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)

Promo for Sonic Latitudes #24: The Genius of Gustavo Santaolalla

Episode #23 - Global New Releases

1) Cabruera - Doce de Coco (Colors of Brazil)

Hard to classify - samba, funk, Afrobeat and rhythms from northeastern Brazil.
2) Bixiga 70 - Mil Vidas (III)
Brazilian Afrobeat. Reinterpreting the music made popular in the late 60s and 70s by the likes of Fela Kuti and Tony Allen.
3) Zebrabeat Afro-Amazonia Orquestra - Amazonia Orquestra (Amplificador)
A compilation from Amplificador - a Brazilian music blog. Writers picked 17 outstanding examples of new musical endeavors from around the country. The album is full of retro-classicist sounds that are the common foray of the Far Out label.
4) Palenke Soultribe - Tripao (Tercer Chofao) feat. Son Palenque (Versus EP)

Colombian sounds channelled through Los Angeles-based group. Psychedelic dance.
5) Groanbox - Wolfe Ridge (Groanbox)
Band that has a penchant for recording in strange locations. Their 6th album was recorded in a cabin in the Ontario wilderness.
6) Shooglenifty - Samhla Reel/Scolpaig (The Untied Knot)
25 years and running. Scottish group who continues to redefine their sound. On their 7th album, Shooglenifty keep the Celtic diaspora party going!
7) Calan - Tale of Two Dragons (Dinas)
Dragon-fighting Welsh music!
8) Raul Rodriguez - Razon De Son (Razon De Son)
Cuban tres guitar with son and flamenco.
9) Orblua - O Diabo da Velha (Retratos Cineticos)
Gorgeous vocal music from Portugal.
10) Mec Yek - Kali Som (Super Diver City)

Roma Reggae. Fronted by Roma sisters, Katia and Mielka Pohlodkova.
11) Oulhawen win Tidit - Faris (Mississippi to Sahara)
Toureg guitar music from Algeria
12) Ludovico Einaudi - Tonio Yima / Rirollala (The Taranta Project)
Features Justin Adams and Juldeh Camara (master griot from Gambia) both from Juju.
13) Khiyo - Doyal Tomaro
London-based group that interprets traditional Bengali music.
14) Cabruera - Nordeste Oculto (Colors of Brazil)
15) Iconili - O Rei de Tupanga (Amplificador)

Episode #22 - Mundo Electro

What happens when tradition collides with technology? This playlist features artists who bend their time-honored musical genres with electronics and robot beats.

Set I

Batida - Alegria (Alegria EP)

Salif Keita - Madan (Mouffou Remixes)

Mbongwana Star - Malukayi (feat. Konono N.1) - From Kinshasa

Smadj - Zakari (Spleen)

Gotan Project - El capitalismo foraneo - La Revancha Del Tango

Set II

Yothu Yindi - Gapu (The Tidal Mix) (Djapana CD Single - 1992)

Cheb Khalid - Ya Loualid - (Rough Guide To Rai)

Talvin Singh - Eclipse - (OK)

Koyate-Neerman - Requiem Por Un Con - (Skyscrapers and Dieties)

M.A.Z. - Reel De La Tentation (Chasse-Galerie)

Set III

Cornelius - Brazil - (Point)

Amon Tobin - Nightlife - (Permutation)

Balkan Beat Box - Cha Cha - (Balkan Beat Box)

Burcan Ocal and the Trakya all-Stars - Karabiber - (Trakya Dance Party)

Pernett - Primitivo - (The Caribbean Computer)

Wakal - Terraza Mantel - (Pop/Street Sound)

Episode #21 - Tales from the American Folk Festival

Part 1 - Opening Parade, Introduction & De Temps Antan Interview

Part 2 - The Dardanelles Interview

Photo Gallery from the 2015 American Folk Festival

The Dardanelles perform to a full house on Saturday night.