July 2, 2010

Program July 2, 2010

We're at the halfway point of 2010, so let's take a listen to what I think are the best releases of the year so far.  Plenty to choose from, as it's been a strong year on the new release front so far. There's been an especially notable group of reissues put out in 2010, so the entire second hour this week's program is dedicated to old items (from the 60's through the 90's) that are new once again.

The first hour starts with a new song by Chumbawamba (their 2010 recording is pictured above) tweaking the British right-wing's attempt to align folk music with reactionary politics. If only America's teabaggers were so culturally literate ...

Click "Read More" for the tracklist.  Podcast is here:

http://www.radio4all.net/index.php/program/43893

Artist (Country) | Song | Recording | Label | Year

Oliver Lake (USA) | Separation | Matador Of 1st & 1st | Passin' Thru | 1996
Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros (UK) | Global A Go-Go | Global A Go-Go | Hellcat | 2001

Chumbawamba (UK) | Dance, Idiot, Dance | ABCDEFG | No Masters | 2010
Gogol Bordello (USA) | Last One Goes The Hope | Trans-Continental Hustle | American | 2010
Balkan Beat Box (USA-Israel) | Dancing With The Moon | Blue Eyed Black Boy | Nat Geo Music | 2010
Choc Quib Town (Colombia) | San Antonio | Oro | Nacional | 2010
Fat Freddys Drop (New Zealand) | Pull The Catch | Dr. Boondigga & The Big BW | Electrofone | 2010

Mariam Hassan (Western Sahara) | Salem | Shouka | Nubenegra | 2010
Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba (Mali) | Torin Torin (Slowly, Slowly) | I Speak Fula | Sub Pop/Next Ambiance | 2010

Tony Allen (Nigeria) | Busybody | Secret Agent | Nonesuch | 2010
The Souljazz Orchestra (Canada) | Agbara | Rising Sun | Strut | 2010
Grupo Fantasma (USA) | Realizando | El Existential | Nat Geo Music | 2010

J.K. Mayenger & The Singwedzi Sisters (South Africa) | Khubani | Next Stop … Soweto, Volume 2 | Strut | 1970's
Issa Juma & Super Wanyika Stars (Kenya) | Si Mimi (It's Not Me) | World Defeats The Grandfathers | Sterns | 1980's

Ernesto Djedje (Cote D'Ivoire) | Bilwana | African Pearls: Cote D'Ivoire, West African Crossroads | Syllart | 1981
Etoile De Dakar (Senegal) | M'Baye Gueye | Once Upon A Time In Senegal: The Birth Of Mbalax 1979-1981 | Sterns | 1981

Afrosound (Colombia) | El Eco Y El Carretero | The Afrsound Of Colombia, Volume 1 | Vampisoul | 1970's
K. Frimpong & His Cubano Fiestas (Ghana) | Kyenkyen Bi Adi M'awu (Come Back My Love) | Afro-Rock Volume 1 | Strut | 1976
Godwin Omabuwa & His Casanova Dandies (Nigeria) | Do The Afro Shuffle | Nigeria Afrobeat Special | Soundway | 1977

Ali Hassan Kuban (Egypt) | Bettitogor Agil | Egypt Noir: Nubian Soul Treasures | Piranha | 1994

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