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10/02/2010
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Tonight's Tangents Show features artists performing at
  • Hardly Strictly Bluegrass , Sunday, Oct. 3, Speedway Meadow in Golden Gate Park
  • SF Jazz Festival which continues through October and November, various venues in the Bay Area
  • WOMEX Copenhagen, Denmark, October 27 - 31 2010
  • and on the Tangents Turkey Tour October 10 - 26 2010
  • K-Tel Earl Scruggs Best of Bluegrass II (var) Roll in my Sweet Baby's Arms
    also on The Essential Earl Scruggs
    Upcoming Show: Earl Scruggs @ Hardly Strictly Bluegrass , Sunday, Oct. 3, Speedway Meadow in Golden Gate Park
    Banjo Stage, 1:45 PM
    Bismeaux Records Asleep at the Wheel and Leon Rausch It's a Good Day (N) Osage Stomp
    Upcoming Show: Asleep at the Wheel, Wednesday, October 20, 7:30 PM, SF Jazz Festival, Herbst Theatre, $25 / $45 / $65
    Warner Brothers Mark Knopfler
    & Emmylou Harris
    All The Roadrunning This Is Us
    Upcoming Show: Emmylou Harris @ Hardly Strictly Bluegrass , Sunday, Oct. 3, Speedway Meadow in Golden Gate Park
    Banjo Stage, 5:45 PM
    08:10
    Ropeadope The Word
    feat. John Medeski,
    The North Mississippi Allstars
    & Robert Randolph
    The Word Without God
    Upcoming Show: SF Jazz Festival: James Carter & John Medeski, Thursday, October 21, 7:30 PM, Herbst Theatre, $25 / $45 / $65
    ANTI- Mavis Staples You Are Not Alone (N) Wrote a Song for Everyone
    originally by Creedence Clearwater Revival
    (OVP) Chris Whitley Poison Girl (6-song CD with 5 Live tracks) Make the Dirt Stick (Live)
    Recorded in his living room 6/91
    Savoy Jazz Bill Frisell Beautiful Dreamers (N) It's Nobody's Fault but Mine
    by Blind Willie Johnson
    08:30
    Columbia Patti Smith Horses Gloria
    Upcoming Show: Patti Smith @ Hardly Strictly Bluegrass , Sunday, Oct. 3, Speedway Meadow in Golden Gate Park
    Towers of Gold Stage, 4:10 PM
    Island Jah Wobble's Invaders of the Heart The Sun Does Rise (4 song CD) Whiskey Priests, feat. Ximena Tascom
    Nonesuch / Perro Verde Ry Cooder & Manuel Galbán Mambo Sinuendo Drume Negrita
    08:50
    Nonesuch Randy Newman Harps and Angels (L) Losing You
    Upcoming Show: Randy Newman @ Hardly Strictly Bluegrass , Sunday, Oct. 3, Speedway Meadow in Golden Gate Park
    Star Stage, 2:05 PM
    Blue Note Cassandra Wilson Thunderbird, produced by T Bone Burnett Easy Rider
    ANTI- Bettye LaVette
    [Fresh Air Interview]
    Interpretations: The British Rock Songbook (L) It Don't Come Easy by Ringo Starr
    Fat Possum Solomon Burke Don't Give Up On Me Stepchild
    09:10
    Heads Up International Esperanza Spalding Chamber Music Society (N) Really Very Small
    Upcoming Show: Esperanza Spalding & Chamber Music Society, Sunday, October 10, 8 PM, SF Jazz Festival Davies Symphony Hall, $20, $30, $45, $65
    Razor & Tie Angélique Kidjo Õÿö (N) Afia
    georgebrooks.com George Brooks Summit Spirit and Spice (N) Silent Prayer- Madhuvanti
    09:30
    Doublemoon Göksel Baktagir Homegrown Istanbul v.1 (I) Kerbela
    orig. on Dogu Rüzgan
    Göksel Baktagir will perform on the upcoming Tangents Turkey Tour October 10 - 26 2010
