WFMU: Transpacific Sound Paradise with Rob Weisberg: Playlist from June 22, 2024

Transpacific Sound Paradise with Rob Weisberg: Playlist from June 22, 2024

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June 22, 2024: Return to Forever

TICKET GIVEAWAY: We have several pairs of tickets to see Combo Daguerre and Glockabelle at the The Sultan Room, 234 Starr Street in Brooklyn Saturday night June 29. To enter the drawing for the tickets, send an email here with TIX in the subject line, and I'll let you know by tomorrow if you're a winner.

Combo Daguerre, based in Brooklyn, performs original psychedelic chanson with a mostly Latin crew and a a hybrid style informed by boleros, cumbia, 60's rock, French chanson and 1930s surrealism. It is music filled with joy and darkness, deep grooves and dirges, nostalgia and futurism...
With Olivier Conan (Chicha Libre) - cuatro, vocals; Adele Fournet - keyboards and Felipe Wurst - guitar (Banda Chuska/Tipa Tipo); Andres Fonseca - drums; Neil Ochoa (Los Crema Paraiso, Chicha Libre) - percussion and Dan Martinez - bass.

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Combo Daguerre

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Comments	New	Approx. start time
Aquarium	Zoom Zoom Zoom "Zoom Zoom Zoom" by "Aquarium"	Zoom Zoom Zoom					0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Dario Muci	A li furisi "A li furisi" by "Dario Muci"	Talassa			Dario Muci, a cantastorie (singing storyteller) who sings about his land and its contradictions, becomes like a megaphone amplifying true stories about the sea and land, the Salento area and migrants, about work and exploitation, and pain and, always and in any case, about love. - bandcamp	*	0:07:21 (Pop-up)
Albaluna	Mercador de Ilusão "Mercador de Ilusão" by "Albaluna"	Ennead			Albaluna is a six-piece band from Portugal that blends ancient and modern instruments from various cultures, creating a unique and energetic sound. - home page	*	0:12:37 (Pop-up)
Warsaw Village Band	W Boru Kalinka (Dj Click Mix)	Wymixowanie			Polish roots revival band's remix album.		0:17:32 (Pop-up)
DJ Click & Christine Salem	Mama Weli - Orly Mix	Mon Resi					0:22:31 (Pop-up)
The Zawose Queens	Mapendo "Mapendo" by "The Zawose Queens"	Maisha	Real World		Pendo and Leah Zawose showcase the fluid polyrhythms and rapturous polyphonic singing of the Gogo (aka Wagogo) people of the arid, hilly Dodoma region of central Tanzania. The most famous exponent of this musical tradition is the late, great Dr Hukwe Zawose (Pendo’s father and Leah’s grandfather).	*	0:30:33 (Pop-up)
Hukwe Zawose	Sisitizo La Amani Duniani	Chibite	Real World				0:35:21 (Pop-up)
Momo Wandel Soumah	Konia "Konia" by "Momo Wandel Soumah"	Matchowe	Buda Musique				0:43:33 (Pop-up)
Rail Band	Jurukan "Jurukan" by "Rail Band"	Rail Band	Mississipi		New reissue	*	0:51:55 (Pop-up)
L'étrangleuse	Ornières "Ornières" by "L'étrangleuse"	Ambiance Argile			L'étrangleuse is two girls and two boys who play a form of undefined minimalist rock and four-part free song, amplifying the dialogue between a pedal harp in bird's-eye maple and a djéli n'goni in goatskin, underpinned by the archaic grooves of a rhythm section adorned with trinkets. - La Curieuse	*	1:05:01 (Pop-up)
Rəhman Məmmədli	Qoçəlı̇ "Qoçəlı̇" by "Rəhman Məmmədli"	Azerbaijani Gitara Volume 2	Bongo Joe Records		Multi-instrumentalist Rəhman Məmmədli made a name for himself in the 1970s as one of Azerbaijan’s foremost innovators on the electric guitar. Wielding a Czechoslovakian Jolana, he found then-unheard-of ways to fold and twist fuzz and reverb into lithe new shapes, bringing raw electricity practically to life and earning him an epithet translating to “the one with the singing fingers”. - Pop Matters	*	1:09:26 (Pop-up)
