Whole World Music playlist for 01/20/2008
| Artist | Title | Album | Label | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| An Chang Project (Japan) | You & I | Monkey Harmonizing Songs: New Vocal Harmonies From The South Pacific | Tropical Music | www.farsidemusic.com |
| M.I.A. (Sri Lanka/UK) | Boyz | Kala | Interscope | www.pitchforkmedia.com |
| Dr.Israel with Dreadtone International, Systemwide (US) | Interference | Patterns of War | ROIR | blogcritics.org |
| Dot Allison (Scotland) | Colour Me | Afterglow | Arista | www.dotallison.com |
| Rebeca Matta (Brazil) | É que a vida é . . | Rough Guide to Brazilian Electronica | World Music Network | www.allbrazilianmusic.com |
| Camille (France) | Assise | Le Fil | Narada | en.wikipedia.org |
| Lino Cannavacciuolo (Italy) | Kasba | Buddha-Bar Presents: Segesta | George V | www.maroccomusic.com |
| M'Toro Chamou et les Watoro (Mayotte) | Oh! La | The Rough Guide to the Music of the Indian Ocean | World Music Network | mtoro.chamou.free.fr |
| Karsh Kale (India/US) | Liberation | Liberation | Six Degrees | www.karshkale.com |
| Solex (Netherlands) | Waking Up with Solex | Solex vs. The Hitmeister | Matador | www.solex.net |
| Cornelius (Japan) | New Music Machine | Fantasma | Matador | www.matadorrecords.com |
| Plastilina Mosh (Mexico) | Arpoador | Juan Manuel | EMI/Virgin Music | en.wikipedia.org |
| African Head Charge (UK/Ghana) | Pursuit | Shrunken Head | On-U Sound | www.skysaw.org |
| Piccola Orchestra Avion Travel (Italy) | Sogno Biondo | Poco Mossi Gli Altri Bacini | Sugar | www.nytimes.com |
| Fernanda Porto (Brazil) | Outro Lugar do Mundo | Fernanda Porto | Trama | en.wikipedia.org |
| Stereo Total (Germany/France) | Europa Neurotisch | Do the Bambi | Kill Rock Stars | www.stereototal.de |
| Françoiz Breut (France) | La Boîte de Nuit | Une Saison volée | Olympic Disk | en.wikipedia.org |
| Dr Israel; Dreadtone International (US) | Stay with Me | Patterns of War | ROIR | www.drisrael.net |
| DDT (Russia) | Krysa (Rat) | Edinochestro, Vol 1. | Real Records | en.wikipedia.org |
| Hooverphonic (Belgium) | Battersea | Blue Wonder Power Milk | Sony | www.hooverphonic.com |
| Doménico+2 (Brazil) | Te convidei pro Samba | Sincerely Hot | Luaka Bop | www.luakabop.com |
| Najma (India/UK) | Dil Mai | Pukar | Mondo Melodia | www.najmaakhtar.net |
| Yves Simon (France) | Je me souviens | Intempestives | Barclay | www.yves-simon.com |
| Federico Aubele (Argentina) | Postales | Gran Hotel Buenos Aires | Eighteenth Street Lounge | en.wikipedia.org |
| Niyaz (Iran/US) | The Hunt | Niyaz | Six Degrees | www.niyazmusic.com |
| Lenine (Brazil) | Na pressão | Lenine | Six Degrees | www.allbrazilianmusic.com |
| An Chang Project (Japan) | We are Happy | Monkey Harmonizing Songs: New Vocal Harmonies From The South Pacific | Tropical Music | www.rootsworld.com |
| M.I.A. (Sri Lanka/UK) | Paper Planes | Kala | Interescope | www.rollingstone.com |
| Rodrigo y Gabriela (Mexico) | Diablo rojo | Rodrigo y Gabriela | Rodrigo y Gabriela | www.rodgab.com |
| Carmen Consoli (Italy) | L 'Eccezione | L 'Eccezione | Polydor | www.theworld.org |
| Sarabandge (Okinawa)/ See No. 8 in website. | Iwai Bushi | The Rough Guide to the Music of Okinawa | World Music Network | www.farsidemusic.com |
Craig Burk hosted Pulse of the Blue Planet on January 20, 2008. The playlist is shown here under Whole World Music to provide an overall view of Craig's programming for KBOO.
