The Eastern Hemisphere

2012-02-29T18:53:00.002-06:00

Playlist: February 29, 2012

7:00
Tim Rayborn - (Veils of Light)
Nourhan Sharif - El Marouge (Cairo)
Sirocco - Cabaret Dance (Volume II)

7:45
Raquy & the Cavemen - Bewitched
Divahn - Yodukha Rayonai
Wine and Alchemy - Marco Polo, Kashmir (Samsara)

8:12
No Blues - The Clock, Columbus Stockade
Mai Yamane / Yoko Kanno - Want It All Back (Cowboy Bebop Soundtrack)
Rurouni Kenshin Soundtrack & Character songs
Escaflowne Soundtrack - Mystic Eyes
Kodo - Lion

Playlist: February 22, 2012

2012-02-22T18:42:00.002-06:00

Playlist: February 22, 2012

7:00
The Two Tenors and Qantara - A Vocal Medeley (Historic Live Concert of Arabic Masters)
Susu and the Cairo Cats - The Cat's Meow (Dancing Drums)
Amany and Bassem Yazbek - Boss Amany (Oriental Belly Dance)

7:20
Emad Sayyah - Mashoura (Modern Belly Dance Music from Lebanon Vol. 5)
Best of Arabian Bellydance - Sahar

7:40
Harry Saroyan - Misirlou (Saroyan Sings "Cairo")
Raquy & the Cavemen - Jordan
Zachary J. Mechlem - Sameera
Dard e Disco - Om Shanti Om Soundtrack

8:00
Bas Ekh King - Singh is King Soundtrack --Request by Troupe Zahava Bellydancers

ANNOUNCEMENT: Benefit for Veer Pratabh Singh this Friday at 11pm at Scandals Night club

Chammak Chalo, Criminal, Dildaara - RA One Soundtrack

8:20
Chor Bazaari - Love Aaj Kal Soundtrack
O...Saya, Ringa Ringa - Slumdog Millionaire Soundtrack
Aaja Machle - Monsoon Wedding Soundtrack

8:45
Dil Kohl Ke Let's Rock - We Are Family
Noor e Khuda, Tere Naina - My Name is Khan

February 15, 2012

2012-02-15T18:54:00.002-06:00

February 15, 2012

7:00
Solace - (Ahsas)
Haifa Wehbe - Ana Haifa
Tarkan - Huup, Sen Bashkasin (Karma)
Natacha Atlas - I put a spell on you

7:22
Nawal al-Zoghbi - Yama Alou
Ehab Tawfik - Aah ya Nari
Nancy Ajram - Ya Tabtab wa Dallaa

7:44
Saroyan - Dulab el Houb, Cairo
Susu & the Cairo Cats - The Cat's Meow

8:02
Simon Shaheen - Bosphorus Scenes Under the Moonlight
Husnu Shenlenirici & Laco Tayfa - Onbeshli, Bergama Gaydasi

8:22
Vagabond Opera - Hebbina, Rumeniye Rumeniye
Nikitov - Trink Bider, Shvarts Bistu Shvarts, Rumeniyen Trink Melodye (Vanderlust)

8:44
Klezmerson - Araber Tanz
David Krakauer's Klezmer Madness - Moscowitz
Lieberman - Funky Freylehks
Simply Tsfat - Vnisgav

Playlist: February 8, 2012

2012-02-08T18:47:00.002-06:00

Playlist: February 8, 2012

7:00
Tomoko Sugawara - (Along the Silk Road)
Wine & Alchemy - Cuando el Rey Nimrod (Samsara)
Zarbang - Circle in Seven

7:22
Johannes Linstead - Sangre Del Toro (Mediterranea)
Tim Rayborn - Adrar (Rihla)
Chris Gacsi - Sallam 'Alay / She Greeted Me (One)

7:40
Raquy & the Cavemen - Jehan, Naked (Naked)
Raquy & the Cavemen - Metal, Bewitched (Bewitched)

8:09
The Shroud - Black
Karma Sutra - Prana
Knossos - Cold Room
Tim Rayborn - Cask of Alban
Maduro - Karakas
Collide - Pandora's Box

8:41
Knossos - (Dark Light in the Wake of Silence)
Solace - (Satya)

Playlist: February 1, 2012

2012-02-01T18:53:00.002-06:00

Playlist: February 1, 2012

7:00
Peter Gabriel ( Passion: Music for The Last Temptation of Christ)
Sirocco - Cabaret Dance
Raquy & the Cavemen - Axarai (Dust)

7:30
Mercan Dede - Nar i Ney (Arabian Travels II)
Oojami - (Bellydance Breakbeats)
Said Mrad - Bedouism (Esmerim)

8:07
Kalila - Hafla
Maha Samable - Goa Dreams
Dem Rep - City I Love
Osvaldo Kresta - Colours
Eastern Awakening - Hills of Nepal

8:33
Circulos - Il Sole
Ocean City - Bouyel (wave mix)
Praka Preach - So Still
Sham - Cuba Libre

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

2012-01-25T18:53:00.002-06:00

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

7:00
Tomoko Sugawara - Along the Silk Road
Hossam Ramzy - Desert Rhythm (Eternal Egypt)
Chris Gasci - Gacsi's Karatchi, Erev Shel Shoshanim, Mirage (One)

7:22
Raquy & the Cavemen - Graovsko, Jordan
Divahn - Ya Ribon Alam
No Blues - Farewell Shalabiye

7:43
Said Mrad - Esmerin , Oriental Lament, Nagham (Esmerim)

8:03
Zerrin Ozer - Ben Melamet Hirkasini
Groove Alla Turka - Elhamdulillah

8:43
Hanggai - Gobi Road (He who travels far)

2012-01-18T18:54:00.003-06:00

January 18, 2012

SOPA BLACKOUT DAY

The Eastern Hemisphere is broadcasting this evening, but there will be no playlist published on this blog in protest of the Stop Online Piracy Act.

Support Middle Eastern and world music, and tell your local politicians not to support SOPA. Dick Durbin, Mark Kirk -- cut it out, dudes. Not cool.

Playlist: January 11, 2012

2012-01-11T19:01:00.004-06:00

Playlist: January 11, 2012

7:00
Hossam Ramzy - The best of Abdul Halim Hafiz
Om Kholtoum - Fakaroni
Nourhan Sharif - El Marouge
George Abdo - Belly Dance Fantasy

8:00
Classic Bhangra - Jasbir Jassi, Ashok Masti, Jasbinder Narula

Playlist: January 4, 2012

2012-01-04T18:58:00.003-06:00

Playlist: January 4, 2012

7:00
Toires - Sanati; Mercan Dede - Nar i Ney (Arabian Travels II)
Said Mrad - Esmerim
Knossos - Slow Descent, Tarak (Dark light in the wake of silence)
The Shroud - Black
Karma Sutra - Prana

8:00
Bollywood soundtracks - Zindagi Na Milegi Dobarra, Tees Maar Khan, Tara Rum Pum, Anjaana Anjaani Ki Kahani

This is a very abbreviated list this week -- trying to multitask on too many different responsibilities in one evening...

Playlist: December 28, 2011

2011-12-28T18:54:00.002-06:00

Playlist: December 28, 2011

7:00
Hossam Ramzy - (Eternal Egypt)
Zarbang - Zarbi-e Raast
Johnannes Linstead - Journey to Alcazaba
Nourhan Sharif - El Marouge (Cairo)
Harry Saroyan - (Saroyan Sings "Cairo")

8:00
Cheb Mami - Le Rai C'est Chic
Maghrebika feat. Bill Laswell - Tyran Perdant (Neftakhir)
Cheb i Sabbah - Neti Neti (As Far As)
Khaled - Didi Funk
Mambomania - Mango Mango Mangue (Big Noise: A Mambo Inn Compilation)
Habib Koite & Bamada - Namania (Afriki)
Peto - African Salad (Urban Africa)
Ubaka Hill - Dance the Spiral Dance

Playlist: December 21, 2011

2011-12-21T18:23:00.006-06:00

Playlist: December 21, 2011

HAPPY HANUKKAH, SOLSTICE, AND CHRISTMAS!

7:00
Shajarian & Kalhor - Night Silence Desert
Voyage - Tanz des Kelim (Kelim Dance)
Raquy & the Cavemen - Mischief, Jordan

7:25
Zachary J. Mechlem - Sameera
Divahn - Cuando el Rey Nimrod, Yodukha Rayonai

7:40
David Krakauer's Klezmer Madness - Moskowitz
Klezmerson - Tartar Tanz, Araber Tanz
Gypsy Guerilla Band - Kishinev Bulgar (Ernie's Ottoman)
Klezmer Connexion - Play Me a Little Song in Yiddish

8:00
Nikitov - Shvarts Bistu Shvarts, Trink Bider (Vanderlust)
Metropolitan Klezmer - Traveling Dreydls
The Isle of Klezbos - Abi Gezunt Medley ["as long as you're healthy, you can be happy"]
Klezmer Juice - Freylach in D

8:23
The Klezmonauts - Santa Gey Gezunderheit, God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, Jingle Bells, Joy to the World (Oy to the World)

8:36
Tomas Michaud, Johannes Linstead, Bryan Lubeck - What Child is This, The First Noel, Christmas Journey (We Three Strings)

8:47
Rivertribe - The First Noel, Angels We Have Heard on High (Rivertribe Christmas)

Playlist: December 14, 2011

2011-12-14T18:53:00.002-06:00

Playlist: December 14, 2011

7:00
About Istanbul - Pazar
Tim Rayborn - Kyrsal (Rihla)
Chris Gacsi - Gacsi's Karatchi (One)
Divahn - Dror Yikra

7:20
Suhaila Salimpour featuring Susu Pampinin - Stamina (Fate)
Harry Saroyan - Cairo (Saroyan Sings "Cairo")
Said Mrad - Esmerim

8:00
Knossos - Tarak (Dark light in the wake of silence)
Jef Stoff - Funky Nawari (Arabian Travels II)
Christophe Goze - Ja Vidi
Cheb Mami - Tzazae (Dellali)

8:20
Nikitov - Vander Ikh Mir Lustig, Di Alte Kashe (Vanderlust)
Tomas Michaud, Johannes Linstead, Bryan Lubeck - O Come Emanuel (We Three Strings)
Rivertribe - (Rivertribe Christmas)

Playlist: December 7, 2011

2011-12-07T18:59:00.002-06:00

Playlist: December 7, 2011

7:00
Hossam Ramzy (Eternal Egypt)
Raquy & the Cavemen - Obama Ayub, Metal, Dahlradia (Bewitched)

7:28
Varter (Roses)
Ya Leyli
George Abdo -Raks Araby
Erev Shel Shoshanim
Wine & Alchemy - Marco Polo (Samsara)

7:47
Mercan Dede - Nar i Ney (Arabian Travels 2)
Dard e Disco (Om Shanti Om Soundtrack)

8:01
Dil Kohl Ke Let's Rock (We Are Family Soundtrack)
Genie Rap (Aladin Soundtrack)
Criminal, Dildaara (RA One Soundtrack)

8:22
Happy EndingWallah Re Wallah, Badey Dilwala (Tees Maar Khan Soundtrack)
Chor Bazari, Aahun Aahun (Love Aaj Kal)

8:45
Love Me (Wanted Soundtrack)
Just Chill (Maine Pyra Kyum Kiya)
Jhoom Barabar Jhoom (Soundtrack)

Playlist: November 30, 2011

2011-11-30T18:56:00.002-06:00

Playlist: November 30, 2011

7:00
Faruk Hassan (Orient Extreme Plus)
Hossam Ramzy - Oqbal Yom Miladek (Best of Abdul Halim Hafiz)

7:24
Divahn - Ya Ribon Alam
Vagabond Opera - Hebbina
Klezmerson - Araber Tanz

7:43
Groove Alla Turka - Kismet
No Blues - Columbus stockade (Farewell Shalabiye)
Al-Qaynah - Coraline (Taqwacore Invasion)

8:01
Tzebeoble - Dry Sundayz
Dead Bhuttos - Teree Aisee Ke Tesee
Ubik Heredia & Citizen Vex - Decadence, Psychic Vampires

8:16
Amadou & Mariam - Politic Amagni
Miriam Makeba - Pata Pata, Zulu Song
Dennis Maberry & friends - Fanga (Rhythmspirit)

8:32
Hanggai - Gobi Road, Ayrhindu, Dorov Moraril, Golden Bangle (He who travels far)

Playlist: November 23, 2011

2011-11-23T18:57:00.002-06:00

Playlist: November 23, 2011

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!