Omar Souleyman	Ma Andi Gherak Mahbuub	Erbil					1:14:17 (Pop-up)
Phelimuncasi & Metal Preyers	Gidigidi Kaa Makhelwane	Gidigidi Kaa Makhelwane	Nyege Nyege Tapes			*	1:20:10 (Pop-up)
Bassekou Kouyate	Batou "Batou" by "Bassekou Kouyate"	Djudjion			Djudjon, Loiseau de Garana is the first album by Bassekou and Amy, that has been produced in Mali, entirely by Malians. It was recorded by Bassekous son Madou Kouyate, on location in their village Garana, and co-produced by Bassekou and his friend Ibrahim Kaba. - Sonic Rendezvous	*	1:27:03 (Pop-up)
Farrah Kaddour	Taraddud "Taraddud" by "Farrah Kaddour"	Bada	Asad		From Lebanon.	*	1:31:50 (Pop-up)
Gidiki	Palaios Ikariotikos _ Sympethera	Perasma			Gidiki band is a musical ensemble that began playing and experimenting with greek traditional music in 2015. They performed from 2015 to 2019 at festivals and venues in Thessaloniki, before moving to Athens and taking their final form. This move likely allowed the band to expand its audience and gain broader recognition. A fundamental element of the band is the inclination for improvisation, which arises from the different musical influences of its members. - home page	*	1:37:35 (Pop-up)
Barcelona Gipsy balKan Orchestra	Tisom Tise	7	Satelite K		Barcelona Gipsy balKan Orchestra (BGKO) is a band created in 2012 in Barcelona, Spain. The band draws on many musical influences, including Klezmer music, Jazz Manouche, and Romani music. BGKO also explores the sounds of some Eastern European regions and draws inspiration from music in the regions of South America, Spain, and the Middle East. - Wiki	*	1:43:44 (Pop-up)
Combo Daguerre	Les Assassins "Les Assassins" by "Combo Daguerre"	Single	Barbès		GIG / GIVEAWAY: Saturday June 29 at the Sultan Room	*	1:48:03 (Pop-up)
Ethnospirit Duo	Paparuda "Paparuda" by "Ethnospirit Duo"	Seara Bună - Music from Moldova	Antonovka Records		Ethnospirit Duo is a musical ensemble from Moldova. It is a duet of Inna Bondari, a prominent folk singer and Alexander Samodum, a guitar player, multi instrumentalist and composer. The album "Seara Bună" ("Good Evening") is entirely dedicated to the folk music of their native Moldova. - label	*	1:52:12 (Pop-up)
Didem Bașar, I Musici de Montréal & Patrick Graham	Kervan	Continuum Percussion Quartet	Centre des musiciens du monde		Originally from Istanbul, Turkey and now established in Montreal, Canada, performing on kanun, her music is a dialogue between Middle Eastern and Western classical music. - home page	*	1:56:09 (Pop-up)
Arooj Aftab	Bolo Na (feat. Moor Mother)	Night Reign	Verve			*	2:01:26 (Pop-up)
Peni Candra Rini	Jenang Gula "Jenang Gula" by "Peni Candra Rini"	Wulansih	New Amsterdam Records		Peni Candra Rini composes and performs traditional, neotraditional, and experimental music from Java. Faculty at the Indonesian Institute of the Arts, she has received awards and support from the Aga Khan Foundation, the Asian Cultural Council (NYC), the Asia Society (NYC), the US State Department, the Fulbright Program (Washington DC), the Indonesian government, and many other programs. - home page	*	2:12:26 (Pop-up)
Vigüela	La Tía Pitita (Peretas)	We			Vigüela is a traditional folk quintet with a commitment to the rural musical traditions of central Spain. The band was established in the mid-1980s, after the Franco regime, by young people who looked to folk culture for a way to channel their creative desires while staying rooted in their local communities. - YouTube	*	2:17:45 (Pop-up)