Whole World Music playlist for 01/18/2008
| Artist | Title | Album | Label | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fritz Wunderlich. Composer: Franz Schubert | Die Forelle, D550 | Die schöne Müllerin - 3 Lieder - Schubert | Deutschegrammophon | www.andreas-praefcke.de |
| Gigliola Cinquetti. Song by Cat Stevens. | Lady d'Arbanville | Non Ho L'Eta | CGD East West | en.wikipedia.org |
| France Gall. Song by Serge Gainsbourg | Laisse tomber les filles | Poupée de Son | Polygram International | en.wikipedia.org |
| Dr. Israel with Dr. X & Malik | Another Day in Babylon | Another Day in Babylon | Baboon Records | blogcritics.org |
| PJ Harvey (UK) | One Line | Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea | Island | en.wikipedia.org |
| Lila Downs (US/Mexico) | Canción Mixteca | La Sandunga | Narada | en.wikipedia.org |
| Massa Bouchafa (Algeria) | Inevgawen | Kabylie mouv' les étoiles berbères | Atoll Music | www.afropop.org |
| Black Box Recorder (UK) | The New Diana | Passionoia | One Little Indian US | en.wikipedia.org |
| Manjula Guru. Music by Vijay Anand. (India) | The Drink That Has Gone Up (from the film Rajada Raja) | Dance Raja Dance: Asia Classics, Vol. 1 | Luaka Bop | en.wikipedia.org |
| Eleftheria Arvanitaki (Greece) | Ola sto fos (Everything brought to light) | Ola sto fos (Everything brought to light) | Universal | en.wikipedia.org |
| Los Zafiros (Mexico) | La Luna en tu mirada | Bossa Cubana | Nonesuch | www.singers.com |
| Iva Zanicchi (Italy) | Come Ti Vorrei (Cry to Me) | Testarda Io | MBO | en.wikipedia.org |
| Booker Little (US) | Man of Words | Out Front | Candid | adale.org |
| Mitsuko Uchida | Impromptu No. 1 in F minor from D.935 (op 142 | Schubert Impromptus | Philips | www.mitsukouchida.com |
| Yves Simon (France) | Les bateaux du métro | Cristal Collection | BMG | www.yves-simon.com |
| Dinah Shore (US) | I'll Be Seeing You | Spotlight on Dinah Shore | Capitol | www.dinahshorefanclub.com |
| Joe Lovano (US) | Flight of Fancy (Reprise) | Flight of Fancy | Blue Note | www.joelovano.com |
Playlist for Whole World Music of January 18, 2008. Hosted by Craig Burk.
