Playlist: Thursday 29 April 2010

1. "Nelson Mandela" - Youssou N'Dour

2. "We Baba Omcane" - Busi Mhlongo

3. "Usithathaphi Isibindi" - Super Tens

4. "Umuntu Ngumuntu" - Mahlathini & the Mahotella Queens

5. "Izinduku Zikhalemini" - Uthawolfu Amentkentshane

6. "Woulaba" - Habib Koite & Bamada

7. "Sorrow, Tears and Blood" - Fela Kuti

8. "Ballicki Bone" - Hypnotic Brass Ensemble

9. "Heading to Glory" - African Head Charge

10. "Logozo" - Angelique Kidjo

11. "Amaphoyisa" - Phuzekhemisi

Playlist Tuesday 27 April 2010

- Jesus Maria I - Muller & Makaroff (from the CD El Gaucho)
- Jesus Maria II - Muller & Makaroff
- Rio Negro II - Muller & Makaroff
- Livingston Buzz - Radio Zumbido
- Lo-fi Chicken Bus - Radio Zumbido
- Blue Eyed Black Boy - Balkan Beat Box (from the CD Blue Eyed Black Boy)
- Kabulectro - Balkan Beat Box (from the CD Blue Eyed Black Boy)
- BBBeat - Balkan Beat Box (from the CD Nu Med)
- Slavgnostik - Unkle Ho (from the CD Roads To Roma)
- A Scottish Tale - Unkle Ho (from the CD Roads To Roma)
- Oboe - Yossy Little Noise Weaver (from the CD Woven)
- November - Yossy Little Noise Weaver (from the CD Woven)
- Shoshan - Shye Ben-Tzur (From the CD Shoshan)

Playlist Thu 22 April 2010

1. I speak Fula - Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba
2. Que le mot soit perle - Les Nubians
3. Foux du Fafa - Flight of the Conchords
4. Niger Blues - Diabaté, Lang, Singh
5. Bluebeat & Ska (discomix) - Hotdrop
6. Torin torin - Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba
7. Balaton Night Groove - Fonogeri
8. Ahe Sira Bila - Issa Bagayogo
9. Reindeer of diamond - Mari Boine
10. Musow (for our women) - Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba

Playlist: Tuesday 20th April

Mara! - "Sandansko Horo"
Zulya Kamalova - "Like a Child"
Zulya Kamalova - "Insomnia"
Mara! - " Lute lute"
Blindmans Holiday - "Zold"
Nikka mote bhajra
Mara! - "All Summer"
The House Band - "The Frog in the well/ The Holey Ha'penny"
Capercaillie - "The Tree"

World Vibe this Thursday

Great to see the World Vibe crew blogging at last! My playlists will be published the day after my Thursday programs. This Thursday night from 7-8pm on ArtSound I'll be featuring the latest release from Bassekou Kouyate and Ngoni Ba, called "I Speak Fula". Look forward to your company then!

Playlist Thursday 15 April 2010

Charlotte Gainsbourg - "5:55"

Cheb Khaled - "Sidi Boumedienne"

Tinariwen - "Tahult In"

Salif Keita - "Wamba"

Emmanuel Jal & Abdel Gadir Salim - "Nyambol"

Lata Mangeshkar & Mukesh - "Kabhi Khabi Mere Dil Mein Khayal Aata

A. S. Kang - "Terian Gulabi Buliyan"

Gilberto Gil - "Can't Find my Way Home"

Seu Jorge - "Changes"

Pizzicato Five - "This Year's Girl #2"

UA - "Ochita Hoshi" (Fallen Star)

Playlist: Tuesday 13 April 2010

D'Gary Jam - Bela Fleck
Throw Down Your Heart - Bela Fleck
Ruby - Ali Farka Toure & Toumani Diabate
Adderly Straat - Barry van Zyl
Abantwana - Blessing Nqo
Kelele - Angelique Kidjo
Petite Fleur - Angelique Kidjo
Move On Up - Angelique Kidjo feat. John Legend
Ere Mela Mela - Mahmoud Ahmed
La Tumchu Anni - Mariem Hassan
Do Anything Go Anywhere - The Public Opinion Afro Orchestra
Walk Right Up - Ladi6

Tres Tres Fort - Staff Benda Bilili

There is a great new CD in the Artsound Library by a group called Staff Benda Bilili.
Hailing from Congo, Staff Bendi Bilili are a group of musicians who live (and play) in the Kinshasa Zoogical Park in the Capital of Congo. All members of the band are homeless and affected by polio, however that does not stop them from making amazing music with hand made instruments, such as a one stringed guitar made from a tin can. In keeping with their rock and roll lifestyle, members of the group cruise around Kinshasa in homemade wheelchair tricycles. Many of these are featured in the stunning photographs inside the CD booklet.

Drawing on many musical styles, their music has its roots in afrobeat with elements of rhythm'n'blues, reggae and rumba. They cite two of their influences as James Brown and Bob Marley.
Released in March 2009 on Crammed Discs, the CD was recorded live by Vincent Kenis in Kinshasa Zoological Park. Initially Kenis recorded and saved the tracks on his MP3 player, however it was stolen a few days later, with all tracks needing to be rerecorded. I highly recommend playing this CD on a mixed program and even though all tracks are performed in French, the lyrics resonate the struggle of polio affected Congolese

I was born a strong man, but polio has crippled me
Look at me today, I’m screwed into my tricycle
I have become the man with canes
To hell with those crutches!

Parents, please go to the vaccination centre
Get your babies vaccinated against polio
Please save them from that curse