Transpacific Sound Paradise with Rob Weisberg | WFMU

Grasslands Ensemble & Daniel Ho - "Daur Love Song" - Between the Sky & Prairie [0:00:00] Anda Union - "The Legend of the Swan Brothers" - The Wind Horse [0:04:50] Tulegur - "Vast Mongolia" - Walk Away ['Walk Away ' is Tulegur's second album to be released internationally and comes after a time of reflection and evolution. The original duo has now transformed into a trio. Focussing on the lead singer’s struggle to reconcile his ethnic Mongolian identity with a modern upbringing and a lack belonging to either, it takes folk melodies and folk inspired melodies sung in a traditional style and smashes them against grunge and prog rock particles in a musical hadron collider of an album. - PR] [0:10:57] Hartyga feat. Andrey Bardin - "Chugurukter" - Fugue for Steppe and Organ [0:15:17] Baba Zula - "Yok Haddi Yok Hesabı (No Limit No Calculation)" - İstanbul Sokakları [This legendary Istanbul band remains the most experimental exponent of the hotly-tipped contemporary Turkish psych-rock scene. - PR] [0:22:15] Mogollar - "Obur Dunya" - The Best of Cem Karaca Vol. 1 [0:32:58] Edip Akbayram & Dostlar - "Dar Ağacı" - Nedir Ne Degilder [0:35:50] Melike Şahin - "İfşa" - Akkor [An empowering assertion of survival that propels traditional Anatolian pop and folk influences into the future, AKKOR rises like a phoenix from the flames to reintroduce the Turkish superstar diva to an international audience. - PR] [0:40:25] Derya Yıldırım & Grup Şimşek - "Darildim Darildim" - Dost 2 (Friend 2) [0:44:30] Al Andaluz Project - "Segunda Twichia Nuba Garibat El Hussein - Insiraf Btahyi Garibat El Hussein" - The Songs of Iman Kandoussi - Traditional Arabic Andalusian [The Al Andaluz Project group was formed in 2005 after the musicians of Estampie attended a concert by the Spanish band Aman Aman as part of the Jewish Culture Days in Munich. With the aim of reviving the music of the Jewish-Sephardic, Christian and Arabo-Andalusian cultures, as they were in Moorish-ruled Spain in peaceful and mutually beneficial coexistence, the band recorded four studio and one live album between 2006 and 2013 and played numerous concerts and festivals throughout Europe. - PR] [0:52:20] Rami Gabriel / The Arab Blues - "Fakarouny" - Saba [The Arab Blues is Rami Gabriel (oud, guitar, buzuq) and Karim Nagi (riqq, tublah, drum kit). They create a unique amplified amalgam of traditional Arab music an Chicago blues. - bandcamp] [0:59:57] Christine Zayed - "Al'An" - Kama Kuntu [Born into a music-loving family in Palestine, raised between Jerusalem and Ramallah, Christine Zayed is a singer, composer and instrumentalist, qanûn virtuoso. She was introduced to classical and contemporary Arabic music, as well as traditional Palestinian music, from a young age. Her repertoire is based mainly on classical Arabic music, based on maqam (the science and practice of Arabic modal improvisation), and on Arabic poetry, particularly contemporary Palestinian poetry.] [1:07:46] Ahmadreza Nabizadeh - "Asrin" - Mar Jangeh [A celebration of Persian folk music, Mar Jangeh by Ahmadreza Nabizadeh is a Folk/Pop album, with unforgettable lyrics and timeless melodies. The songs in this album are in several different dialogs of the Persian language (i.e. Lori, Kordi, Bakhtiyari, Farsi and others). These songs have been sung for thousands of years and carry deep cultural significances. - PR] [1:12:21] Medukha - "Ne Khodyt" - Medukha [the recipe for medukha involves steeping the antics of a rock band in a pitcher of third culture confusion add polish and ukrainian folk melodies to taste. - bandcamp] [1:18:07] Nesrine - "Sortilege" - Kan Ya Makan [Franco-Algerian singer, cellist and songwriter Nesrine is a storyteller, a "Scheherazade", for our times. And her album "Kan Ya Makan" – the Arabic for "once upon a time" – has something of the aura of a modern "Tales from the Arabian Nights". The Times newspaper (UK) has called Nesrine "an incandescent, multilingual talent", Rolling Stone...

