Program February 15, 2017

The Garifuna people are direct descendants of the survivors of two shipwrecked Nigerian slave ships that landed on the Caribbean island of St. Vincent in 1675.  Those survivors inter-married with native Caribbeans; they were exiled by the British to Roatan Island off the coast of Honduras in 1797 and then disbursed across Central America.

Against all odds, this tiny ethnic group has survived three exiles (from Africa, from St. Vincent and from Roatan).  There are about 600,000 identifiable Garifuna in the world today, mostly living in Belize, Guatemala and Honduras, with about 100,000 in New York's Bronx borough.

Aurelio Martinez (pictured above) is the greatest living exponent of Garifuna music, which has had a massive worldwide revival in the last 20 years.  You'll hear a track from Aurelio's new album Darandi on this week's program, part of a full set of Garifuna music.

Also this week: Tinariwen's new album, the pachuco sound of 1950's Mexican-Americans, and Balkan songs of immigration.

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Artist | Country | Song | Recording | Label | Year

Oliver Lake | USA | Separation | Matador Of 1st & 1st | Passin' Thru | 1997
Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros | England UK | Global A Go-Go | Global A Go-Go | Hellcat | 2001

Omar Pene | Senegal | Mon Mari | Myamba | Faces | 2005
Seydou Boro | Burkina Faso-France | Horon | Horon | Label Bleu | 2016

Tinariwen | Mali | Nannuflay | Elwan | Anti- | 2017
Tinariwen | Mali | Tiwayyen | Elwan | Anti- | 2017

Polo Montanez | Cuba | Homenaje A Jose Marti | Memoria | Lusafrica | 2004
Ani Cordero | Puerto Rico USA | Me Tumba | Querido Mundo | self-released | 2017
Chichimeca | Italy | Senor Comandante | Barbari | Discmedi | 2004
Peyoti For President | England UK-Spain | Alisha Malina | Who Am I | Whatabout Music | 2014

Ry Cooder | USA | Muy Fifi | Chavez Ravine | Nonesuch | 2005
Lalo Guerrero Y Sus Cinco Lobos | USA | Los Chucos Suaves | Jukebox Mambo: Rumba And Afro-Latin Accented Rhythm & Blues 1949-1960 | Jazzman | 1949
Conjunto Casino | Uruguay | Que Golazo! | Macondo Revisitado: The Roots Of Subtropical Music, Uruguay 1975-1979 | Vampisoul | 197x

Paul Nabor | Belize | Naguya Nei | Paranda: Africa In Central America | Stonetree | 2000
Andy Palacio & The Garifuna Collective | Belize-Guatemala-Honduras | Amunegu | Watina | Cumbancha | 2007
The Garifuna Collective | Belize-Guatemala-Honduras | Seremei Buguya | Ayo | Cumbancha | 2013

Silvia Blanco | Guatemala | Barubana Yagien | Umalali: The Garifuna Women's Project | Cumbancha | 2008
Aurelio | Honduras | Naguya Nei | Darandi | Real World | 2017

Slavic Soul Party | USA | Tourist Point Of View | Plays Duke Ellington's Far East Suite | Ropeadope | 2016
Fanfare Ciocarlia | Romania | Caravan | Gili Garabdi | Asphalt Tango | 2005
Dzambo Agusevi Orchestra | Macedonia | I Love You Mexico | Brass Like It Hot | ARC | 2016

Golem | USA | Citizen Boris | Citizen Boris | JDub | 2009
Gogol Bordello | USA-Ukraine-Russia-China-Ethiopia-Ecuador-Belarus | Immigraniada (We Comin' Rougher) | Trans-Continental Hustle | American | 2010
Magnifico | Slovenia | Giv Mi Mani (Samo Malo) | Export Import | Sony / Epic | 2003