Tangents Playlist 09/12/2015

Label	Artist	Album	Selection
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09/12/2015
Tangents CD Thank You gift: Soul Food ($75 pledge) The Word is one of my favorite gospel blues bands (along with the Campbell Bros.) Soul Food will likely be one of my top 10 albums of the year. It features the Michael Jordan of sacred steel guitar, Robert Randolph, who has played with Eric Clapton, Carlos Santana, and Buddy Guy. The Word also features the versatile groove master John Medeski on organ and all 3 North Mississippi Allstars filling out guitar, drums and bass. Sacred steel is ecstatic pedal steel guitar used in sanctified churches; it's the same instrument familiar to country & western music, but played with the authority and scale of a church organ. The members all play in their own bands so this is only The Word's 2nd cd - first in 14 years. As Medeski says: "This band has a special chemistry, which is why we're coming back to it after fourteen years." "At church," says Robert Randolph, "the music follows the spirit. I have to be ready at any moment to go in any direction to do whatever anyone wants to do. This band does that - that's what THE WORD does." "What THE WORD does best is ensemble improvisation," says Luther Dickinson. "It's not jazz style improvisation, it's gospel influenced." Fall Membership Drive
Vanguard	The Word feat. John Medeski, The North Mississippi Allstars & Robert Randolph	Soul Food (N)	Come By Here
NCR	Chris Whitley	To Joy (CD single) not commercially available	To Joy - Instrumental
8:10
Vanguard	The Word feat. John Medeski, The North Mississippi Allstars & Robert Randolph	Soul Food (N)	Play All Day
Ropeadope	The Campbell Brothers	Can You Feel It?	Frammin'
Fat Possum	R.L. Burnside	Wish I Was in Heaven Sitting Down	Got Messed Up
8:35
A & M	Joan Armatrading	Joan Armatrading	Love and Affection
Columbia	Jeff Buckley	So Real: Songs of Jeff Buckley (comp)	Last Goodbye
8:50
Network	Ankala: Mark Atkins, Janawirri Yiparrka, Michael Atherton & Guests	Rhythms from the Outer Core (I)	Dobro Matilda
Vanguard	The Word feat. John Medeski, The North Mississippi Allstars & Robert Randolph	Soul Food (N)	When I See the Blood
9:05
Real World	The Blind Boys of Alabama	Higher Ground	People Get Ready, by Curtis Mayfield
Glitterbeat	Samba Touré	Gandadiko (Burning Land) (I) (N)	Gandadiko
9:15
Island	Jah Wobble's Invaders of the Heart	The Sun Does Rise (4 song CD)	Whiskey Priests, feat. Ximena Tascom
Soundway	Ibibio Sound Machine feat. Eno Williams, vocals	Ibibio Sound Machine (D)	Prodigal Son
9:30
Yemen Blues	Yemen Blues	Insaniya, prod. by Bill Laswell (N)	Tonight I'll Be Pretty, feat. Mariem Hassan, voice of the Sahrawi People
Next week on Tangents: tribute to the late Mariem Hassan (May 1958 - August 22, 2015) Mariem Hassan obituary
Ajabu	Karima Nayt	Quoi D'Autre? (What Else?) (I)	Keyf, also on Oriental Blues
9:50
Elektra/Asylum	Tom Waits	Small Change	Step Right Up
10:00
Mais Um Discos	Metá Metá	MetaL MetaL (I)	Rainha Das Cabeças
Shanachie	Brooklyn Funk Essentials	In The Buzz Bag	Zurna Preserve feat. Laço Tayfa (Hüsnü Senlendirici)
ACT	Nguyên Lê	Songs of Freedom (I)	Whole Lotta Love feat. Youn Sun Nah, vocals
ACT	Youn Sun Nah	Same Girl (I)	Pancake
10:30
Mystery contest: What islands are this group from? Answer: the Maldives
Asasi	Dhaalu Raa	Ahmed (I)	Rasge
10:40
Tangents CD Thank You gift: A Thousand Thoughts ($75 pledge) This cd came out in 2014 as a way to celebrate Kronos' 40th anniversary. Kronos has long been known as interpreters of music from around the world, expanding the string quartet repertoire with works from across genres. A Thousand Thoughts is a look at Kronos' geographically wide-ranging sources and how they collaborate and reimagine and rearrange. It features music from 14 different countries. Ten of the album's 15 pieces are previously unreleased. It comes with informative liner notes on each song. This album displays their remarkable versatility and cultural curiosity as they take the string quartet experience to new frontiers. They also have a number of outstanding guest artists including: Van-Ánh Vanessa Võ, Vietnamese dàn Tranh Wu Man, Chinese pipa Homayun Sakhi, Afghan rubab Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares Asha Bhosle, vocals Zakir Hussain, tabla Astor Piazzolla, bandoneón Fall Membership Drive
Nonesuch	Kronos Quartet	A Thousand Thoughts	Aha Gèdawo, feat. Ethiopian saxophonist Gétatchèw Mèkurya
Island	Grace Jones	Private Life: the Compass Point Sessions (comp) (2 CD set)	Walking In The Rain orig. on Nightclubbing
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: Walking in War's Path This week's featured artist: Israeli composer / arranger Dani Moallem
D & M	Dani Moallem feat. İsmaıl Tunçbılek, baglama	The Bridge (I)	Above the Clouds
11:15
Embassy	Blitz the Ambassador	Native Sun	Akwaaba
Anti-	Galactic	Carnivale Electricos	Voyage Ton Flag
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11:30
World Village	Susheela Raman	Queen Between (I) (L)	Riverside
11:40
Flametal	Flametal	The Elder	Bruja Tortura
11:50
World Circuit	Fatoumata Diawara	Fatou (D)	Bissa
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 NCR = not commercially released NOTE: A space between the rows (usually with a time) indicates a set break
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