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Listen to the most recent Tangents show
06/04/2011
Label Artist Album Selection
Concord Music Group Albert King The Definitive Albert King on Stax (comp) (N) Crosscut Saw
Arhoolie Fred McDowell Blues With A Message (var) Levee Camp Blues
Cobalt / Mélodie Lobi Traoré Raw Electric Blues from Bamako (N) Ya Time
(Someone who has lost their Mother & Father)
1st anniversary of Lobi Traoré's passing June 1, 2010
8:20
Back Porch Charlie Sexton Cruel and Gentle Things Burn
Rack'em Records Joe Ely Satisfied at Last (N) TT
8:30
Sony Derek Trucks Band Joyful Noise Like Anyone Else
feat. Solomon Burke
ANTI- Bettye LaVette Interpretations: The British Rock Songbook (L) It Don't Come Easy
Upcoming Show: Bettye Lavette @ Yoshi's Oakland, Thursday, July 21, 8 PM $30
8:40
Rounder Robert Plant Band of Joy (L) Silver Rider
Luaka Bop Jim White A Funny Little Cross to Bear Alabama Chrome
21st Century Blues Chris Thomas King Red Mud Sessions Red Mud
Blue Note Cassandra Wilson Silver Pony (L) Saddle Up My Pony
by Charlie Patton
feat. Marvin Sewell on electric guitar
9:05
Red House Martin Simpson Cool and Unusual Rambling Round
eonemusic Bill Frisell/Vinicius Cantuaria Lágrimas Mexicanas (N) Calle 7
Materiali Sonori Riccardo Tesi & Banditaliana Madreperla (I) (N) TT
Sunnyside Daniel Mille Entre Chien Et Loup B
9:25
Sona Gaia Ancient Future World without Walls Turkish Taffy
Upcoming Show: Ancient Future @ Yoshi's San Francisco, Tuesday, June 7, 8 PM $16 advance / $20 at door
LGM Yemen Blues Yemen Blues (I) Baraca
Upcoming Show: Yemen Blues @ The Independent, 628 Divisadero, San Francisco
Monday, August 1, Doors: 7:30 PM / Show: 8:00 PM, $15.00 - $50.00
9:45
Island Angelique Kidjo Oremi Voodoo Child (Slight Return)
Upcoming Show: Youssou N'Dour and Angélique Kidjo, Friday, June 17 @ 8:00 PM
@ the Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakland, $80.00 | $60.00 | $40.00 | $25.00
Six Degrees Issa Bagayogo Sya Diarabi
Tips A.R. Rahman Signature Collection - A.R. Rahman (I) Beat of Passion
Oriente Musik Kroke The Sound of the Vanishing World (I) Time
10:05
Saraswati / XIII Bis Susheela Raman 33 1/3 (I) Heart and Soul
originally by Joy Division
Upcoming Show: Susheela Raman @ Yoshi's San Francisco, Friday, July 22, 8 PM $24
Nacional Nortec Collective Tijuana Sessions Vol. 3 Tengo La Voz
ACT Tonbruket Dig It to the End (I) (N) Vinegar Heart
Upcoming Show: Dan Berglund's Tonbruket @ Yoshi's Oakland, Wednesday June 22, 8 PM $16
Euro Jazz Package: $16 for ONE Ticket for In the Country on 6/21 at 8 PM and ONE Ticket for Tonbruket on 6/22 at 8 PM
10:25
Rune Grammofone In The Country Whiteout (I) W. A. R. M.
Upcoming Show: In the Country @ Yoshi's Oakland, Tuesday June 21, 8 PM $16
Euro Jazz Package: $16 for ONE Ticket for In the Country on 6/21 at 8 PM and ONE Ticket for Tonbruket on 6/22 at 8 PM
10:40
Tribute in memory of San Francisco fire fighters Anthony Valerio, 53 & Vincent Perez, 48
A Priori John Danley A Guitarist's Compendium (comp) (N) Elegy for Iris
Kalan Cengiz Özkan Gelin (bride) (I) Yesil Ayna (Green Mirror)
ADW Wahid
Dimitris Mahlis, oud
Chris Wabich, frame drums
inside silence (N) sunlight
11:00
Triloka Hugh Masekela Hope Stimela (The Coal Train)
Upcoming Show: Hugh Masekela @ Yoshi's Oakland, Thursday June 23 & Friday, June 24, 8 PM & 10 PM $28
11:10
Gaza Corner features news and music from the Middle East and North Africa as events unfold
Each week a new article is posted in the Gaza Corner section of tangents.com
This week: article in the Independent (U.K.): Ex-Mossad chief warns against attacking Iran
This week's Featured Artist: Sima Bina
Fars Media Sima Bina & the Dastan Ensemble Flowers of the Desert - Hanaie (I) Aftab e nimeshab and awaz - e bidad (Midnight Sun)
Awaz- e mansuri
Shakhatai (Old folk song and lyrics of North Khorasan)
Mystery artist: Who is the Leader of the Ensemble? Answer: John Santos
Machete The John Santos Sextet Filosofia Caribena, Vol. 1 (N) Carnaval SF
Upcoming Show: John Santos Sextet @ Freight and Salvage, Sunday, June 12, 8 PM, $20.50 advance - $22.50 at the door
Concord Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke & Lenny White Forever (N) Armando's Rhumba, feat. Jean-Luc Ponty
Valley Entertainment / Kirkelig Kulturverksted Mahsa and Marjan Vahdat Lullabies From The Axis Of Evil (var) Lalalala Gohle Laleh
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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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