WFMU: Transpacific Sound Paradise with Rob Weisberg: Playlist from July 29, 2023

Transpacific Sound Paradise with Rob Weisberg: Playlist from July 29, 2023

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July 29, 2023: Still more summer concert previews and new releases

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Comments	New	Approx. start time
Baskot Lel Baltageyya	Biscuit "Biscuit" by "Baskot Lel Baltageyya"	Various Artists: The Wire Tapper #61		Baskot Lel Baltageyya (meaning 'cookies for thugs') is a Cairo-based project headed by musician Adham Zidan and poet Anwar Dabbour.	*	0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Sanam	Bell "Bell" by "Sanam"	Aykathani Malakon صنم - أيقظني ملاكٌ	Mais Um	Beirut-based freeform psych troupe SANAM make a convincing racket on their debut album, fusing Egyptian traditional songs with a heady tonic of free jazz, acid rock and DIY noise.	*	0:05:01 (Pop-up)
Xylouris White	Underworld "Underworld" by "Xylouris White"	The Forest in Me	Drag City	GIG: Union Pool, Sunday afternoon Aug 6, outdoors, free. / Xylouris White is a musical collaboration established in 2013, involving Greek singer and laouto player George Xylouris and Australian drummer Jim White, best known for his work with Dirty Three.	*	0:11:16 (Pop-up)
Ferkat Al Ard	Entazerni "Entazerni" by "Ferkat Al Ard"	Oghneya	Habibi Funk	Issam Hajali's group - from Lebanon - leftist		0:13:21 (Pop-up)
Nagat	Fakra (Do You Remember) "Fakra (Do You Remember)" by "Nagat"	Eyoun El Alb	WeWantSounds	When it comes to Arabic Divas, Oum Kalthoum, Fairuz and Warda usually take the lead in the poll list. But in her native Egypt, singer Nagat Al Saghira comes very close to this triumvirate. She rose to fame in the late forties and became an essential part of classic period of Arabic music.		0:19:55 (Pop-up)
Chaba Malika Meddah	Sid Houari Ya Mlah	A Moi La Liberte - Early Electronic Raï - Algerie - 1983-1990	Born Bad Records	About the comp: A wonderfully well-done collection – one that brings together some of the more hard-hitting tracks from the early days of Algerian rai music – cuts that stand in a really strong contrast to the more polished mode that showed up on record charts during the big years of world music	*	0:30:15 (Pop-up)
Doğan Çelik	Ma bi Xêr - Hello "Ma bi Xêr - Hello" by "Doğan Çelik"	Kilamê Vayî	Kalan Müzik	Doğan Çelik is an ethnic folk music artist. After a gap of 9 years since his first solo album 'Zewt' (curse), he has recently released his latest album 'Kılamê Vayî' (Songs of the Wind).		0:36:19 (Pop-up)
Juana Molina Vs Kasai Allstars	Hoy Supe Que Viajas	Tradi-Mods Vs Rockers - Alternative Takes on Congotronics, Vol. 1	Crammed Discs	GIG: globalFEST outdoors at Lincoln Center, free, Saturday August 5th		0:44:48 (Pop-up)
Omodaka	Kokirikobushi 【Video Mix】	Zentsuu: Collected Works 2001～2019	WRWTFWW Records	Initiated in 2001 while trying to create a "boat racing song", the OMODAKA project features sublime music by veteran electronic/house/jungle/video game music producer/DJ Soichi Terada and the vocals of Japanese folk min'yō & enka singer Akiko Kanazawa		0:49:15 (Pop-up)
Son Palenque	Es La Idea "Es La Idea" by "Son Palenque"	Itan Pa loyo	Palenque Records	Electric version of famous Afro-Colombian band, also known as Kaine Sound Band		0:52:48 (Pop-up)
Altın Gün	Doktor Civanım "Doktor Civanım" by "Altın Gün"	Aşk	Glitterbeat	GIG: Monday, 31 July, Altin Gün + Rogê @ Brooklyn Steel		0:56:08 (Pop-up)
Novalima	Hatajo "Hatajo" by "Novalima"	La Danza - Part 1	Six Degrees	GIG: Drom, Sat Aug 19 / Novalima's style blends Afro-Peruvian music with Electronica, Latin American beats, and other contemporary genres.		1:04:16 (Pop-up)
Nihiloxica	Kudistro "Kudistro" by "Nihiloxica"	Source of Denial	Crammed Discs	Advance single. Nihiloxica is a live project that harnesses the full force of the ancient Bugandan drumming tradition of Uganda and focusses it on the contemporary dancefloor through a dark, brooding lens of techno sensibility.	*	1:08:03 (Pop-up)
Fatoumata Diawara	Yada "Yada" by "Fatoumata Diawara"	London Ko	Montuno / Wagram	Fatoumata Diawara is a Malian singer-songwriter currently living in France. Diawara's music combines traditional Wassoulou with international styles.	*	1:11:43 (Pop-up)
Karen y Los Remedios	Silencio "Silencio" by "Karen y Los Remedios"	Silencio	ZZK	Advance single. Karen y Los Remedios is the project led by Ana Karen G Barajas, an artist and arts and social sciences researcher born in Mexico City and raised in Guanajuato, in the company of Mexico City native Jonathan Muriel (Jiony) and guitarist Guillermo Berbeyer (Z.A.M.P.A.), who after many years on Mexico’s alternative scene decided to get together and bring this existential cumbia project to life.	*	1:14:40 (Pop-up)
Eddie Palmieri	Oyelo Que Te Conviene	A Man And His Music - The Sun Of Latin Music	Fania	GIG: Wed Aug 2 with Lulada Club and JFuse (DJ) @ Crotona Park, Bronx (free)		1:22:57 (Pop-up)
