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12/22/2007
Label Artist Album Selection
2007 Tangential Favorites, Part 1
Some albums were not released in 2007, but were new to the show this year..
* = highly recommended
ANTI- Mavis Staples We'll Never Turn Back (produced by Ry Cooder) (L) Eyes On The Prize
ANTI- Bettye LaVette
[Fresh Air Interview]
The Scene of the Crime (N) Jealousy
8:17 pm
Relix Jonah Smith Jonah Smith (N)
(produced by Lee Townsend)
Killing Time
Columbia / Legacy Jeff Buckley So Real: Songs From Jeff Buckley (comp)(N) Last Goodbye
Rounder Robert Plant & Alison Krauss Raising Sand (N) Polly Come Home
8:31 pm
Back Porch Viktor Krauss Viktor Krauss II (N)
(produced by Lee Townsend)
Hop
Blue Note Floratone (Matt Chamberlain, Bill Frisell, Tucker Martine, Lee Townsend) Floratone (N) TT
Real World Adrian Sherwood Becoming A Cliché (N) Animal Magic
8:52 pm
Verve Herbie Hancock River: The Joni Letters (N)
Amelia feat. Luciana Souza
9:00 pm
Verve Luciana Souza The New Bossa Nova (N) Down To You (written by Joni Mitchell)
Cumbancha / Stonetree Andy Palacio & The Garifuna Collective Wátina * Sin Precio (Worthless)
No Format! Mamani Keita & Nicolas Repac Yelema (I)(N) Lado
9:16 pm
Do Right The Souljazz Orchestra Freedom No Go Die (I)(N) Mista President
Modiba Vieux Farka Touré Remixed: UFOs Over Bamako (N) Sangare (DJ Center Remix)
Emarcy Meshell Ndegeocello The World Has Made Me The Man Of My Dreams (N) Lovely Lovely
9:33 pm
Nuevos Medios Son de la Frontera
[audio interview]
Cal (I)(N) Tanguillos de la Frontera
MCD Barbatuques (I) O Seguinte é Esse Baianá
Diquela Ojos de Brujo Techari Live (CD+DVD)(I)(N) Interludio Tabla / Todo Tiende
JDub Balkan Beat Box Nu-Med (N) Hermetico
  Arto Tunçboyaciyan How Much Is Yours? (I)(N) *
[Contact Dore <> if you are interested in getting this album, only a few copies left, proceeds benefit Naregatsi Art Institute]
Let The Factories Open
10:04 pm
Piranha Darko Rundek & Cargo Orkestar Mhm A-Ha Oh Yeah Da-Da: Migration Stories and Love Songs (I)(L) 12 Ptica (12 Birds)
Starkland Phillip Bimstein Larkin Gifford's Harmonica (N) EatDrinkGambleSex
Jericho Beach Tanya Tagaq Sinaa (D)(I) Qimiruluapik
10:20 pm
Times Square Kiran Ahluwalia Wanderlust (N) * Yakeenan
Marabi Malouma Nour (I)(N) Habib
Doublemoon Mercan Dede 800 (I)(N) The Sun Rises In The East
10:38 pm
World Village Tinariwen Aman Iman: Water Is Life (L) Tamatant Tilay
Real World Little Axe Stone Cold Ohio (N) No Bottom
ATO North Mississippi All Stars Electric Blue Watermelon No Mo
Sheer Guy Buttery Songs from the Cane Fields (I) Mad Scientist Ritual
Arda / Akkiraz Z. Çağlar Namli La Lune / Köy (I)(N)
Z. Çağlar Namli is the kind of artist performing during the Spring Tangents Turkey Music Tour.
11:03 pm
Mystery Artist: Who is the spoken word artist? Richard Burton
High Wire Michael Brook RockPaperScissors (N) DarkerRoom feat. Richard Burton (text by Dylan Thomas)
end of mystery artist
ACT Nguyên Lê / Dhafer Youssef Homescape (I) Byzanze
Oriente Kroke Seventh Trip (I)(L) Awakening
Wolfgang Alamaailman Vasarat Maahan (I) TT
11:25 pm
Doublemoon Taksim Trio Taksim Trio (I)(N) * Derdin Ne
Taksim Trio performed during the Spring 2007 Tangents Turkey Music Tour and may do so again on the 2008 Tour.
Kirkelig Kulturverksted Rim Banna Seasons of Violet: Love Song of Palestine (I)(L) Prayer feat. Siddhartha Krishna
11:43 pm
World Village Diego Amador Piano Jondo (N) Quiero Olvidarte
Zoho Rez Abbasi Bazaar (N) Hindu-Myth (part 2)
11:55 pm
Vocalion Xavier Cugat Cugat's Favorite Rhumbas (comp)(N) You Forgotcha Guitar
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D = debut     comp = compilation     FC = forthcoming     I = import
L = latest     OVP = Out of Print     N = new     NR = newly reissued
sdtrk = soundtrack     TT = title track     var = various     N/A = not available

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