Karmento	Fuego encendido "Fuego encendido" by "Karmento"	La Serrana	El Tragaluz		In this new work, Karmento, inspired by the women of her town (Bogarra, Albacete) and her own identity, delves into her mountain roots in an emotional and narrative journey that traverses the life and memory of her belonging.	*	2:22:18 (Pop-up)
Dobet Gnahoré	Gni "Gni" by "Dobet Gnahoré"	Zouzou	Cumbancha		GIG: Saturday June 29 at noon outdoors @ Lincoln Center Hearst Plaza	*	2:25:35 (Pop-up)
Kiki Valera	-Funfuñando "-Funfuñando" by "Kiki Valera"	Vacilon Santiaguero			Arsenio Rodriguez composition. Kiki Valera is a multi-instrumentalist, composer, arranger, sound engineer and producer, hailing from Santiago De Cuba. Best known as one of the world's greatest players of the Cuban cuatro, he is an innovator of Cuban Son from one of the style's foremost families, La Familia Valera Miranda. - home page	*	2:34:01 (Pop-up)
Grupo Polo Montañez	La Suegra "La Suegra" by "Grupo Polo Montañez"	Joyas del Guajiro			Together again, after years of separation, the original musicians of the late Polo Montañez reunite to release this beautiful album. Continuing Polo’s Cuban traditional music style, this album brings in more diversity and musical maturity. 2 unreleased by Polo songs and 12 original compositions of 6 different group members, this pearl of Cuban traditional music, reveals the quality and authenticity of Grupo Polo Montañez. - YouTube	*	2:38:54 (Pop-up)
Orquesta Akokán	Pan con Tibiri "Pan con Tibiri" by "Orquesta Akokán"	Single			GIG: Fri June 28 at the Sultan Room. Orquesta Akokán is a Latin jazz ensemble formed by musicians from Cuba and New York, United States. It takes inspiration from mid-twentieth century mambo musicians such as Perez Prado, Beny Moré, and Machito. - Wiki	*	2:44:02 (Pop-up)
Rolando La'Serie y Tito Puente	Con las glorias	Pachanga in New York	Gema	1963	El Rey de la Pachanga y el Rey de los Timbales, together on this album ; Pachanga in New York. From the time these guys blew the ceilings through the roofs in NYC. A colaboration between two titans that resulted in this dynamite recording. - Global Groovers		2:47:01 (Pop-up)
Alba Carmona	La Bruja "La Bruja" by "Alba Carmona"	Cantora			Alba Carmona is a Spanish singer and songwriter from the Barcelona area, born to parents from Malaga, in southern Spain. Her upbringing immersed her in flamenco dance and singing from an early age. - World Music Central	*	2:52:23 (Pop-up)
Claudia Meyer	La Maza "La Maza" by "Claudia Meyer"	La Negra			Mercedes Sosa tribute from French-based singer with a penchant for warm, acoustic music from South America. She once led the group Marco Polo and has worked with Jean-Félix Lalanne and opened for singers such as Maurane and Lara Fabian. - jazz.com	*	2:56:26 (Pop-up)

Listener comments!
	6:01pm john_zilla: good evening Rob and listeners!! got you on on the miraculous BQE
	6:05pm Ken From Hyde Park: Hello, Rob and world travelers!
	6:06pm chresti: Hi Rob and sound paradisians!
	6:06pm radioronan: Good evening Rob & citizens of the comment board! Thrilled to have you back for 3 hours on a Sat night and listen live!
	6:10pm luka: good evening
	6:12pm Rob W: Good evening luka, radioronan, chresti, Ken and john, and everyone.
	6:13pm A Bump in Burbank: Hot summer afternoon here in SoCal. 🌞 Loving the cool TPSP vibes.
	6:17pm chresti: ↳ A Bump in Burbank @6:13 92 in San Gabriel
	6:22pm katie: Hi everyone. Glad to be back to listening with a beer.
