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    05/12/2012
    Label Artist Album Selection
    Sony Tedeschi Trucks Band Revelator Live (FC) Midnight in Harlem
    8:15
    Anti- Galactic ya-ka-may Boe Money
    feat. The Rebirth Brass Band
    Capitol Spearhead (Michael Franti) Home Red Beans and Rice
    Jive A Tribe Called Quest Midnight Marauders Electric Relaxation
    8:30
    Real World Dub Colossus
    Nick Page aka Dubulah
    Addis Through The Looking Glass (L) TT
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    Ethiopian jazz featuring outstanding Ethiopian artists
    Gramavision Medeski Martin & Wood Friday Afternoon in the Universe Chubb Sub
    Asylum Tom Waits Small Change Step Right Up
    8:45
    Cumbancha The Touré-Raichel Collective
    Vieux Farka Touré
    Idan Raichel
    The Tel Aviv Session (N) Experience
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    Organic improvisations spearheaded by Malian guitarist Vieux (son of Ali Farka Toure) and Ethiopian/Israeli Idan Raichel on keyboards
    8:55
    Deutsche Grammophon Anoushka Shankar Traveller (N) Bulería Con Ricardo
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    Anoushka, daughter of Ravi Shankar, plays a riveting blend of Hindustani classical sitar with flamenco
    9:05
    Metropol Kazim Koyuncu
    of the Laz ethnic group
    Hayde (I) Gelevera Dersi
    ACT Youn Sun Nah Same Girl (I) (L) My Favorite Things
    Youn Sun Nah, vocals & kalimba
    9:15
    Motema Ablaye Cissoko & Volker Goetze Amanke Dionti (N) Silo
    Bonsai Paolo Fresu, trumpeter
    & Omar Sosa, piano
    Alma (Soul) (I) (N) No Trance
    9:30
    Emarcy / Universal (India) Trilok Gurtu Remembrance (I) Expression Of Love feat. Shoba Gurtu
    9:40
    Happy Mother's Day
    EMI Bobby McFerrin Medicine Music The 23rd Psalm
    Ryko John McLaughlin My Goals Beyond Song for My Mother
    9:40
    Gyroscope Djivan Gasparyan
    on the duduk & vocals
    Moon Shines At Night Mother Of Mine
    Savoy Jazz Bill Frisell All We Are Saying Mother
    by John Lennon, on the Plastic Ono Band
    10:05
    Savoy Jazz Floratone
    Bill Frisell
    Floratone II (N) Move
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    Genre defying fusion at its very best led by the innovative and versatile guitarist, Bill Frisell
    Narada World Jai Uttal &
    the Pagan Love Orchestra
    Mondo Rama Shalom (Peace)
    World Village Emel Mathlouthi Kelmti Horra (N) (I) Dhalem (Tyrant)
    10:25
    Foam @ the Mouth Records Jazz Punks Smash Up (FC May 15) Clash Up
    Should I Stay or Should I Go / Take 5
    10:35
    Celebrating the Life of Tangential Best Friend Hester Lox
    Oriente Karsten Troyke Dus Gezang Fin Mayn Harts
    Tango oyf Yiddish (I)
    Belz
    Times Square Esma Chaje Shukarije Volim Te Veruj Mi
    10:45
    Tinder Ray Lema / Professor Stefanov Ray Lema, Professor Stefanov, and the Bulgarian Voices of L'ensemble Pirin' Vila Ssei Gora
    Piranha Boban i Marko Markovic Orkestar Devla - Blown Away To Dancefloor Heaven (I) Khelipe E Cheasa
    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: Haarezt article Talks ongoing to end Palestinian hunger strike, officials say
    Ma'an News Agency article Palestinian Authority: Talks ongoing to resolve hunger strike demands
    This week's featured artist: Le Trio Joubran
    World Village Le Trio Joubran feat.
    Dhafer Youssef, vocals
    Youssef Hbeisch, percussion
    AsFâr (N) Zawâj El Yamâm
    11:10
    World Village Le Trio Joubran AsFâr (N) Sama Cordoba
    end of Gaza Corner
    Deutsche Grammophon Anoushka Shankar Traveller (N) Boy Meets Girl
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    Anoushka, daughter of Ravi Shankar, plays a riveting blend of Hindustani classical sitar with flamenco
    11:20
    Cumbancha The Touré-Raichel Collective
    Vieux Farka Touré
    Idan Raichel
    The Tel Aviv Session (N) Kfar
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    Organic improvisations spearheaded by Malian guitarist Vieux (son of Ali Farka Toure) and Ethiopian/Israeli Idan Raichel on keyboards
    11:30
    Embassy Blitz the Ambassador Native Sun (L) Akwaaba
    11:50
    Concord Ozomotli Street Signs Who's To Blame
    Ryko Ali Baba Out Of Africa (var) Keya Rinia
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    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
    NCR = not commercially released

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