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12/04/2010
Label Artist Album Selection
Smithsonian Folkways Boozoo Chavis and the Magic Sounds Folk Masters: Great Performances Recorded Live at the Barns of Wolf Trap (var) Jolie Catin
Anti- Galactic ya-ka-may (L) Heart of Steel feat. Irma Thomas
8:07
World Music Network Stefan Grossman The Rough Guide To Bottleneck Blues (var)(I) Memphis Jellyroll
orig. on Yazoo Basin Boogie
Northern Blues Doug Cox & Salil Bhatt Slide to Freedom 2: Make a Better World (N) For You Blue
by George Harrison
Blue Note Cassandra Wilson Silver Pony (N)
[available at Amazon]
Saddle Up My Pony by Charlie Patton
Happy Birthday Cassandra Wilson, born 1955
Music Maker Carolina Chocolate Drops Genuine Negro Jig (L)
[Fresh Air Interview with Carolina Chocolate Drops]
Hit 'Em Up Style
8:28
Tribute to Solomon Burke, deceased Oct. 10
Shout! Factory Solomon Burke Like A Fire TT
Fat Possum Solomon Burke Don't Give Up On Me None Of Us Are Free
Shout! Factory Solomon Burke Like A Fire A Minute to Rest and a Second to Pray
feat. Ben Harper, composer and dobro
8:45
Kirkelig Kulturverksted Knut Reiersrud Voodoo Without Killing Chickens (I) (N) Weakness (Is a Thing Called Man)
Atlantic Rainer Ptacek & Giant Sand Inner Flame (var) Inner Flame
Rounder Robert Plant Band of Joy (N) Silver Rider
Blue Hen Jim Campilongo Orange (L) No Expectations feat. Leah Siegel
Upcoming Show: Jim Campilongo Plays the Music from Orange
feat. Chris Kee - bass, Anton Fier - drummer/producer @ Yoshi's San Francisco December 20, 2010, 8 PM, $16
9:08
Tetrapod John Danley Drifting into Oblivion Dali & the Hallucinating Bullfighter
Inner Knot Records California Guitar Trio Andromeda (N) Hazardous Z
ACT Youn Sun Nah Same Girl (I) (N) Breakfast in Baghdad
feat. Ulf Wakenius
9:24
  Bomrani (Benzad Omrani) Iranian Underground (var)
Bonus CD with British Music Magazine Songlines, no. 67 (I) (N)
Piaderavi (Promenade)
World Connection / Mostar Sevdah Reunion Saban Bajramovic Saban Bajramovic: A Gypsy Legend (I) Avaj, Avaj Mo Cavo
Rounder Black Sea Station
now known as the North End Klezmer Project
Transylvania Avenue (N) Romanian Village Square
Upcoming Show: Pomegranates & Figs: A Feast of Jewish Music
featuring North End Klezmer Project, Teslim (Kaila Flexer and Gari Hegedus), and many others
at Zellerbach Hall in Berkeley, Sunday, December 5, 3 PM
tickets start at $20
Nonesuch / Elektra Don Byron Don Byron plays the music of Mickey Katz Dreidel Song feat. Lorin Sklamberg
Happy Hannukah
9:45
Six Degrees Yam Yam Traveler '99 (var) The Spectacle
Sony Kazim Koyuncu
of the Laz ethnic group
Araf Volume 1 (var) (I) Ella Ella
orig. on Hayde (I) (OVP)
RCA SKA-P Que Corra La Voz (I) Welcome to Hell
Kool Arrow Kultur Shock Fucc the I. N. S. How to Fucc Songs and Irritate
10:08
Candela (Tinder) African Fiesta Salsa Mundo: Afro-Cuban Music From Around the Globe (var) (OVP) Paquita
Verve Herbie Hancock The Head Hunters Watermelon Man
10:20
nublu Ilhan Ersahin with
Erik Truffaz
Istanbul Sessions (N) Freedom
only available in Morocco L'Oud Marocain L'Oud Marocain (I) atlassiyate
Narada Susheela Raman Salt Rain Ganapati
10:35
Abstract Logix Raga Bop Trio feat.
  • George Brooks - alto and tenor saxophone
  • Steve Smith - drums
  • Prasanna - Electric and Acoustic Guitars
  • Raga Bop Trio (N) Geometry of Rap
    Upcoming Show: Raga Bop Trio @ Yoshi's Oakland, Tuesday Dec 7, 8 PM, $16
    Warner Bros. Miles Davis Bitches_Brew John McLaughlin
    Upcoming Show: John McLaughlin and the 4th Dimension at Zellerbach Hall in Berkeley, Sat Dec. 11, 8 PM, tickets start at $35
    10:55
    Gaza Corner, feat. Handala
    Naji Al-Ali's Palestinian Refugee Comic "Handala"
    Il Manifesto / Tide Records / FinisTerre Handala Holom (I) Ragi'lek Ja Bladi / Filistini / Amani
    Holiday Bazaar featuring Palestinian crafts

    Live Oak Park Recreation Center, 1301 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley
    at Berryman Street between Shattuck Avenue and Oxford Street - Northeast Berkeley
    Sunday, December 5, 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
    End of Gaza Corner
    11:13
    Mystery Hybrid: what nationality is represented in this cross-cultural collaboration in addition to Indian? Answer: Spanish
    Vania Productions Jaume Vilaseca Quartet Mumbai (I) (N) Circles (with Ravi Chary)
    end of mystery culture
    ACT Nguyên Lê Saiyuki (I) (N) Mina Zuki
    11:40
    Contre Jour Afel Bocoum & Alkibar Tabital Pulaaku (I) Allah Tamu
    Igloo Majid Bekkas Makenba (I) (N) Noussik
    11:55
    Inner Knot Records California Guitar Trio Andromeda (N) Improv VII
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