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Listen to the most recent Tangents show
02/07/2009
Label Artist Album Selection
Arhoolie Robert Pete Williams Angola Prisoners' Blues (var) Prisoner's Talking Blues
Hyena The Harmonizing Four Gospel Music (var) Motherless Child
Legacy Creedence Clearwater Revival Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson (var)(sdtrk) Long as I Can See the Light (orginally on "Cosmo's Factory")
8:14 pm
Nonesuch Dan Auerbach Keep It Hid (D)(N) Heartbroken, In Disrepair
RCA Jefferson Airplane 2400 Fulton Street (comp) Eat Starch Mom (originally released on "Long John Silver")
Columbia / Legacy Jeff Buckley So Real: Songs From Jeff Buckley (comp) Dream Brother
Blue Hen Jim Campilongo Heavy Rooted Like A Tree
8:33 pm
Verve Herbie Hancock Then and Now: The Definitive Herbie Hancock (comp)(N) River (Live) (Joni Mitchell: vocals)
Nonesuch K.D. Lang Tribute to Joni Mitchell (var) Help Me
Cup of Kindness Alisa Fineman with Alex de Grassi Closing The Distance: Poems, Prayers, and Love Songs Mah Gadlu
Narada / Equinox Ancient Future Asian Fusion Prelude / Bookenka (The Adventurer)
8:55 pm
Long Tale Master Kong Nay & Ouch Savy Mekong Delta Blues (I) Khmer Ladies Virtues
9:02 pm
Riverboat Records / World Music Network Etran Finatawa Desert Crossroads (I) Kel Tamasheck
Victor Derek Trucks Band Already Free (N) Down In The Floor
Novus Nina Simone The Blues My Man's Gone Now
Nonesuch Rokia Traoré Tchamantché (N) Dounia
Cumbancha / Stonetree Umalali Umalali: The Garifuna Women's Project Mérua
9:26 pm
World Village / Harmonia Mundi Tinariwen Amassakoul Qualahila Ar Tesninam
Upcoming Show: Tinariwen @ The Palace Of Fine Arts, Thursday, April 16
Barclay Khaled Sahra Detni Essekra
Asphalt Tango Šaban Bajramović Princes Amongst Men: Journeys with Gypsy Musicians (var)(I)(N) I Bar Val Pudela
Doublemoon Smadj SOS (I) Davet
Smadj was part of a previous Turkey Music Tour. Next tour scheduled for May 2009.
9:49 pm
Angel Anoushka Shankar Rise Red Sun
Crammed Hector Zazou & Swara In The House Of Mirrors (N)(available domestically) Sisyphe
10:04 pm
Justin Time / Enja Dhafer Youssef Digital Prophecy Dawn Prayer
Upcoming Show: Dhafer Youssef @ Yoshi's Oakland, Wednesday, Feburary 11
10:08 pm
Justin Time / Enja Dhafer Youssef Digital Prophecy Flowing Water
10:21 pm
Sony Santana Abraxas Incident At Neshabur
Weekend Edition Saturday Feb 7 featuring a connection between "Incident At Neshabur" and West Africa.
Nonesuch Orchestra Baobab Made In Dakar Beni Baraale
World Circuit / Nonesuch Orlando "Cachaíto" Lopéz Cachaíto Mis Dos Pequeñas
10:40 pm
Interscope M.I.A. remixed by DFA Slumdog Millionaire (sdtrk)(var)(N) Paper Planes
agents 4 music Al Jawala Lost in Manele (I) Microbuzele
Kuker Bulgara Bear's Wedding (I) Kopanitza
Dakini Lumin Ketri (I) Izgrala (also available on "Six Degrees Traveler '03")
11:05 pm
Mystery Artist: What country? Uzbekistan (Bukharan Jews)
Upcoming Show: "Hai, Nozanin" ("Hi, Beauty!"): Bukharan Jewish Folk Ensemble, Wednesday, February 11
Smithsonian Folkways Mahdi Ibodov Bukhara: Musical Crossroads of Asia (var) Mavrigi
11:13 pm
Smithsonian Folkways Muhammad Aminjon Nasriddinov Bukhara: Musical Crossroads of Asia (var) Qalandar
11:19 pm
Smithsonian Folkways Ochil Ibragimov Bukhara: Musical Crossroads of Asia (var) Shalom Alelchem and Kiddush
end of mystery artist
Svota Music The Armenian Navy Band feat. Arto Tuncboyacian How Much is Yours? (I) Kitchen Song
Material Dhafer Youssef & Wolfgang Muthspiel Glow (I)(N) Rhapsody
11:33 pm
Felmay Faraulla Sospiro (I) Rikitikitavi
Xenophile Värttiná Aitara Tumala
Hannibal(Rykodisc) Muzsikás Blues For Transylvania (OVP) Istenem, Istenem
ECM Jan Garbarek Visible World Red Wind
11:52 pm
Axiom Master Musicians Of Jajouka Apocalypse Across The Sky Talaha L'Badro Alaina
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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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