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01/01/2011
2010 Favorites Part 2 (blue indicates recommended CD)
Label Artist Album Selection
  Evie Ladin Float Downstream (N)
Produced by Mike Marshall and Keith Terry
I Love My Honey
Rounder Robert Plant Band of Joy (N) Satan Your Kingdom Must Come Down
Alligator Records Charlie Musselwhite The Well (N) Cook County Blues
8:10
EMI Rosanne Cash The List (L) 500 Miles
Blue Note Cassandra Wilson Silver Pony (N) Blackbird
Savoy Jazz Bill Frisell Beautiful Dreamers (N) It's Nobody's Fault but Mine
by Blind Willie Johnson
8:35
New Amsterdam Records Ted Hearne Katrina Ballads (N) Kanye West (singer: Isaiah Robinson)
minmaxmusic Amy X Neuburg & The Cello ChiXtet The Secret Language of Subways (L) One Lie
BAG Tin Hat Foreign Legion (L) Sunrise at Independence
Fantasy Records / Concord Music Group Chieftans featuring Ry Cooder San Patricio (N) Ojitos Negros, feat. Los Cenzontles
astar Cimarrón Quitapesares (N) (I) Palomita
Real World Aurelio Martinez Laru Beya (FC Jan 18, 2011) Sisien Nu (My Love for You)
Music of the Garifuna
feat. Orchestra Baobab
Upcoming Show: Aurelio Martinez Group

@ Yoshi's San Francisco Tuesday, January 18, 2011, 8 PM, $20
photo credit: Sarah Weeden
8:50
Blue Hen Jim Campilongo Orange (L) No Expectations by Keith Richards
feat. Leah Siegel
ANTI- Bettye LaVette
[Fresh Air Interview]
Interpretations: The British Rock Songbook (L) Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me
ACT Youn Sun Nah Tangents Album of the Year: Same Girl (I) (N) Moondog by Terry Cox
World Village Carlou D
of Positive Black Soul
Muzikr (N) Fimadiar
9:15
Chapa Blues Victor Deme Victor Deme (I) Djon' maya
Accords-Croises Hamid El Kasri and Karim Ziad Yobadi (I) (N) Nekcha
  Alekos Vretos mergin' (D) (I) (N) TT
9:35
National Geographic Music Balkan Beat Box Blue Eyed Black Boy (L) Look Them Act
feat. Orkestar Jovice Ajdarevica brass band
A & M / Octone K'Naan Troubadour (N) America feat. Mos Def
Anti- Galactic ya-ka-may (L) Boe Money
feat. The Rebirth Brass Band
nublu Ilhan Ersahin with Erik Truffaz Istanbul Sessions (L) Freedom
9:55
CD not available yet Ravid Kahalani's Yemen Blues Yemen Blues (FC) (I) TT
Upcoming Show: Yemen Blues Opens the 26th Jewish Music Festival, Saturday, March 5, 8 PM
@ The Freight & Salvage Coffee House, 2020 Addison St. Berkeley, $25 Advance / $30 Door
OUD Oudaden Oudaden (probably unavailable except in Morroco) track 4
Felmay
  • Mamadou Diabate - Kora
  • Ustad Shujaat Husain Khan - Sitar
  • Lalgudi GJR Krishnan - Violin
  • Gourishankar - Table
  • Murali Trichy - Ghatam
  • Strings Tradition (I) (N) Birds First Flight
    10:35
    norcd Eplemøya Songlag (I) (N) Møykjæringsvise
    ozella music slagr straum, stille (I) (N) april
    Green Goat Music Brenna MacCrimmon Kulak Misafiri (I)
    Events in Small Chambers (N)
    Bir Allahi Taniyalim
    Let's Recognize One God
    Kalan Sumru Ağiryürüyen Issiz (I)(L) Gecesefasi
    Sumru Ağiryürüyen was featured in Dore's 2010 Tangents Turkey Music Tour

    coming to the Bay Area in April: email <>
    11:00
    Gaza Corner, feat. A Time to Cry - A Lament Over Jerusalem
    Features a song by a Palestinian artist or music connected to Palestine in order to help focus attention on relieving the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
    Gaza Corner will continue until the blockade is completely lifted.
    This week's article
    KKV Rim Banna, Nai Barghouti, Wissam Murad, Jawaher Shofani A Time to Cry - A Lament Over Jerusalem (I)
    [available at cdroots]
    Flood of Tears, feat. Jawaher Shofani
    Mum, Sing to the Wind feat. Nai Barghouti
    11:25
    Mystery artist: Who is this artist? Answer: Natacha Atlas
    six degrees Natacha Atlas Mounqaliba In a State of Reversal (N) TT, Muwashah Ozkourini
    end of mystery artist
    ECM Anouar Brahem The Astounding Eyes Of Rita (L) TT
    11:40
    heilo Eli Storbekken Maros (N) Fjelltrallen
    Heads Up International Esperanza Spalding Chamber Music Society (N) Really Very Small
    Wide Hide Records Wide Hide Players Wide Hide Players 2 Guitar (N) Sworn Statement feat. Larry Coryell
    11:50
    Sunnyside Records Absolute Ensemble Absolute Ensemble feat. Joe Zawinul (N) Peace
    (This was Joe Zawinul's last studio recording)
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    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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