7:00
Incesaz - About Istanbul
Dimitrie Cantemir (Istanbul)
Suleiman the Magnificent Soundtrack - Goat Jumper, Whirling Dervishes

7:20
Misirli Ahmet - Mechul (Homegrown Istanbul)
Chiftetelli - Rast Chiftetelli
Turkish Nines

7:48
Turkish Percussion Group - Yashar Kemal Solo (Harem)
Zachary J. Mechlem - Sameera
Raquy & the Cavemen - Karsilama (Naked)

8:05
Raquy Danziger & Friends - Traditional Turkish in Laaz Rhythm (Masmudi)
Raquy & the Cavemen - Karsilamagic (Bewitched)
Kardesh Turkuler - (Bahar)

8:18
Simon Shaheen - Bosphorus Scenes Under the Moonlight (Blue Flame)
(unknown Turkish female pop artist) - (unknown Turkish lullabye)
Tarkan - Simarik, Cat Kapi

8:38
Groove Alla Turka - Nihavend Longa
Husnu Shenlenirici & Laco Tayfa - Bergama Gaydasi
Ashik Veysel - Uzun Ince Bir Yol Daynim
Zerrin Ozer - Beni Hor Gorme

Playlist: November 16, 2011

2011-11-16T18:54:00.003-06:00

Playlist: November 16, 2011

7:00
Shajarian & Kalhor (Night Silence Desert)
Divahn - Yodukha Rayonai
Chris Gacsi - Erev Shel Shoshanim, Sallam Allay (One)

7:24
Raquy & the Cavemen - Dalia (Naked)
Traditional Arabic Music Ensemble - Khatwat Habibi (House of Tarab)
Desert Wind (Belly Dancing)
Harry Saroyan - Misirlou (Saroyan Sings "Cairo")
Loreena McKennitt - Marco Polo

8:00
The Red Elvises - Hello from Istanbul, I wanna see you bellydance, Sad Cowboy Song
Alla Pugachova - Find Me
Sofya Rotaru - Small Incident
Kino - Shut the crumbling door behind me, get out

8:32
Hanggai - Gobi Road, Xiger Xiger, Borulai's Lullabye, Hanggai (He Who Travels Far)
Queen Sea Big Shark - Man on the Moon
Raquy & the Cavemen - Raquy's 1st Composition: Karsilama (Raquy Danziger & Friends)

Playlist: November 9, 2011

2011-11-09T19:03:00.004-06:00

Playlist: November 9, 2011

7:00
Peter Gabriel - Music for the Last Temptation of Christ
Orion Prophesy - Book of Stars (Waterbone)
Raquy & the Cavemen - Faithful (Mischief)

7:19
Nourhan Sharif - El Marouge / Ebn'l Hallal (Cairo)
Suhaila Salimpour feat. Susu Pampinin - Stamina (Fate)

7:50
George Abdo - Belly Dance Fantasy complete routine (Belly Dancing with George Abdo)

8:05
Bollywood spectacular!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Happy Ending, Wallah Re Wallah, Badey Dilwala, Tees Maar Khan, Sheeila Ki Jawani - Tees Maar Khan
Aag Lage Us Aag Ko, Ik Tu He Tu He, Mallo Malli - Mausam

8:43
Dil Dhadakne Do, Khaabon Ke Parinday, Senorita, To Zinda Ho Tum - Zindagi Na Milegi Dobarra

Playlist: November 3, 2011

2011-11-02T18:54:00.002-05:00

Playlist: November 3, 2011

7:00
Tim Rayborn - (Veils of Light)
Raquy & the Cavemen - Jordan
Ruben van Rompaey - Yeni Ufuklar (Eastern Expressions)

7:23
The Mother Fakirs - Sunset in Islamabad
Yoko Kanno/Seatbelts - [unknown title], The Egg and I, Digging My Potato (Cowboy Bebop Soundtracks)

7:39
No Blues - Columbus Stockade, Farewell Shalabiye
Sting feat. Cheb Mami - Desert Rose (Brand New Day)
Cheb Mami - Meli Meli
Faudel - Baida

8:07
Vagabond Opera - Hijazz, The Transformation into Marlene, Rumeneye Rumeneye
Klezmer Connexion - Play me a little song in Yiddish
Nikitov - Jelle's Tanz, Trink Bider
David Krakauer's Klezmer Madness
Wolgemut - Slatarello

8:45
Hedingarna - The hour of the Beast (The Heathen's Fire)
Vaesen - The Grontman (Gront)
Wine and Alchemy - Kashmir (Samsara)

Playlist: October 26, 2011

2011-10-26T19:02:00.003-05:00

Playlist: October 26, 2011

7:00
Turkish Nines
Chiftetelli - Karcigar Chiftetelli (Turkish Belly Dance)
Tim Rayborn - Kalakh (Rihla)
Zarbang - Zarbi-e Raast

7:33
Divahn - Cuando el Rey Nimrod
Johnannes Linstead - Ambrosia (Mediterranea)
Amir Beso - Caravan (Fatamorgana)
The Red Elvises - Hello from Istanbul, I wanna See you bellydance
Dard e Disco - Om Shanti Om Soundtrack
Tarkan - Basina Bela Olurum

8:02
Nawal al-Zoghbi - Yama Alou
Haifa Wehbe - Ana Haifa (Bade Eish)
Chantal Chamandy - Crazy (Love Needs You)
Shakti - Let Me Dance

8:24
Solace - Darban Jooth Na Boley (Satya)
Chale Chalo - Lagaan Soundtrack
Kata Kata - Raavan Soundtrack
Bawhare - Luck By Chance Soundtrack
Love Me - Wanted Soundtrack
Just Chill - Maine Pyar Kyun Kiya Soundtrack

9:06
Discowale Khisko - Dil Bole Hadippa Soundtrack
MIDIval PunditZ - Bhangra Fever, Mercury, Night
James Asher - Duskfire, The Astrologer's Seat, Temple Gates (Tigers of the Raj)
Karsh Kale - Redesign

10:15
Navraj Gurung - Rhythmic Journey
Rivertribe - the blessing

Playlist: October 19, 2011

2011-10-19T18:58:00.002-05:00

Playlist: October 19, 2011

7:00
Solace (Ahsas)
Raquy & the Cavemen - Jordan (Jordan), Karsilamagic, Bewitched, Moody Masmudi (Bewitched)
Zachary J. Mechlem - Bedouins (Sameera)

7:31
Natacha Atlas - I Put a Spell on You
Haifa Wehbe - Bade Eish
Tarkan - Cat Kapi (Metamorfoz)
Said Mrad - Afrodisiac

7:45
Maghrebika feat. Bill Laswell - Tyran Perdant (Neftakhir)
Cheb Mami - Azwaw 2

8:04
DJ Food - Dub Lion
Ustand Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan - Kinna Sohna
Khaled - Didi
Tchando - Ussak Ndja

8:30
Libre - Elena Elena
Zap Mama - Brrrlak! / Mupepe
Dahui - Simpa/Kassa
Ubaka Hill - Dance the Spiral Dance

Playlist: October 5, 2011

2011-10-05T19:24:00.002-05:00

Playlist: October 5, 2011

7:00
Orion Prophesy - King of Cups (Waterbone)
Said Mrad - En Aranjuex ton tu amor (Esmerim)
Toires - Sanati
Mercan Dede - Nar i Ney

7:30
Said Mrad - Oriental Lament, Sax Oriental (Esmerim)
Oojami - Istanboogie (Bellydance Breakbeats)
Said Mrad - Sax Oriental, Nagham (Esmerim)

7:48
Knossos - Tarak (Dark light in the wake of silence)
Solace - Djinn, Indigo Dragonfly (Balance)

8:02
Hanggai - Gobi Road, (He Who Travels Far)

8:30
Popular Jiangnan Music - Yang Ba Qu
Navraj Gurung - Sound/Chattering (Rhythmic Journey)
Red Buddha feat. Lenny MacDowell - Red Buddha (Tibet Trance)

Playlist: September 28, 2011

2011-09-28T18:56:00.001-05:00

Playlist: September 28, 2011

7:00
Hossam Ramzy - Shimmers in the Sand (Eternal Egypt)
Chris Gacsi - Amira (One)
Suhaila Salimpour feat. Susu Pampinin - Stamina (Fate)

7:43
George Abdo - Raks Mustapha (The Joy of Belly Dancing)
Nourhan Sharif - El Marouge (Cairo)

8:16
Om Kholtoum - Fakaroni
Music of Om Kholtoum - Maret el Aiam
Emad Sayyah - Mashoura

Playlist: September 21, 2011

2011-09-21T18:44:00.002-05:00

Playlist: September 21, 2011

7:00
Orion Prophesy (Waterbone)
Solace - Redemption (Ahsas)
Zarbang - Together
Chris Gacsi - Sallam Alay (One)

7:15
Susu & the Cairo Cats - The Cat's Meow (Dancing Drums)
Farid al-Atrash - Gamil Gamal (House of Tarab)
The Mother Fakirs - Twirling Toward Shambalah

7:35
Said Mrad - Esmerim
Oojami - Urban Dervish (Bellydance Breakbeats)
Groove Alla Turka - Gene Gel
Husnu Shenlenirici & Laco Tayfa - Chiftetelli (Bergama Gaydasi)

8:08
Ashik Veysel - Beni Hor Gorme
Zerrin Ozer - Obur Dunya
Mile Kitic - Plava Ciganka

8:20
Saat Khoon Maaf Soundtrack - Darling
Chandni Chowk to China - Soundtrack (of the same name)
We Are Family Soundtrack - Dil Kohl Ke Let's Rock
The Red Elvises - Boogie on the Beach, Hungarian Dance #5 (Six-String Samurai Soundtrack)

8:50
Vuisotsky - Ytrennyaya Gymnastica [Morning Gymnastics]
Sofya Rotaru - Small Incident

Playlist: September 14, 2011

2011-09-14T18:10:00.000-05:00

Playlist: September 14, 2011

7:00
Azam Ali - (Portals of Grace)
Johannes Linstead - Sangre del Toro (Mediterranea)
Solace - Blessings, (Ahsas)
Gypsy Caravan - Tusk 2 (Kabila Project)

7:25
Raquy & the Cavemen - Jordan
Wine and Alchemy - Marco Polo, Cuando el Rey Nimrod
Divahn - Yodukha Rayonai (Uskudar melody)

7:45
Hossam Ramzy - Through the Ankh (Eternal Egypt)

8:00
Tomoko Sugawara - Cantiga de Santa Maria, No. 249 (Along the Silk Road)
Hevia (Tierre de Nadie)
Hedingarna (The Heathen's Fire)
Vaesen (Gront)

Playlist: September 7, 2011

2011-09-07T18:52:00.002-05:00

Playlist: September 7, 2011

7:00
Music of Islam - Raga Biaragi Bhairva [Pakistan](Sampler)
Bellydance Superstars - Entrance of the Stars (Volume II)
Emad Sayyah - Boukra Ya Habibi (Modern Bellydance from Lebanon Vol. 2)

7:18
Amany and Bassem Yazbek - Boss Amany (Oriental Belly Dance)
Yoko Kanno / Seatbelts - Bindy, Digging My Potato (Cowboy Bebop Soundtrack No Disc)
No Blues - Columbus Stockade (Farewell Shalabiye)
Groove Alla Turka - Nihavend Longa, Habibi

7:48
Simon Shaheen - Blue Flame, Waving Sands
Amir Beso - Fatamorgana

8:08
Nikitov - Rumeynien Trink Melodye, Biul pe Sase din Muscel, Trink Bider (Vanderlust)
Vagabond Opera - Rumeneye, Rumeneye
Metropolitan Klezmer - Russian Sher, Fiselekh, Der Yidisher Soldat in di Trenches (Yiddish for Travelers)

8:40
Metropolitan Klezmer - That's the Way a Tailor Sews, Shpil du Fidl, Shipl (Surprising Finds)
Yann Tiresen - La Valse d'Amelie n(Amelie Soundtrack)
Chareles Trenet - La Mer
Maurice Chevalier - Mon Vieux Paris, You Brought a New Kind of Love

Playlist: August 31, 2011

2011-08-31T18:59:00.003-05:00

Playlist: August 31, 2011

7:00
Varter - Roses
George Abdo - I Miss You, My Love (The Magic of Bellydancing)
Ruben van Rompaey - Oasis (Eastern Expressions)
Raquy & the Cavemen - Mukeka, Axarai (Bewitched)

7:33
Knossos - Slow Descent / Tarak (Dark light in the wake of silence)
The Shroud - Black
Karma Sutra - Prana
Knossos - Cold room
Tim Rayborn - Cask of Alban
Maduro - Karakas

8:04
Collide - Pandora's Box
Solace - Djinn (Balance)
KODO - (Heartbeat 25th Anniversary)
Sado Music - Beauty from another world (Coupled Plum Blossom)

Playlist: August 24, 2011

2011-08-24T19:00:00.003-05:00

Playlist: August 24, 2011

7:00
Susu & the Cairo Cats - Nubian Magic (Dancing Drums)
Traditional Music Ensemble - Zeinah (House of Tarab)
Raquy & the Cavemen - Cabaret Macabre, Maracatu, Samai Husseini (Mischief)

7:25
Bellydance Superstars Vol. II - Habibbi Alli
Hanan - Ed Hak
Loreena McKennitt - Marco Polo
Emad Sayyah - El Bint el Libnaniye

