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| 12/24/2011 | |||
| Label | Artist | Album | Selection |
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| Alligator | C.J. Chenier & the Red-Hot Louisiana Band | Genuine Houserockin' Christmas (var) | Zydeco Christmas |
| Concord Records | Ray Charles | Spirit of Christmas | Baby It's Cold Outside feat. Betty Carter |
| Real World | Blind Boys of Alabama | Go Tell It On The Mountain | I Pray on Christmas feat. Solomon Burke |
| Alligator | Shemekia Copeland | Genuine Houserockin' Christmas (var) | Stay a Little Longer, Santa |
| Stax | The Staple Singers | Christmas in Soulsville (var) | Who Took the Merry out of Christmas? |
| Sony | Mahalia Jackson | Silent Night | Silent Night, Holy Night (played from youtube) |
| 8:25 | |||
| Vanguard | John Hammond | Best of the Vanguard Years (comp) | Hellhound Blues |
| Blue Thumb | Leon Redbone | Christmas Island | White Christmas |
| Takoma | John Fahey | The New Possibility: John Fahey's Guitar Soli Christmas Album | Carol of the Bells duet with Richard Ruskin |
| Milestone | Coleman Hawkins | Christmas Songs (var) | Greensleeves orig. on Soul |
| 8:35 | |||
| Relativity | Adrian Legg | High Strung Tall Tales | Silent Night - the Movie |
| Putumayo | Ingrid Lucia | New Orleans Christmas (var) | 'Zat You, Santa Claus? |
| Ryko | Joseph Spence | MAS! A Caribbean Christmas Party (var) | Santa Claus is Comin' to Town |
| 8:45 | |||
| Back Porch | Charlie Sexton & Shannon McNally | Southside Sessions | Nothing Mysterious |
| Luaka Bop | Jim White | No Such Place | Christmas Day |
| Joni Mitchell | (played from youtube) | River (Live at the Royal Albert Hall, 1970) studio version recorded on "Blue", 1971 |
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| Music Maker Records | Gordon Giltrap | On a Summer's Night (Live) | A Christmas Carol |
| Kirkelig Kulturverksted | Knut Reiersrud & Iver Kleive | Blå Koral (Blue Coral) (I) | Blämann og koralreven |
| Putumayo | Berrogüetto | A Putumayo World Christmas (var) | Nadal De Luintra (Christmas in Luintra) |
| 9:10 | |||
| ECM | Jan Garbarek | Rites | We Are The Stars feat. Boys from the choir Solvguttene |
| Hannibal / Ryko | Virginia Rodrigues | Sol Negro | Verônica |
| Valley Entertainment / Kirkelig Kulturverksted | Mahsa and Marjan Vahdat | Lullabies From The Axis Of Evil (var) | Lalalala Gohle Laleh |
| 4AD | Lisa Gerrard | The Mirror Pool | Persian Love Song (The Silver Gun) |
| Hungaroton/White Label | Marta Sebestyen | Hungarian Christmas Folk Songs (I) | Betlehem, Betlehem |
| 9:35 | |||
| Justin Time | World Saxophone Quartet | Justin Time for Christmas Three (var) | Silent Night |
| Messidor | Patato | Masterpiece | Felice Navidad |
| Walt Disney Records | Tito Puente | Navidad en las Américas (var) | El Tamborilero The Little Drummer Boy |
| 9:55 | |||
| Baladi Productions | Brothers of the Baladi | A Time of Peace Christmas Songs Middle Eastern Instruments |
Joy to the World feat. the Zurna |
| Mystery artist 1: Who is the pianist? Answer: Bob James, who composed the theme music to the sitcom "Taxi" | |||
| Warner Brothers | Bela Fleck & Bob James | Warner Brothers Jazz Christmas Party (var) | White Christmas Bela plays a "sitar banjo" |
| Mystery artist 2: Who is the guitarist? Answer: Joe Pass | |||
| Milestone | Joe Pass | Christmas Songs (var) | Santa Claus is Coming to Town |
| end of mystery artist | |||
| Fantasy | Vince Guaraldi's Trio | A Charlie Brown Christmas | Christmas Time is Here instrumental |
| 10:25 | |||
| Warner | Mode Plagal | Mode Plagal III | Kalanta Thrakis Thracian Christmas Carols, feat. Savina Yannatou |
| Metro Blues | Bob Berg, Jim Beard, Arto Tuncboyaciyan, Zakir Hussain | World Christmas (var) | We Three Kings |
| unknown Greek artist | |||
| Warner Brothers | Loreena McKennitt | A Winter Garden | God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen |
| Atlantic | Cran | An Irish Christmas (var) | Seacht Suailci Na Maighdine Muíre orig. on Black Black Black |
| Green Linnet | L'Ensemble Choral du Bout du Monde | Noels Celtiques | Misteriou Joaius (Mystères Joyeaux / Joyful Mysteries) |
| ECM | Terje Rypdal | Descendre | Avskjed |
| 10:55 | |||
| Telarc | Al Di Meola | Winter Nights | Carol of the Bells |
| Putumayo | Asne Valland Nordli | A Putumayo World Christmas (var) | Kling No Klokka orig. on Jule Kvad |
| 11:05 | |||
| 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 by Stu Littlewood at Salem-News.com: Happy Christmas, O prisoners of the Little Town of Bethlehem Article by James M. Wall on The Electonic Intifada: It's the right moment for churches to pay attention to Israel's occupation Featured artist: | |||
| Nomad World Jazz | Simon Shaheen | Nomad Christmas (var) A World Music Celebration |
Taqasim: God Rest Ye (intro) |
| Nomad World Jazz | Simon Shaheen & Glen Velez | Nomad Christmas (var) A World Music Celebration |
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen |
| Nomad World Jazz | Simon Shaheen | Nomad Christmas (var) A World Music Celebration |
Taqasim: Kings of the Orient |
| Nomad World Jazz | Glen Velez Mike Richmond Simon Shaheen Richard Sussman |
Nomad Christmas (var) A World Music Celebration |
We Three Kings of Orient Are |
| end of Gaza Corner | |||
| 11:35 | |||
| Qwest / Warner Brothers | Dori Caymmi | If Ever... | The Pilgrimage |
Tuesday, Jan. 3, 8 PM $24 Wednesday, Jan. 4, 8 PM $24 & 10 PM $15 | |||
| Happy Chanukah | |||
| Six Degrees | Wayne Horovitz & Robin Holcomb | Festival of Light 2 (var) | Mah L'kha Ha-yam Variation |
| Six Degrees | Irina Mikhailova & Ira Stein | Festival of Light 2 (var) | Winter Light |
| Hatav Hashmini | Yasmin Levy | Romance & Yasmin (I) | Yo En La Prizion (I'm In Prison) |
| Miyriam Soszewicz | Yiddish Lullabye from Poland | ||
| 11:55 | |||
 photo taken 12/24/11 Dore sends Tangential nourishment to his cat Petey who has congestive heart failure by dedicating the last song of every Tangents show for Petey. | |||
| EMI | Bobby McFerrin | Medicine Music | The 23rd Psalm |
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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 NOTE: A space between the rows (usually with a time) indicates a set break |
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