Grupo Rebolu	Que Ilusion "Que Ilusion" by "Grupo Rebolu"	Mi Herencia (My Heritage)	Smithsonian Folkways	GIGs: Friday Aug 4 @ Pier 45 at Hudson River Park, Hudson River Greenway, 7 pm, free; also a family show @ Flushing Town Hall Sat Aug 5 at 3 pm.		1:26:27 (Pop-up)
Jupiter and Okwess	Muba "Muba" by "Jupiter and Okwess"	Na Kozonga	Zamorla	GIG: globalFEST outdoors at Lincoln Center, free, Saturday August 5th		1:29:57 (Pop-up)
RAM	St Clair "St Clair" by "RAM"	RAM 7 - August 1791	Willibelle Publishing & Sales	GIG: globalFEST outdoors at Lincoln Center, free, Saturday August 5th		1:34:27 (Pop-up)
Pedro Lima	Non conveta quâ "Non conveta quâ" by "Pedro Lima"	Antologia Vol. 1	Les Disques Bongo Joe	Pedro Lima was certainly the most iconic singer from Sao Tomé island. Born in 1944, his career began at teenage, with his faithful band Os Leonenses, who were mostly members of his family and shared most of his musical life; and lasted until his death in 2019	*	1:41:34 (Pop-up)
Duncan Senyatso and the Kgwanyape Band	Sheleng	Mephato Ya Maloba	Label Bleu	1993 release from popular Botswanan artist. Originally released by South African indie Shifty Records.		1:47:57 (Pop-up)
Yalla Miku	Hyper Tigre "Hyper Tigre" by "Yalla Miku"	Yall Miku	Les Disques Bongo Joe	Yalla Miku's frenetic and uplifting debut album is a genre twister, with musicians from North and East Africa coming together with various musical alchemists from Geneva's burgeoning and experimentally minded, global music scene.	*	1:57:43 (Pop-up)
Josef Van Wissem	A New Earth "A New Earth" by "Josef Van Wissem"	Behold! I Make All Things New	Incunabulum	Jozef van Wissem is a Dutch minimalist composer and lute player based in Brooklyn.	*	2:02:14 (Pop-up)
Bastarda & Sutari	Tam Nad Puszczaj	Tamoj	Audio Cave	"Tamoj", an album by two Polish bands, Bastarda and Sutari, reaches back to the roots of Polish-Lithuanian-Belarusian border culture. They drew from Belarusian folk songs, Lithuanian sutartinės, as well as Polish traditional music.		2:05:46 (Pop-up)
Kapela Niwińskich	Dziki Walerii "Dziki Walerii" by "Kapela Niwińskich"	Pogłosy		The new album of Kapela Niwińskich entitled "Reverberations" is a musical journey towards the sources of Polish traditional music, following the three-dimensional meter and rubato tempo permeating the rural landscapes of Central Poland - Mazovia and Kujawy.	*	2:09:33 (Pop-up)
Dobrila & Dorian Duo	Elaj, Riste, elaj	Pile šareno	SJF Records	Dobrila and Dorian have been working together since 2008 as part of Chalgia Sound System, one of the best known and most dedicated traditional Chalgia music performing bands, as well as creating contemporary music inspired by and on the foundation of the traditional Chalgia of Macedonia.		2:14:25 (Pop-up)
Neculai Florea, Nicolae Amarandei, Valentin Bălășoiu	Sârba popilor	Moldavia - Peasant tunes from the Old Land of Hârlău	Buda Musique	Near Hârlău, a town in Romanian Moldavia, live the three traditional musicians who took part in this project. The recordings are based around the cobza, a plucked string instrument, and the rural repertoire.		2:19:19 (Pop-up)
Michalis Kouloumis, Tristan Driessens, Miriam Encinas	Patrunino	Music For Shepherds & Sultans	Homerecords	This album presents a mix of original compositions in the classical Ottoman style and anonymous rural dances from Cyprus, with the trio seeking to unite classical and popular music.		2:22:09 (Pop-up)
Csókolom	Gankino Horo "Gankino Horo" by "Csókolom"	May I Kiss Your Hand	Arhoolie	Hungarian band's take on a Bulgarian folk dance standard. Csókolom played Eastern European folk music with a gypsy flavor, emphasizing arrangements using two or three violins and a double bass.		2:30:04 (Pop-up)
Mohamad Zatari Trio	Gankino Horo "Gankino Horo" by "Mohamad Zatari Trio"	Istehlal	Zehra	Musicians from Syria, Iran & India. The trio merges traditional Middle Eastern sounds with contemporary vibes incl. interpretations of Hossein Alizadeh & Riad Al-Sunbati classics.	*	2:33:52 (Pop-up)
Mehmet Polat	Embodied Poetry "Embodied Poetry" by "Mehmet Polat"	Embodied Poetry		Music bed for concert listings	*	2:40:32 (Pop-up)
Spruce Ritual with Lucian Kano Balmer	Begin Again	The Way The Evening Speaks	Ansonica Records	"Raga-infused chamber music," featuring violin, viola, cello, sitar, and tabla. Album officially releases in October.	*	2:48:24 (Pop-up)
Roopa Panesar, Ramdas Palsule	Rag Gujri Todi - Madhya Laya Gat in Tal Teental	Subha		UK-based Roopa Panesar performs sitar alongside master tabla player, Ramdas Palsule, in a celebration of morning ragas.		2:52:08 (Pop-up)

Listener comments!
	🌍 6:02pm Bas NL: Hi Rob! Hi all!
	6:03pm Handy Haversack: Rob, border spanners. Hi.
	6:04pm Juli: Omg. !
	6:05pm Carmichael: Heya Rob and listeners.
	6:07pm Robm: howdy fellow listeners
	6:07pm Juli: akuphone.bandcamp.com...
	6:07pm Juli: IS this the first band?!
	6:08pm steveo: Hello Rob, other Robs and all non-Robs -- ears are happy!
	6:08pm Rob W: Hi everyone!