7:45
Musicana 3 - Best of Song

8:05
Dard e Disco, Dhoom Tana - Om Shanti Om soundtrack
Marjani, Love Mera Hit Hit - Billu Marber Soundtrack
Pretty Woman - Kal Ho Na Ho Soundtrack
Heyy Babyy - Heyy Babyy soundtrack

8:38
Hey Shona, Nachle Ve - Tara Rum Pum soundtrack
Bas Ek King, Je Karda - Singh is King
Darling - Saat Khoon Maaf

Playlist: August 17, 2011

2011-08-17T18:53:00.002-05:00

Playlist: August 17, 2011

7:00
Tim Rayborn - Dokuc; Helm - F'il Waha (The Kabila Project)
Shuvani - Desert Trance (Dance of the Wise Woman)
Divahn - Cuando el Rey Nimrod

7:19
Chris Gacsi - Lama Bada (One)
Raquy & the Cavemen - Jehan, Naked, Karsilama (Naked)
Simon Shaheen - Bosphorus Scenes Under the Moonlight (Blue Flame)

7:40
Kardesh Turkuler - Es Kiser Hampartzum e / Bugun Bayram ?Gunudur (Bahar)
Tarkan - Simarik, Huup, Sen Bashkasin
Groove Alla Turka - Katibim [jazzy update on a traditional Turkish melody, Uskudar]; Saz Caz

8:05
Zerrin Ozer - Beni Hor Gorme, Alli Turnam (Ve Boyle Bir Shey...)
Wine & Alchemy - Misirlou (Turning of the Seasons)
Vagabond Opera - Hijazz

8:35
Amir Besho - Fatamorgana
Balkanika - Hilandar
Kino - Gruppa Krovi

Playlist: August 3, 2011

2011-08-03T18:48:00.002-05:00

Playlist: August 3, 2011

7:00
Turkish Nines
Sirocco - Cabaret Dance (Volume II)
Suhaila Salimpour feat. Susu Pampinin - Stamina (Fate)
Raquy & the Cavemen - Huseyni Saz Samai (Dust)
The Mother Fakirs - Twirling Toward Shambalah

8:00
Oojami - Chicky (Bellydance Breakbeats)
Toires feat. Natacha Atlas - Sanati (Arabian Travels II)
Ubaka Hill - Dream Shift (Beyond the Wind)
Ubaka Hill - Dance the Spiral Dance (Dance the Spiral Dance)
Miriam Makeba - Pata Pata

8:28
The Isle of Klezbos - Abi Gezunt Medley
Wine & Alchemy - Kashmir (Samsara)
Wine & Alchemy - The Gypsy Road (Turning of the Seasons)
Wolgemut - Fanfaerenzug, Der Eisbaerentanz (Shauspeluden II)

Playlist: July 27, 2011

2011-07-27T18:11:00.003-05:00

Playlist: July 27, 2011

7:00
Shajarian & Kalhor - (Night Silence Desert)
Johannes Linstead - Journey to Alcazaba (Mediterranea)
Zarbang - Zarbi -e Raast, Circle in seven

7:43
Emad Sayyah - Mashoura [Enchanting Arabia] (Modern Belly Dance Music from Lebanon, Vol. 5)
George Abdo - Belly Dance Fantasy (Belly Dancing with George Abdo)
Cheb Mami - Meli Meli

8:07
Cheb Mami - Le Rai C'est Chic, Viens Habibi (Dellali)
Cheb Mami - Parisien du Nord (Meli Meli)
Faudel - Tellement n'Brick (Baiida)

8:30
Maghrebika feat. Bill Laswell - Tyran Perdant (Neftakhir)
Cheb i Sabbah - Sadats / Saints of Marrakesh (La Kahena)
Ustand Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan- Kinna Sohna (Big Noise: a Mambo Inn Compilation)

Playlist: July 20, 2011

2011-07-20T18:40:00.004-05:00

Tonight's show featuring music for an Egyptian Mau kitten!

Playlist: July 20, 2011

I need to type this quickly and get back to the egg I'm frying on my patio outside...

7:00
Suleiman the Magnificent Soundtrack -
Shuvani feat. Omar Faruk Tekbilek - Ghawaziya (Dance of the Wise Woman)
Zachary J. Mechlem - Bedouins (Sameera)
Susu & the Cairo Cats - The Cat's Meow (Dancing Drums)

7:20
Nourhan Sharif - Saidi Sha't Mah't (Cairo)
Hossam Ramzy - Asmar Yasmarani (Best of Abdul Halim Hafix)
Harry Saroyan - Cairo (Saroyan Sings "Cairo")

7:40
Omar Faruk Tekbilek feat. Brian Keane - Fire Dance (Fire Dance)
Hossam Ramzy - Desert Rhythm (Eternal Egypt)
Metkal Kenawi - Best of Seedi Nights
Raquy & the Cavemen - Obama Ayub (Bewitched)

8:02
Raquy & the Cavemen - Nubian (Jordan)
Gabe's Cat (Middle Eastern Dance Mix 1)
Nawal al-Zoghbi - Yama Alou

8:25
Amr Diab - Awedony
Said Mrad - En Aranjuez ton tu amor, Hizzi ya nawaem (Esmerim)
Suhaila feat. Susu & the Cairo Cats - Bongo Funk

8:44
Natacha Atlas - I put a spell on you
Deva Premal - Tumare Darshan (Essence)
Jesse Cook - Luna Llena

Playlist: July 13, 2011

2011-07-13T18:54:00.002-05:00

Playlist: July 13, 2011

7:00
Peter Gabriel - (Passion: Music for The Last Temptation of Christ)
Omar Faruk Tekbilek & Brian Keane - (Fire Dance)

OHHHH MY GOD Something went wrong on Blogger, and I was logged out without realizing. And, apparently, I typed up a full two hours' worth of playlist information and it only save the first five minutes. Argh!

Well, this is a first, so let's hope it's a rare phenomenon. Tune in next week, and hopefully I'll have better luck recording the playlist!

Playlist: July 6, 2011

2011-07-06T18:07:00.002-05:00

Playlist: July 6, 2011

7:00
Turkish Nines
Roman Chiftetelli - Elenor Music
Turkish Percussion Group - Darbukah Solo (Harem)
Turku - Fidayda (Kabila Project)

7:18
Chris Gacsi - Lama Bada (One)
Simon Shaheen - Blue Flame (Blue Flame)
Yoko Kanno / The Seatbelts - Bindy, Digging My Potato (Cowboy Bebop Soundtrack No Disc)

7:35
No Blues - Farewell Shalabiye, Nobody's fault but mine (Farewell Shalabiye)
Cheb Mami - Azwaw II (Meli Meli)
Tarkan - Cat Kapi (Metamorfoz)
Haifa Wehbe - Bhebbak Hob (Bade Eish)
Said Mrad - Beirut Chill, Afrodisiac (Esmerim)

8:05
Deva Premal - Gayatri Mantra (The Essence)
Red Buddha feat. Lenny MacDowell - Red Buddha (Tibet Trance)

8:33
Huun Huur Tu - Orphan's Lament, Eiki Attar (The Orphan's Lament)
Popular Jingnan Music - Yang Ba Qu (Hong Kong Records)
Kodo - Zoku (Heartbeat 25th Anniversary)
Tea Travel - Mao-feng Tea, in Hwang Shan (Tea Music 2)

Playlist: June 29, 2011

2011-06-29T18:57:00.002-05:00

Playlist: June 29, 2011

7:00
Divahn - Shabekhi Yerushalayim, Dror Yikra
Zachary J. Mechlem - Sameera
Natacha Atlas - I Put a Spell on You
Traditional Arabic Ensemble - Farid al-Atrash (House of Tarab)

7:18
Unknown - Ya Leyli
Jesse Cook - Closer to Madness
Mossen Allam - Balady Taxim (Wash ya Wash Vol. 3)

7:40
Haifa Wehbe - Bade Eish
Nancy Ajram - Ya Tabtab Wa Dallaa
Amr Diab - Nour el Ain
Ehab Tawfik - Aa ya Nari (Hobek Alemni)
Tarkan - Uzak (Karma)
Kazem al Saher - Al Hob al Mustaheel

8:06
Roman Chowdhury - Last Night
Sanjay Mishrah with Jerry Garcia - For Julia

8:30
Ravi Shankar feat. Yehudi Menuhin - Prabhati (West Meets East: The historic Shankar/Menuhin Sessions)
Karsh Kale - Empty Hands [Bill Laswell Mix] (redesign)

Playlist: June 22, 2011

2011-06-22T18:46:00.002-05:00

Playlist: June 22, 2011

7:00
Sirocco - Cabaret Dance (Volume II)
Nourhan Sharif - El Marouge (Cairo)

7:38
Raquy & the Cavemen - Sandansko, Graovsko, Dueling Darbukas, Caravan (Jordan)
Ruben van Rompaey - Djehangir (Eastern Expressions)

8:02
Chris Gacsi - Lama Bada (One)
Wine & Alchemy - Kashmir (Samsara)
Navraj Gurung - Meets Together (Rhythmic Journey)
Om Shanti Om Soundtrack - Dard e disco
Aladin Soundtrack - Genie Rap

8:40
We Are Family Soundtrack - Dil Kohl Ke Let's Rock
The Red Elvises - Scorchi Chornie, Siberia, Boogie on the Beach (Six-String Samurai)

Playlist: June 15, 2011

2011-06-15T18:43:00.002-05:00

Playlist: June 15, 2011

7:00
Wine & Alchemy - Marco Polo (Samsara)
Knossos - Slow Descent/Tarak (Dark light in the wake of silence)
Raquy & the Cavemen - Metal/Dahlradia (Bewitched)

7:34
Collide - Pandora's Box (Strange Flesh)
Said Mrad - Esmerim
Oojami - Urban Dervish

8:00
Sting feat. Cheb Mami - Desert Rose
Nikitov - Die Alte Kashe, Trink Bider (Vanderlust)
Discantus - music of Hildegard von Bingen (Hortus Deliciarum)

8:31
Azam Ali - (Portals of Grace)
Wolgemut - Chansonetta Tedesca (Schauspeluden II)
Wine & Alchemy - La Chanson d'Amour (Turning of the Seasons)

Playlist: May 18, 2011

2011-05-18T18:43:00.002-05:00

Playlist: May 18, 2011

7:00
Solace - Ahsas
Shajarian & Kalhor - Rain (Night Silence Desert)
Tim Rayborn - Seyyahat, Kalakh (Rihla)

7:22
Raquy & the Cavemen - Dahlradia, Maksum Madness, Mukeka (Bewitched)
Divahn - Ya Ribon Alam
The Two Tenors & Qantara - Al-Laylu ya-Layla (Historic Live Concert of Arabic Masters
Amani & Bassem Yazbek - Al Tahady, Basbousa (Oriental Belly Dance)
Irfan Makhi - Maghrib (MC World Beats 1)

8:03
James Asher - The Astrologer's Seat (Tigers of the Raj)
Navraj Gurung - Thirsty Moment (Rhythmic Journey)
Karsh Kale - Distance (Redesign)

8:40
Red Buddha feat. Lenny MacDowell - Red Buddha (Tibet Trance)
Rivertribe - Mist of the Mountain Jungle Mix (The Blessing)

Playlist: May 11, 2011

2011-05-11T18:47:00.000-05:00

Playlist: May 11, 2011

7:00
Azam Ali - (Portals of Grace)
Bellydance Superstars - Entrance of the Stars, Habibi Alli (Vol. II)
Solace - 2 Gypsies
Loreena McKennitt - Marco Polo
Red Elvises - I wanna see you bellydance
George Abdo - Hadouni Hadouni
Ya Leyli

7:35
Natacha Atlas - I put a Spell on You
Tarkan - Simarik
Georga Abdo - Raks Araby
Erev Shel Shoshanim
Beladi
Amr Diab - Inspiration
Natacha Atlas - Mish Fadilak

8:03
TM Revolution - Heart of Sword
Innocence, Ice Blue Eyes, [unknown song titles] (RK Songs 2)
Sakamoto Chika - Otome Ranman

8:37
KODO - Strobe's Nanafushi, floor, Biei (Heartbeat)
New Tokyo Ensemble - Cherry Blossom (The Music of Japan)

Playlist: May 4, 2011

2011-05-04T18:56:00.002-05:00

Playlist: May 4, 2011

7:00
Omar Faruk Tekbilek & Brian Keane - (Fire Dance)
Johannes Linstead - Andalucia (Mediterranea)
Tim Rayborn - Non Deve Null' Eme (Rihla)
Rast Chiftetelli (Chiftetelli)
Turkish Nines

7:28
Metkal Kenawi - Best of Seedi Nights
Raquy & the Cavemen - Huseyni Saz Samai (Dust)
Raquy & the Cavemen - Osama, Mad Monk (Jordan)
Divahn - Ya Ribon Alam

8:00
Natacha Atlas - I Put a Spell on You
Shakti - Let Me Dance
Haifa Wehbe - Bade Eish, Howa El Zaman (Remix) (Bade Eish)
Nawal al-Zoghbi - Yama Alou

