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Label Artist Album Selection
Silver Cross Shelby Lynne & Allison Moorer Not Dark Yet (N)
Chicago Tribune review of Not Dark Yet
Lungs
Compass Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley The Country Blues (L) That's What Leaving's For
Nonesuch Rhiannon Giddens
(of the Carolina Chocolate Drops)
Freedom Highway (N) The Angels Laid Him Away, by Mississippi John Hurt
8:10
Superlative Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives Way Out West (L) Time Don't Wait
Upcoming Shows: Marty Stuart and his Fabulous Superlatives with Deke Dickerson @ Freight and Salvage, 2020 Addison Street, Berkeley
All Electric Set Saturday, January 13, doors 7 PM, show 8 PM   All Acoustic Set Sunday, January 14, doors 6 PM, show 7 PM
$40 advance / $44 door + $4 facility fee   VIP packages available for Sunday show $99 / $139
ANTI- Sean Rowe New Lore (L) To Leave Something Behind
Tangential instant classic of the year
8:25
Paradise of Bachelors James Elkington Wintres Woma (The Sound of Winter) (D) Make It Up
Little Village Foundation HowellDevine
Joshua Howell, slide guitar
Pete Devine, percussion
Howl (N) Boat's Up the River
Upcoming Show: HowellDevine NYE Party with Special Guest, Kid Andersen on B3
@ Club Deluxe, 1509-1511 Haight St. (Upper Haight), Sunday, December 31, 9:30 PM
Verve Miles Mosley Uprising (D) (L) Abraham
Transmit Sound / Legacy Son Volt Notes of Blue (L) Threads and Steel
8:35
Nonesuch Robert Plant Carry Fire (N) Bones of Saints
Virgin Ben Harper Call It What It Is (L) When Sex Was Dirty
Charlie Ballantine Charlie Ballantine Where Is My Mind? (N) Future Town
8:50
Alligator Selwyn Birchwood Pick Your Poison (N) Trial by Fire
Zent Rev. Sekou
feat. Aubrey Ghent, pedal steel guitar
Luther Dickinson (bass) & Cody Dickinson (drums) of the The North Mississippi Allstars
In Times Like These (D) (L) Burnin' and Lootin'
8:50
Nonesuch Randy Newman Dark Matter (N) Putin
8:55
Monica Pasqual Monica Pasqual (of Blame Sally) You Can't Kill Light (single) (L) You Can't Kill Light (youtube video)
written and recorded the week before the 2017 Presidential inauguration
Okeh Somi Petite Afrique (L) Holy Room
PTKF Emel Mathlouthi Ensen (I) (L) Fi Kolli Yawmen
Trad.Attack! Trad.Attack! Kullakarva (Shimmer Gold) (I) (L) Kullakarva
9:35
Whirling Wolf Smadj Solotronic (I) (N) Haute Atlas (High Atlas)
Crammed / Kwaidan Yasmine Hamdan Al Jamilat (The Beautiful Ones) (I) (L) La Chay (Nothing Real)
Accords Croisés Zied Zouari Maqâm Roads (N) Introduction / Lettre À Ikbel
KKV Nelia Safai Songs in the Mist (var) (I) (N)
Young Iranian Female Voices
Nena
10:00
Mystery contest: What language is this song?   Answer: the language is Laz from the Black Sea region of Turkey
Diaphonica Kitka Evening Star (N) Heyamoli
10:05
Mystery contest: Who is the leader of the album?   Answer: Sam Amidon
Nonesuch Sam Amidon The Following Mountain (N) Trouble in Mind
10:15
Nonesuch Sam Amidon The Following Mountain (N) Gendel in 5
World Village Omar Sosa & Seckou Keita Transparent Water (L) Another Prayer, feat. Wu Tong, sheng & Mieko Miyazaki, koto
World Circuit Trio Da Kali & Kronos Quartet Ladilikan (I) (N) God Shall Wipe All Tears Away, by Mahalia Jackson
Sonic Camera Ben Allison Layers of the City (N) Magic Number, inspired by Follow Your Heart, by John McLaughlin
10:35
ARC Amine & Hamza M'raihi & The Band Beyond Borders
Amine M'raihi, oud
Hamza M'raihi, qanun
Fertile Paradoxes (I) (N) Brahim's Dream
Smithsonian Folkways Rahim Alhaj Letters from Iraq: Oud and String Quintet (2CD) (I) (N) Letter 6. Unspoken Word - Leila
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
Erdogan Threatens to Clear Syria-Turkey Border of U.S.-backed Kurds
Is Iran Really a Threat to Israel From Syria?
Who Wants a War in the Middle East?   Seven Key Players and Their Interests
This week's featured artist: Syrian qanunist Maya Youssef
Harmonia Mundi Maya Youssef Syrian Dreams (N) The Seven Gates of Damascus
unreleased Vasilis Kostas & Layth Sidiq Duo
Vasilis Kostas, laouto
Layth Sidiq, violin
Live at WOMEX (10/26/2017) The Sides of the Soul

Vasilis Kostas live at WOMEX 2017
photo by Dore
11:30
Oriente Ross Daly & Kelly Thoma Lunar (2 CD) (I) (N) Mehrangarh

Ross & Dore
Ross Daly performed on Dore's October 2017 Tangents Greece Music Tour
For information on the October 2018 Tangents Greece Music Tour, email Dore @ tangentsgreecetour@gmail.com
6 spaces open
11:50
Real World Les Amazones D'Afrique République Amazone I Play the Kora
11:55
World Village Lo'Jo Fonetiq Flowers (I) Figurine
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NCR = not commercially released

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