Playlist: July 29, 2009

Playlist: July 29, 2009

7:00
Karsh Kale - Deepest Blue (Redesign)
Solace - Blood Oil Gold (Strange Flesh)
Knossos - Tarak (Dark Light in the Wake of Silence)
Tim Rayborn - Cask of Alban (Strange Flesh)

7:20
Toires - Sanati (Arabian Travels II)
Said Mrad - En Aranjuez Ton Tu Amor (Esmerim)
Christophe Goze - Ja Vidi (Arabian Travels II)
Kaya Project - Twin Soul (Arabian Travels II)

7:42
Said Mrad - Sax Oriental, Nagham (Esmerim)
Oojami - Boda, Palas (Bellydance Breakbeats)

8:02
Solace - Djinn, Red Dragon vs. Phoenix, Miss Anime, Ashes to Phoenix, Tiger Moon (Balance)

8:26
Liu Xing - Samsara (My Way)
La-Chun Ling - Song of Joy, A Solitary Flower In Love With Itself, Dance Music of Festival (The Art of La-Chun Ling)
Tea Travel - Omei Flower Tea (Tea Music II)

Playlist: July 22, 2009

Playlist: July 22, 2009

Bollywood / Bellydance workshop and performance this Saturday in Springfield!
www.karidazahava.com for more information

7:00
Amany & Bassem Yazbek - Al Tahady (Oriental Belly Dance)
Metkal Kenawi (Best of Seedi Nights)
Harry Saroyan - Miserlou (Saroyan Sings "Cairo")
Turkish Nines

7:30
Turkish Pop (women singing; no more information available. Move along now...)
Amr Diab - Enta Yali Bahebak (Awedony)
Nawal al-Zoghbi - Yama Alou
Raquy & the Cavemen - The Mad Marionettist (Mischief)
Zachary J. Mechlem - Ocean of Fire (Sameera)
The Shroud - Black (Strange Flesh)

8:02
Slumdog Millionaire - Ringa Ringa, Liquid Dance
Jab de Mile - Yadein
Umrao Jaan - Salaam
Asoka - Aa Tajar Hoja

8:30
Saawariya - Chabeela
Karsh Kale - Saajana, Destroy the Icon (Redesigned)
Navraj Gurung - Rhythmic Journey

New Music

Mara Aranda & Solatge: Unearthing the Roots of Ancient Aragon

From World Music Central:

Spanish singer Mara Aranda has been involved in some essential world music projects based in Spain's eastern Mediterranean coast. She was a member of famed band L'Ham de Foc (Mediterranean world music) and Aman Aman (Sephardic). She is back with a new recording that focuses on the music of the ancient kingdom of Aragon. Before Spain became a unified nation, several Christian and Muslim kingdoms existed in the Iberian Peninsula. The kingdom of Araon in eastern Spian included the current autonomous communities of Aragon, Catalonia, Valencia and the Balearic Islands. The languages spoken in ancient Aragon were derived from Latin and included Castilian (what we currently know as Spanish), Aranese, Catalan and Valencian.

Gifted with a prodigious and powerful voice, Aranda has compiled traditional folk songs from the various regions and gave them new life, with contemporary folk music arragements. The repertory includes Romances (ballads), cantos de trabajo (work songs), melodías de baile de bastones (melodies of cane dances), boleros, bailes de cabezudos (dances of large headed carnival figures), fandangos, and Aranese aubadas. Read more here...

Anna Schaad: Mesmerizing Fiddle Dreams

From World Music Central:

Virtuoso fiddler Anna Schaad embraces the charm and beauty of electronic music on her latest CD, Dream Within a Dream. Schaad uses a combination of acoustic and electric violins and viola. Her research into electronic music forms has her using drum loops, field recordings, samples, MIDI-generated instruments. She is joined by Canadian musician Lauri Lyster on global percussion, Doug Rehfeldt on electric bass, Matt Rehfeldt on cello, David McVittie on flute and harmonium, Hill Hudson on beat boxing, Hadley Frazier on vocals and Gail Smedley on zills.

While most of the pieces have a Celtic and world music influence in the melodies and percussion, the overall sound has a mesmerizing ambient sound that makes the music trance-like. This is topped by Schaad's sultry phrasings on the various fiddles which are extraordinarily beautiful.

Read more here...

