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Listen to the most recent Tangents show
12/31/2009
Label Artist Album Selection
Tangential African Inspired New Year's Eve 2010
World Village Tinariwen Imidiwan : Companions (I) (L) Tenhert
Putumayo Thievery Corporation African Groove (var) The Lagos Communique
Palm Pictures Gigi Gigi Zomaye
Island Grace Jones Private Life: the Compass Point Sessions (comp) (double CD) feat. Sly Dunbar & Robbie Shakespear Private Life (dub version)
8:20
Universal Baaba Maal Baayo Mariama
Mango Thomas Mapfumo and the Blacks Unlimited Corruption TT
Les Plus Belles Noix Gnawa Diffusion Bab El Oued Kingston (I) Kabariou
8:45
Sounds of the Mushroom Bole 2 Harlem Bole 2 Harlem vol. 1 TT
Palm Pictures Sidestepper 3am (in beats we trust) Deja (Video)
Hannibal DJ Food remixed by Jonathon More and PC Big Noise: A Mambo Inn Compilation (var) Dub Lion (Remake)
Do Right The Souljazz Orchestra Freedom No Go Die (I) Mista President
MCD Barbatuques O Seguinte é Esse (I) Baianá (Video)
9:15
Alula Nass Marrakech Sabil 'a 'Salaam An-a, An-ta
Mango (Island) Ali Farka Toure The River Ai Bine
Upstream Records Toubab Krewe Toubab Krewe Devil Woman
9:35
OUD Oudaden Oudaden (unavailable except in Morroco) Vous
For information about Dore's upcoming Tangent Morocco Tour, email Dore: tangentsmaroctour@gmail.com
Universal Fela Kute Coffin for Head of State TT (Video)
Columbia / Legacy Santana Santana III Legacy Edition (2CD) Batuka
10:00
Stern's Africa African Virtuosos The Classic Guinean Guitar Group Kankan Diarabi
Chapa Blues Victor Deme Victor Deme (I) (N) Djon' maya (Video)
RealWorld Geoffrey Oryema Exile Makambo
Igloo Majid Bekkas African Gnaoua Blues (I)
[also try GEMM]
Daymallah
10:30
Ryko Ali Baba Out Of Africa (var) Keya Rinia
World Village / Harmonia Mundi Tinariwen Amassakoul Arawan
10:40
Totolo Ba Cissoko Electric Griot Land (I) Silani
Mopiato Ricardo Lemvo & Makina Loca Isabela Kasongo Boogaloo
Virunga Records Samba Mapangala & Orchestre Virunga Song and Dance Nyama Choma (Video)
Stern's Africa Kékélé Kinavana Ba Kristo
11:05
Mystery Artist: What country are these groups from? Answer: Réunion Islands
  Salem Tradition Fanm Oungouné
  Malouz Kolé Boutey Mon Kafrin
end of mystery artist
Wrasse Records Khaled liberté (N) Hiya Ansadou
Nonesuch Youssou N'Dour Egypt Touba — Daru Salaam
Flag Of Freedom Moh Alileche In Memory of a Hero TT
Upcoming show: Moh Alileche Ensemble with Danse Maghreb @ Ashkenaz Music & Dance Community Center, 1317 San Pablo Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94702, Saturday, January 2, 2010, 8 PM
Upcoming show: Celebration of the Amazigh/Berber New Year 2960, called "Yennayer", feat. Moh Alileche @ Art House Gallery & Cultural Center, 2905 Shattuck Ave. (half block north of Ashby), Berkeley, CA 94705, Saturday, January 9th, 2010, 7:00 till 11:00 PM
11:40
Stern's Africa Tabu Ley Rochereau The Voice of Lightness (Double CD with 48-page booklet) Kelya
Article on The Voice of Lightness
Hannibal Ketama, Toumani Diabate, José Soto with Danny Thompson Songhai Mani Mani Kuru (Kora: Toumani Diabate)
Indigo D'Gary Africa (var) Atahora Fabiby (originally on Mbo Loza)
12:00 Midnight
Happy Healthy and Peacful New Year to All
Kirkelig Kulturverksted Knut Reiersrud Klapp (I) I Don't Feel Noways Tired (feat. The Blind Boys of Alabama)
Enja Abdullah Ibrahim Water from an Ancient Well Mannenberg Revisited
KEY

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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