Movin' On playlist for 01/04/2008
| Artist | Title |
|---|---|
| Bush | The Lies (benfrank.net) |
| Chumbawumba | Everything you know is wrong |
| Dave Alvin | Mother Earth |
| Cindy Lee Berryhill | When did Jesus become a Republican |
| Arcade Fire | Keep the car running |
| Real Tuesday Weld | I believe |
| Silent Radio | Nowhere to hide when it's raining inside |
| The Green Pajamas | She's still bewitching me |
| The everybody Fields | Aeroplane |
| Jill Sobule | Christian Soldiers |
| Arcade Fire | Neon Bible |
| Magnet | Where happiness lives |
| Mason Williams | Destinations of the Sun |
| Meshell NDegeocello | Soul Spaceship |
| Betty Davis | Come take me |
| Earth wind and fire | Shining Star |
| Section Quartet | Heartbreaker |
| Simple Kid | You |
| Oakley Hall | Take my hands we're free |
| Linda Thompson | Do your best for rock and roll |
| Gillian Welch | Miss Ohio |
The Dharma Wheel playlist for 01/03/2008
| Artist | Title | Album |
|---|---|---|
| Hank Woji | Patriot Games | |
| Midnight Oil | The Real Thing | |
| Neil Young | looking for a Leader | |
| Utah phillips | You Cannot... | |
| Stephan Smith | in the Air | Slash and Burn |
| Justin Currie | No, Surrender | |
| Randy Newman | In Defense of Our Country | |
| Copper Wimmin | American Tyranny | |
| Jackson Browne | Lives in the Balance | |
| Eliza Gilkyson | Man of God | |
| Dan Bern | my Country II | |
| Wally Pleasant | Song for Dylan | |
| Jim Hinde | Perp Walk | |
| Todd Snider | Conservative Ch.... | |
| Richard Thompson | Dad's Gonna Kill Me | Sweet Warrior |
| James McMurtry | Cant Make It Here Anymore | |
| Jim Page | Didnt We | Human Interesting |
Circle A Radio playlist for 01/02/2008
We produced Updates on some of the issues we covered last year. We talked with Claude Marks of the Freedom Archives about the San Francisco Eight case, with Lisa Moore, assistant dean for multicultural affairs at Reed college about the Jena Six and Reed’s own noose incident , and to Eric Ward of the human rights organization Center for New Community about pending anti-immigration legislation, hate crimes, and the relationship between white nationalism and the anti-immigrant movement. We also produces a short update about the ICE Raids, and other immigration issues.
Guess Who's Coming to Radio??!! playlist for 01/02/2008
| Artist | Title | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stevie Wonder | Do I Do | Musiquarium | Tamla |
| Dewey Redman/Ed Blackwell | We Hope | In Willisau | Black Saint |
| Archie Shepp | New Africa | Kwanza | ABC |
| Billy Cobham | Sea of Tranquility | Total Eclipse | Atlantic |
| Pharoah Sanders | Spiritual Blessing | Elevation | ABC |
| Herbie Hancock | Nefertiti | River: The Joni Letters | Verve |
| Queen Latifah f. STEVIE WONDER | Georgia Rose | Trav'lin' Light | Verve |
| Leon Thomas | Come Along | The Leon Thoma Album | Flying Dutchman |
| Marvin Gaye | Life is For Learning | In Our Lifetime | Motown |
Jazz, jazz, enlightenment, musics... and Tony, reflecting on 2007.
Early Morning Gumbo playlist for 01/01/2008
Music from 2007
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Guess Who's Coming to Radio??!! playlist for 12/26/2007
| Artist | Title | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stevie Wonder | Someday At Christmas | Someday at Christmas | Motown |
| Intruders | I'll Always Love My Mama | Compilation | Philadelphia International |
| John Coltrane | Africa | The Africa Sessions | Impulse |
| Jackson 5 | Someday At Christmas | Jackson 5 Christmas Album | Motown |
| Jackson 5 | The Christmas Song | Jackson 5 Christmas Album | Motown |
Swing & Country playlist for 01/26/2008
A celebration in song of all the drinking we did over the holidays!