	6:23pm Carmichael: Heya Rob and crew. A cool 100 here in NorCal.
	6:23pm A Bump in Burbank: ↳ chresti @6:17 94° in Burbank, but a lovely Verdugo breeze on our balcony.
	6:24pm john_zilla: I saw 98F in Brooklyn city but then it was much cooler down at Coney Island. like a whole different place
	6:28pm Maulydaft: We're only 71 in Toronto, but with humidex of 84... rains and storms today.
	6:30pm Peter from Saranac Lake NY: Hello Rob and everyone. 69 here in Saranac Lake.
	6:31pm chresti: Topping out (I hope) @93.
	6:33pm chresti: ↳ chresti @6:31 AQ@ 102
	6:35pm sinner: I’m just recovering from that Dario Muci track. Bad ass and beautiful.
	6:36pm Chris in Kensington Bklyn: Greetingz, Rob and all youse!
	6:37pm Mitten John: A cloudy and relatively comfortable 82, with a dewpoint of 72, in the SE Mitten. Dewpoints have been in the high 70's to 80 this week. Sticky. Oh, welcome back, Rob!
	6:39pm Ike: Ugh, under the weather. Summer colds are the worst colds… well, maybe. Anyway, sounding good Rob, welcome back to evenings!
	6:40pm chresti: ↳ Song: "Sisitizo La Amani Duniani" by "Hukwe Zawose" Lovely!
	6:45pm HyperDose: This feels....right
	7:04pm Listener Jonny in MA............. d-_-b: Hiya Rob! Gotta tell you i love the show in the Saturday evening timespot. I am usually cooking, and it's nice to listen along.
	7:04pm Tom in Brooklyn: Hi Rob! Back in your old time slot! All right!
	7:05pm katie: ↳ Ike @6:39 Feel better. Hope the kitties treat you well.
	7:06pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Awlright ! ...RobW back ...& TPSP in this timeslot. I don't hate it...
	7:07pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ↳ Ike @6:39 <+> Feel Better Ike <+>
	7:07pm Ike: ↳ katie @7:05 Thanks! Toasty seems concerned, especially when I lie on the floor. Or maybe she’s like, hey, that’s my thing.
	7:08pm Handy Haversack: Hello, Rob and Border Smashers!
	7:09pm Rob W: Thanks Jonny, Tom, Rev, hi Handy, feel better Ike.
	7:09pm Handy Haversack: ↳ Mitten John @6:37 Driving to the Mitten tomorrow! Well, partway tomorrow. Will be smashing that particular border on US23 on Sunday afternoon.
	7:09pm katie: Summer colds remind me of the Twilight Zone episode "Midnight Sun" where a woman has a hallucinating fever that the world is getting closer to the sun but it's actually moving away. Glad Toasty is responding. I had one with me as I was reading but then a fly appeared....
	7:14pm Ken From Hyde Park: ↳ Ike @6:39 Hope you're well again soon, Ike. Can't really afford to have people home sick in this economy.
	7:15pm Mitten John: ↳ Handy Haversack @7:09 Welcome Handy!
	7:15pm katie: ↳ Handy Haversack @7:09 Where are you going in MI?
	7:15pm Handy Haversack: ↳ Ike @7:07 Feel better, Ike! All colds really feel like insult to injury after COVID.
	7:17pm Handy Haversack: ↳ katie @7:15 Sunday to Muskegon. I'll be there for a week and then up to Oceana County for a few days. My aunt's memorial. It's going to be fraught. Family stuff. K8 and I should get a few days of canoeing in before we come home, at least. I hope.
	7:19pm katie: I hope you do. Worry for the loss. You shouldn't have to drive to MI without at least a few days to enjoy a lake.
	7:20pm katie: sorry for your loss.
	7:20pm Handy Haversack: ↳ katie @7:20 Thanks, Katie. I appreciate it. Eras are ending.
	7:25pm Ike: ↳ katie @7:09 One of my mom’s favorite episodes of TZ!
	7:26pm Handy Haversack: We saw Glockabelle at the Sultan Room! I hope they allow her time to do her whole set this time around.
	7:29pm katie: ↳ Ike @7:25 wow. Terrified me as a kid.
	7:30pm slugluv1313: ↳ Song: "Ma Andi Gherak Mahbuub" by "Omar Souleyman" Omar!!! greetings, Rob! Paradisians! welcome back to Saturday evening! 😺😺 been listening -- loving your selections i hope everyone is staying cool -- it is brutal out there gotta get back to work/lurk mode -- so grateful to have TSP for company
	7:32pm Scott_Oz: G'day Rob & Trans Oceanic! 🌏🌞🍻😎🤙💨🍺
	7:32pm slugluv1313: ↳ katie @7:29 hi Katie! i hope you and kitties are staying cool! please give them cuddles for me 🐈‍⬛🖤
	7:33pm coelacanth∅: Hi Rob Welcome back to the evenings!
	7:34pm slugluv1313: ↳ Handy Haversack @7:17 hi Handy -- i am so sorry -- i hope all is not too stressful -- love and blessings to you and K8
	7:35pm slugluv1313: ↳ Ike @6:39 feel better, Ike!
	7:36pm Rob W: Hi and thanks slugluv, coelacanth∅ and Scott!
	7:37pm katie: ↳ slugluv1313 @7:32 They are doing ok. I'm sorry we just put in a new air conditioner. It's so hot they even gave up on the porch. I hope you and yours are staying cool.
	7:48pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...occurs to me that - since Continental Subway is on hiatus til August - it'll be comforting to have TPSP bringing the International Musics in the old timeslot...
	7:49pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ↳ Revolution Rabbit Nov63 @7:48 ...for familiarity's sake...
	7:50pm slugluv1313: ↳ katie @7:37 i am glad you got the AC! and i can imagine -- even in the mornings, it has been so uncomfortable -- so even the porch probably does not offer its usual coolness
	7:51pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...not the best time for fur coats...
	7:53pm Handy Haversack: ↳ slugluv1313 @7:34 Thanks, slugluv!
	7:54pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...reportedly - first Flamingo ever seen off the coast of Massachusetts recently...
	8:05pm chresti: ↳ Revolution Rabbit Nov63 @7:54 A pet? Escaped from a zoo?
	8:07pm chresti: ↳ Revolution Rabbit Nov63 @7:51 They're wearing their summer fur!
	8:08pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ↳ chresti @8:05 Okay ...I thot he was a lawn ornament. How should I know...
	8:10pm chresti: ↳ Revolution Rabbit Nov63 @8:08 Who saw it? Let's ask them.
	8:11pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...oh wait ...my Flamingo's right here ...here Pinky ...I only have ice for you...
	8:12pm chresti: AQ here just jumped to 166- there must be another fire somewhere..
	8:13pm Ken From Hyde Park: www.bostonglobe.com... 🦩
	8:14pm Chris in Kensington Bklyn: ↳ Song: "Bolo Na (feat. Moor Mother)" by "Arooj Aftab" That was awesome.
	8:20pm chresti: ↳ Ken From Hyde Park @8:13 Kens on the case! Thanks!
	8:23pm Ken From Hyde Park: ↳ chresti @8:20 Transatlantic Bird Paradise
	8:24pm chresti: ↳ Ken From Hyde Park @8:23 Riding in by hurricane!
	8:26pm chresti: They should name them Dorothy
	8:30pm Daniel from PEI.: Hey, freaks. What’s up?
	8:35pm chresti: ↳ Song: "-Funfuñando" by "Kiki Valera" On top of old smokey
	8:39pm Chris in Kensington Bklyn: ↳ Song: "Gni" by "Dobet Gnahoré" I'll be right by there on that day and at that time!
	8:39pm chresti: ↳ Daniel from PEI. @8:30 We are hunkered down next to fans and a window ac Stay cool!
	8:42pm chresti: ↳ Chris in Kensington Bklyn @8:39 Lucky!
	8:49pm Chris in Kensington Bklyn: Hot set, Rob! Damn. I should say sets, they were all great.
	8:50pm slugluv1313: ↳ Song: "La Suegra" by "Grupo Polo Montañez" exquisite -- so cool! 🇨🇺🔥
	8:51pm Peter from Saranac Lake NY: Thanks for a great show, Rob.
	8:52pm slugluv1313: ↳ Chris in Kensington Bklyn @8:39 what chresti said @8:42pm (gotta work that day)
	8:52pm slugluv1313: ↳ chresti @8:42 hi chresti!
	8:53pm Rob W: Thanks Peter.
	8:54pm chresti: Thanks, Rob, for the music and info on the playlist comments!
	8:54pm Carmichael: Thanks Rob!
	8:54pm Rob W: Thanks chresti and Carmichael!
	8:55pm chresti: ↳ slugluv1313 @8:52 hi slugluv!
	8:56pm Ken From Hyde Park: Thanks for returning to the three-hour Saturday evening time slot, Rob!
	8:56pm slugluv1313: fantastic show, Rob -- always such an incredible immersive voyage
	8:57pm Rob W: Thanks slugluv and Ken!
	8:58pm radioronan: Fantastic show, Rob..my Saturday listening eq has been reset. Stay cool out there! Cheers y'all!
	8:58pm Scott_Oz: Thanks Rob! It's good having you back in a time I can catch your great show mate! 🌏🌞🍻😎🤙💨🍺
	9:00pm Chris in Kensington Bklyn: ↳ slugluv1313 @8:52 I'll take some notes!
	9:05pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ~ TY Always DJ RobW ~
	9:09pm Handy Haversack: Thanks, Rob!
	9:20pm coelacanth∅: Thanks Rob!

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Comments	New	Approx. start time
Aquarium	Zoom Zoom Zoom "Zoom Zoom Zoom" by "Aquarium"	Zoom Zoom Zoom					0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Dario Muci	A li furisi "A li furisi" by "Dario Muci"	Talassa			Dario Muci, a cantastorie (singing storyteller) who sings about his land and its contradictions, becomes like a megaphone amplifying true stories about the sea and land, the Salento area and migrants, about work and exploitation, and pain and, always and in any case, about love. - bandcamp	*	0:07:21 (Pop-up)
Albaluna	Mercador de Ilusão "Mercador de Ilusão" by "Albaluna"	Ennead			Albaluna is a six-piece band from Portugal that blends ancient and modern instruments from various cultures, creating a unique and energetic sound. - home page	*	0:12:37 (Pop-up)
Warsaw Village Band	W Boru Kalinka (Dj Click Mix)	Wymixowanie			Polish roots revival band's remix album.		0:17:32 (Pop-up)
DJ Click & Christine Salem	Mama Weli - Orly Mix	Mon Resi					0:22:31 (Pop-up)
The Zawose Queens	Mapendo "Mapendo" by "The Zawose Queens"	Maisha	Real World		Pendo and Leah Zawose showcase the fluid polyrhythms and rapturous polyphonic singing of the Gogo (aka Wagogo) people of the arid, hilly Dodoma region of central Tanzania. The most famous exponent of this musical tradition is the late, great Dr Hukwe Zawose (Pendo’s father and Leah’s grandfather).	*	0:30:33 (Pop-up)
Hukwe Zawose	Sisitizo La Amani Duniani	Chibite	Real World				0:35:21 (Pop-up)
Momo Wandel Soumah	Konia "Konia" by "Momo Wandel Soumah"	Matchowe	Buda Musique				0:43:33 (Pop-up)
Rail Band	Jurukan "Jurukan" by "Rail Band"	Rail Band	Mississipi		New reissue	*	0:51:55 (Pop-up)
L'étrangleuse	Ornières "Ornières" by "L'étrangleuse"	Ambiance Argile			L'étrangleuse is two girls and two boys who play a form of undefined minimalist rock and four-part free song, amplifying the dialogue between a pedal harp in bird's-eye maple and a djéli n'goni in goatskin, underpinned by the archaic grooves of a rhythm section adorned with trinkets. - La Curieuse	*	1:05:01 (Pop-up)