	🌍 6:08pm chresti: Hi Rob and paradisians!
	6:09pm Robm: ↳ steveo @6:08 same here stevo
	6:09pm Robm: ↳ Robm @6:09 sorry meant steveo
	6:10pm stevej: OK, so I already know the answer: but why is this show always so damn good? Thanks Rob
	6:10pm steveo: ↳ Robm @6:09 don't sweat typos :)
	6:11pm Robm: hi juli handy chresti and anyone i have forgotten
	6:11pm Juli: Eeeeeeeeept.
	6:11pm Robm: ↳ steveo @6:10 thanks steveo
	6:12pm Handy Haversack: Rob, real nice to see you and Katie last weekend.
	6:14pm Rob W: ↳ stevej @6:10 That's very nice of you to say, stevej.
	6:15pm Rob W: ↳ Handy Haversack @6:12 Yes, great to see you too Handy!
	6:20pm Juli: Hey Rob W!
	6:20pm radioronan: Good evening Rob and citizens of the comment board!
	6:21pm Juli: Ty for the music!!
	6:22pm Juli: ↳ Robm @6:11 Hello Rob M!!!
	6:25pm Rob W: ↳ Juli @6:20 Hey Juli and radioronan!
	6:30pm Juli: I'm getting my artwork & writing back soon! I am going to buy gfabric scissors & get working I alos need: A Synth.
	6:31pm Juli: Tee Haa *Fabric Scissors::::: Leather needles:::
	🌍 6:32pm slugluv1313: greetings, Rob! Paradisians! happy to be here with you all!! kinda under-the-weather -- sounds and vibes feeling really wonderful -- thank you! 😺😺 (i was hoping to go to Central Park -- had seen Mdou Moctar at Monty Hall -- but the other artists too! i have heard them on FMU but never seen LIVE! and normally the heat, humidity, crowds, even thunderstorms never bother me -- but not when the goofy physical is not cooperating, haha!)
	6:33pm Robm: feel better slugluv
	6:33pm Rob W: Greetings slugluv, sorry you're not feeling great and had to skip Moctar but it's good you're taking care of yourself!
	🌍 6:33pm slugluv1313: ↳ Song: "Fakra (Do You Remember)" by "Nagat" SO beautiful!!! gotta listen to more Nagat
	🌍 6:34pm slugluv1313: ↳ Robm @6:33 thank you Robm!
	🌍 6:35pm slugluv1313: ↳ Rob W @6:33 thank you, Rob!
	🌍 6:36pm slugluv1313: ↳ Song: "Sid Houari Ya Mlah" by "Chaba Malika Meddah" this is great -- gotta check out this comp too
	6:37pm Robm: ↳ slugluv1313 @6:34 your welcome
	6:47pm Handy Haversack: Hey, slugluv. Hoping you feel better soon. We're off to Michigan tomorrow and are packing and cleaning, otherwise we'd have been very tempted by Central Park.
	6:48pm Robm: ↳ Handy Haversack @6:47 have fun in michigan handy, going anywhere near WCBN?
	6:49pm Handy Haversack: ↳ Robm @6:48 Just driving past on US23.
	6:49pm Robm: ↳ Handy Haversack @6:49 damn too bad
	6:49pm cbunny: i was a dummy in the past i had bought juana molina tix for a show in los angeles and then forgot the date. another chance another time i hope
	6:52pm Rob W: Oh sorry about that cbunny! I take it you're not in NY, where she's performing next Saturday...
	6:52pm swivs: ↳ Song: "Kokirikobushi 【Video Mix】" by "Omodaka" Whoa. this is amazing, thanks Rob!
	6:52pm swivs: Hey Handy, everybody!
	6:53pm Carmichael: Autotune Stevie …
	🌍 6:53pm chresti: ↳ Song: "Kokirikobushi 【Video Mix】" by "Omodaka" Stevie Wonder!
	🌍 6:54pm chresti: ↳ Carmichael @6:53 I owe you a Guinness!
	6:55pm cbunny: ↳ Rob W @6:52 oooo! i would def go! but haven't lived in ny for 5 years now.
	6:55pm HyperDose: Man, these are some sweet tunes!
	🌍 6:55pm slugluv1313: ↳ Handy Haversack @6:47 thank you, Handy! have a fantastic trip! i am guessing that Michigan is way better than the oppressive humidity around here
	6:58pm headcleaner: Sorry to have to leave, Rob - only the likes of Moctar, Lattimore and Baird could pull me away from your show
	6:58pm Robm: ↳ slugluv1313 @6:55 slugluv i think it’s just as hot in michigan
	7:00pm Carmichael: It’s only 95 here. I say “only” because the humidity is 19%.
	7:00pm Handy Haversack: Evening, swivs.
	🌍 7:01pm slugluv1313: ↳ headcleaner @6:58 have a blast, head cleaner!!! there with you "in spirit" 😺😺
	🌍 7:02pm john_zilla: Hi everyone..Hi Rob! tuning in late but thanks for the show!
	7:03pm dave miss: Great set Rob!
	7:06pm Rob W: Thanks Dave!
	7:06pm dave miss: Saw those boat pix Handy. That looked like a blast
	7:07pm coelacanth∅: Greetings Rob and the melting paradisios
	7:10pm HyperDose: ooh sounds like Animal Collective
	7:10pm Rob W: Greetings coelacanth∅!
	7:10pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Hullo ! Always good to be listening.
	7:14pm Robm: ↳ Revolution Rabbit Nov63 @7:10 RRN63 definitely get an education about other countries music
	7:22pm wind: Good to be here🙏🏽
	7:24pm Rob W: Good to have you here wind!
	7:25pm Tamar: It just poured in Central Park, according to my sources. I’m digging your show instead, Rob!
	7:27pm Rob W: Thanks for the report Tamar!