8:24
Amr Diab - Nary [Ya Habeba] (Awedony)
Tarkan - Bu Gece
Sting Feat. Cheb Mami - Desert Rose (Brand New Day)
Cheb Mami - Parisien du Nord (Meli Meli)
Faudel - Abadou (Baida)
Ustand Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan - Kinna Sohna
Khaled - Didi

Playlist: April 27, 2011

2011-04-27T18:54:00.003-05:00

Playlist: April 27, 2011

7:00
Peter Gabriel - (Passion: Music for The Last Temptation of Christ)
Wine & Alchemy - Cuando el Rey Nimrod (Samsara)
Divahn - Yigdal
Raquy & the Cavemen - Yiksik Assess, Very Short Belly Dance Drum Solo, Kabuli (Naked)

7:20
Chris Gacsi - Lama Bada (One)
Tim Rayborn - Zaman (Veils of Light)
Susu & the Cairo Cats - Cleopatra's Frenzy (Dancing Drums)

7:40
Simon Shaheen - Bosphorus Scenes Under the Moonlight (Blue Flame)
Groove Alla Turka - Katibim, Saz Caz

8:03
Al-Qaynah - Coraline (Taqwacore Invasion)
Zerrin Ozer - Obur Dunya
Mai Yamane - Want it All Back, Gotta Knock a Little Harder, Real Folk Blues (Cowboy Bebop Soundtrack No Disc)

8:30
Bonnie Pink - It's Gonna Rain (Rurouni Kenshin Soundtrack)
KODO - (Heartbeat)

Playlist: April 20, 2011

2011-04-20T18:53:00.002-05:00

Playlist: April 20, 2011

7:00
Shuvani - Sirto, Chiftetelli, Drum Solo (Dance of the Wise Woman)
Chris Gacsi - Lama Bada (One)
Earthbeat - Shadows (Kabila Project)
Zarbang - Zarbi -e Raast

7:36
Sirocco - Cabaret Dance (Volume II)
Tim Rayborn - Gilim (Veils of Light)

8:02
Cheb i Sabbah - Esh 'Dani, Alash Mshit (La Kahena)
Habib Koite & Bamada - Namania (Afriki)

8:30
Lamine Toure and Group Saloum - Mbaye Sarr
Dahui - Simpa/Kassa
Dennis Maberry - Rhythm is Key
Amadou & Mariam - Politic Amagni
Miriam Makeba - Pata Pata

Playlist: April 6, 2011

2011-04-06T18:45:00.002-05:00

Playlist: April 6, 2011

7:00
Hossam Ramzy - Isis Unveiled, Shimmers in the Sand (Eternal Egypt)
Knossos - Slow Descent, Tarak, The Hour before sleep (Dark Light in the Wake of Silence)
Knossos - Cold Room

7:30
Tim Rayborn - Cask of Alban (Strange Flesh)
Maduro - Karakas
Collide - Pandora's Box
Raquy & the Cavemen - Caravan (Jordan); Cabaret Macabre (Mischief)
Vagabond Opera - Hebbina, Rumeniye Rumeniye

8:07
Klezmerson - Araber Tanz
David Krakauer's Klezmer Madness - Moscowitz
Lieberman - Funky Freylekhs
The Isle of Klezbos - Abi Gezunt Medley

8:30
Nikitov - Shvarts Bistu Shvarts, Rumeynien Trink Melodye (Vanderlust)
Metropolitan Klezmer - Kostakowsky Sirba, Volokh, Der Miropoler Rebe's Nigun & Dybbuk March (Yiddish for Travelers)
Gypsy Guerrilla Band - Romaneasca, With Olive Oil, Bekledim de Gelmedin Waltz, Konyali, Chrysanthemum (Ernie's Ottoman)

Playlist: March 30, 2011

2011-03-30T18:44:00.002-05:00

Playlist: March 30, 2011

7:00
Turkish Nines
Shajarian & Kalhor - Saz va Avaz, Desert Night (Night Silence Desert)
Tim Rayborn - Kalakh (Rihla)

7:33
Metkal Kenawi - Best of Seedi Nights
Dimitrie Cantemir - Huseyni Semai (Istanbul)
Turkish Percussion Group - Hint (Harem)

8:02
Kardesh Turkuler - (Bahar)
Nikitov - Die Alte Kasche (Vanderlust)
Gypsy Guerrilla Band - Escorting the Parents of the Bride & Bridegroom (Ernie's Ottoman)

8:22
Dard e Disco (Om Shanti Om Soundtrack)
Dhoom Machale, Di Lana Na, Crazy Kiya Re (Dhoom 2 Soundtrack)
Dusri Darling (Saat Khoon Maaf)

8:45
The Red Elvises - Scorchi Chornie, Siberia, Boogie on the Beach (Six-String Samurai Soundtrack)
Boulat Okoudjava - Charmante, etc. Le Soldat en Papier

Playlist: March 23, 2011

2011-03-23T18:50:00.003-05:00

Playlist: March 23, 2011

7:00
Suleiman the Magnificent - Agean Sailor(Original Soundtrack)
Raquy Danziger & Friends - Masmudi Solo (Masmudi)
Raquy & the Cavemen - Tanan, Kurdish, Huseyni Saz Samai (Dust)

7:23
George Abdo - Raks Mustapha/Complete Routine (The Joy of Belly Dancing)
Harry Saroyan - Cairo (Saroyan Sings "Cairo")
Belly Dancing - Streems on the Nile

7:45
Tarkan - Simarik, Bu Gece
Haifa Wehbe - Ana Haifa
Oojami - Desert Fish, Sitare (Bellydance Breakbeats)

8:07
Lagaan Soundtrack - Ghanan Ghanan
Tara Rum Pum Soundtrack - Ab To Forever, Hey Shona, Nachle Ve
Anjaana Anjaani Soundtrack - Anjaana Anjaani Ki Kahani, Tujhe Bhola Diya, I Feel Good, Aas Pas Khuda
Saat Khiin Maaf - Darling, Dursri Darling, Awaara

Playlist: March 16, 2011

2011-03-16T18:48:00.003-05:00

Playlist: March 16, 2011

7:00
Maghrebika feat. Bill Laswell - (Neftakhir)
Cheb Mami - Azwaw 2 (Meli Meli)
Sting feat. Cheb Mami - Desert Rose (Brand New Day)

7:17
Flogging Molly - What's Left of the Flag, Another Bag of Bricks (Drunken Lullabies)
Loreena McKennitt - Marco Polo
Emad Sayyah - El Bent el Libnaniye
Loreena McKennitt - All Souls
The Chieftains feat. The Corrs - I Know My Love (Tears of Stone)

7:40
Simon Shaheen - Blue Flame
Vagabond Opera - Manayunk, Merci Django
Wine and Alchemy - Mary McGee and the Fae on the Hill (Turning of the Seasons); Syrto (Samsara)

8:00
Old Blind Dogs, Anna Mhoireach (Dance of the Celts)
Lenahan - Geese in the Bog
Tabache - Cregg's Pipes Set
Kevin Crawford - Christy Barry's Set
Lenahan - Lanigan's Ball, The Road to Lindoosvarna, Coat & Tie

8:32
Dervish - The Trip to Sligo Set
Wild Mountain Thyme - The Foggy Dew, Beggars to God
John Whelan - Trip to Skye
Wild Mountain Thyme - Wild Rover
Lenahan - The Ash Grove
Flogging Molly - The Sun Never Shines on Closed Doors
Loreena McKennitt - Courtyard Lullaby

Playlist: March 9, 2011

2011-03-09T18:52:00.002-06:00

Playlist: March 9, 2011

7:00
Waterbone (Orion Prophesy)
Omar Faruk Tekbilek and Brian Keane - Fire Dance
Zarbang - Zarbi-e Raast
Divahn - Ya Ribon Alam, Duerme

7:5
Raquy & the Cavemen - Obama Ayub, Karsilamagic (Bewitched)
Ruben van Rompaey - Djehangir (Eastern Expressions)
Raquy & the Cavemen - The Mad Marionettist (Mischief)
Simon Shaheen - Blue Flame
Hakki Obadia - Lamma Bada

8:03
Husnu Shenlenirici & Laco Tayfa - Bazalika (Gaydasi)
Zerrin Ozer - Ben Melamel Hirkasini, Obur Dunya (Ve Boyle Bir Shey...)
Groove Alla Turka - Elhamdulillah
Husnu Shenlenirici - Geri Don (Homegrown Istanbul)

8:31
Groove Alla Turka - Saz Caz
Mercan Dede feat. Zerina Cokoja - Moj Dilbere Kud Se Seces
Cheb i Sabbah - Gazelle Memories (Shri Durga)
MIDIval punditZ - Fabric

Playlist: March 2, 2011

2011-03-02T18:55:00.003-06:00

Playlist: March 2, 2011

7:00
Solace - (Ahsas)
Tim Rayborn - Aal Bab, Adrar (Rihla)
Raquy & the Cavemen - Jordan
Tim Rayborn - Khamsin (Rihla)

7:20
Harry Saroyan - Cairo (Saroyan Sings "Cairo")
Susu & the Cairo Cats - Accordion (Dancing Drums)
Cheb Mami - Bledi [My Country], Cheikh [The Wise Man] (Meli Meli)
The Mother Fakirs - Twirling Toward Shambalah

7:40
Said Mrad - Bedouism (Esmerim)
Irfan Makhi - Maghrib (MC World Beats)
Natacha Atlas - Ezzay (The Best of Natacha Atlas)
Miami - Badaweeah (2001)
Faruk Hassan - Desert Rose (Orient Extreme Plus) and more songs that won't stop...:-)

8:22
Knossos - Tarak (Dark light in the wake of silence)
Dennis Maberry - (Rhythm is Key)

8:40
Ubaka Hill - Dream Shift (Beyond the Wind); Dance the Spiral Dance (Dance the Spiral Dance)
Amadou & Mariam - Politic Amagni
Miriam Makeba - Pata Pata

Playlist: February 16, 2011

2011-02-16T18:39:00.001-06:00

Playlist: February 16, 2011

7:00
Tomoko Sugawara - Cantiga de Santa Maria (Along the Silk Road)
Wine & Alchemy - Marco Polo (Samsara)
Raquy & the Cavemen - Obama Ayub, Metal (Bewitched)
Chris Gacsi - Lama Bada (One)

7:25
Solace - Advent (Kabila Project)
Tim Rayborn - Sab (Kabila Project)
Divahn - Cuando el Rey Nimrod
Johannes Linstead - Andalucia (Mediterranea)

7:44
Voyage - Patchi's Fandango (Kelim Dance)
Shuvani - Pero Pom Pero
Tim Rayborn - Solea, Adrar (Rihla)

8:00
Shajarian & Kalhor - Night Silence Desert

Playlist: February 9, 2011

2011-02-09T18:31:00.002-06:00

Playlist: February 9, 2011

7:00
Peter Gabriel - (Passion: Music for The Last Temptation of Christ)
Zarbang - Zarbi-e Raast
Metkal Kenawi (Best of Seedi Nights)

7:41
Sahar (Best of Arabian Bellydance)
George Abdo - Lila, My Love (Belly Dancing with George Abdo)
Natacha Atlas - I Put a Spell on You
Tarkan - Simarik

8:06
Haifa Wehbe - Bade Eish
Chantal Chamandy - Crazy (Love Needs You)
Ehab Tawfik - Adda Alaya (Hobek Alemni)
Oojami - Chicky (Bellydance Breakbeats)

8:25
No Blues - Columbus Stockade (Farewell Shalabiye)
Cheb Mami - Azwaw 2, Parisien du Nord (Meli Meli)

8:42
Lagaan Soundtrack - O Paalanhaare
Roman Chowdhury - You & Me, Paradise Lies

Playlist: February 2, 2011

2011-02-02T18:53:00.002-06:00

Playlist: February 2, 2011

7:00
Hossam Ramzy - The Land of the Pharoahs (Eternal Egypt)
Hashisheen [read by Hakim Bey; music by Bill Laswell] - Pilgrimage to Cairo (The End of Law)
Sirocco - Tribal Dance (Volume II)
Yoko Kanno/Seatbelts - [title is in kanji] (Cowboy Bebop Movie Soundtrack)

7:25
Zachary J. Mechlem - Throne of Osiris (Sameera)
Harry Saroyan - Cairo (Saroyan Sings "Cairo")
Hossam Ramzy - Gamaal Rawhany (Gamaal Rawhany)
Amr Diab - Nour El Ein

7:47
Bellydance Superstars - Entrance of the Stars (Volume II)
Said Mrad - Bedouism (Esmerim)
Disks ARAF - Fellahin

8:00
Slumdog Millionaire Soundtrack - Jai Ho, Ringa Ringa (tell Troupe Zahava they need to get up and practice
The Red Elvises - Hello From Istanbul/I Wanna See you bellydance (I wanna see you bellydance)
The Red Elvises - Scorchi Chornie, Siberia, Hungarian Dance (Six-String Samurai Soundtrack)