01 Booze It - Ray Campi
02 Drink Canada Dry - Bobby Barnett
03 Drink, Drink, Drink - Dale Watson
04 Drinkin' Scotch - Gene Simmons
05 Drinking Tequila - Jim Reeves
06 Happy Birthday Jack Daniels - BR5-49
07 Jack Daniel's, If You Please - David Allan Coe
08 Man From Tennessee - Burt Lynch
09 I'm Drinkin' Bourbon - Billy Starr
10 One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer - Casey Sisters
11 D-R-U-N-K - David Allen Coe
12 Here's To Good Old Whiskey - Frank Novak & His Rootin' Tootin' Cowboys
13 Pass the Booze - Ernest Tubb
14 The Lord Loves The Drinkin' Man - Mark Chesnutt
15 Where Did Robinson Crusoe Go with Friday On Saturday Night - Texas Jim Lewis
16 Whiskey, Women And Wild Living - Tommy W. Pedigo
17 Whisky Walzer - Willie Nelson (German)
18 Carolina Moonshiner - Al Hopkins & His Buckle Busters
19 Franklin Country Moonshine - Jean Shepard
20 Moonshine - Cecil Moore & The Kings Of Rhythm
21 Moonshine Still - Jack Holt
22 Mountain Dew - Willie Nelson & Kris Kristofferson (Live)
23 The Moon Still Shines On The Moonshine Still - Judy Perkins
24 Oklahoma Home Brew - Hank Thompson
25 Home Brew Boogie - Big Jeff (1949)
26 White Lightin' Express - Roy Drusky
27 White Lightning - Billy Hix & his Georgia Stompers
28 White Lightning - George Jones
29 White Lightning & Excess - Lum Hatcher
30 White Lightning And Bourbon Blues - Kenneth Swanstrom
31 White Lightning Hit The Family Tree - Chris Young
32 The Ballad Of Thunder Road - Charlie Daniels Band
33 Cocaine Blues - Roy Hogsed
34 Let The Cocaine Be - Doc & Merle Watson
35 Weed With Willie - Toby Keith
36 No No Song - Hoyt Axton
37 Bottle Of Wine - Jimmy Gilmer
38 Drinkin' Wine, Spo-Dee-O-Dee - Sid King & The Five Strings
39 Wino Boogie - Bill Nettles & His Dixie Blue Boys
40 Warm Red Wine - Bob Atcher & Bonnie Blue Eyes (1949)
41 Wine, Wine Wine - Gene Summers
42 Wine, Women & Song - Al Dexter
43 Wine, Women, & Pink Elephants - Ramblin Jimmie Dolan
44 Have Some Medeira M' Dear - Limeliters
45 Beer Is Good For You - David Allen Coe
46 Red Hot Women And Ice Cold Beer - New Riders Of The Purple Sage
47 Give Me A Red Hot Mama And An Ice Cold Beer - Smiley Maxedon
48 Beer Bottle Mama - Andy Reynolds And His 101 Ranch Boys
49 Seven Beers with the Wrong Woman - Becky & The Ivanhoes
50 She's Looking Better Every Beer - New Riders Of The Purple Sage
51 She's Lookin' Better By the Minute - Jay Lee Webb
52 The Beer Song - Doug Moreland
53 I Like Beer - Tom T. Hall
54 Industrial Strength Tranquilizer - Austin Lounge Lizards
56 Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer - Bob Williams
57 Rednecks, White Socks and Blue Ribbon Beer - Johnny Russell
58 Lone Star Beer And Bob Wills Music - Red Steagall
59 Flop Top Beer - Buddy Meredith
60 Beer Drinkin Blues - Rocky Bill Ford
61 Four Scores and Seven Beers Ago - Doug Supernaw and Herschel Walker
62 I'll Just Have One Beer - Austin Lounge Lizards
63 A Six Pack To Go - Hank Thompson
64 In Heaven There Is No Beer - John Hartford & The Soggy Bottom Boys
Rockaholics Anonymous playlist for 12/31/2007
| Artist | Title | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Troggs | Lost Girl | Wild Thing album | 66 |
| Lulu | The Boat That I Row | comp Neil Diamond/b-side of Sir w Love | 67 |