	🌍 7:32pm Ken From Hyde Park: Hi, Rob and free state. I saw you & Katie (and also Tamar, I think) on the boat last week. Too noisy, so I didn't speak up.
	🌍 7:32pm slugluv1313: ↳ Song: "Oyelo Que Te Conviene" by "Eddie Palmieri" 🔥🔥🔥 DEFINITELY feeling better!!! (free gig at Crotona Par!? gotta see if that is possible)
	7:34pm Rob W: ↳ Ken From Hyde Park @7:32 That's okay Ken, I'm the king of not talking to people. But I'm glad you were able to make it and hope you had a good time!
	7:37pm Dutch___________: Hi there Rob and pacifiërs 🌍🫶
	7:38pm Rob W: Hi Dutch!
	🌍 7:40pm slugluv1313: ↳ Tamar @7:25 hi Tamar! wow! it looked like it was going to pour here (Hoboken) awhile ago -- still kinda windy, but totally sunny now
	7:42pm Carmichael: Ha ha, why did I think this was Sparks?
	7:53pm Ro: Love love love this song
	8:06pm dave miss: Hey Rob W, thanks for all the hard work. I appreciate you. I’ve posted your music calendar on a FB page I started years ago: Arts of Brooklyn; Gigs, Events & Food. Anyone can join fb.me...
	8:07pm Dutch___________: Lute. Nice.
	8:08pm Rob W: ↳ dave miss @8:06 Wow that's great, thanks dave!
	8:10pm Rob W: ↳ Dutch___________ @8:07 And I'm glad you didn't mind the big shift in textures there Dutch.
	🌍 8:13pm slugluv1313: ↳ dave miss @8:06 hi Dave! amazing! gotta check that out! 😺😺
	8:17pm dave miss: PS don’t tell Mark Hurst
	8:20pm northguineahills: in my infinite wisdom, i left my phone in a Lyft last night. Had too much stuff, laptop/book shoulder satchel, UM grocery bag. Realized it as soon the car pulled back into traffic. finally got a hold of the guy, but he's an older gentleman w/ a rural Venezuelan accent, but, I was able to get a conversation going. Now, I just have to wait for him to text my neighbor when's nearby to drop off the phone... phew!
	8:25pm Dutch___________: 😄
	8:28pm Dutch___________: Lute again.....🤗
	8:29pm Robm: ↳ northguineahills @8:20 wow glad you got a hold of the guy
	8:29pm Dutch___________: Hurdy gurdy would be nice too...
	8:30pm Dutch___________: You know Pan de Capazo Rob?
	🌍 8:32pm Mxter Baba: greetings, Rob and folx!
	8:32pm northguineahills: ↳ Robm @8:29 yeah, i can only use the app on the computer, if you have a phone. So, it had to email Lyft, and give them a number to give a guy. I'm about to be on the third number today as my neighbors go to work, sleep, etc....
	8:33pm Rob W: Greetings Mxter Baba!
	🌍 8:33pm slugluv1313: ↳ northguineahills @8:20 hi ngh! glad you were able to get in touch with the driver! (has happened to me too -- not fun!)
	🌍 8:35pm Mxter Baba: ↳ Song: "Gankino Horo" by "Csókolom" this is lovely…I'm about to go to Lark Camp and be steeped in Balkan music, amongst many other folk traditions of the world!
	8:38pm Robm: ↳ northguineahills @8:32 sounds like a real cluster fuck @Slugluv has never happened to me and i hope it never will
	8:39pm Robm: ↳ Mxter Baba @8:32 MB long time no see
	🌍 8:42pm Mxter Baba: ↳ Robm @8:39 hello, we meet again!
	8:42pm northguineahills: ↳ Mxter Baba @8:35 woah, that sounds awesome!
	8:42pm Dutch___________: For ANYONE in here...watch the awesome beautifull movie about gypsy music travelling fom india all the way to spain > Latch Drom
	8:43pm Dutch___________: Latcho Drom by Tony Gatlif that is. 🤗
	🌍 8:44pm Mxter Baba: ↳ northguineahills @8:42 omx it's dreamy—musicians playing 24/7 in the redwoods for a whole week!
	🌍 8:45pm Mxter Baba: ↳ Dutch___________ @8:29 plus, Lark Camp is the only place I've ever seen an entire CIRCLE of hurdy gurdy players!
	8:48pm Dutch___________: https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0107376/
	8:49pm Robm: ↳ Mxter Baba @8:42 yes we do in all the strangest places:)
	8:51pm Handy Haversack: Thanks, Rob. Be well, all.
	8:51pm Dutch___________: Too tired....2:50 over here. Thx Rob. Bye all...👋😴
	8:51pm Dutch___________: Ciao Handy 👋
	8:52pm Juli: I j killed a tiny scary spider by accident:::::{
	8:52pm Juli: Onto the next one I supposed for the bb:::{
	🌍 8:52pm chresti: Thanks Rob!
	8:54pm Juli: I hate to scare things::::{ Rob W you are literally amazing ty!
	8:54pm Carmichael: Thanks Rob!
	8:55pm Ike: Cheers!
	8:56pm Robm: @Rob w was mesmerized by the music
	8:57pm Rob W: Thanks everyone, good evening!
	🌍 8:58pm Mxter Baba: thank you!
	🌍 8:59pm Bas NL: Thanks Rob! Great show!
	8:59pm coelacanth∅: Thanks Rob! be well soon!
	🌍 8:59pm slugluv1313: another incredible show, Rob -- thanks so much!
	🌍 9:00pm john_zilla: thank you Rob!
	🌍 9:00pm Ken From Hyde Park: Thanks, Rob!
	9:00pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ~ TY Always DJ RobW ~
	1:18am Devkawn: William S Boroughs hate. Bras today I learned
	1:27am Devlawn: i hope I'm not disturbing the folks camping on the beach near my grandma shack. Listening on the deck.
