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  • 09/17/2011
    Label Artist Album Selection
    Columbia Hank Williams Jr. Kindred Spirits: A Tribute to the Songs of Johnny Cash (var) Big River
    Happy Birthday Remembrance Hank Williams Sr., 1923 - 1953
    Barbés Nation Beat Growing Stone (N) Bicu de Lambu
    8:07
    Anti Bettye LaVette Best Songs Stand Up Like a Man
    Go Boy Slacktone Warning Reverb Instrumental Reflection: Life or Lemming
    Six Degrees Euphoria Euphoria Delirium
    8:20
    Anti- Galactic ya-ka-may (L) Boe Money
    feat. The Rebirth Brass Band
    8:35
    ANTI- Tom Waits Mule Variations Big In Japan
    8:45
    Concord various artists Playing for Change 2
    (CD & DVD) (var) (N)
    Gimme Shelter
    Roselyn Williams & Sherieta Lewis, vocals
    Taj Mahal, vocals & harmonica
    Tangents CD Thank You gift: Connecting the world through music Playing for Change 2 (CD & DVD set) $100 pledge
    Fat Possum R.L. Burnside Wish I Was in Heaven Sitting Down Got Messed Up
    8:55
    Concord various artists Playing for Change 2
    (CD & DVD) (var) (N)
    Groove in G
    feat. Tinariwen
    Keb Mo'
    Tangents CD Thank You gift: Connecting the world through music Playing for Change 2 (CD & DVD set) $100 pledge
    9:00
    Concord various artists Playing for Change 2
    (CD & DVD) (var) (N)
    Higher Ground
    feat. Tinariwen
    Tangents CD Thank You gift: Connecting the world through music Playing for Change 2 (CD & DVD set) $100 pledge
    LGM Yemen Blues Yemen Blues (I) (D) Min Kalbi
    Tangents CD Thank You gift: Yemenite melodies and Saharan grooves Yemen Blues $70 pledge
    Wrasse Daara J Boomerang TT (feat. Rokia Traoré)
    9:20
    LGM Yemen Blues Yemen Blues (I) (D) Trape la Verité
    Tangents CD Thank You gift: Yemenite melodies and Saharan grooves Yemen Blues $70 pledge
    9:30
    Sounds of the Mushroom Bole 2 Harlem Bole 2 Harlem vol. 1 TT
    9:40
    KiranMusic Kiran Ahluwalia aam zameen : common ground
    (FC Sept. 27 in the US)
    Mustt Mustt
    feat. Tinariwen
    Arista Aynur Rewend (Nomad) (I) (L) TT
    Folmusica Uxía Meu Canto (I) (N) Os Teus Ollos
    feat. Lenine
    9:55
    Svota Music The Armenian Navy Band feat. Arto Tuncboyacian How Much is Yours? (I)
    To purchase CD contact Svota Music
    Kef Kef (Celebration)
    Messechina Bulgara Bear's Wedding (I) Kopanitza
    Doublemoon Mercan Dede 800 (I) The Sun Rises In The East
    10:15
    ECM Amina Alaoui Arco Iris (N) Las Morillas de Jaén
    Tangents CD Thank You gift: Al Andalusi Morrocan singer Amina Alaoui Arco Iris $70 pledge
    Bee Jazz Majid Bekkas Mabrouk (Morocco) (I) (N) Banya
    10:35
    International Day of Peace, Sept. 21
    Magda Yair Dalal Asmar (I) Prayer for Peace ("Selichat" for Yom Kippur)
    vocal: Maureen Nehedar
    World Class Hamza El Din Africa North (var) Desse Barama (Peace)
    orig. on Journey
    10:50
    Narada World Jai Uttal & the Pagan Love Orchestra Mondo Rama Shalom (Peace)
    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: article from israle21c.org: How music can heal the Israel-Turkey rift, featuring Israeli Musician Itamar Erez
    Magda Yuval Ron, Omar Faruk Tekbilek One [available at cdbaby] Baburi
      Itamar Erez & Shlomo Deshet   YouTube duet @ The Khan of the White Donkey, Tsfat, Israel
    Columbia Al Di Meola Casino Fantasia Suite For Two Guitars
    11:20
    LGM Yemen Blues Yemen Blues (I) (D) Um Min al Yaman
    Tangents CD Thank You gift: Yemenite melodies and Saharan grooves Yemen Blues $70 pledge
    Nonesuch Kronos Quartet
    Kimmo Pohjonen, accordion
    Samuli Kosminen, percussion / sampling
    Uniko (N) Kamala
    11:35
    World Village Justin Adams & Juldeh Camara Soul Science Ya Ta Kaaya
    Music Maker Carolina Chocolate Drops Genuine Negro Jig (L) Hit 'Em Up Style
    11:45
    Network Momo Wandel Soumah Rêves D'Oasis Desert Blues 2 (var)(2CD)(I) Toko
    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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