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October 2025 Tangents Greece Music Tour is sold out!
Email tangentsgreecetour@gmail.com to be in the loop for future Tangents Greece Music Tours.
The 2026 tour will be October 2-19.

Testimonials from Tangents community members who were on previous Greece Music Tours
Songlines
Use Discount Promo Code "25YEARS"
05/10/2025
Label Artist Album Selection
Sterns Sam Mangwana Rumba Music Africa-Mokili Mobimba
Airfono Jupiter & Okwess International Ekoya (N) Solobombe
YoussouNDour Youssou N'Dour Light the World (N) Ahmadou Bamba
Next Music Mthuthu Indumiso YabeNguni (N) uMagwaza, feat. Dr. Madala Kunen
Guitar Globetrotter Recordings Entoto Band Entoto Band (D) (N) Belomi Benna
Palm Ejigayehu "Gigi" Shibabaw Gigi, prod. by Bill Laswell Zomaye (My Long-Haired Sweetheart)
21:25
Indirecto Medeski Martin & Wood Notes From the Underground Caravan
Brownswood Zara McFarlane If You Knew Her Move
21:45
Enja Rez Abbasi Acoustic Quartet Intents and Purposes (I) Medieval Overture, by Chick Corea
ACT Majid Bekkas
Nguyên Lê
Hamid Drake
Jazz at Berlin Philharmonic XVII: Gnawa World Blues (FC June 25) Ascending Dragon
10:00
Mystery contest: What country is this instrument from?   Answer: the xun is from China
Prestige Yusef Lateef Eastern Sounds The Plum Blossom
Igloo Cécile Broché & Étienne Bouyer Duo Soundscapes (I) E411
10:10
AIR Music Farnaz Ohadi Breath (I) (N) Anda Jaleo - Bulerías
X.25 Emad Bonakdar Eastern Constellation Eastern Constellation, parts 1 - 4, feat. Mamak Khadem
Lusafrica Boubacar Traoré Mbalimaou (I) Hona
10:45
Special Guest Pablo Menéndez
Upcoming Show: A Tribute to Barbara Dane: Live Concert Pablo Menéndez and Screening of the Film "Barbara Dane at Casa de las Américas"
@ La Pena, 3105 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley, Thursday. May 15, 6:30 PM
  Pablo Menéndez and Mezcla   Ochosi's Blues
 

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:
Does Israel Have A Right To Exist? (audio link)
(Francesca Albanese - United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories)

Ta-Nehisi Coates, author of "The Message", answers "Does Israel have a right to exist" and whether the Israel/Palestine conflict is complicated.
(video)
(CBS Mornings, Sep 30, 2024)

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Ali Abunimah discuesses the mysterious US/Israeli aid plan: The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (video) (relevant portion starts 2hr;40 min mark)
(Electronic Intifada, May 9, 2025)

US foundation eyes takeover of Gaza aid
US-backed Gaza foundation proposal to keep aid from Hamas, but critics slam bypass of UN, Israeli threat to besieged Palestinian civilians.

The US and Israel have angered aid agencies with proposals to take control of aid operations in Gaza
(Al Jazeera, May 9 2025)

The Hunger Plan
(by Johnathan Kutaab, Fosna.org, May 9, 2025)

"She's dying in front of my eyes": The Gazan children starving under Israeli siege
With over 70,000 children hospitalized for malnutrition, Israel's blockade on the Strip has left parents to watch helplessly as their children waste away.
(by Ahmed Ahmed and Ruwaida Amer May 8, 2025)

A plan for continued deprivation
(Gisha, May 7, 2025)

Israel/OPT: Two months of cruel and inhumane siege are further evidence of Israel's genocidal intent in Gaza
(Amnesty International, May 2, 2025)

Israel: Starvation Used as Weapon of War in Gaza
Evidence Indicates Civilians Deliberately Denied Access to Food, Water
(Human Rights Watch Report: December 18, 2023)


Gaza Corner theme music is the opening of Signs of Madness by Palestinian oudist Adnan Joubran
Label Artist Album Selection
International Anthem Alabaster DePlume Cremisan: Prologue To A Blade Gifts of Olive
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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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