Tangents Radio
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Listen to the most recent Tangents show
08/16/2008
Label Artist Album Selection
Vanguard Patty Larkin Watch the Sky (N) Hallelujah
Warner Brothers / Rhino Little Feat Waiting for Columbus Spanish Moon
Fat Possum R.L. Burnside Wish I Was in Heaven Sitting Down Got Messed Up
Shout! Factory Solomon Burke Like A Fire (N) A Minute to Rest and a Second to Pray (Ben Harper: composer and dobro)
World Music Network Bessie Griffin The Rough Guide to Gospel (var)(I) Move Upstairs
Sony Sweet Honey In The Rock Freedom: Songs from the Hearts of America (var)(3CD) Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Us Around
Earthbeat! Linda Tillery & the Cultural Heritage Choir Front Porch Music Spirituals Medley — Way Over In Beulahland, Wade In The Water, Run Mary Run
Upcoming Show: Maria Muldaur & The Free Radicals with very special guests Holly Near & Linda Tillery @ Yoshi's (Oakland), August 23-24
8:35 pm
Tribute to Jerry Wexler: January 10, 1917 – August 15, 2008
Atlantic Aretha Franklin I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You I Never Loved a Man (the Way I Love You)
Atlantic Ray Charles Yes Indeed! Sun's Gonna Shine Again
Atlantic Ray Charles Ray Charles (retitled "Hallelujah I Love Her So") I Got A Woman
Koch Wilson Pickett Only the Strong Survite (sdtrk)(var) Soul Survivor
Rest In Peace, Jerry.
Stax Sam and Dave Stax 50th Anniversary Celebration (var) Soul Man (originally released on "Soul Men")
Rhino Curtis Mayfield Curtis Move On Up
Stax Issac Hayes The Very Best of Issac Hayes (comp) Soulsville
Rest In Peace, Issac. (August 20, 1942 – August 10, 2008)
9:02 pm
Ark 21 Liquid Soul Liquid Soul World's on a Leash
Rhino Melle Mel & Grandmaster Flash Best of Sugar Hill Records (var) White Lines (Don't Don't Do It)
ANTI / Boo Boo Wax Michael Franti & Spearhead All Rebel Rockers (N) Sound System
JDub Balkan Beat Box Nu-Med (L) Hermetico
Upcoming Show: Balkan Beat Box @ The Fillmore, September 10
Doublemoon Selim Sesler Homegrown Istanbul v.1 (var)(I) Meşk Havası (originally released on "Oğlan Bizim Kiz Bizim")
9:30 pm
Six Degrees Records Ojos de Brujo Techari Feedback
Four Quarters / Times Square Conceived by Yusuf Gandhi & Bob Belden Miles From India (2CD)(N) In A Silent Way (sarod: Pandit Brij Narain) / It's About That Time (violin: Kala Ramnath)
9:49 pm
Crosspulse Keith Terry and Crosspulse Serpentine Still Waiting For The Buzz
Upcoming Show: Crosspulse Rhythm Duo Guest Artists on A Great Night of Soul Poetry @ The Freight & Salvage, August 23
Upcoming Show: Keith Terry on drums with Evil Diane @ The Starry Plough (Berkeley) on August 23-24 and at Bird & Beckett (San Francisco) on August 24
Oy! Hoo Pharaoh's Daughter Haran Ka Ribon
Cumbancha Chiwoniso Rebel Woman (N) Kurima
10:08 pm
Maverick / Warner Brothers Madonna Ray of Light (produced by William Orbit) Mer Girl
Happy Birthday, Madonna! (August 16, 1958)
New Albion Kirsten Bråten Berg, Ale Møller Nordisk Sang (var) Heiemo Og Nykkjen
Doublemoon Mercan Dede 800 (I)(L) Mercanistan
10:28 pm
Real World Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Shahen-Shah Shamas-Ud-Doha, Badar-Ud-Doja
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan passed away 11 years ago today.
10:42 pm
City of Tribes R.S.L / Ladysmith Black Mambazo Re-rooted: Beatz From Da Ground Up (var) Elungelo
Six Degrees DO (featuring Omar Sosa & Greg Landau) Day Off EP 2 (N) Llorona
Quango Novalima Afro Bandolero
10:56 pm
World Music Network Carlos Gardél The Rough Guide to Tango (var)(I) Caminito
Related News: Argentina and Uruguay's tango row
11:02 pm
Mystery Artist: What country? Tanzania
World Music Network Dataz The Rough Guide to the music of Tanzania (var)(I) Mume Wa Mtu
11:10 pm
World Music Network Ndala Kasheba The Rough Guide to the music of Tanzania (var)(I) Nimlilie Nani?
Real World Remmy Ongala Songs For The Poor Man Karola
end of mystery artist
11:21 pm
Next Village Kaila Flexer & Gari Hegedus Teslim (N) Kiana's Waltz
Upcoming Show: Kaila Flexer & Gari Hegedus @ the next Tangents Party, August 22 (SOLD OUT)
Laika Maryam Akhondy Banu: Songs of Persian Women (I) Eschgh
Lyra Kostas Theodorou Nostos (I) Introduction / Meeting
11:43 pm
Abstract Logix John McLaughlin Floating Point (N) Abbaji (For Alla Rakka)
11:56 pm
Ryko John McLaughlin My Goals Beyond Waltz for Bill Evans
Happy Birthday, Bill. (August 16, 1929 – September 15, 1980)
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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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