September 1, 2023

Can you feel my love buzz?

Gaye Su Akyol, the Patti Smith of Turkey, launches her first tour of the USA this month, including a stop on September 12 at Jammin Java, a coffee shop and listening room in a Vienna VA strip shopping center, right between a mattress store and a Walgreens.  It seems like an ideal venue for Akyol's surreal Anatolian rock -- this is, after all, the woman who titled her 2018 album Consistent Fantasy Is Reality.
 
Unfortunately I can't be there for what should be a mind-blowing presentation.  But if you're considering a road trip (and you should), give a listen to Akyol's new single this week on Global A Go-Go.  It's a cover of Nirvana (and Shocking Blue too), in English and Turkish, released by Nirvana's old label Sub Pop.

Also this week (Sunday September 3, 1:00-3:00 PM on WRIR, for two weeks afterwards at wrir.org/listen, check your local listings for airing on other radio stations, and any old time at my podcast site): Ethiopia's contemporary Azmari bards, more East African sounds from Somaliland and Sudan, Niger's Etran De L'Aïr caught live, Cuban son montuno, and a Colombian champeta dance party.

 
 
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
 
Sintayehu Belay | Ethiopia | Lole | Tsedey EP | Muzikawi | 2023
Ethiocolor | Ethiopia | Helle Loyo Helle Loha | Ethiocolor | Muzikawi | 2023-2014
Krar Collective | Ethiopia | Mr Astatke | Ethiopia Super Krar | Riverboat | 2012
 
Sahra Halgan Trio | Somaliland-France | Masalo | Waa Dardaaran | Buda Musique | 2020
Jantra | Sudan | Jaborouna Jabor | Synthesized Sudan: Astro-Nubian Electronic Jaglara Sounds From The Fashaga Underground | Ostinato | 2023
Ali Hassan Kuban | Egypt | Bettitogor Agil | Walk Like A Nubian | Piranha | 1991
 
Tinariwen | Mali | Tenhert | Imidiwan : Companions | World Village | 2009
Tamikrest | Mali-Algeria-France | Awnafin | Tamotait | Glitterbeat | 2020
Etran De L’Aïr | Niger | Toubouk Ine Chihoussay | Live In Seattle EP | Sahel Sounds | 2023
 
Sierra Maestra | Cuba | Dundunbanza | Dundunbanza! | World Circuit | 1994
Conjunto Guantánamo | USA-Cuba | Loma De Belén | Loma De Belén - Single | Nganga | 2023
Soneros All Stars | Cuba-Sweden | Explotó La Rumba | ¡Dime Nagüe! | Soneros | 2004
 
Systema Solar | Colombia | El Botón Del Pantalón | La Revancha Del Burro | Sambumbia | 2013
Tribu Baharú | Colombia | Barú | Barú - Single | Tambora | 2023
Tribu Baharú | Colombia | El Besito | P​a'l​ ​M​á​s Exigente Bailador | Tambora | 2015
Nkumba System | France-Colombia-Cameroon | Cacerolazo | Bailalo Duro! | Prado | 2020
 
Erkut Taçkın | Turkey | Mühür Gözlüm | Mühür Gözlüm / Özlem - Single | Philips | 1968
Gaye Su Akyol | Turkey | Love Buzz | Love Buzz / Böyle Olur Mu - Single | Sub Pop | 2023
Lalalar | Turkey | Avucunu Yalıyor | En Kötü Iyi Olur | Bongo Joe | 2023
Altın Gün | Turkey | Badi Sabah Olmadan | Aşk | ATO | 2023

No comments: