Here is the playlist for "Ear to the globe" broadcast on Tuesday September 3rd. The programme goes out every Tuesday at 10pm to midnight on 103.2FM and is available live at www.dublincityfm.ieand thereafter on Mixcloud
1. Princess Aya Shara: “O wina tienge”. From the compilation “Kampire presents: A Dancefloor In Ndola” (Strut 2024).
2. Africa Negra: “Vin ca nda cu nganga”. From “Antologia Vol. 2” (Bongo Joe 2024).
3. K.O.G: “Cry your own”. From “Don’t Take My Soul” (Heavenly Sweetness 2024).
4. Santrofi: “Amina”. From the forthcoming album “Making Moves” (Outhere).
5. Les Amazones d’Afrique: “Musow danse (Women’s dance)”. From “Musow Danse” (Real World 2024).
***Les Amazones d’Afrique play the Sugar Club on October 27th***
6. Mamman Sani & Tropikal Camel: “Touareg Spaceship”. >From the forthcoming album “Nijerusalem” (Batov Records).
7. El Khat: “Tislami tislami”. From “mute” (Glitterbeat 2024).
8. Rusan Filiztek: “Exils”. From “Exils” (Accords Croisés 2024).
9. Anne Butterss: “Shorn”. Single from the forthcoming album “Mighty Vertebrate” (International Anthem).
10. Hermeto Pascoal e Grupo: “Pra voce Ilza”. From “Pra Voce Ilza” (Rocinante 2024).
11. Natalia Nurumkhamedova: “ “. From “Synthesizing the Silk Roads: Uzbek Disco, Tajik Folktronica, Uyghur Rock & Crimean Tatar Jazz from 1980’s Soviet Central Asia”(Ostinato Records 2024).
12. Youthsayers: “Ethiopia”. From “Don’t Blame The Youth” (Wah Wah 45 2024).
13. Errol Linton: “Man shot down”.
14. Errol Linton: “City blues”. Both from “Break The Seal” (Errol Linton 2024).
15. Jerron Paxton: “What’s gonna become of me”. From “Thing’s Done Changed” (Smithsonian Folkways 2024).
16. Staples Jr. Singers: “Lost in a world of sin”. From “Searching” (Luaka Bop 2024).
17. Marcos Valle: “Bora meu bem”. Single from forthcoming album “Túnel Acústico” (Far Out).
18. Tigana Santana: “Nkongo”. From “Cacada Noturna” (Ajabu! 2024).
19. Jake Blount & Mali Obomsawin feat. Joe Rainey: “Old Indian hymn”. From the forthcoming album “Symbiont” (Smithsonian Folkways).
20. Gillian Welch & David Rawlings: “Empty trainload of sky”.
21. Gillian Welch & David Rawlings: “Hashtag”. Both from “Woodland” (Acony 2024).
22. SHHE: “Holar”. From “Dyra” (One Little Independent 2024).
Thanks for listening.
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Current Album Recommendations (in no particular order):
1. Les Frères Timal: “Sè Sa Menm” (Asrec Music / Pias).
2. Landless: “Lúireach” (Glitterbeat).
3. Malcolm Jiyane Tree-O: “True Story” (Mushroom Hour x New Soil).
4. V.A: “Ghana Special 2: Electronic Highlife & Afro Sounds from the Diaspora, 1980-93” (Soundway).
5. Ibelisse Guardia Ferragutti & Frank Rosaly: “Mestizx” (International Anthem).
6. Bassekou Kouyate & Amy Sacko: “Djudjon - L’Oiseau de Garana” (One World Records).
7. Kiran Ahluwalia: “Comfort Food” (Six Degrees).
8. Lankum: “Live in Dublin” (Rough Trade).
9. Msaki & Tubatsi: “Synthetic Hearts Part 2” (Nø Format!).
10. Lau Ro: “Cabana” (Far Out).
Sound Tracks of the Week:
1. Kokoko!: “Telema”. From “Butu” (Transgressive).
2. Meridian Brothers: “Mi pregunta”. From “Mi Latinoamérica Sufre” (Ansonia/Bongo Joe).
3. Kasbah Rockers: “Penze”. From “The Singles” (Barraka El Farnatshi Prod.)
4. Mississippi Fred McDowell: “Going down to the river”. From “ Georgia Sea Island Singers - The Complete Friends Of Old Time Music Concert” (Smithsonian Folkways)
5. Staples Jr. Singers: “Don’t need no doctor”. From “Searching” (Luaka Bop).