	1:35am Devlawn: It started to rain. Elvis Perkins. Father died of AIDS and mother died on 911

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Comments	New	Approx. start time
Baskot Lel Baltageyya	Biscuit "Biscuit" by "Baskot Lel Baltageyya"	Various Artists: The Wire Tapper #61		Baskot Lel Baltageyya (meaning 'cookies for thugs') is a Cairo-based project headed by musician Adham Zidan and poet Anwar Dabbour.	*	0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Sanam	Bell "Bell" by "Sanam"	Aykathani Malakon صنم - أيقظني ملاكٌ	Mais Um	Beirut-based freeform psych troupe SANAM make a convincing racket on their debut album, fusing Egyptian traditional songs with a heady tonic of free jazz, acid rock and DIY noise.	*	0:05:01 (Pop-up)
Xylouris White	Underworld "Underworld" by "Xylouris White"	The Forest in Me	Drag City	GIG: Union Pool, Sunday afternoon Aug 6, outdoors, free. / Xylouris White is a musical collaboration established in 2013, involving Greek singer and laouto player George Xylouris and Australian drummer Jim White, best known for his work with Dirty Three.	*	0:11:16 (Pop-up)
Ferkat Al Ard	Entazerni "Entazerni" by "Ferkat Al Ard"	Oghneya	Habibi Funk	Issam Hajali's group - from Lebanon - leftist		0:13:21 (Pop-up)
Nagat	Fakra (Do You Remember) "Fakra (Do You Remember)" by "Nagat"	Eyoun El Alb	WeWantSounds	When it comes to Arabic Divas, Oum Kalthoum, Fairuz and Warda usually take the lead in the poll list. But in her native Egypt, singer Nagat Al Saghira comes very close to this triumvirate. She rose to fame in the late forties and became an essential part of classic period of Arabic music.		0:19:55 (Pop-up)
Chaba Malika Meddah	Sid Houari Ya Mlah	A Moi La Liberte - Early Electronic Raï - Algerie - 1983-1990	Born Bad Records	About the comp: A wonderfully well-done collection – one that brings together some of the more hard-hitting tracks from the early days of Algerian rai music – cuts that stand in a really strong contrast to the more polished mode that showed up on record charts during the big years of world music	*	0:30:15 (Pop-up)
Doğan Çelik	Ma bi Xêr - Hello "Ma bi Xêr - Hello" by "Doğan Çelik"	Kilamê Vayî	Kalan Müzik	Doğan Çelik is an ethnic folk music artist. After a gap of 9 years since his first solo album 'Zewt' (curse), he has recently released his latest album 'Kılamê Vayî' (Songs of the Wind).		0:36:19 (Pop-up)
Juana Molina Vs Kasai Allstars	Hoy Supe Que Viajas	Tradi-Mods Vs Rockers - Alternative Takes on Congotronics, Vol. 1	Crammed Discs	GIG: globalFEST outdoors at Lincoln Center, free, Saturday August 5th		0:44:48 (Pop-up)
Omodaka	Kokirikobushi 【Video Mix】	Zentsuu: Collected Works 2001～2019	WRWTFWW Records	Initiated in 2001 while trying to create a "boat racing song", the OMODAKA project features sublime music by veteran electronic/house/jungle/video game music producer/DJ Soichi Terada and the vocals of Japanese folk min'yō & enka singer Akiko Kanazawa		0:49:15 (Pop-up)
Son Palenque	Es La Idea "Es La Idea" by "Son Palenque"	Itan Pa loyo	Palenque Records	Electric version of famous Afro-Colombian band, also known as Kaine Sound Band		0:52:48 (Pop-up)
Altın Gün	Doktor Civanım "Doktor Civanım" by "Altın Gün"	Aşk	Glitterbeat	GIG: Monday, 31 July, Altin Gün + Rogê @ Brooklyn Steel		0:56:08 (Pop-up)
Novalima	Hatajo "Hatajo" by "Novalima"	La Danza - Part 1	Six Degrees	GIG: Drom, Sat Aug 19 / Novalima's style blends Afro-Peruvian music with Electronica, Latin American beats, and other contemporary genres.		1:04:16 (Pop-up)
Nihiloxica	Kudistro "Kudistro" by "Nihiloxica"	Source of Denial	Crammed Discs	Advance single. Nihiloxica is a live project that harnesses the full force of the ancient Bugandan drumming tradition of Uganda and focusses it on the contemporary dancefloor through a dark, brooding lens of techno sensibility.	*	1:08:03 (Pop-up)
Fatoumata Diawara	Yada "Yada" by "Fatoumata Diawara"	London Ko	Montuno / Wagram	Fatoumata Diawara is a Malian singer-songwriter currently living in France. Diawara's music combines traditional Wassoulou with international styles.	*	1:11:43 (Pop-up)
Karen y Los Remedios	Silencio "Silencio" by "Karen y Los Remedios"	Silencio	ZZK	Advance single. Karen y Los Remedios is the project led by Ana Karen G Barajas, an artist and arts and social sciences researcher born in Mexico City and raised in Guanajuato, in the company of Mexico City native Jonathan Muriel (Jiony) and guitarist Guillermo Berbeyer (Z.A.M.P.A.), who after many years on Mexico’s alternative scene decided to get together and bring this existential cumbia project to life.	*	1:14:40 (Pop-up)
Eddie Palmieri	Oyelo Que Te Conviene	A Man And His Music - The Sun Of Latin Music	Fania	GIG: Wed Aug 2 with Lulada Club and JFuse (DJ) @ Crotona Park, Bronx (free)		1:22:57 (Pop-up)
