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Next Tangents Greece Music Tour will be in October 2025
For information about the upcoming orientation on Sunday December 8, 5 PM,
email Dore: tangentsgreecetour@gmail.com and/or visit tour home page

Testimonials from Tangents community members who were on previous Greece Music Tours
Songlines
Use Discount Promo Code "25YEARS"
12/07/2024
Label Artist Album Selection
Cobalt Lobi Traoré Duga Duga
Ryko Ali Baba Out Of Africa (var) Keya Rinia, also on Ali Baba 85 (Kaï Haba)
9:10
Platoon Derek Gripper, guitar
Ballaké Sissoko, kora
Derek Gripper & Ballaké Sissoko (N) Ninkoy
Upcoming Show: Derek Gripper & Ballaké Sissoko
@ Freight and Salvage, 2020 Addison Street, Berkeley, Wednesday, January 22, 8 PM
CBS Santana Caravanserai Stone Flower
Real World Susana Baca Palabras Urgentes (L) (Urgent Truths)
Songlines review and video of Palabras Urgentes
Negra Del Alma (Black of the Soul)
Sterns Criolo Convoque Seu Buda (I) Convoque Seu Buda
M80 / Birdman Dengue Fever Escape From Dragon House One Thousand Tears of a Tarantula
Upcoming Shows: Dengue Fever @ The Chapel, 777 Valencia St., San Francisco
Monday Dec. 30, doors 7 PM, show 8 PM
New Years Eve, Tuesday, Dec. 31 doors 8 PM, show 8:30 PM
9:40
Jazz Village Smadj Spleen (I) Smadjibe
Blue Note Ambrose Akinmusire, Bill Frisell & Herlin Riley Owl Song (N) Henya
NORDCD Karl Seglem Lærad = the Tree Gå Rundt Eldrimme
10:00
Mystery contest: Who is the musician whose album contains this instrumental track?
Answer: Sade
Epic Sade Love Deluxe Mermaid
10:10
Mississippi Records Mahmoud Ahmed Jeguol Naw Betwa (I) Fetsum Dink Lij Nesh
Tangential Music Franck Biyong Radio Masoda (I) (N) Kabasele Kingdom
Mais Um Discos Bixiga 70 II (I) 5 Esquinas (5 corners)
10:30
Yemen Blues Yemen Blues Insaniya (Humanity), prod. by Bill Laswell Tonight I'll Be Pretty, feat. Mariem Hassan, Sahrawi singer from Western Sahara, annexed by Morocco
Upcoming Show: Yemen Blues @ SFJAZZ Center, Miner Auditorium, 201 Franklin Street @ Fell
Thursday, December 19, 7:30 PM
Island Grace Jones Private Life: the Compass Point Sessions (comp) (2 CD) Private Life (Dub version)
Irma Jessica Lauren Afrodesia, Vol. 2: The Afro House of Irma (comp) The Name of Fela Will Always Stand for Freedom, also on Jessica Lauren Four
10:50
Tangential Music/Immensum Music Lagos Thugs Chaos (D) (N)
Review of Chaos
Innocent Blood (Let It Be Known), also on Straight From The Decks Vol. 3
11:10
Abstract Logix Shakti
John McLaughlin, guitar
Zakir Hussain, tabla
Shankar Mahadevan, vocals & konokol
V. Selvaganesh, percussion
Ganesh Rajagopalan, violin & konokol
This Moment (N) Las Palmas
11:20

Gaza Corner features news and music from the Middle East and beyond as events unfold
Newly launched Gaza Corner Newsletter. To subscribe, email tangentsradio@gmail.com

This week:
Tweets from earlier this evening from Syrian analysts:

Elijah J. Magnier @ejmalrai It is over.

Rami Jarrah@RamiJarrah DAMASCUS: In the heart of Damascus, panic this moment in the Malki area. Assad's main residence is located here, the area is fortified with regime forces that are now fleeing. This is clearly the regime falling apart at it's very core.

Liz Sly@LizSly Video of people celebrating the fall of Assad in the heart of Damascus. It's over.

Charles Lister@Charles_Lister #Syria & Syrians -- you did it. You never gave up, even when most others did. After nearly 14yrs, Bashar al-#Assad's end is coming

Rebels Enter Damascus (live updates)
After just a few days of rapid advances, the rebels now stand on the edge of seizing Syria's capital. There was no immediate word on President Bashar al-Assad's location.
(by Raja AbdulrahimHwaida Saad and Farnaz Fassihi, 12/7/24. NY Times)

'Not our fight': President-elect Trump distances US from Syria's conflict
In a morning social media post, Republican Donald Trump indicated the US should have 'nothing to do' with Syria's war.
By Al Jazeera Staff, Dec 7 2024

Syria's US-backed Kurdish forces seize Deir ez-Zor as Assad hangs by thread
The developments came as Hayat Tahrir al-Sham pressed its lightning offensive against Syrian government forces and is closing in on the country's third-largest city, Homs.
(by Amberin Zaman, Al-Monitor, Dec. 6, 2024)

Syrians Ponder a Future After Aleppo
Residents of the northern city and government-held areas in Syria are wondering what comes next after the recent rebel takeover
(by Kamal Shahin, New Lines Magazine, December 6, 2024 )

The Backstory Behind the Fall of Aleppo
New Lines reports exclusively on the details leading up to the city's stunning capture
(by Hassan Hassan and Michael Weiss, New Lines magazine, December 2, 2024)

Gaza Corner theme music is the opening of Signs of Madness by Palestinian oudist Adnan Joubran.
Label Artist Album Selection
  Kinan Azmeh, clarinet
Dima Orsho, vocals
(video) Those Forgotten on the Banks of the Euphrates
World Village Amira Medunjanin Silk & Stone Kradem Ti Se u Večeri (Stealing Away in The Evening)
11:50
Real World 9Bach Anian Anian
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NCR = not commercially released

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