| Chances R | I'm Gonna Change the World | chicago garage | 66 |
| T C Atlantic | Faces | minneapolis garage | 67? |
| HENDRIX | Voodoo Child, Slight Return | San Diego | 69 |
| Otis Redding/Carla Thomas | New Year's Resolution | stax duo | 67 |
| Jethro Tull | For a Thousand Mothers | Stand Up LP | 69 |
| Dave Mason | World in Changes | Alone Together LP/Winwood organ | 70 |
| Robert Wyatt | God Song | ex Soft Machine dr/ Solar Flares cd | 03 |
| Rolling Stones | 2000 Light Years from Home | Satanic | 67 |
| Hendrix + Band of Gypsies | Auld Lang Syne | NYC, new yrs eve/fillmore | 70 |
| Hendrix Experience | Bleeding Heart | Royal Albert/London, february | 69 |
| Genuine Spares | What's Going On? | Hyderabad India | 70 |
| Kult | No Home Today | UK psych | 67 |
| Dave Dee Dozy Mick & Tich | Hold Tight | UK/euro top ten | 66 |
| Yardbirds | Train Kept a Rollin' | rec at Sun studios Memphis! Jeff Beck gu | 65 |
| Hendrix | Incident at Rainbow Bridge | Maui / instro | 70 |
| Donovan | Fat Angel | flying at an altitude of 39000 ft | 66 |
| New Riders of the Purple Sage | Rainy Day Stoners #12 and 30-something | dylan singalong / live Eugene | 06 |
| Hendrix | Purple Haze | Stockholm | 67 |
| Beatles | Tomorrow Never Knows | take one (take 3 appears on Revolver) | 66 |
| Far Cry | Shapes | Boston | 69 |
| Byrds | My Love Don't Care About time | 65 | |
| P F Sloan | Let Me Be | which he wrote/ Turtles hit | 66 |
| Poco | Short Changed | first album/Furay x Buff Springfield | 68 |
| Hendrix | Spanish Castle Magic | San Diego | 69 |
| Hendrix | Sunshine of Your Love | Stockholm (snippet) | 69 |
JIMI HENDRIX live.
next week: an aftertaste of 2007 rockaholic features.
QUESTIONS, COMMENT: mortski@easystreet.net
The Long & Dusty Road playlist for 12/19/2007
PLAYLIST: The Long & Dusty Road
December 19, Wednesday, 5:30 to 7:00 AM
KBOO
Portland, OR: 90.7
Corvallis/Albany, OR: 100.7
Hood River/Columbia Gorge: 91.9
Host: Don Jacobson
Posted to: Folkdj-l
Webcast on http://www.kboo.fm
My favorites of 2007
(VA) = Various Artists. All media are CDs unless otherwise stated.
Artist: "Selection" ALBUM TITLE [Label]
(VA) Will Geer: Excerpt from This Land Is Your Land "I Hate A Song That ..." A TRIBUTE TO WOODY GUTHRIE [Warner Bros.]
((Intro))
Woody Guthrie: "Ain't Gonna Be Treated This A'Way" THE EARLY YEARS [Legacy International]
((Opening Theme))
Sackett's Harbor: "Sackett's Harbor/Belfast Volunteers/Logan Water" SACKETT'S HARBOR [Sampler]
((Intro Music Bed))
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Norman & Nancy Blake: "New Brick Road" ORIGINAL UNDERGROUND MUSIC FROM THE MYSTERIOUS SOUTH [Rounder LP]
((Music Bed))
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(VA) Doc & Arnold Watson: "I'm Troubled" FRIENDS OF OLD TIME MUSIC [Smithsonian/Folkways]
(VA) Greg Hooven: "Won't Come Home Until Midnight" CLASSIC OLD TIME FIDDLE [Smithsonian/Folkways]
(VA) Bruce Molsky: "Roustabout" OLD TIME BANJO FESTIVAL [Rounder]
Peter Rowan/Tony Rice: "Walls Of Time" QUARTET [Rounder]
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Country Gentlemen: "Billy In the Low Ground" GOING BACK TO THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS [Smithsonian/Folkways]
(VA) Almanac Singers: "Talking Union" CLASSIC LABOR SONGS [Smihtsonian/Folkways]