Akendengue - "Ta'Nzambe" - Goree [0:00:00] Staff Benda Billili - "Tonkara" - Tres Tres Fort [0:05:40] Andre Marie Tala - "Ye Nomtema" - Bend Skin Beats [0:11:23] The Great Pilsners - "Aman Nyinaa Hen" - Band of the Year 1978-79 [0:21:16] Amakye Dede - "Daben Na Odo Beba" - Amakye Dede and his Apollo Kings International [0:26:43] Peter Somuah - "Mental Slavery" - Highlife [Highlife takes listeners on a vibrant journey through the rich musical heritage of Peter Somuah’s Ghanaian roots and the innovative world of jazz. Drawing from his early years playing highlife music in Accra, and blending it with influences from legends like Miles Davis, Somuah creates a unique sound that bridges generations.] [0:32:23] Kananayé - "Teri Djougou" - Kananayé [In the streets of Burkina Faso, the phrase "ka nana yé" can be heard everywhere. It means "it's not easy", but also implies that things will be okay. With the album "Kananayé," which takes its name from this popular saying, things can only get better. Its foundational multiculturalism, conscious lyrics, intertwined traditions, and contemporary grounding are essential qualities in these times when optimism has become a survival virtue. - PR] [0:36:14] Inna Baba Coulibaly - "Yewtanakam" - Gilli Kwral (Love & Peace) [This stunning album highlights Mali's rich cultural tapestry and the unique musical traditions woven through life's significant moments. Celebrate love, peace, family, spirituality, and national pride with us through Inna Baba Coulibaly's enchanting and genuine voice. - PR] [0:47:29] Loya - "Be Sadia" - Blakaz Antandroy [Blakaz Antandroy is an innovative album by Loya in collaboration with the Remanindry family—father Remanindry and his children Samba, Nindry, Isabelle, and Adeline. From the Antandroy people, a shamanic community in southern Madagascar, they use traditional songs and instruments to invoke spirits called "Kukulamp," offering healing in areas far from modern medicine.] [0:51:40] Tsapiky 2000 - "Tsapiky 2000" - Various Artists: Tulear Never Sleeps [0:58:12] PulciPerla - "Espuma" - Tatekieto [Take an iconoclastic and energetic quartet from Toulouse, combine it with a female power trio from Bogotá, shake it up, and you will get Pulciperla! After an explosive encounter in Colombia in 2019, the fiery trio La Perla and the unclassifiable Pulcinella decided to create an original repertoire: a hybrid, swaying, and sensual music where vocals, saxophone, keyboards, double bass, and percussion blend generously, driving a powerful trance-like pulse. - PR] [1:06:48] Gary Gwadera - "II. Battle („kasowanie”)" - Far, far in Chicago. Footberk Suite [On November 21, 2024 was released my new solo album "Far, far in Chicago. Footberk Suite", that combines the triple rhythms of the oberek (oberek is a traditional Polish dance) with the triple pulsation of footwork music. "The Footberk Suite “Far, far in Chicago”, is intended as an imagined musical journey through time and space, where the Polish oberek and Chicago footwork find a common ground in dynamic, triple rhythms. - PR] [1:12:33] Elektro Hafiz - "San Anemos feat. Eleni Vratti" - Style is Prison [Elektro Hafız’s fourth album, Style is Prison, featuring 10 tracks and numerous collaborations, was released on November 15. The concept of Style is Prison brings together a variety of genres and features artists from many cultures. Elektro Hafız, a multidisciplinary artist, has crafted this album as a statement against categorization. - bandcamp] [1:18:39] Soolmaan - "Ikaros" - Kashgul - Book I Ascending [Bringing sound tableaus that float freely between the Bosphorus and India, Soolmaan weaves flute, sax, ney, cello, piano, and tamburello into an imaginary folklore infected by jazz. Their new album, Kashgul, created during Driessens’ residency at the Concertgebouw of Bruges, interweaves original compositions with reimagined classics from Ravi Shankar and Amjad Ali Khan.] [1:23:46] Zelenaya - "Letila Zozulia /...