    If you are interested, email Dore: tangentsturkeytour@gmail.com ASAP
    Nacional Bomba Estéreo Blow Up (N) Cosita Rica
    Bomba Estéreo will be one of the artists Dore will see at the WOMEX International Music Festival Copenhagen, Denmark, October 27 - 31 2010
    09:40
    National Geographic Music Toubab Krewe TK2 (N) NTB
    Sony Music Jeff Beck Who Else? Space for the Papa
    feat. Chrissie Hynde
    EMI Anoushka Shankar
    & Karsh Kale
    Breathing Under Water PD7
    Upcoming Show: Ravi Shankar & Anoushka Shankar, Wednesday, October 27, 8:30 PM, SF Jazz Festival, Davies Symphony Hall, $35, $55, $75, $95
    Valley Entertainment Kamilya Jubran
    formerly with Sabreen Association for Artistic Development
    Listen to the Banned (var) (N)
    FreeMuse article on Listen to the Banned
    Al Shatté Al Akhar
    10:10
    Real World Mamer Eagle (N) Iligai
    Mamer will be one of the artists Dore will see at the WOMEX International Music Festival Copenhagen, Denmark, October 27 - 31 2010
    Zoho Rez Abbasi Bazaar Hindu-Myth (part 2)
    Owl Studios Garaj Mahal
    including Kai Eckhardt & Fareed Haque
    More Mr. Nice Guy (L) Chester the Pester
    Upcoming Show: Garaj Mahal, Friday, October 15, 8 PM, Swedish American Hall, SF Jazz Festival, $35
    Enja Boi Akih Yalelol, feat. Niels Brouwer oi (put out to sea)
    10:35
    Six Degrees Vieux Farka Touré fondo (L) Souba Souba
    Upcoming Show: Taj Mahal, Toumani Diabaté & Vieux Farka Touré in Concert, Saturday, October 23, 8 PM
    @ the Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakland, SF Jazz Festival, $25, $40, $55, $75
    Forrest Hill / Harmony Music Luigi Cinque Tarantula Hypertext O'rchestra Tangerine Café (I) Niente Senza 'E Te (Nothing Without You)
    vocals: Raiz
    Los Anos Luz Tremor Viajante (N) TT
    Tremor will be one of the artists Dore will see at the WOMEX International Music Festival Copenhagen, Denmark, October 27 - 31 2010
    10:55
    Gaza Corner, feat. Rahim Ajhaj (Iraqi Oudist)
    UR Music Rahim Alhaj Little Earth (2 CD set) (I) Qaasim, feat. Stephen Kent, Didjeridu
    UR Music Rahim Alhaj Little Earth (2 CD set) (I) Sama'i Baghdad, feat. Little Earth Orchestra
    11:20
    Mystery artist: Where is the Bagpiper from? Answer: Norway
    Grappa Musikkforlag Elisabeth Vatn Piper On The Roof (I) Fanfare
    end of mystery artist
    11:20
    Arda / Akkiraz Z. Çağlar Namli
    on Baglama, modified to include an extra resonator
    La Lune / Köy (I) Bir Zamanlar
    Z. Çağlar Namli will perform on the upcoming Tangents Turkey Tour October 10 - 26 2010
    If you are interested, email Dore: tangentsturkeytour@gmail.com ASAP
    11:35
    Real World Records Syriana
    feat. Nick Page, guitar
    Abdullah Chhadeh, Qanun
    Bernard O`Neill, double Bass
    The Road To Damascus (N) (D) TT
    Discipline Trey Gunn on Warr Guitar One Thousand Years Into The Wood
    11:50
    Trikont LaBrassBanda Übersee (N) (I) Des Konnst Glam
    LaBrassBanda will be one of the artists Dore will see at the WOMEX International Music Festival Copenhagen, Denmark, October 27 - 31 2010
    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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