8:30
Time Machine - Music Under the Snow (Glasnost)
Bravo - Yellow Boots (Glasnost)
Wolgemut - Der Eisbaerentanz
Hedingarna - Min Skrog/My Trees Shall Stand, The Hour of the Beast (The Heathen's Fire); Forest Maiden (Karelia Visa)
Igor Talkov - Spasatelnii Krug (Greatest Hits)

Playlist: January 26, 2011

2011-01-26T18:58:00.003-06:00

Playlist: January 26, 2011

7:00
Les Orientales - Alger, Alger (Acoustic Arabia)
Simon Shaheen - Dance Mediterranea (Blue Flame)
Nourhan Sharif - El marouge (Cairo)

7:30
Suhaila Salimpour feat. Susu Pampinin - Stamina (Fate)
Hossam Ramzy - Asmar Yasmarani (Best of Abdul Halim Hafiz)

8:07
Turkish Pop (artists/songs unknown)
Kardesh Turkuler (Various artists representing the diverse sounds of Turkey)

Haitham Shaker - Ma Teshghls Balak
Diana and Shab Khaled - Maswe Loli
Tamer Hosney - Ana Wla Arif

Playlist: January 19, 2011

2011-01-19T18:46:00.002-06:00

Playlist: January 19, 2011

7:00
Orion Prophesy (Waterbone)
Angels of Venice - Sins of Salome
The Shroud - Black
Knossos - Cold Room

7:25
The Mother Fakirs - Twirling Toward Shambalah
Said Mrad - En Aranjuez Ton Tu Amor (Esmerim)
Toires feat. Natacha Atlas - Sanati (Arabian Travels II)
Mercan Dede - Nar i Ney
Raquy & the Cavemen - Bewitched

8:00
Solace - Nataraja, Saptak (Satya)
James Asher - Prayer Wheel (Tigers of the Raj)
Monsoon Wedding Soundtrack - delhi.com
Dhoom 1 Soundtrack - Di Lana Na
Partner Soundtrack - Dupatta Tere Nau Rang Da

8:30
My Name is Khan Soundtrack - Sajdaa
Rab ne Bana de Jodi Soundtrack - Haule Haule
Aladin Soundtrack - Genie Rap
Dil Bole Hadippa Soundtrack - Bhangra Bister, Discowale Khisko

Playlist: January 12, 2011

2011-01-12T18:41:00.002-06:00

Playlist: January 12, 2011

7:00
Two Tenors and Qantara - Oh You Who Are Away, Oh Pretty Girl (Live Concert)
Raquy & the Cavemen - Jordan (Jordan)

7:30
Emad Sayyah - Raksat Ajjamal (The Night is Beautiful)
Simon Shaheen - Blue Flame, Waving Sands (Blue Flame)
Yoko Kanno/Seatbelts - Bindy, The Egg and I (Cowboy Bebop No Disc Soundtrack)
No Blues - Farewell Shalabiye (Farewell Shalabiye)
sting feat. Cheb Mami - Desert Rose (Brand New Day)

8:08
Cheb Mami - Le Rai C'est Chic (Dellali)
Cheb Mami - Meli Meli (Meli Meli)
Faudel - Baida (Baida)
Maghrebika with Bill Laswell - Neftakhir (Neftakhir)

8:25
Cheb i Sabbah - Pour Matoub (As Far As)
Cheb i Sabbah - Jarat Fil Hub [Love's Chalice] (La Kahena)
Khaled - Didi (Big Noise: a Mambo Inn Compilation)
Ustand Nusrat Fatch Ali Khan - Kinna Sohna (Big Noise)

Playlist: January 5, 2010

2011-01-05T18:56:00.002-06:00

Playlist: January 5, 2010

7:00
Wine and Alchemy - Eisbaerentanz (Samsara)
Disks ARAF - Fellahin
Turku - Agre Dagindum Uktum
Turkish Nines

7:20
George Abdo - Hadouni Hadouni
Emad Sayyah - Min Aboukra L'ashiye (Mdern Bellydance from Lebanon: The Night is Beautiful)
Two Tenors and Qantara - Dance Mediterranea

7:43
Harry Saroyan - Cairo (Saroyan Sings "Cairo")
Aboud Abdel Al - Jamila
Nawal al-Zoghbi - Yama Alou, Habbaytak

8:05
Tarkan - Simarik
Zerrin Ozer - Obur Dunya, Beni Hor Gorme (Ve Boyle Bir Shey...)
Groove Alla Turka feat. Natacha Atlas - El Nino
Husnu Shenlenirici & Laco Tayfa - Malatya, Ay Giz (Bergama Gaydasi)
Groove Alla Turka - Nihavend Longa

8:45
Vagabond Opera - Rumeniye, Rumeniye
Igor Talkov - Rossia

Playlist: December 29, 2010

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Playlist: December 29, 2010

7:00
Tomoko Sugawara - Cantiga de Santa Maria No. 249 (Along the Silk Road)
Shajarian and Kalhor - Festive Occasion (Night Silence Desert)
Raquy & the Cavemen - Debke (Naked)

7:22
Natacha Atlas - I put a spell on you (The best of Natacha Atlas)
Haifa Wehbe - Bade Eish, Howa el Zaman (Bade Eish)
Said Mrad - Esmerim

7:39
No Blues - Columbus Stockade (Farewell Shalabiye)
Yoko Kanno/Tank! - The Egg and I (Cowboy Bebop Soundtrack No Disc)
Cheb Mami - Azwaw 2 (Meli Meli)
The Mother Fakirs - Twirling Toward Shambalah
Wine and Alchemy - Marco Polo (Samsara)

8:03
Wine and Alchemy - Rumelaj, Syrto, Kashmir (Samsara
Ubaka Hill - Ride the Wind (Beyond the Wind)
Dahui - Zaouli/Sinte (Ensemble du Rhythm)

8:36
Amadou and Mariam - Politic Amagni
Angelique Kidjo feat. Dave Mathews - Iwoya
Ghana Hot Hitz - Boy Bi Gyege Me
Miriam Makeba - Pata Pata
Ubaka Hill - Don't Ever Stop (Dance the Spiral Dance)

Playlist: December 22, 2010

2010-12-22T18:51:00.002-06:00

Playlist: December 22, 2010

7:00
Tomoko Sugawara - Cantiga de Santa Maria No. 249, & 231 (Along the Silk Road)
Tim Rayborn - Non deve null' ome (Rihla)
Voyage - Tablat Barhum, Kelim Dance (Kelim Dance)
Divahn - Ya Ribon Alam

7:25
Suhaila Salimpour feat. Susu Pampinin - Bongo Funk (Fate)
Wine and Alchemy - Marco Polo, Samsara, Djun Djun, Cuando el Rey Nimrod (Samsara)
Knossos - Tarak, Black Bedouin (Dark light in the wake of silence)

8:05
Tomas Michaud - Little Drummer Boy, O Come Emanuel (We Three Strings)
The Klezmonauts - Santa Gey Gezunderheit, God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, Jingle Bells (Oy to the World!)

8:30
Rivertribe - O Come All Ye Faithful, Elements/We Three Kings, Once in Royal David's City, O Holy Night (Rivertribe Christmas)
Celtic Woman - Don Oiche Ud I mBeithil [That Night in Bethlehem] (A Christmas Celebration)

Playlist: December 15, 2010

2010-12-15T18:55:00.002-06:00

Playlist: December 15, 2010

7:00
Tomoko Sugawara - The waves of Kokonor (Along the Silk Road)
Raquy & the Cavemen - Sandansko (Jordan)
Ruben van Rompaey - Oasis (Eastern Expressions)
Zachary J. Mechlem - Sameera

7:22
Raquy & the Cavemen - Bewitched (Bewitched)
Susu & the Cairo Cats - Cleopatra's Frenzy (Dancing Drums)
Dimitrie Cantemir - Los Paxaricos: Macicho de Rosas, Taksim, Der makam-I Muhayyer ushulesh Muhammes (Istanbul)
The Two Tenors & Quantara - Tallu Habaabna, God Be With You O Lily
Ehab Tawfik - Ya Salam, Heya Naksak (Hobek Alemni)

8:05
Om Shanti Om Soundtrack - Dard e Disco
Slumdog Millionaire - Ringa Ringa, Liquid Dance
Dil Bole Hadippa - Bhangra Bister
Lagaan Soundtrack - O Paalanhaare, Mitwa

8:33
Om Shanti Om - Deewangi Deewangi
Chandi Chowk to China - Chandi Chowk to China
James Asher - Prayer Wheel (Tigers of the Raj)
Sanjay Mishra feat. Jerry Garcia - Clouds

The long history of the hammered dulcimer

2010-12-11T08:41:00.002-06:00

Lately I've been reading up about hammered dulcimers. Today, hammered dulcimers are typically associated with Celtic and American folk music, but their history and influence stretch across most of Europe and Asia dating back for centuries.

Basically there has been some form or another of a common instrument that has gone by many names. It is essentially a stringed instrument shaped like a trapezoid and the sound is made by striking the strings with little hammers. In the picture at the top of this post is a Persian santur, which may have been in existence 1800 - 2000 years ago in Central Asia. In India its incarnation is known as a santoor.

This instrument is a tsymbaly. The tsymbaly has been present in Russian and Ukranian culture since the ninth century. Other Eastern European cultures have very similar instruments with very similar names.

The Chinese yangqin (below) also looks very similar -- though scholars debate whether it was derived from a Central Asian ancestor or invented in China independent of outside influence.

Either way, other East Asian cultures have their own versions of the instrument, from the Korean yanggeum to the khim of Thailand, Cambodia, and Laos.

During the Middle Ages in Western Europe there was some form of salterio or psaltery. While there is some confusion as to whether some of these instruments were plucked instead of struck by hammers, there remains a common connection in the shape of the instrument and even the similar-sounding names. (Try saying "santur" and "psalter" out loud together to hear the connection.)

Eventually someone figured out how to create a hammered instrument that wouldn't need to be re-tuned nearly as often as a santur/dulcimer/etc. The hammers and strings were put into a larger box, and the hammered were hooked up to a long row of keys so that notes could be played with a light touch of the fingers. And, voila, we have a much more familiar instrument to Western audiences:

Thanks go to Wikipedia, from which most of this superficial exploration derives. For more information on the subject, I've embedded links to various pages within the text above. From the Wikipedia entries you can also find more external resources -- you know, if you want to go beyond the basic overview of the instrument and its history.

Playlist: December 8, 2010

2010-12-08T18:57:00.002-06:00

Playlist: December 8, 2010

7:00
Johannes Linstead - (Mediterranea)
Raquy & the Cavemen - Obama Ayub (Bewitched)
Zachary J. Mechlem - Tabla Taxim, Three if By Desert (Sameera)

7:18
Chris Gacsi - Gacsi's Karatchi, Lama Bada (One)
Divahn - Yodukha Rayonai
Simon Shaheen - Saraab (Blue Flame)
Balkanika - Anathema

7:40
Gypsy Guerrilla Band - Araber Tanz, Bekledim de Gelmedin Waltz (Ernie's Ottoman)
Mile Kitic - (track and album info unknown)
Groove Alla Turka - El Nino, Two by Two

8:00
Husnu Shenlenirici & Laco Tayfa - Harmandali (Bergama Gaydasi)
Simply Tsfat - Vnisgav
Turkish Pop Woman (Info unknown)

8:19
Nikitov - Shvarts Bistu Shvarts, Rumeynien Trink Melodye (Vanderlust)
Klezmer Juice - Freylach in D
Metropolitan Klezmer - Uncle Moses' Wedding Dance, Terkisher Navratilova (Surprising Finds)
Vagabond Opera - Rumeneye, Rumeneye

8:43
Klezmer Connexion - I Saw An Angel (Magic Carpet Ride)
The Isle of Klezbos - Abi Gezunt Medley
Metropolitan Klezmer - Nokh a Gleyzl Vayn (Yiddish for Travelers)

Playlist: December 1, 2010

2010-12-01T18:43:00.002-06:00

Playlist: December 1, 2010

7:00
Turkish Nines
Sirocco - Tribal Dance (Volume II)
Raquy & the Cavemen - Jordan, Riq Samai (Jordan)

7:26
Bashir Abdel 'Aal - Accordion Taksim, Baladi (Bellydance from Egypt: Gamil Gamal)
George Abdo - Raks Araby
(Unknown) Erev Shel Shoshanim
Nawal al-Zoghbi - Akher Marra, Yama Alou
Sting feat. Cheb Mami - Desert Rose (Brand New Day)
Cheb Mami - Azwaw 2 (Meli Meli)

8:00
Faudel - Dis-Moi (Baida)
Maghrebika feat. Bill Laswell - Mathkafsh (Neftakhir)
Cheb i Sabbah - Neti Neti (As Far As: A DJ Mix); Esh 'Dani, Alash Mshit (La Ghriba)

8:31
Zap Mama - Abadou (Adventures in Afropea I)
Isle of Klezbos - Revery in Hijaz
Nikitov - Trink Bider (Vanderlust)
Metropolitan Klezmer - Ken O'Hara Freylech (Yiddish for Travelers)
Gypsy Guerrilla Band - Araber Tanz (Ernie's Ottoman)
Klezmer Connexion - One More Dance (Play a Song in Yiddish)

Playlist: November 24, 2010

2010-11-24T18:45:00.002-06:00

Playlist: November 24, 2010

IT'S TURKISH NIGHT!

