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10/01/2011
Label Artist Album Selection
Chronicles (Polydor) Ellen McIlwaine Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years Sliding
orig. on We The People
Chronicles (Polydor) Ellen McIlwaine Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years Can't Find My Way Home
orig. on Honky Tonk Angel
written by Steve Winwood while in Blind Faith
Happy Birthday Ellen McIlwaine, born October 1, 1945
8:05
Sony Tedeschi Trucks Band Revelator (N) Until You Remember
Concord various artists Playing for Change 2
(CD & DVD) (var) (N)
Groove in G
feat. Tinariwen & Keb Mo'
Nonesuch Ry Cooder Pull Up Some Dust and Sit Down (N) John Lee Hooker for President
8:25
Verve Lizz Wright Fellowship (L) Presence of the Lord
written by Eric Clapton while in Blind Faith
Virgin Ben Harper Both Sides Of The Gun Morning Yearning
ACT Youn Sun Nah Same Girl (I)(L) My Name Is Carnival
Heads Up International Esperanza Spalding Chamber Music Society (L) Really Very Small
Sunnyside Avishai Cohen Seven Seas (N) Halah
8:45
out here rec Bassekou Kouyate
& Ngoni Ba
I Speak Fula (I) Bambugu Blues, feat. Vieux Farka Touré
Upcoming Show: Bassekou Kouyate and Ngoni Ba, Sunday, October 30, 7 PM
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Forum, $15, $20, $26, $35
29th Annual San Francisco Jazz Festival (through December 18)
21st Century Blues Chris Thomas King Red Mud Sessions Red Mud
9:00
Telarc Jeff Lang Exile on Blues Street (var)
Tribute to the Rolling Stones
Sweet Virginia
Mango Baaba Maal & Mansour Seck Djam Leelii (The Adventurers)
available at Amazon here & here
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Upcoming Show: Baaba Maal: Tales from the Sahel
@ Yoshi's Oakland, Wed., Oct 5 & Thurs., Oct 6, 8 PM & 10 PM, $30
9:15
Emarcy John Scofield Moment's Peace (N) I Will
Upcoming Show: John Scofield Jazz Quartet feat. Michael Eckroth, Ben Street & Greg Hutchinson @ Yoshi's Oakland
  • Friday, Oct 21 8 PM $24 & 10 PM $18
  • Saturday, Oct. 22 8 PM & 10 PM $24
  • Sunday Oct 23, 6 PM & 8 PM $24
  • 9:20
    4Q Daniela Mercury Canibália (CD & DVD) Cinco Meninos
    Upcoming Show: Daniela Mercury, Friday, Oct 14, 8 PM @ the Paramount Theatre
    2025 Broadway, Oakland, $20, $35, $50, $65
    29th Annual San Francisco Jazz Festival (through December 18)
    Sona Gaia Rob Mounsey and the Flying Monkey Orchestra Dig
    available at artistdirect
    Take the Pink Bus
    Blue Note Medeski Martin & Wood Uninvisible TT
    Arhoolie C.J. Chenier Can't Sit Down (N) Hot Tamale Baby
    by Clifton Chenier
    Six Degrees Issa Bagayogo Tassoumakan (Voice Of Fire) Chauffeur
    Shanachie Brooklyn Funk Essentials In The Buzz Bag Zurna Preserve feat. Laço Tayfa
    9:50
    Cagala Diego Del Morao Orate (I) (N) TT, feat. Diego El Cigala
    Upcoming Show: Diego del Morao opens Festival Flamenco Gitano Bay Area Flamenco Festival (October 22 - 30)
    with a tribute to his father, Moraito
    @ Brava, 2781 24th Street, San Francisco, Saturday, October 22 8 PM, $25.00 - $65.00
    10:00
    Upcoming Show: Diego El Cigala headlines Festival Flamenco Gitano Bay Area Flamenco Festival (October 22 - 30)
    @ Zellerbach Hall in Berkeley, Sunday, October 23, 7 PM, $30 - $100
    KiranMusic Kiran Ahluwalia aam zameen : common ground (N) Mustt Mustt, feat. Tinariwen
    Upcoming Show:

    Kiran Ahluwalia
    @ Yoshi's Oakland, Wednesday, Nov. 16 8 PM $20
    10:05
    Mystery artist: Who is the Artist?
    Wahid
    Dimitris Mahlis, oud
    Chris Wabich, frame drums
    ADW Wahid Wahid What Do the Birds Say?
    ADW Wahid inside silence (N) madzub
    Sold Out Tangents Party Wahid (Dimitris Mahlis, oud & Chris Wabich, percussion), October 9
    Click here for Details
    10:20
    Real World Creole Choir of Cuba Tande-La (N) La Mal de Travay
    Upcoming Show: Creole Choir of Cuba, Thursday, November 3, 8 PM
    @ the Herbst Theatre, 401 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, $25/$35/$50/$65
    PMP 12 Enyenison Enkama Project Ecobia Enyenison (N) Mariba Konkai
    Real World Aurelio Martinez
    of the Garifuna people
    Laru Beya (L) Yange
    World Music Network Hard Blasters (Tanzania) The Rough Guide to African Rap (var)(I) Blast Nuff
    10:40
    ECM Jan Garbarak / Ustad Fateh Ali Khan & Musicians from Pakistan Ragas and Sagas Raga IV
    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: Independent U. K. article Congress Makes Palestinians Pay for Seeking UN Recognition
    Independent U. K. editorial Unjust punishment of the Palestinians
      Michigan Arab Orchestra Takht Ensemble   Habibe Yis'ad
    feat. Victor Ghannam on Qanun
    Nonesuch Youssou N'Dour Egypt Touba - Daru Salaam
    Happy Birthday Youssou N'Dour, born October 1, 1959
    Six Degrees Wally Brill The Covenant New Wildest Dream
    feat. Cantor Samuel Malavsky
    11:30
    Il canto di Lilith Hasna el Becharia smaa smaa (I) TT
    Trance Mission Baraka Moon
    (Stephen Kent, Sukhawat Ali Khan & Geoffrey Gordon)
    Baraka Moon Bismillah
    Upcoming Show: Baraka Moon + Makuru feat. Ousseynou Kouyate
    @ Ashkenaz, Friday, October 7, doors 8:30 PM / show 9 PM $12 advance / students, / $15 day of show
    11:45
    Mufi No Border Orchestra arctic cinema (I) (N) Po Graovski
    Wrasse Records Goran Bregovic Welcome To Goran Bregovic La Nuit
    Upcoming Show: Goran Bregovic and his Wedding and Funeral Orchestra, Friday, Oct 28, 8 PM
    @ the Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakland, $20, $40, $55, $75
    29th Annual San Francisco Jazz Festival (through December 18)
    Odd Shaped Case Dan Cantrell Divided Loyaties Taqsim
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