Grupo Rebolu	Que Ilusion "Que Ilusion" by "Grupo Rebolu"	Mi Herencia (My Heritage)	Smithsonian Folkways	GIGs: Friday Aug 4 @ Pier 45 at Hudson River Park, Hudson River Greenway, 7 pm, free; also a family show @ Flushing Town Hall Sat Aug 5 at 3 pm.		1:26:27 (Pop-up)
Jupiter and Okwess	Muba "Muba" by "Jupiter and Okwess"	Na Kozonga	Zamorla	GIG: globalFEST outdoors at Lincoln Center, free, Saturday August 5th		1:29:57 (Pop-up)
RAM	St Clair "St Clair" by "RAM"	RAM 7 - August 1791	Willibelle Publishing & Sales	GIG: globalFEST outdoors at Lincoln Center, free, Saturday August 5th		1:34:27 (Pop-up)
Pedro Lima	Non conveta quâ "Non conveta quâ" by "Pedro Lima"	Antologia Vol. 1	Les Disques Bongo Joe	Pedro Lima was certainly the most iconic singer from Sao Tomé island. Born in 1944, his career began at teenage, with his faithful band Os Leonenses, who were mostly members of his family and shared most of his musical life; and lasted until his death in 2019	*	1:41:34 (Pop-up)
Duncan Senyatso and the Kgwanyape Band	Sheleng	Mephato Ya Maloba	Label Bleu	1993 release from popular Botswanan artist. Originally released by South African indie Shifty Records.		1:47:57 (Pop-up)
Yalla Miku	Hyper Tigre "Hyper Tigre" by "Yalla Miku"	Yall Miku	Les Disques Bongo Joe	Yalla Miku's frenetic and uplifting debut album is a genre twister, with musicians from North and East Africa coming together with various musical alchemists from Geneva's burgeoning and experimentally minded, global music scene.	*	1:57:43 (Pop-up)
Josef Van Wissem	A New Earth "A New Earth" by "Josef Van Wissem"	Behold! I Make All Things New	Incunabulum	Jozef van Wissem is a Dutch minimalist composer and lute player based in Brooklyn.	*	2:02:14 (Pop-up)
Bastarda & Sutari	Tam Nad Puszczaj	Tamoj	Audio Cave	"Tamoj", an album by two Polish bands, Bastarda and Sutari, reaches back to the roots of Polish-Lithuanian-Belarusian border culture. They drew from Belarusian folk songs, Lithuanian sutartinės, as well as Polish traditional music.		2:05:46 (Pop-up)
Kapela Niwińskich	Dziki Walerii "Dziki Walerii" by "Kapela Niwińskich"	Pogłosy		The new album of Kapela Niwińskich entitled "Reverberations" is a musical journey towards the sources of Polish traditional music, following the three-dimensional meter and rubato tempo permeating the rural landscapes of Central Poland - Mazovia and Kujawy.	*	2:09:33 (Pop-up)
Dobrila & Dorian Duo	Elaj, Riste, elaj	Pile šareno	SJF Records	Dobrila and Dorian have been working together since 2008 as part of Chalgia Sound System, one of the best known and most dedicated traditional Chalgia music performing bands, as well as creating contemporary music inspired by and on the foundation of the traditional Chalgia of Macedonia.		2:14:25 (Pop-up)
Neculai Florea, Nicolae Amarandei, Valentin Bălășoiu	Sârba popilor	Moldavia - Peasant tunes from the Old Land of Hârlău	Buda Musique	Near Hârlău, a town in Romanian Moldavia, live the three traditional musicians who took part in this project. The recordings are based around the cobza, a plucked string instrument, and the rural repertoire.		2:19:19 (Pop-up)
Michalis Kouloumis, Tristan Driessens, Miriam Encinas	Patrunino	Music For Shepherds & Sultans	Homerecords	This album presents a mix of original compositions in the classical Ottoman style and anonymous rural dances from Cyprus, with the trio seeking to unite classical and popular music.		2:22:09 (Pop-up)
Csókolom	Gankino Horo "Gankino Horo" by "Csókolom"	May I Kiss Your Hand	Arhoolie	Hungarian band's take on a Bulgarian folk dance standard. Csókolom played Eastern European folk music with a gypsy flavor, emphasizing arrangements using two or three violins and a double bass.		2:30:04 (Pop-up)
Mohamad Zatari Trio	Gankino Horo "Gankino Horo" by "Mohamad Zatari Trio"	Istehlal	Zehra	Musicians from Syria, Iran & India. The trio merges traditional Middle Eastern sounds with contemporary vibes incl. interpretations of Hossein Alizadeh & Riad Al-Sunbati classics.	*	2:33:52 (Pop-up)
Mehmet Polat	Embodied Poetry "Embodied Poetry" by "Mehmet Polat"	Embodied Poetry		Music bed for concert listings	*	2:40:32 (Pop-up)
Spruce Ritual with Lucian Kano Balmer	Begin Again	The Way The Evening Speaks	Ansonica Records	"Raga-infused chamber music," featuring violin, viola, cello, sitar, and tabla. Album officially releases in October.	*	2:48:24 (Pop-up)
Roopa Panesar, Ramdas Palsule	Rag Gujri Todi - Madhya Laya Gat in Tal Teental	Subha		UK-based Roopa Panesar performs sitar alongside master tabla player, Ramdas Palsule, in a celebration of morning ragas.		2:52:08 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	🌍 6:02pm Bas NL: Hi Rob! Hi all!
	6:03pm Handy Haversack: Rob, border spanners. Hi.
	6:04pm Juli: Omg. !
	6:05pm Carmichael: Heya Rob and listeners.
	6:07pm Robm: howdy fellow listeners
	6:07pm Juli: akuphone.bandcamp.com...
	6:07pm Juli: IS this the first band?!
	6:08pm steveo: Hello Rob, other Robs and all non-Robs -- ears are happy!
	6:08pm Rob W: Hi everyone!
	🌍 6:08pm chresti: Hi Rob and paradisians!