7:00
Incesaz (About Istanbul)

Taksim, Der makam-I ‘Uzzal ushulesh Devr-I kebir (Dimitrie Cantemir: Istanbul)

Egeli Gemici (Aegean Sailor), Mevlana (Whirling Dervishes) {Suleyman the Magnificent Soundtrack}
Macar Chiftetelli (Chiftetelli)

7:20
Caglar Namli - Mavi Kelebek (Homegrown Istanbul)
Turkish Nines
Tim Rayborn - Kashik (Veils of Light)
Turkish Percussion Group - Darbuka Solo: Bunyamin Olguncan (Harem)
Shuvani - Karshimlama (Dance of the Wise Woman)

7:45
Chris Gacsi - Lama Bada (One)
Raquy Danziger & Friends - Traditional Turkish in Laaz Rhythm (Masmudi)
Raquy & the Cavemen - Karsilama (Naked)
Simon Shaheen - Bosphorus Scenes Under the Moonlight (Blue Flame)

8:05
Kardesh Turkuler - Medet (Bahar)
Galata Mevlevi Music & Sema Ensemble - Tekbir (Music of Islam: Sampler)
Turkish pop mix

8:30
Tarkan - Gul Doktum Yollarina (Aacayipsin), Vay Anam Vay (Metamorfoz)
Oojami - Istanboogie (Bellydance breakbeats)
Groove Alla Turka (Nihavend Longa)
Zerrin Ozer - Beni Hor Gorme (Ve Boyle Bir Shey...)
Gypsy Guerilla Band - Konyali (Ernie's Ottoman)
They Might Be Giants - Istanbul [Not Constantinople] (Flood)

Playlist: November 17, 2010

2010-11-17T18:49:00.002-06:00

Playlist: November 17, 2010

7:00
Metkal Kenawi - Best of Seedi Nights
Turkish Percussion Group - Darbuka Solo (Harem)
Tim Rayborn - Kashik (Veils of Light)

7:25
Zachary J. Mechlem - Pharoahs March (Sameera)
Zarbang - Dream Song
Raquy & the Cavemen - Axarai (Dust)
Simon Shaheen - Waving Sands (Blue Flame)
Natacha Atlas - I put a spell on you (The Very best of Natacha Atlas)

8:00
Haifa Wehbe - Bade Eish
Said Mrad - Dance Formula (Esmerim)
Tarkan - Cat Kapi (Metamorfoz)
Dard e Disco, Dhoom Tana (Om Shanti Om Soundtrack)
Said Mrad - En Aranjuez ton tu amor, Hizzi Ya Nawaem (Exmerim)

8:30
Cheb Mami - Tzazae (Dellali)
Yoko Kanno/The Seatbelts - Digging My Potato (Cowboy Bebop Soundtrack)
No Blues - Farewell Shalabiye (Farewell Shalabiye)
Roman Chowdhury - You & Me
Sajdaa - My Name is Khan Soundtrack
Silsila ye Chahatka - Devdas Soundtrack

Playlist: November 10, 2010

2010-11-10T18:46:00.002-06:00

Playlist: November 10, 2010

7:00
Orion Prophesy - (Waterbone)
Omar Faruk Tekbilek feat. Brian Keane - Fire Dance (Fire Dance)
Chris Gacsi - Gacsi's Karatchi (One)
Divahn - Yigdal
Shuvani - The Laz (Dance of the Wise Woman)

7:26
Hossam Ramzy - The Cobra's Dance (Eternal Egypt)
Traditional Arabic Music Ensemble - Zeinah (House of Tarab)
Hossam Ramzy - Asmar Yasmarani (Best of Abdul Halim Hafiz)

7:50
Harry Saroyan - Cairo, Misirlou (Saroyan sings "Cairo")
Amr Diab - Nour el Ain
Desert Journey

8:10
Solace (Balance)

8:32
Tea Travel - Mao-feng Tea, in Hwang Shan (Tea Music 2)
Man Liu Ban (Popular Jiangnan Music)

Playlist: November 6, 2010

2010-11-03T18:46:00.002-05:00

Playlist: November 6, 2010

7:00
Shajarian & Kalhor - (Night Silence Desert)
Metkal Kenawi (Best of seedi Nights)
Nourhan Sharif - El Marouge (Cairo)
Suhaila Salimpour feat. Susu Pampinin - Stamina (Fate)

8:12
Om Kholtoum - Fakaroni
Bollywood hits - from Love Aaj Kal, De Dana Dan, Dostana, Devdas

Playlist: October 27, 2010

2010-10-27T18:51:00.002-05:00

Playlist: October 27, 2010

7:00
Hossam Ramzy - (Eternal Egypt)
Raquy & the Cavemen - Cabaret Macabre (Mischief), Bewitched
Peter Gabriel - The Promise of Shadows (Passion: Music for The Last Temptation of Christ)

7:25
Solace - Blood Oil Gold
Knossos - Cold Room
The Shroud - Black
Knossos - Slow Descent, Tarak (Dark light in the wake of silence)

7:45
The Mother Fakirs - Twirling Toward Shambalah
Eastenders - Tender (Arabian Travels II)

8:00
Taqwacore Invasion Compilation
Devils for Islam - The Heads of My Enemies
Sagg Taqwacore Syndicate - Beirut to Jerusalem
Vote Hezbollah - Muhammed was a Punk Rocker
Disjihad - Macabre Sample
Al-Qaynah - Coraline
Tzebeoble - Dry Sundayz
Ubik Heredia & Citizen Vex - Decadence
Slumpark Correctional - F.T.U.N.

8:30
Bollywood Alladin Soundtrack - Genie Rap
Ubaka Hill - Dream Shift (Beyond the Wind)
Vagabond Opera - Transformation into Marlene
Red Elvises - Rocketman, Sad Cowboy Song (I Wanna See You Bellydance)
Red Elvises - My Love is Killing Me (Six-String Samurai Soundtrack)

Oktoberfest in Germany - Einzug der Muzikanten
Hedingarna - The Hour of the Beast (The Heathen's Fire)

Zombie Bellydancers

2010-10-27T15:27:00.003-05:00

This photo is of Troupe Zahava dancers, photoshopped by dancer Sarah Berkley to look zombie-esque. I posted a smaller version of this image last week, but it wasn't large enough (or for whatever reason) for Facebook to use as the link image when I posted a link to my show.

I'm posting this now primarily so I'll have a seasonally appropriate image to use in my link tonight. It's either this or using the same old pic of me playing a saz, and I'm all about sharing the spotlight. ;-)

Thanks to Troupe Zahava for sharing this photo!

Playlist: October 20, 2010

2010-10-20T18:54:00.002-05:00

Playlist: October 20, 2010

7:00
Wine and Alchemy - (Samsara)
Raquy & the Cavemen - Duet for Shlum, Debke (Naked)
Suhaila Salimpour feat. Susu Pampinin - Bongo Funk (Fate)

7:28
Simon Shaheen - Blue Flame
Harry Saroyan - Cairo (Saroyan Sings "Cairo")
Istanbul Grooves (Belly Dancing)
Habibi Alli (Bellydance Superstars Vol. II)
Solace - Two Gypsies
Loreena McKennitt - Marco Polo
George Abdo - Raks Araby

8:05
Miami - Hawenha (2001)
Kazem al Saher - The Impossible Love
Zerrin Ozer - Beni Hor Gorme
Yoko Kanno - Autumn in Ganymede (Cowboy Bebop red album)

8:30
Roman Chowdhury - You & Me, Wishful Eyes
Umrao Jaan - Jhute Alzaam
Devdas - Silsila ye Chahatka

Are you ready for the Zombie Apocalypse?

2010-10-20T13:02:00.002-05:00

Karida's School of Orientale Dance is offering a special workshop & performance this Saturday for bellydancers in the Central Illinois area. Salwa, director of the Aalim Dance Academy, is coming up from St. Louis to teach a special choreography for "Bongo Funk" from 12 - 3pm. Workshop price $40 (paid by Oct 20), or $50 at the door.

Performance is FREE and begins at 6 in the parking lot with a LARGE cast of dancers performing Michael Jackson's "Thriller"; afterward the show moves indoors. Workshop and show will be at 1432 E Sangamon Ave, Springfield, IL.
Zombie Apocalypse Dance Showcase
Saturday Oct 23
6:00 pm - Performance of "Thriller"
(as part of the worldwide "Thrill the World" event - Details)

6:30 pm - Showcase of Stars
Featuring Karida's students, members of Troupe Zahava, and invited guests.

8:00 pm - Open Drum Circle
Bring your Darbukes, Dhols and Djembes!

Admission is FREE!
(donations accepted to benefit Troupe Zahava)

http://www.karidazahava.com/

Playlist: October 13, 2010

2010-10-13T18:57:00.002-05:00

Playlist: October 13, 2010

7:00
Best of Arabian Bellydance
Hossam Ramzy - Oqbal Yom Miladak (Best of Abdul Halim Hafiz)
Solace - Exiled (Ahsas)
Raquy & the Cavemen - Dahlradia, Maksum Madness (Bewitched)

7:40
Haifa Wehbe - Bade Eish
Nancy Ajram - Elli Hansaki (Ya Tabtab wa Dallaa)
Said Mrad - Esmerim
Tarkan - Metamorfoz

8:00
Kalila - Hafla (MC World Beats I)
Cheb i Sabbah - Madh Assalhin (La Ghriba)
Maghrebika with Bill Laswell - Tyran Perdant (Neftakhir)
Ustand Nusrat Fatch Ali Khan - Kinna Sohna (Big Noise: a Mambo Inn Compilation)

8:35
Zap Mama - Mupepe (Adventures in Afropea I)
Amadou and Mariam - Politic Amagni
Miriam Makeba - Pata Pata
Lamine Toure and Group Saloum - Sama Yaay
Ubaka Hill - Ride the Wind (Beyond the Wind)

Not Amused

2010-10-06T20:00:00.003-05:00

After this week's show was disconnected by Winamp bandits, my friend Sarah showed me this photo:

Personally I've been feeling more cantankerous, like I want to find the culprits and yell "Get off my lawn!" But this works, too. :-)

Image courtesy of the Cheezburger network. Jolly good fun!

Playlist: October 6, 2010

2010-10-06T18:58:00.002-05:00

Playlist: October 6, 2010

7:00
Zarbang - Everyone has a Beloved
Raquy & the CAvemen - Sandansko (Jordan)
Kardesh Turkuler - Kala Meme (Bahar)

7:19
Om Shanti Om - Dard e Disco
Tarkan - Simarik, Bu Gece
Natacha Atlas - I put a spell on you, Mish Fadilak
Amr Diab - Nour el Ain

Argh, stupid WQNA Winamp hoodlums wrecking my offsite connection!!!!!!!! Show is offline until IT can get it fixed...probably not before 9. Booooooo

Playlist: September 29, 2010

2010-09-29T18:58:00.002-05:00

Playlist: September 29, 2010

7:00
Shuvani (Dance of the Wise Woman)
Traditional Arabic Music Ensemble - (House of Tarab)

8:00
Bollywood Mix

Sorry this is so short...between CD player troubles and cleaning up after a leaky cat, there's not much mixing this week. Hopefully next week it will be better.

Playlist: September 22, 2010

2010-09-22T18:55:00.002-05:00

Playlist: September 22, 2010

Happy Equinox! Happy Sukkot!

