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Listen to the most recent Tangents show
06/18/2011
Label Artist Album Selection
Jericho Beach Music Ndidi Onukwulu No, I Never (I) Wicked Lady
Fantasy Jazz David Bromberg My Own House Lower Left Hand Corner of the Night
Upcoming Show: Jorma Kaukonen & David Bromberg @ The Fillmore, 1805 Geary Boulevard, San Francisco, Thursday 6/23 8:00 PM
8:10
Fantasy Jazz David Bromberg My Own House Spanish Johnny
RCA/Legacy Hot Tuna feat. Jorma Kaukonen Keep On Truckin': The Very Best of Hot Tuna (comp) Death Don't Have No Mercy (Live)
orig. on Hot Tuna
Atlantic Olu Dara In The World: From Natchez to New York Father Blues
Happy Father's Day
8:25
Koch Lucinda Williams Lucinda Williams Changed the Locks
Upcoming Show: Lucinda Williams with special guest David Lindley @
The Mountain Winery, 14831 Pierce Road, Saratoga, CA, Saturday June 25, 7:30 PM $35.00 - $69.50
Ruf Records Lightnin' Malcolm
Cameron Kimbrough, drums
(grandson of blues legend Jr. Kimbrough)
Renegade (I) My Lyin' Ass
KSK Lobi Traoré Raw Electric Blues from Bamako (N) Ya Time (dedicated to those who have lost their Mother & Father)
CMP Records Michael Shrieve
with Bill Frisell & Wayne Horvitz
Fascination Living with the Law
Dogboy Mike Wollenberg & Julian Smedley A Common Language The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys
8:50
Birthday Remembrance Nick Drake, June 19 1948 - November 25, 1974
Hannibal Nick Drake Way to Blue Northern Sky
Hannibal Nick Drake Five Leaves Left Three Hours
Hannibal Nick Drake Way to Blue Cello Song
9:15
Elektra Katell Keineg Ô Seasons Ô Castles Ô Seasons
Brass Tonic Records Sarah Wilson Trapeze Project (L) Love Will Tear Us Apart
originally by Joy Division
ACT Youn Sun Nah Same Girl (I) (L) My Favorite Things
Youn Sun Nah, vocals & kalimba
9:25
Concord Titi Tsira & Clarence Bekker
in the Playing for Change Project
Playing for Change 2: Songs Around The World (CD & DVD) (var) (N) Higher Ground
Because Smod Smod, prod. by Manu Chao (N) Les Dirigeants Africains (African Leaders)
Ça Chante (It Sings)
Do Right! Music SoulJazz Orchestra Freedom No Go Die (I) Mojuba
9:45
Island MC Solaar Paradisiaque Zoom
Nacional Bomba Estéreo Blow Up (I) Cosita Rica
Quango Novalima Afro Bandolero
Upcoming Show: Novalima @
Brick & Mortar Music Hall, 1710 Mission Street, SF, Saturday, June 25, 10 PM, $15 advance / $20 door
10:00
Crosspulse Keith Terry and Crosspulse Serpentine Llevo, Llevo
arranged by Jackeline Rago & feat. Claudia Gómez on vocals
Upcoming Show: The Venezuelan Music Project with Jackeline Rago @
La Peña, 3105 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, Saturday June 25, 8 PM, $16 advance / $18 door
More info on The Venezuelan Music Project
Walt Disney Records Rodrigo & Gabriela with Hans Zimmer Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (sdtrk) (N) The Pirate that Should Not Be
Amigo Musik Ale Möller Band Bodjal (I) Styggen
10:15
Rhino Hugh Masekela Rock Instrumental Classics, Vol. 4: Soul (var) Grazing in the Grass
orig. on Grazing in the Grass
Upcoming Show: Hugh Masekela @ Yoshi's Oakland, Thursday June 23 & Friday, June 24, 8 PM & 10 PM $28
Narada World Jai Uttal Thunder Love (L) TT
Ryko Mickey Hart Planet Drum The Hunt
Nocturne Trilok Gurtu Farakala (I) Doukhontou
10:30
Asphalt Tango Records Kal Princes Amongst Men: Journeys with Gypsy Musicians (var) Boro Boro (orig. on Kal)
Kalan Erkan Oğur & Ismail H. Demircioğlu Anadolu Besik (I) Yârim Senden Ayrilah
Zoho Rez Abbasi Acoustic Quartet Natural Selection (N) Lament (by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan)
10:45
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
11:00
Gaza Corner features news and music from the Middle East and North Africa as events unfold
Each week new articles are posted in the Gaza Corner section of tangents.com
This week: articles from Al-Jazeera English:
Morocco announces proposed reforms; Pro-Democracy activists claim not enough and call for demonstrations
Syrian forces 'storm town near Turkey border'
Testimonies from defected Syrian soldiers give dramatic insight into the split apparently emerging in the security forces
This week's Featured Artist: Amina Alaoui
ECM Amina Alaoui Arco Iris (N)
  • Hado
  • Búscate en Mí
  • Ya Lalo Layl
  • 11:30
    Mystery artist: What country is this artist from? Answer: Azerbaijan
    7/8 Music maestro Chingiz Sadykhov Songs of Azerbaijan Sari Gelin
    11:35
    Zang Hamed Nikpay Spellbound (L) Don't Ask
    ECM Amina Alaoui Arco Iris (N) Las Morillas de Jaén
    11:50
    Real World Yungchen Lhamo Coming Home, prod. by Hector Zazou TT
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    L = latest     OVP = Out of Print     N = new     NR = newly reissued
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