneon (accordion) that plays a prominent role on Santa Maria.
World Lounge, Putumayo World Music, 2002
35. Stan Getz/Charlie Byrd ‘Samba De Uma Nota Só’ Tk 5 6:13
Two of the most important figures in all of jazz meet at the same musical intersection. Charlie Byrd, American guitarist, best known for his association with Brazilian music, particularly bossa nova and Stan Getz, American jazz saxophonist known as “The Sound” because of his warm, lyrical, wispy, and mellow timbre emblematic of his idol, Lester Young. Getz and Byrd put their signature on Samba Jue Mah-Noh-tah-saw (One Note Samba Only). Jazz Samba, Verve, 1997
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1. Gotan Project ‘Santa Maria’ Alb Tk 3 5.58
The Gotan Project is the brainchild of French DJs Philippe Cohen-Solal and friends-it resulted in the making of music that uses the romantic rhythms, melodies and instrumentation of Argentinean tango for their remixes complete with electronica, dub, and the bandoneon (accordion) that plays a prominent role on Santa Maria.
World Lounge, Putumayo World Music, 2002
2. Seckou Keita SKQ ‘Bimo’ #857 Tk 1 6.00
Senegal’s Seckou Keita, is a multi-instrumentalist who shines on the kora. With his quintet, Keita presents Bimo
The Silimbo Passage, World Adventures, 2009
3. Ojos De Brujo ‘Quien Engaña No Gana’ Cmpl CD 2 Tk 6 3.08
(Oh hoss De Brew ho) Ojos De Brujo or “Eyes of the Sorcerer”, is a nine-piece band from Barcelona, Spain featuing styles of music that include hip-hop and flamenco. Their repertoire includes Kee-n’ N’-gahn-yah No Gah-nah (Deceivers Never Win)
Awards for World Music, Union Square Music, 2003
4. Enzo Avitabile/Bottari w/Khaled ‘Dance With Me’ CD2 Tk 5 3.48
Enzo Avitabile is a graduate of the Conservatory of San Pietro, as a saxophonist performing in the GI bars of Naples…played with James Brown, Tina Turner and others. The rai singer Khaled lends his vocal talents on Dance With Me.
BBC Radio 3 Awards for World Music 2005, Manteca, 2005
5. FJ & Living Souls ‘Salugano’ #857 Tk 8 2.35
Francis Jocky aka FJ and the Living Souls, is a singer, songwriter and producer, born in Cameroon. With the Rothoma Band, FJ performs the catchy number Salugano.
Ambient Africa, Eagle Records, 2005
6. Captain Planet Ft La Yegros ‘Que Queiro Volver’ Alb Tk 7 3.35
Singer/songwriter La Yegros, joins Captain Planet on the tune Kay Kay-ee-ro Vohl-ver
Esperanto Slang, Bastard Jazz, 2014
7. Grażyna Auguścik, Paulinho Garcia ‘Adança’ Alb Tk 1 3.18
Grah-zhe-na Ah-gooz-cheek, Polish jazz vocalist, composer and arranger is joined by performance partner Pahoo-leen-you Garcia, Brazilian guitarist on Ah-dahn’-sah. Ah-gooz-cheek and Garcia appear in concert at the Brink Lounge, November 1st, 2014.
Adança, GM Records, 2007
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1. Lila Downs w/La Mari ‘Nothing But The Truth’ Alb Tk 16 3.54
Ana Lila Downs Sánchez best known as Lila Downs is a Mexican singer–songwriter. She performs her own compositions as well as tapping into Mexican traditional and popular music. She also incorporates indigenous mexican influences and has recorded songs in indigenous languages such as mixtec, zapotec, maya. Downs sings Nothing But The Truth. Shake Away, Blue Note, 2008
2. Kimmo Pohjonen ‘Kaluaja’ Cmpl CD 2 Tk 1 5.35
Kim-mo Poh-jo-nen is a Finnish accordionist who has revolutionized accordion sounds and performance with his custom-made electrified and modified instrument. Since the mid-nineties he has released numerous albums and toured the world with various projects. Kim-mo Poh-jo-nen takes us to a unique musical intersection named Kalua-ja.