7:00
Omar Faruk Tekbilek & Brian Keane - (Fire Dance)
Chris Gacsi - Gacsi's Karatchi (One)
Turkish Percussion Group - Yashar (Harem)
Divahn - Cuando el rey Nimrod

7:27
Raquy & the Cavemen - Jordan (Jordan)
Muhammad Abd al-Wahab - Khatwat Habibi
Sallah Ali - Violin Solo (House of Tarab)
Ruben van Rompaey - Djehangir (Eastern Expressions)
Simon Shaheen - Blue Flame

8:0
Hakki Obadia - (Iraqi Jewish and Iraqi Music)
Nikitov - Trink Bider & other songs (Vanderlust)
Dennis Maberry (Rhythmspirit)

My CD player is broken! :-(

Playlist: September 15, 2010

2010-09-15T18:49:00.002-05:00

Playlist: September 15, 2010

7:00
Orion Prophecy - (Waterbone)
Said Mrad - Esmerim
Oojami - Urban Dervish (Bellydance Breakbeats)

7:27
Makyo - Shalale (Arabian Travels II)
George Abdo - Belly Dance Fantasy (Belly Dancing with George Abdo)
Tim Rayborn - Dokuc (Kabila Project)
Chris Gacsi - Lama Bada (One)

8:00
Divahn - Ya Ribon Alam
Nikitov - Jelle's Tanz (Vanderlust)
Metropolitan Klezmer - Baltic Blue

8:25
Vagabond Opera - Rumeneye, Rumeneye
Klezmer Connexion - Play me a little song in Yiddish
Wine & Alchemy - Klezmer Dance, A La Una (What Dreams May Come)
Rivertribe - Mist of the Mountain (Jungle Mix) (The blessing)
Red Buddha - Trip to Lhasa Ho (Tibet Trance)

Playlist: September 8, 2010

2010-09-08T18:52:00.002-05:00

Playlist: September 8, 2010

7:00
Dimitrie Cantemir - (Istanbul)
Tim Rayborn - Kalakh (Rihla)
Shajarian & Kalhor - Festive Occasion (Night Silence Desert)

7:20
Raquy & the Cavemen - Faithful (Mischief)
Harry Saroyan - Misirlou (Saroyan Sings "Cairo")
Susu & the Cairo Cats - Cleopatra's Frenzy (Dancing Drums)

7:37
Solace - Desert Journey
Amr Diab - El Alem Alla
George Abdo - Hadouni Hadouni
Amr Diab - Nour el Ain
Varter (Roses)

8:00
The Red Elvises - I Wanna See You Bellydance, Scorchi Chornie
Vuisotsky - Ytrennyaya Gymnastica
Okudjava - Baraban, Kracniye i Mudriye
Kino - Gruppa Krovi

8:30
Twist - Love Aaj Kal
Paisa - De Dana Dan
Dostana
Devdas

Playlist: September 1, 2010

2010-09-01T18:56:00.002-05:00

Playlist: September 1, 2010

7:00
Shiva in Exile - Khundas; Angels of Venice - Sins of Salome; The Shroud - Black (Strange Flesh)
Knossos - Tarak (Dark Light in the Wake of Silence)
The Mother Fakirs - Twirling Toward Shambalah

7:30
Hossam Ramzy - Oqbalai Yom Miladak (Best of Abdul Halim Hafiz)
Tomoko Sugawara - A Night in Shiraz (Along the Silk Road)
Shuvani - Karshilama (Dance of the Wise Woman)
Tim Rayborn - Adrar (Rihla)

8:oo
Solace - Forsaken (Ahsas)
Wolgemut - Der Eisbaerentanz (Shauspeluden II)
Cheb Mami - Azwaw II (Meli Meli)
Dahui - Mendiani

8:30
Voyage - 2nd Class to Bangalore (Kelim Dance)
Terry Oldfield - Moonlight on a Lotus (Spirit of India)
Ravi Shankar - Twilight Mood (The RAvi Shankar Collection: West Meets EAst - The Historic Shankar/Menuhin Sessions)
Sanjay Mishrah with Jerry Garcia - Nocturne/Evening Chant
Roman Chowdhury - You & Me
Yoko Kanno/SEatbelts - Wo Qui Non Coin (Cowboy Bebop Soundtrack)

Playlist: August 25, 2010

2010-08-25T18:56:00.002-05:00

Playlist: August 25, 2010

7:00
Raquy & the Cavemen - Obama Ayub, Maksum Madness, Sexy Chiftetelli (Bewitched)
Divahn - Cuando el Rey Nimrod
Johannes Linstead - Journey to Alcazaba (Mediterranea)

7:25
Natacha Atlas - I've Put a Spell on You
Tarkan - Simarik
Wine & Alchemy - Ay Azein/Moorish Dance (What dreams may come)
Ruben van Rompaey - Karavansaray (EAstern Expressions)

7:45
No Blues - Columbus Stockade (Farewell Shalabiye)
Mercan Dede - Nar i Ney (Arabian Travels II)
Said Mrad - Sax Oriental Esmerim (Esmerim)

8:14
Balkanalia - Ayazein/Muhabet (Best of Balkanalia III)
Gypsy Guerrilla Band - Turkishe Tanz (Ernie's Ottoman)
Metropolitan Klezmer - Samovar Freylekhs (Mosaic Persuasion)
Wine & Alchemy - Eibaerentanz (Samsara)
Wolgemut - Of Every Kind of Tree, Chansonetta Tedesca (Shauspeluden II)

8:37
Hedingarna - Min Skog/My Trees Shall Stand, The Hour of the Beast (The Heathen's Fire
Vaesen - Goeskarlen/The Pikeman (Gront)
Amir Beso - Fatamorgana

Playlist: August 18, 2010

2010-08-18T18:56:00.002-05:00

Playlist: August 18, 2010

7:00
Simon Shaheen - (Blue Flame)
Voyage - Tanz des Kelim, Tablat Barhum (Kelim Dance)
Chris Gacsi - Gacsi's Karatchi, Dance of the Sword (One)

7:18
Sirocco - Cabaret Dance set (Volume II)
Wine and Alchemy - Ay Azein/Moorish Dance (What dreams may come)

7:45
Wine and Alchemy - Marco Polo, Samsara, The Leaf of Love (Samsara)
Wine and Alchemy - Misirlou (Turning of the Seasons)

8:05
Wine and Alchemy - Klezmer Dance, A La Una (What dreams may come)
Wine and Alchemy - Bolero (Turning of the Seasons)
Wine and Alchemy - Djun Djun, Cuando el Rey Nimrod, Mishka's Dance, Farewell to Eirenn (Samsara)
Om Shanti Om - Dard e Disco
Dil Bole Hadippa - Bhangra Bister
Nikitov - Trink Bider (Vanderlust)
Goran Bregovic - (Best of Goran Bregovic)

9:10
David Krakauer's Klezmer Madness - Moscowitz
Lieberman - Funky Freylekhs
Simply Tsfat - Vnisgav
Klezmer Juice - Freylach in D, Papirosen

9:32
Wine and Alchemy - C'est la Fin (What Dreams May Come)

10:00
Lenahan
Llactamassis (Americamanta)

11:00
World Groove II: From Madrid to Rio

Tito Seif, Egyptian Male Bellydancer

2010-08-05T10:04:00.001-05:00

Even if you're not interested in bellydance, this is an interesting clip for its glimpse into gender roles, and what it means to challenge those roles in a conservative culture.

Playlist: August 4, 2010

2010-08-04T18:21:00.002-05:00

Playlist: August 4, 2010

7:00
Turkish Nines
George Abdo - Belly Dance Fantasy (Belly Dancing with George Abdo)
Nourhan Sharif - El Marouge (Cairo)

7:45
Divahn - Ya Ribon (Divahn)
Harry Saroyan - Dulab El Houb, Cairo (Saroyan Sings "Cairo")
Raquy & the Cavemen - Bewitched (Bewitched)

8:03
Dard e Disco (Om Shanti Om Soundtrack)
All is well, Zoobi Doobi (3 Idiots soundtrack)
Deewangi Deewangi, Dhoom Tana (Om Shanti Om Soundtrack)

8:30
Dil Dooba (Khakee soundtrack)
Youn Hi Tum Mujhse Pyar (Karte Raho soundtrack)
Beera, Thok de Killi, Kili Re (Raavan Soundtrack)
Dance pe Chance (Rab ne Bana de Jodi)
Discowale Khisko (Dil Bole Hadippa)

Playlist: July 28, 2010

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Playlist: July 28, 2010

7:00
Metkal Kenawi - Seedi Nights
Domba! - Sipsi Village (Kabila Project)
Raquy & the Cavemen - Duet for Shlum (Naked)
Raquy & the Cavemen - Jordan

7:20
Chris Gacsi - Lama Bada (One)
Simon Shaheen - Dance Mediterranea (Blue Flame)
Kardesh Turkuler - Al-eyn Mulayyati/Ya Hawa (Bahar)
Sting feat. Cheb Mami - Desert Rose (Brand New Day)

7:40
Tarkan - Gul Doktum Yollarina (Aacayipsin)
Haifa Wehbe - Ana Haifa (Bade Eish)
Said Mrad - Nagham (Esmerim)
Wolgemut - Chansonetta Tedesca (Shauspeluden II)

8:00
Pastime with Good Companye, The Dear Dance, The Official Brawle, Personent Hodie (Music to Make Merrie)
Now is the Month of Maying, Kyng Harry VIII Pavyn, The Faerie-Round (Music from Tudor England)

8:27
Dard e Disco, Dhoom Tana (Om Shanti Om soundtrack)
Marjani - (Billu Barber soundtrack)
Singh is King, Teri Ore, Bas Ed Kinng (Singh is Kinng)
Sajdaa (My Name is Khan)

Playlist: July 7, 2010

2010-07-07T18:47:00.002-05:00

Playlist: July 7, 2010

7:00
Incesaz - (About Istanbul)
Hossam Ramzy - Shimmers in the Sand (Eternal Egypt)
Nourhan Sharif - El Marouge (Cairo)
Suhaila Salimpour - Stamina (Fate)

8:04
Hossam Ramzy - Oqbalal Yom Miladak (Best of Abdul Halim Hafiz)
Orient Extreme Plus - Legend of Orient
Samsara Sound System - Gatha (Arabian Travels II)
Terry Oldfield - Sandalwood & Jasmine (Spirit of India)

Playlist: June 30, 2010

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Playlist: June 30, 2010

7:00
Zarbang - Zarbi-e Raast
Raquy & the Cavemen - Mischief
Chris Gacsi - Lama Bada

7:22
Solace - Redemption (Ahsas)
Susu & the Cairo Cats - The Cat's Meow (Dancing Drums)
Haifa Wehbe - Bade Eish
Tarkan - Bu Gece (Metamorfoz)

7:40
Shakti - Let Me Dance
Raquy & the Cavemen - Graovsko, Sandansko (Jordan)
Amr Diab - Nour el Ain

8:00
Johannes Linstead - Estrellas Sobre Ella, Journey to Alcazaba
Benise - The Spanish Guitar
Goran Bregovic - Best of

Playlist: June 23, 2010

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Playlist: June 23, 2010

7:00
Music of Islam - Youbati
Bellydance Superstars - Entrance of the Stars, Raks Dala'a (Volume II)
Harry Saroyan - Cairo (Saroyan Sings "Cairo")
Raquy & the Cavemen - The Mad Marionettist (Mischief)

7:20
Ruben van Rompaey - Oasis (Eastern Expressions)
Mossen Allam - Balady Taxsim (Wash Ya Wash Vol. 3)
Emad Sayyah - Boukhrat ya Habibi (Modern Bellydance from Lebanon)

7:50
Natacha Atlas - I put a spell on you
Tarkan - Uzak (Karma)
Said Mrad - Esmerim

8:06
Mercan Dede - Nar i Ney (Arabian Travels II)
Karsh Kale - Saajaa (Redesign)
Red Buddha feat. LennyMacDowell - Red Buddha (Tibet Trance)

8:35
Rivertribe - Mist of the Mountain Jungle Mix (the blessing)
Carla Bruni - Quelqu'un m'a dit
La Valse d'Amelie - Amelie Soundtrack
Charles Trenet - La Mer

Playlist: June 16, 2010

2010-06-16T18:46:00.002-05:00

Playlist: June 16, 2010

7:00
Raquy & the Cavemen - Riq Trio, Dalia (Naked)
Metkal Kenawi - Best of Seedi Nights
Divahn - Yodukha Rayonai

7:28
Amani and Bassem Yazbek - Tablat Bassem (Oriental Belly Dance)
Susu & the Cairo Cats - Tabeli Ya Susu
Turkish Pop Lady Angst Song (mores specific information redacted)
Knossos - Tarak (Dark Light in the Wake of Silence)

8:00
NO blues - Columbus Stockade
Cheb Mami - Azwaw 2 (Meli Meli)
Zerrin Ozer - Obur Dunya (Ve Boyle Bir Shey...)