	6:09pm Robm: ↳ steveo @6:08 same here stevo
	6:09pm Robm: ↳ Robm @6:09 sorry meant steveo
	6:10pm stevej: OK, so I already know the answer: but why is this show always so damn good? Thanks Rob
	6:10pm steveo: ↳ Robm @6:09 don't sweat typos :)
	6:11pm Robm: hi juli handy chresti and anyone i have forgotten
	6:11pm Juli: Eeeeeeeeept.
	6:11pm Robm: ↳ steveo @6:10 thanks steveo
	6:12pm Handy Haversack: Rob, real nice to see you and Katie last weekend.
	6:14pm Rob W: ↳ stevej @6:10 That's very nice of you to say, stevej.
	6:15pm Rob W: ↳ Handy Haversack @6:12 Yes, great to see you too Handy!
	6:20pm Juli: Hey Rob W!
	6:20pm radioronan: Good evening Rob and citizens of the comment board!
	6:21pm Juli: Ty for the music!!
	6:22pm Juli: ↳ Robm @6:11 Hello Rob M!!!
	6:25pm Rob W: ↳ Juli @6:20 Hey Juli and radioronan!
	6:30pm Juli: I'm getting my artwork & writing back soon! I am going to buy gfabric scissors & get working I alos need: A Synth.
	6:31pm Juli: Tee Haa *Fabric Scissors::::: Leather needles:::
	🌍 6:32pm slugluv1313: greetings, Rob! Paradisians! happy to be here with you all!! kinda under-the-weather -- sounds and vibes feeling really wonderful -- thank you! 😺😺 (i was hoping to go to Central Park -- had seen Mdou Moctar at Monty Hall -- but the other artists too! i have heard them on FMU but never seen LIVE! and normally the heat, humidity, crowds, even thunderstorms never bother me -- but not when the goofy physical is not cooperating, haha!)
	6:33pm Robm: feel better slugluv
	6:33pm Rob W: Greetings slugluv, sorry you're not feeling great and had to skip Moctar but it's good you're taking care of yourself!
	🌍 6:33pm slugluv1313: ↳ Song: "Fakra (Do You Remember)" by "Nagat" SO beautiful!!! gotta listen to more Nagat
	🌍 6:34pm slugluv1313: ↳ Robm @6:33 thank you Robm!
	🌍 6:35pm slugluv1313: ↳ Rob W @6:33 thank you, Rob!
	🌍 6:36pm slugluv1313: ↳ Song: "Sid Houari Ya Mlah" by "Chaba Malika Meddah" this is great -- gotta check out this comp too
	6:37pm Robm: ↳ slugluv1313 @6:34 your welcome
	6:47pm Handy Haversack: Hey, slugluv. Hoping you feel better soon. We're off to Michigan tomorrow and are packing and cleaning, otherwise we'd have been very tempted by Central Park.
	6:48pm Robm: ↳ Handy Haversack @6:47 have fun in michigan handy, going anywhere near WCBN?
	6:49pm Handy Haversack: ↳ Robm @6:48 Just driving past on US23.
	6:49pm Robm: ↳ Handy Haversack @6:49 damn too bad
	6:49pm cbunny: i was a dummy in the past i had bought juana molina tix for a show in los angeles and then forgot the date. another chance another time i hope
	6:52pm Rob W: Oh sorry about that cbunny! I take it you're not in NY, where she's performing next Saturday...
	6:52pm swivs: ↳ Song: "Kokirikobushi 【Video Mix】" by "Omodaka" Whoa. this is amazing, thanks Rob!
	6:52pm swivs: Hey Handy, everybody!
	6:53pm Carmichael: Autotune Stevie …
	🌍 6:53pm chresti: ↳ Song: "Kokirikobushi 【Video Mix】" by "Omodaka" Stevie Wonder!
	🌍 6:54pm chresti: ↳ Carmichael @6:53 I owe you a Guinness!
	6:55pm cbunny: ↳ Rob W @6:52 oooo! i would def go! but haven't lived in ny for 5 years now.
	6:55pm HyperDose: Man, these are some sweet tunes!
	🌍 6:55pm slugluv1313: ↳ Handy Haversack @6:47 thank you, Handy! have a fantastic trip! i am guessing that Michigan is way better than the oppressive humidity around here
	6:58pm headcleaner: Sorry to have to leave, Rob - only the likes of Moctar, Lattimore and Baird could pull me away from your show
	6:58pm Robm: ↳ slugluv1313 @6:55 slugluv i think it’s just as hot in michigan
	7:00pm Carmichael: It’s only 95 here. I say “only” because the humidity is 19%.
	7:00pm Handy Haversack: Evening, swivs.
	🌍 7:01pm slugluv1313: ↳ headcleaner @6:58 have a blast, head cleaner!!! there with you "in spirit" 😺😺
	🌍 7:02pm john_zilla: Hi everyone..Hi Rob! tuning in late but thanks for the show!
	7:03pm dave miss: Great set Rob!
	7:06pm Rob W: Thanks Dave!
	7:06pm dave miss: Saw those boat pix Handy. That looked like a blast
	7:07pm coelacanth∅: Greetings Rob and the melting paradisios
	7:10pm HyperDose: ooh sounds like Animal Collective
	7:10pm Rob W: Greetings coelacanth∅!
	7:10pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Hullo ! Always good to be listening.
	7:14pm Robm: ↳ Revolution Rabbit Nov63 @7:10 RRN63 definitely get an education about other countries music
	7:22pm wind: Good to be here🙏🏽
	7:24pm Rob W: Good to have you here wind!
	7:25pm Tamar: It just poured in Central Park, according to my sources. I’m digging your show instead, Rob!
	7:27pm Rob W: Thanks for the report Tamar!
	🌍 7:32pm Ken From Hyde Park: Hi, Rob and free state. I saw you & Katie (and also Tamar, I think) on the boat last week. Too noisy, so I didn't speak up.