Awards for World Music, Union Square Music, 2003
3. Youssou N’Dour ‘Touba Daru Salaam’ Cmpl CD 2 Tk 3 5.51
World music stars don’t come any bigger than Senegal’s famed artist Youssou N’Dour. He renders the selection Touba Daru Salaam.
Awards for World Music, Union Square Music, 2005
4. Souad Massi/Pascal Danae ‘Tell Me Why’ #857 Tk3 3.33
Sou-ad Massi is an Algerian singer, songwriter and guitarist who began her career performing in the Kabyle political rock band Atakor. Massi’s music prominently features the acoustic guitar with Western musical style influences like rock, country, Portuguese fado, sometimes with Asian musical instruments. Massi sings in Algerian Arabic, French, English and Kabyle (Berber language), often employing multiple languages in the same song. With singer-songwriter, Pas-cal Da-nae from Guadeloupe, Massi showcases Tell Me Why. Mesk Elil, AZ, 2006
5. Orchestra Baobab ‘Jiin Ma Jiin Ma’ CD2 Tk 10 (6:04)
From inauspicious beginnings as the weekend house band at a Dakar club for government officials, Senegal’s Orchestra Baobob, named for the club, which in turn took its name from the native baobob tree. The group went on to become one of the seminal bands of world music, with an influence that extended far beyond their national boundaries, throughout West Africa and into Europe and now in the U.S. Baobab performs Jiin Ma Jiin Ma complete with Latin textured influences.
BBC Radio 3 Awards for World Music, Union Square Music, 2003
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PLAYLIST
1. Tony Allen ‘Eparapo’ Cmpl CD 2 Tk 4 7.14
Tony Oladipo Allen is a Nigerian drummer, composer, and songwriter who currently lives and works in Paris is hugely responsible for creating what is known as Afro-beat. He is currently writing his autobiography “Tony Allen: Master Drummer of Afrobeat”. Aa’ pa-rapo is one of his musical creations.
BBC Radio 3 Awards for World Music, Union Square Music, 2003
2. Susana Baca ‘Afro Blue/Zum Zum’ Alb Tk 9 (5:16)
With a splendid voice and equally impressive interpretive gifts, Susana Baca is a primary exponent of the Afro-Peruvian musical tradition. Baca came to world attention in 1995, when her rendition of “Maria Lando,” a heartbreaking ballad of Third World worker oppression. Exspiritu Vivo, Luaka Bop, 2003
3. Mahalia Jackson ‘Move On Up A Little Higher’ Cmpl Tk 4 5.25
Mahalia Jackson was an American gospel singer. Hailed as the Queen of Gospel Possessing a powerful contralto voice. Jackson became one of the most influential gospel singers in the world and was heralded internationally as a singer and civil rights activist. She recorded about 30 albums (mostly for Columbia Records) during her career, and her 45 rpm records included a dozen “gold record”—million-sellers. Move On Up A Little Higher is one of her signature songs. Lift Every Voice! Sony, 1973
4. Dissidenten ‘Instinctive Traveler’ Cmpl Tk 9 9.42
German rock band Dis-siden-N’ is known for their collaborations with Middle Eastern, African and Indian musicians. The group renders Instinctive Traveler.
World Lounge, Putumayo World Music, 2002
5. Junior Byles ‘African Bound’ #857 Tk 7 3.29
Jamaican reggae star Junior Byles sings African Bound.
6. Alka Yagnik (with Sonu Nigam & Udit Narayan) ‘Pyar Ka Matlab’ CD2 Tk 5 (5:47)
Al-ka Yag-nik is among the best-known playback singers of Hindi cinema with a career spanning more than three decades. With friends she performs Pyar Ka Matlab.
BBC Radio 3 Awards for World Music, Union Square Music, 2003
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Mika ‘Bel Fanm’ Cmpl Tk 5 4.34
The Caribbean, Putumayo World Music, 2006
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Jab Jab ‘Rev It Up’ Cmpl Tk 10 4.30
The Caribbean, Putumayo World Music, 2006
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Militant ‘Hot And Groovy’ Cmpl Tk 12 4.43
The Caribbean, Putumayo World Music, 2006
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Hugh Masekela ‘Mama (Metro Area Birthday Dub’) #857Tk 9 5.46
Grazing In The Grass: The Best Of Hugh Masekela, SBME Special MKTS, 2008
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