8:24
Red Elvises - Hungarian Dance #5, Scorchi Chornie (Six-String Samurai)
Red Elvises - I wanna see you bellydance, Sad Cowboy Song
Sofya Rotaru - Small Incident (Glasnost)

8:43
Kino - Spokoynaya Noch (Gruppa Krovi)
Igor Talkov - Zvezda (Greatest Hits)
Alla Pugachova - The Race (Glasnost)

Playlist: June 9, 2010

2010-06-09T18:45:00.002-05:00

Playlist: June 9, 2010

7:00
Turkish Nines
Chiftetelli - Hicazkar Chiftetelli
Turkish Percussion Group - Darbuka Solo (Harem)
Tim Rayborn - Kashik (Veils of Light)

7:24
Chris Gacsi - Lama Bada / When She Began to Sway (One)
Raquy & the Cavemen - Bewitched (Bewitched)
Divahn - Va'amartem Zevakh Pesakh
Zachary J. Mechlem - Sameera
Zarbang - Dream Song

8:00
Hossam Ramzy - Isis Unveiled (Eternal Egypt)
Hashisheen - The Western Lands [feat. Iggy Pop, William S. Burroughs, music by Techno Animal] (The End of Law); Marco Polo's Tale [Hakim Bey, music by Kicky Skopelitis]; The Divine Self [Jah Wobble]

8:25
Knossos - Black Bedouin (Dark Light in the Wake of Silence)
MIDIval PunditZ - Extasis
James Asher - Assam (Tigers of the Raj)

8:40
Saawariya Bollywood Soundtrack - Chabeela (song goes out to Laurel Victoria Gray)
Slumdog Millionaire Soundtrack - Jai Ho
Lagaan Soundtrack - Ghanan Ghanan
Roman Chowdhury - You & me

Playlist: June 2, 2010

2010-06-02T18:49:00.002-05:00

Playlist: June 2, 2010

7:00
No Blues - Columbus Stockade, Farewell Shalabiye (Farewell Shalabiye)
Cowboy Bebop Soundtracks - Digging My Potato, The Egg and I
Said Mrad - Sax Oriental (Esmerim)

7:18
Simon Shaheen - Blue Flame (Blue Flame)
Susu & the Cairo Cats - Shifting Desert Sands (Dancing Drums)
Traditional Arab Music Ensemble - Oud Taqsim, Tablah Solo (House of Tarab)

7:40
Vagabond Opera - Hebbina
Balkanalia - Ayazein & Muhabet (Best of Balkanalia III)
Balkanika - Kermes
Tarkan - Simarik (Latina/USA Release)
Haifa Wehbe - Ana HaifaBhebbak Hob (Bade Eish)

8:05
Natacha Atlas - I Put a Spell on You (The Best of Natacha Atlas)
Tamer Hosney - Yaa Bent El Aih
Mohamed Hamaki - Ahla Haga Fiki
Sherin - Mesh Betait el Kalam
Amr Diab - Allah Aliha
Fadl Shaker - Elli Enta Shaifh
Ruby - Ah Min Amailoh

8:30
Deva Premal - Tumare Darshan
Unknown - Beladi
Solace - 2 Gypsies
Loreena McKennitt - Marco Polo
Mokhtar el Said - Drum Solo
Said Mrad - Inspiration
Natacha Atlas - Mish Fadilak

DJ Kitteh as LOLcat

2010-05-26T21:16:00.005-05:00

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Morgan, Kitty DJ

2010-05-26T20:55:00.002-05:00

Last year I shared a photo of DJ Renault, the Kitten DJ. He's grown a bit since then, but I have a new photo of my other cat, Morgan, taking an interest in the mixer. Expect to see some LOLcat-style remixes of this shot soon...

Playlist: May 26, 2010

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Playlist: May 26, 2010

7:00
Bent el Balad (Music of Islam Sampler)
Said Mrad - Inspiration
Hossam Ramzy - Praying for Rain
Ya Leyli

7:15
Earthbeat - Shadows
Raquy & the Cavemen - Osama (Jordan)
(Best of Arabian Bellydance)
Hanan - Ed Hak
Loreena McKennitt - Marco Polo

7:39
Om Kholtoum - El Atlal

8:03
Bhangra Bister (Dil Bole Hadippa Soundtrack)
Shava Shava (Kabhi Kushi Khabhi Ghom)
Bhool Bhoulaiyaa (Bhool Bhoulaiyaa) Dedicated to Springfield Bolly Dollys

8:22
Liu Xing - My Way (My Way)
Yang Ba Qu (Popular Jiangnan Music)
Tuve music from The Orphan's Lament

8:45
Aoi Tada - Wo Qui Non Coin (Cowboy Bebop Soundtrack)
Seatbelts - Cat Blues (Cowboy Bebop Soundtrack)
No Blues - The Clock, Columbus Stockade (Farewell Shalabiye)

Playlist: May 19, 2010

2010-05-19T18:59:00.002-05:00

Playlist: May 19, 2010

7:00
Benise - Gypsy Nights (The Spanish Guitar)
Johannes Linstead - Sangre del Toro (Mediterranea)
Shajarian & Kalhor - Instrument & Vocal, Desert Night, Festive Occasion (Night Silence Desert)

7:32
Tim Rayborn - Maaz Zami, Nafs, Ganghara (Veils of Light)
Raquy & the Cavemen - Axarai, Karsilamagic (Bewitched)
The Shroud - Black (Strange Flesh)

8:02
Solace - Djinn, Red Dragon vs. Phoenix (Balance)
Navraj Gurung - Sound Chattering (Rhythmic Journey)
Red Buddha featuring Lenny MacDowell - Gong Chi (Tibet Trance)
Kokenkyo (Buddhist Chants)

8:40
Genie Rap - Bollywood Aladdin Soundtrack
Discovale Khisco - Dil Bole Hadippa Soundtrack
Shava Shava - Kabhi Kushi Khabi Ghom Soundtrack
Miami - Sallem 'Alena (2001)
Ringa Ringa - Slumdog Millionaire Soundtrack

Can your abs do THIS?

2010-05-18T09:28:00.002-05:00

Sure washboard abs may be the definition of core fitness in mainstream circles, but I'd like to see the average aerobics trainer manage this coin-rolling technique. Below is a video of bellydancer Helena Vlahos, showing how it's done with quarters:

Playlist: May 12, 2010

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Playlist: May 12, 2010

7:00
Peter Gabriel (Passion: Music for The Last Temptation of Christ)
Suleiman the Magnificent - Mevlana Whirling Dervishes (Movie Soundtrack)
Chris Gasci - Lama Bada (One)
Voyage - Tanz des Kelim, Tablat Barhum (Kelim Dance)

7:25
Muhammed Abd al-Wahab - Zeinah (House of Tarab)
Simon Shaheen - Waving Sands (Blue Flame)
Kardesh Turkuler - Newroz, Yaniyorum (Bahar)
Turkish or Greek pop singer, possibly Anna Vissi - some familiar angsty melody
Turkish or Greek pop singer - Chickie Tom
Zerrin Ozer: Beni Hor Gorme

8:00
Said Mrad - En aranjuez ton tu amor (Esmerim)
Oojami - (Bellydance Breakbeats)
Said Mrad - Esmerim
Oojami - Desert Fish
Kaya Project - Twin Soul (Arabian Travels II)
Irfan Makhi - Maghrib (MC World Beats 1)

8:30
MIDIval punditZ - Fabric
Dil Bole Hadippa Soundtrack - Bhangra Bister, Discovale Khisco
Aladdin Soundtrack - Genie Rap
Kabhi Kushi Kabhi Gham Soundtrack - You are My Sonia, Shava Shava

Playlist: May 5, 2010

2010-05-05T18:51:00.002-05:00

Playlist: May 5, 2010

7:00
Tomoko Sugawara - (Along the Silk Road)
Raquy & the Cavemen - Samai Husseini-Danziger (Mischief)
Ruben van Rompaey - Karavanseray (Eastern Expressions)
Bashir Abdel 'Aal - Baladi (Bellydance from Egypt: Gamil Gamal)

7:25
Faruk Hassan - Legend of Orient (Orient Extreme Plus)
Ehab Tawfik - Ya Salam (Hobek Alemni)
Nancy Ajram - Ya Tabtab wa Dallaa
Tarkan - Hepsi Senin Mi? (Aacayipsin)
Amr Diab - Nour el Ain

8:00
Haifa Wehbe - Bhebbak Hob (Bade Eish)
Natacha Atlas - Mon Amie La Rose (The Best of Natacha Atlas)
Klezmer Connexion - La Vie En Rose (Play a Song in Yiddish)
Klezmerson - Araber Tanz
DAvid Krakauer's Klezmer Madness - Moskowitz

8:22
Metropolitan Klezmer - Metropolitan Raisins (Yiddish for Travelers)
Vagabond Opera - Granada, Merci Django
Ottmar Liebert & Luna Negra - Paint it Black (World Groove II: from Madrid to Rio)
Hevia (Tierre de Nadie)

Playlist: April 28, 2010

2010-04-28T19:03:00.002-05:00

Playlist: April 28, 2010

7:00
Turkish Percussion Group - Hint, Darbuka Solo (Harem)
Chris Gacsi - Gacsi's Karatchi, Raqs al Saif, Amira (One)
Divahn - Shabekhi Yerushalayim, Dror Yikra

7:32
Kardesh Turkuler - Al-eyn Mulayyati/Ya Hawa (Bahar)
Raquy & the Cavemen - Graovsko, Jordan (Jordan)
Hassan Abou Seoud - Dina (Wash Ya Wash Vol. 3)
Hossam Ramzy - Serena (Gamaal Rawhany)

8:05
Ubaka Hill - Dance the Spiral Dance
Amadou & Mariam - Politic Amagni
Miriam Makeba - Pata Pata, Zulu Song
Dennis Maberry - (Rhythmspirit)

Introducing the Camel Truck

2010-04-23T14:59:00.003-05:00

Who needs Monster Truck wheels when you can strap a truck on top of a camel? The next time you're in the desert, GO GREEN!

Poor camel...

Image from There, I Fixed It

Playlist: April 21, 2010

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Playlist: April 21, 2010

7:00
Shajarian & Kalhor - Desert (Night Silence Desert)
Solace - Circle (Ahsas)
Zarbang - Call to Love

7:43
Turkish Nines
Tim Rayborn - Gilim (Veils of Light)
Earthbeat - Shadows (The Kabila Project)

8:00
Tomoko Sugawara (Along the Silk Road: Ancient and Modern Music for the Kugo)
The New Kyoto Ensemble (Music of Japan)

Playlist: April 14, 2010

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Playlist: April 14, 2010

7:00
Dmitrie Cantemir (Istanbul)
Tim Rayborn - Adrar (Rihla)
Sirocco - Tribal Dance (Volume II)

7:26
Simon Shaheen - Blue Flame (Blue Flame)
Orient Extreme Plus - Legend of Orient (Full Oriental Full Rhythm)
Bellydance Superstars - Entel Hob (Vol. II)
George Abdo - Hadouni
Amr Diab - Nour el Ein

8:02
Varter - Roses
Ya Leyli
Snake Arm (Kabila Project)
Loreena McKennitt - Marco Polo
George Abdo - Raks ARaby

8:20
Natacha Atlas - Leysh Nat'arak, Mon Amie La Rose (The Best of Natacha Atlas)
Cheb i Sabbah - Esh 'Dani, Alash Mshit (La Kahena)
Cheb i Sabbah - Toura Toura, Alla al'Hbab (La ghriba)
Cheb i Sabbah - Agra, Pour Mattoub (As Far As)

9:00
Karsh kale - Saajana, etc. (Redesign)
James Asher (Tigers of the Raj)

Playlist: April 7, 2010

2010-04-07T19:02:00.003-05:00

Playlist: April 7, 2010

7:00
Omar Faruk Tekbilek & Brian Keane - Desert Twilight (Fire Dance)
Deva Premal - Tumare Darshan (The Essence)
Raquy & the Cavemen - Karsilama (Naked)
Habibi Alli (Bellydance Superstars Vol. II)

7:20
Susu & the Cairo Cats - Nubian Magic (Dancing Drums)
Disks ARAF - Fellahin
Metkal Kenawi (Best of Seedi Nights)
Harry Saroyan - Cairo (Saroyan Sings "Cairo")
Chris Gacsi - Sallam 'Alay / She Greeted Me (One)

7:43
Turkish Percussion Group - Shiki Shiki Baba (Harem)
Helm - Yalla Al-Nahr (The Kabila Project)
Solace - Forsaken (Ahsas)

8:00
Knossos - Al Sahid (Dark Light in the Wake of Silence)
Tim Rayborn - Cask of Alban (Strange Flesh)
Azam Ali (Portals of Grace)
Wolgemut (Shauspeluden II)

8:26
Hevia (Tierra de Nadie)
Hedingarna - Aivolon/Brainless (The Heathen's Fire)
Vaesen - Ploska (Gront)
Hedingarna - (Karelia Visa)

Playlist: March 31, 2010

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Playlist: March 31, 2010

7:00
Tim Rayborn - (Veils of Light)
The Two Tenors and Qantara - Al Qantara (Historic Live Concert of Arabic Maters)
Shuvani - Karshilama (Dance of the Wise Woman)
Raquy & the Cavemen - Sandansko (Jordan)

7:25
Emad Sayyah (Best of Arabian Bellydance)
Natacha Atlas - Mistaneek (The Best of Natacha Atlas)
Tarkan - Simarik
Haifa Wehbe - Bade Eish (Bade Eish)
Ehab Tawfik - Ya Salam (Hobek Alemni)
NO blues - Columbus Stockade (Farewell Shalabiye)
Cowboy Bebop Soundtrack - Digging My Potato

8:04 - Bollywood soundtrack features!
All is well (3 Idiots)
Genie Rap, Ore Sawariyaa, Tak Dhina Din (Aladdin)
Bhool Bhulaiya, Let's Rock Remix (Bhool Bhulaiya)

8:32
Bhangra Buster, Discowale Khisko - (Dil Bole di Hadippa)
Shava Shava (Kabhi Kushie Khabi Ghon)
Khambakht Ishq, Om Mangalam (Khambakht Ishq)