Playlist: July 15, 2009

Playlist: July 15, 2009

7:00
Incesaz - Son Vapor (About Istanbul)
Voyage - Tanz des Kelim, Tablat Barhum (Kelim Dance)
Raquy & the Cavemen - Karsilama (Naked)
Ruben van Rompaey - Djengahir (Eastern Expressions)

7:18
Suhaila Salimpour featuring Susu Pampinin - Stamina (Fate)

7:42
Hossam Ramzy - Naima's Desert Castle (Gamaal Rawhany)
Natacha Atlas - I put a spell on you (The Very Best of Natacha Atlas)
Ruby - Ah Min Amailoh; Mostafa Amar - Lesah Habaib (Musicana 3: Best of Song)
Amr Diab - Nour el Ain

8:07
Said Mrad - Hizzi Ya Nawaem, Esmerim (Esmerim)
Oojami - Tin Tin (Bellydance Breakbeats)
Natacha Atlas - Le Printemps (The Very Best of Natacha Atlas)

8:27
Cheb Mami - Le Rai C'est Chic (Dellali); Parisien du Nord (Meli Meli)
Klezmer Connection - La Vie En Rose (Play a little song in Yiddish)
Josephine Baker - St Petais Blanche
Edith Piaf - Mon Legionnaire
Yann Tiersen - La Valse d'Amelie (Amelie Soundtrack)

8:50
Charles Trenet - Boum
Maurice Chevalier - Ma Pomme
Charles Trenet - La Mer
Carla Bruni - Le Darniere Minut

Playlist: July 8, 2009

Playlist: July 8, 2009

7:00
Zarbang - Zarbi-e Raast
Wolgemut - Cantiga No. 1 (Schauspeluden)

7:19
Helm - Yalla al-Nar (The Kabila Project)
Turkish Nines
Johannes Linstead - Journey to Alcazaba

7:32
Divhan - Ya Ribon
Raquy & the Cavemen - Jordan (Jordan)
Tarkan - Kuzu Kuzu (Karma)
Haifa Wehbe - Ya Hayat Albe (Bade Eish)

7:50
Shakti - Let Me Dance
Asoka Soundtrack - Aa Tajar Hoja

8:09
Slumdog Millionaire Soundtrack - Ringa Ringa
Bride & Prejudice Soundtrack - Dola Dola
Slumdog Millionaire Soundtrack - Jai Ho
Lagaan Soundtrack - O Rey Chhori

8:30
Monsoon Wedding Soundtrack - Chunari Chunari, Aaja Machle
Dhoom 2 Soundtrack - Crazy Kiya Re
Kaho Naveo Pyaar Hai - Dil Ne Dil Ko Pukra

8:50
Krazzy 4 - Break Free
Yaadein - Jab de Mile

For info about the July 25 Bollywood dance workshop/performance: www.karidazahava.com

Playlist: July 1, 2009

Playlist: July 1, 2009

7:00
Shajarian & Kalhor - Rain (Night Silence Desert)
Solace - Blessings (Ahsas)
Zarbang - Moonlit

7:16
Turkish Nines
Chiftetelli - Hicaz Chiftetelli
Cahit Berkay - Sinema; Burhan Ocal & the Trayka All Stars - Opaz (Homegrown Istanbul)

7:36
Kardesh Turkuler - Kela Meme (Bahar)
Turkish Percussion Group - Varda (Harem)
Zachary J. Mechlem - Sameera
Tim Rayborn - Lauta Taksim (Veils of Light)
Kazem al Saher - La Titnahad [Do Not Sigh] (The Impossible Love)

8:00
Tarkan - Simarik (USA/Latino Release)
Ehab Tawfik - Anani, Hobek Alemni (Hobek Alemni)
Nancy Ajram - Moegaba, Moushtaka (Ya Tabtab Wa Dallaa)

8:22
Natacha Atlas - Yalla Chant (The Very Best of Natacha Atlas)
Cheb Mami - Ma Vie 2 Vois (Dellali)
Faudel - Baida (Baida)
Maghrebika with Bill Laswell - El B'nia (Neftakhir)

8:43
Cheb i Sabbah - Alla Al 'Hbab/Blessed Be My Friends; Hajti Fi Gurini/Longing for my Lover (La Kahena)
Al-Qaynah - Coraline (Taqwacore Invasion)

Free Oumou Sangare Concert in Chicago - July 2

If you can make it to Chicago this Thursday (July 2, 2009), be sure to check out the free concert by Oumou Sangare, one of the biggest names to come out of Mali's music scene. The concert is part of a Music Without Borders project, and you can find more information about the concert and the artist at World Music Central.

I've played a few of Sangare's songs on my show in the past. Her style blends traditional West African sounds with a contemporary social message. If I didn't already have a prior commitment tomorrow night, I'd love to see her live!

On another note, I'd like to recommend World Music Central as an excellent resource for anyone looking for more information about world music. Their site features regular updates about upcoming concerts and artists around the world. My one criticism would be that they don't always clarify the location of some of their concert announcements (it's at ___ Hall. If you don't recognize it, you probably don't live near it anyway, right?) but the news about new artists and albums is always interesting. I don't want to copy their content too extensively but I might post a link once in a while for information relevant to the genres I play and/or events near Illinois (my local broadcast zone).

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