We went in some interesting directions today, first in a wide diversity of new releases in our Top 10 segment, then all over the world with both old and new releases, and no small percentage of instrumental pieces. Perhaps I was a little looser having guest-hosted Xenophilia yesterday. Whatever it was, this was one fun show…and the feedback confirms that listeners were enjoying the mix as well.

Hour 1
Dessoin  –  Wapi Yo? / Where Are You?  –  #10 Roots of OK Jazz: Congo Classics 1955-1956
Rahim Alhaj w/ Yacouba Sissoko  –  The Other Time  –  #9 Little Earth
Jienat  –  Sissel  –  #8 Mira
Achanak  –  Lak Noo Bhangra Mix (Purely Percussive)  –  #7 Rough Guide to Bhangra
Mohsen Namjoo  –  Qashqai  –  #6 Oy / Dig
King Sunny Ade  –  Alaji Rasaki  –  #5 Odu (stand-in for the new release Baba Mo Tunde)
The Budos Band  –  Mark of the Unnamed  –  #4 The Budos Band III
Ghulam Hussain  –  Ba Ayadat Beya  –  Rough Guide to the Music of Afghanistan
Real Situation  –  Funkadesi  –  #3 Tribute to a Reggae Legend
Luisa Maita  –  Fulaninha / Jane Doe  –  #2 Lero-Lero
Axum  –  Kool Wahed  –  #1 Axum
Frank London’s Klezmer Brass Allstars  –  Out of What?  –  Carnival Conspiracy

Hour 2
Kilema  –  Ao Va Nareo? / Are You There?  –  Lavi-Tany
Ketama, Toumani Diabate, Jose Soto  –  De Jerez a Mali  –  Songhai 2
Lata Mangeshkar & Sonu Nigam  –  Khamoshiyan Gungunane Lagi  –  King Khan: Songs from the films of Shahruky Khan
Sursumcorda  –  Il Gorgo  –  L’Albero Dei Bradipi
Sonic Tribe   –  Circle 3  –  Sonic Tribe
Run (excerpt)  –  U Srinivas & Michael Brook  –  Dream
Bob Brozman, John McSherry And Dónal O’Connor  –  Beer Belly Dancing  –  Six Days In Down
Ray Spiegel Ensemble  –  Barun’s Boogie  –  Raga Jazz
Natacha Atlas  –  Batkalim  –  Mounqaliba
Gaby Kerpel  –  Toritos  –  Carnabailito
Rajery  –  Misahotaka Ny Akama  –  Fanamby