(VA) Woody Guthrie: "Do-Re-Mi" DO-RE-MI [Smithsonian/Folkways]
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Norman & Nancy Blake: "Don't Be Afraid of the Neo-Cons" BACK HOME IN SULFUR SPRINGS [Plectrafone]
(VA) Ani DiFranco/Pete Seeger/Billy Bragg: "Bring Them Home" SOWING THE SEEDS - THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY [Appleseed]
(VA) Pat Humphries: "Swimming to the Other Side" SOWING THE SEEDS - THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY [Appleseed]
Peggy Seeger: "Different Therefore Equal" THREE SCORE TEN [Appleseed]
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Folk Calendar
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Laura Love: "Shady Grove" NEGRASS ]Octoroon]
Cathy Fink/Marcy Marxer: "North Carolina Breakdown" BANJO TALKIN' [Rounder]
Misty River: "Daylight Again" STORIES [Self]
Uncle Earl: "Drinker Born" WATERLOO TENNESSEE [Rounder]
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Good Ol' Persons: "Southbound" GOOD OL' PERSONS [Bay]
(VA) Kenny Hall & Sweetsmill Stringband: "Angeline the Baker" FOLK MUSIC: THE BAYS YEARS VOL. 1 [Bay]
Cheik Hamala Diabete/Bob Carlin: "From Male to America" FROM MALI TO AMERICA [5-String]
Paul Robeson: "Hammer Song" ON MY JOURNEY [Smithsonian/Folkways]
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Joel Mabus: "No More Cane On the Brazos" BANJO MONOLOGUES [Fossil]
Mike Seeger: "Carroll County Blues" EARLY SOUTHERN GUITAR SOUNDS [Smithsonian/Folkways]
Pete Seeger: "Ida Reed" AMERICAN FAVORITE BALLADS, VOL. 5 [Smithsonian/Folkways]
Laura Love: "This Train/Ezekiel & the Wheel" NEGRASS [Octoroon]
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Sandy Rothman/Steve Pottier: "In The Pines" BLUEGRASS GUITAR DUETS [Sierra]
((Outro))
Questions & comments are welcome.
The Long & Dusty Road playlist for 12/30/2007
PLAYLIST: The Yiddish Hour
December 30, 2007, Sunday 10 to 11 am
KBOO
Portland, OR: 90.7
Corvallis/Albany, OR: 100.7
Hood River/Columbia Gorge: 91.9
Host: Don Jacobson
Posted to: Folkdj-l
Webcast on http://www.kboo.fm
(VA) = Various Artists. All media are CDs unless otherwise stated.
Artist: "Selection" ALBUM TITLE [Label]
Jeff Warschauer: "A Yiddishe Neshome" THE SINGING WALTZ [Omega]
((Music Bed))
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Brave Old World: "The Band" BLOOD ORANGES [Red House]
Brave Old World: "Basarabye" BEYOND THE PALE [Rounder]
Hot Pstromi: "Malenka" WITH A LITTLE HORSE RADISH ON THE SIDE [Global Village]
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Rosalie Gerut: "We Are Here" WE ARE HERE [Tsuzamen]
The Wholesale Klezmer Band: "Romanian Dance" PRAYER FOR A BROKEN WORLD [Self]
Tzimmes: "Shabhi Yerusharlayim" A LID FOR EVERY POT [Self]
Rosalie Gerut: "For Our Fathers/Czardas" WE ARE HERE
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Isle Of Klezbos: "Klezbos Kolmeyke" GREETINGS FROM THE ISLE OF KLEZBOS [Self]
Pharaoh's Daughter: "Snirele Perele" OUT OF THE REEDS [JM]
Robin Arioio Fickle: "La Rosa Enflorece" MEDITERRANEAN JOURNEY [Psalmody Music]
Robin & Horowitz: "Dobriden" BESSARABIAN SYMPHONY, EARLY JEWISH INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC [Wergo Spectrum]
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Questions & comments are welcome.