Episode #27 - Around the World in 25 Songs

1. Yothu Yindi - Gapu, Djapana

   

   
   

2. Black Rose - Raude
3. Deodato - September 13
4. Le Ry-Co Jazz - Dima Bolane
5. Julieta Venegas - Ese Camino
6. Los Lobos - There I Go
7. Weather Report - Non-Stop Home
8. Groan Box - Deep Tree Diving
9. Eccodek - In Confidence
10. Genticorum - Reel Circulaire
11. Revibe - Delphi
12. Vula Viel - Lobi
13. Eardrum - Yellow Skies
14. Serge Gainsbourg - Requiem Por Un Con
15. Chateau Flight & Bertrand Burgalat - Les Antipodes
16. Piero Umiliani - Lady Magnolia
17. Shantel - Marko I Shantel
18. Habib Koite - Sambara
19. The Very Best - Guju Guju
20. Mbwongwana Star - Shegue
21. Ayub Ogada - Thum Nyatiti
22. Mai Lệ Huyền - Duyên Phận Con Gái (A Girl's Destiny)
23. Ween - Pollo Asado
24. ...
25. ...

Turns out, it only takes 23 songs to get around the globe. We made it from Australia to Vietnam. Not quite a full circumnavigation of the globe. But pretty damn close!

Episode #26 - American Polka Party!

A short documentary about a small town Polka Fest in Bird Island, Minnesota.


Extremely raw home movie made at Birnamwood Polka Days (Wisconsin) in 1983.

Episode #25 - Los Lobos

The ambassadors of Chicano Rock, Blues, Folk & Soul!

Show Setlist

Songs played on-air, but missing from the Spotify list:
Poquito Para Aquí (Gates of Gold)
Evangeline (How Will The Wolf Survive?)
Corrido #1 (How Will The Wolf Survive?)
Mexico Americano (Acoustico En Vivo)
On A Night Like This (Masked & Anonymous Soundtrack)
When We Were Free (Gates of Gold)

Discover the Roots of Los Lobos

Here are some links to documentaries about Los Lobos in the early days. Great footage of the bearded 70s Hidalgo and Rosas playing folkloric classics in polyester white pants. Also, cool footage from the early L.A. club days. Steve Berlin rips it up on the sax!

Los Lobos Del Este De Los Angeles (Early Documentary)

Los Lobos: ...And a Time to Dance! (1984 PBS Documentary)