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Next Tangents Greece Music Tour will be October 3 - 20, 2025
For information about the October 2025 Tangents Greece Music Tour, 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"
01/25/2025
Label Artist Album Selection
Afrodisia Fela Kuti and Africa 70 Johnny Just Drop Live!! At Kalakuta Republik J. J. D. part 1
Sounds of the Mushroom Bole 2 Harlem Bole 2 Harlem vol. 1 Bole 2 Harlem
Nonesuch Tony Allen Secret Agent Secret Agent
World Music Network Franco & TP Ok Jazz Rough Guide to Franco: Africa's Legendary Guitar Maestro Likambo Ya Ngana
Real World Geoffrey Oryema
Oryema on his music and ghost of Idi Amin
Exile Makambo
9:25
Triloka Jai Uttal Monkey Monkey
Upcoming Show: Jai Uttal and the Pagan Love Orchestra
@ Freight and Salvage, 2020 Addison Street, Berkeley, Saturday, February 15, 7 PM
Galileo Yinon Muallem Norwegian Oud (I)
Songlines review of Norwegian Oud
SMS to India
Ponderosa Justin Adams & Mauro Durante Sweet Release (N) Aurora
No Format! Piers Faccini Shapes of the Fall (I) Epilogue
9:50
Leonard Peltier to Be Freed After Half-Century in Prison: "A Day of Victory for Indigenous People"
Democracy Now, January 21, 2025
Capitol Robbie Robertson (Native American) Contact From The Underworld Of Redboy Sacrifice, feat. Leonard Peltier, spoken word
10:00
Mystery contest: Who is the keyboard player?   Answer: Steve Winwood
Island Steve Winwood/Kabaka/Amao Aiye-Keta (reissued as cd in 1997 under title Aiye-Keta - Third World) Happy Vibes
Six Degrees Novalima La Danza (pt 1) (N) La Danza
Sire Talking Heads Fear of Music, prod. by Brian Eno I Zimbra
Ryko Mickey Hart & Planet Drum Supralingua Umayeyo
10:20
Saba The Arab Blues Saba (N) Black Saba
(OVP) Diaplus
Dimitris Mahlis of Wahid, oud
Kostas Anastasiadis, percussion
Sound Faces (OVP) Three Times True
ECM Terje Rypdal and David Darling Eos Laser
10:45
Machete John Santos Sextet and Friends Horizontes (N) Sangre Africana (African Blood)
Upcoming Show: John Santos Sextet & Friends CD Release Concert Celebrating Machete Records' 40th Anniversary
@ Freight and Salvage, 2020 Addison Street, Berkeley, Saturday, February 1, 8 PM
10:50
Candy Rat Stefano Barone Danze Altalenanze System Up (Klimey's song)
read about Klimey on the Tangents home page
11:00
Contre Jour / Zig Zag World Driss El Maloumi Trio with the Watar Quintet Details (I) (N) The Tree's Commandments

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:

The Other Hostages
(by Jonathan Kuttab, FOSNA, Jan 24, 2025)

Exposing How the Violence in the West Bank and Gaza is Interconnected
(New Israel Fund, 24 January 2025)

From the Palestinian Authority's Siege to Israel's Assault, Jenin Residents Face Another Wave of Violence
On the heels of a 40-day PA operation, Israeli forces raided the West Bank city of Jenin this week, forcing hundreds to flee and renewing fears that Israel plans to do there what it's done in Gaza.
(by Theia Chatelle, Zeteo, Jan 24, 2025)

Online Calls to Action Preceded a Settler Onslaught in the West Bank, and Once Again Palestinians Were Left Unprotected
After a shooting attack that killed three Israelis in the West Bank, and especially with Palestinian prisoners being released in the hostage deal, extremist settlers have ramped up their calls to avenge Palestinian villages. On Monday, they carried out their threat
(by Hagar Shezaf, Haaretz, Jan 23, 2025)

Trump 'not confident' Gaza deal will hold
(Al-Monitor/Agence France-Presse, Jan 21, 2025)

Israel is Refusing to Release Key Political Prisoners in Ceasefire
Hamas says it will continue pushing to free Marwan Barghouti and Ahmad Sadaat in ongoing negotiations
(by Jeremy Scahill and Sharif Abdel Kouddous, Dropsite News, Jan 17, 2025)

A ceasefire won't stop Israel's genocidal agenda
The agreement may reduce the intensity of Israel's killing spree, but it is likely to usher in a grueling new phase of ethnic cleansing with Trump's full support.
(by Tariq Kenney-Shawa January 16, 2025)

Daniel Levy, Muhammad Shehada, Jeremy Scahill on Ceasefire Deal, Trump's Role & Palestine's Future
(January 16, 2025)

The Trump Factor: Gaza Ceasefire Deal Appears Close
Donald Trump's decisive role in pushing forward the potential ceasefire is evidence that Joe Biden refused to use his full powers as president.
(by Jeremy Scahill, Jan 14, 2025)

Here are main Netanyahu and Hamas compromises in proposed Gaza deal
Details are beginning to surface about a potential deal between Israel and Hamas for the release of hostages and a ceasefire in Gaza.
(by Rina Bassist, Jan 14, 2025)

Gaza Corner theme music is the opening of Signs of Madness by Palestinian oudist Adnan Joubran.
Label Artist Album Selection
ECM Anouar Brahem, Anja Lechner, Django Bates & Dave Holland After the Last Sky (N) The Eternal Olive Tree
Nuevos Medios Son de la Frontera Son De La Frontera (I) Buleria Negra Del Gastor
Amiata Records Maria Marquez and Frank Harris Daboa From the Gekko (var) (I) Canto Del Pilon
ARC Olcay Bayir Tu Guli (I) (N) Setero, about the Dersim massacre
Triloka Kiran Ahluwalia Kashish (Attraction) Awara (Fickle)
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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
NCR = not commercially released

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