	🌍 7:32pm slugluv1313: ↳ Song: "Oyelo Que Te Conviene" by "Eddie Palmieri" 🔥🔥🔥 DEFINITELY feeling better!!! (free gig at Crotona Par!? gotta see if that is possible)
	7:34pm Rob W: ↳ Ken From Hyde Park @7:32 That's okay Ken, I'm the king of not talking to people. But I'm glad you were able to make it and hope you had a good time!
	7:37pm Dutch___________: Hi there Rob and pacifiërs 🌍🫶
	7:38pm Rob W: Hi Dutch!
	🌍 7:40pm slugluv1313: ↳ Tamar @7:25 hi Tamar! wow! it looked like it was going to pour here (Hoboken) awhile ago -- still kinda windy, but totally sunny now
	7:42pm Carmichael: Ha ha, why did I think this was Sparks?
	7:53pm Ro: Love love love this song
	8:06pm dave miss: Hey Rob W, thanks for all the hard work. I appreciate you. I’ve posted your music calendar on a FB page I started years ago: Arts of Brooklyn; Gigs, Events & Food. Anyone can join fb.me...
	8:07pm Dutch___________: Lute. Nice.
	8:08pm Rob W: ↳ dave miss @8:06 Wow that's great, thanks dave!
	8:10pm Rob W: ↳ Dutch___________ @8:07 And I'm glad you didn't mind the big shift in textures there Dutch.
	🌍 8:13pm slugluv1313: ↳ dave miss @8:06 hi Dave! amazing! gotta check that out! 😺😺
	8:17pm dave miss: PS don’t tell Mark Hurst
	8:20pm northguineahills: in my infinite wisdom, i left my phone in a Lyft last night. Had too much stuff, laptop/book shoulder satchel, UM grocery bag. Realized it as soon the car pulled back into traffic. finally got a hold of the guy, but he's an older gentleman w/ a rural Venezuelan accent, but, I was able to get a conversation going. Now, I just have to wait for him to text my neighbor when's nearby to drop off the phone... phew!
	8:25pm Dutch___________: 😄
	8:28pm Dutch___________: Lute again.....🤗
	8:29pm Robm: ↳ northguineahills @8:20 wow glad you got a hold of the guy
	8:29pm Dutch___________: Hurdy gurdy would be nice too...
	8:30pm Dutch___________: You know Pan de Capazo Rob?
	🌍 8:32pm Mxter Baba: greetings, Rob and folx!
	8:32pm northguineahills: ↳ Robm @8:29 yeah, i can only use the app on the computer, if you have a phone. So, it had to email Lyft, and give them a number to give a guy. I'm about to be on the third number today as my neighbors go to work, sleep, etc....
	8:33pm Rob W: Greetings Mxter Baba!
	🌍 8:33pm slugluv1313: ↳ northguineahills @8:20 hi ngh! glad you were able to get in touch with the driver! (has happened to me too -- not fun!)
	🌍 8:35pm Mxter Baba: ↳ Song: "Gankino Horo" by "Csókolom" this is lovely…I'm about to go to Lark Camp and be steeped in Balkan music, amongst many other folk traditions of the world!
	8:38pm Robm: ↳ northguineahills @8:32 sounds like a real cluster fuck @Slugluv has never happened to me and i hope it never will
	8:39pm Robm: ↳ Mxter Baba @8:32 MB long time no see
	🌍 8:42pm Mxter Baba: ↳ Robm @8:39 hello, we meet again!
	8:42pm northguineahills: ↳ Mxter Baba @8:35 woah, that sounds awesome!
	8:42pm Dutch___________: For ANYONE in here...watch the awesome beautifull movie about gypsy music travelling fom india all the way to spain > Latch Drom
	8:43pm Dutch___________: Latcho Drom by Tony Gatlif that is. 🤗
	🌍 8:44pm Mxter Baba: ↳ northguineahills @8:42 omx it's dreamy—musicians playing 24/7 in the redwoods for a whole week!
	🌍 8:45pm Mxter Baba: ↳ Dutch___________ @8:29 plus, Lark Camp is the only place I've ever seen an entire CIRCLE of hurdy gurdy players!
	8:48pm Dutch___________: https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0107376/
	8:49pm Robm: ↳ Mxter Baba @8:42 yes we do in all the strangest places:)
	8:51pm Handy Haversack: Thanks, Rob. Be well, all.
	8:51pm Dutch___________: Too tired....2:50 over here. Thx Rob. Bye all...👋😴
	8:51pm Dutch___________: Ciao Handy 👋
	8:52pm Juli: I j killed a tiny scary spider by accident:::::{
	8:52pm Juli: Onto the next one I supposed for the bb:::{
	🌍 8:52pm chresti: Thanks Rob!
	8:54pm Juli: I hate to scare things::::{ Rob W you are literally amazing ty!
	8:54pm Carmichael: Thanks Rob!
	8:55pm Ike: Cheers!
	8:56pm Robm: @Rob w was mesmerized by the music
	8:57pm Rob W: Thanks everyone, good evening!
	🌍 8:58pm Mxter Baba: thank you!
	🌍 8:59pm Bas NL: Thanks Rob! Great show!
	8:59pm coelacanth∅: Thanks Rob! be well soon!
	🌍 8:59pm slugluv1313: another incredible show, Rob -- thanks so much!
	🌍 9:00pm john_zilla: thank you Rob!
	🌍 9:00pm Ken From Hyde Park: Thanks, Rob!
	9:00pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ~ TY Always DJ RobW ~
	1:18am Devkawn: William S Boroughs hate. Bras today I learned
	1:27am Devlawn: i hope I'm not disturbing the folks camping on the beach near my grandma shack. Listening on the deck.
	1:35am Devlawn: It started to rain. Elvis Perkins. Father died of AIDS and mother died on 911

Transpacific Sound Paradise with Rob Weisberg: Playlist from July 29, 2023

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