Rəhman Məmmədli	Qoçəlı̇ "Qoçəlı̇" by "Rəhman Məmmədli"	Azerbaijani Gitara Volume 2	Bongo Joe Records		Multi-instrumentalist Rəhman Məmmədli made a name for himself in the 1970s as one of Azerbaijan’s foremost innovators on the electric guitar. Wielding a Czechoslovakian Jolana, he found then-unheard-of ways to fold and twist fuzz and reverb into lithe new shapes, bringing raw electricity practically to life and earning him an epithet translating to “the one with the singing fingers”. - Pop Matters	*	1:09:26 (Pop-up)
Omar Souleyman	Ma Andi Gherak Mahbuub	Erbil					1:14:17 (Pop-up)
Phelimuncasi & Metal Preyers	Gidigidi Kaa Makhelwane	Gidigidi Kaa Makhelwane	Nyege Nyege Tapes			*	1:20:10 (Pop-up)
Bassekou Kouyate	Batou "Batou" by "Bassekou Kouyate"	Djudjion			Djudjon, Loiseau de Garana is the first album by Bassekou and Amy, that has been produced in Mali, entirely by Malians. It was recorded by Bassekous son Madou Kouyate, on location in their village Garana, and co-produced by Bassekou and his friend Ibrahim Kaba. - Sonic Rendezvous	*	1:27:03 (Pop-up)
Farrah Kaddour	Taraddud "Taraddud" by "Farrah Kaddour"	Bada	Asad		From Lebanon.	*	1:31:50 (Pop-up)
Gidiki	Palaios Ikariotikos _ Sympethera	Perasma			Gidiki band is a musical ensemble that began playing and experimenting with greek traditional music in 2015. They performed from 2015 to 2019 at festivals and venues in Thessaloniki, before moving to Athens and taking their final form. This move likely allowed the band to expand its audience and gain broader recognition. A fundamental element of the band is the inclination for improvisation, which arises from the different musical influences of its members. - home page	*	1:37:35 (Pop-up)
Barcelona Gipsy balKan Orchestra	Tisom Tise	7	Satelite K		Barcelona Gipsy balKan Orchestra (BGKO) is a band created in 2012 in Barcelona, Spain. The band draws on many musical influences, including Klezmer music, Jazz Manouche, and Romani music. BGKO also explores the sounds of some Eastern European regions and draws inspiration from music in the regions of South America, Spain, and the Middle East. - Wiki	*	1:43:44 (Pop-up)
Combo Daguerre	Les Assassins "Les Assassins" by "Combo Daguerre"	Single	Barbès		GIG / GIVEAWAY: Saturday June 29 at the Sultan Room	*	1:48:03 (Pop-up)
Ethnospirit Duo	Paparuda "Paparuda" by "Ethnospirit Duo"	Seara Bună - Music from Moldova	Antonovka Records		Ethnospirit Duo is a musical ensemble from Moldova. It is a duet of Inna Bondari, a prominent folk singer and Alexander Samodum, a guitar player, multi instrumentalist and composer. The album "Seara Bună" ("Good Evening") is entirely dedicated to the folk music of their native Moldova. - label	*	1:52:12 (Pop-up)
Didem Bașar, I Musici de Montréal & Patrick Graham	Kervan	Continuum Percussion Quartet	Centre des musiciens du monde		Originally from Istanbul, Turkey and now established in Montreal, Canada, performing on kanun, her music is a dialogue between Middle Eastern and Western classical music. - home page	*	1:56:09 (Pop-up)
Arooj Aftab	Bolo Na (feat. Moor Mother)	Night Reign	Verve			*	2:01:26 (Pop-up)
Peni Candra Rini	Jenang Gula "Jenang Gula" by "Peni Candra Rini"	Wulansih	New Amsterdam Records		Peni Candra Rini composes and performs traditional, neotraditional, and experimental music from Java. Faculty at the Indonesian Institute of the Arts, she has received awards and support from the Aga Khan Foundation, the Asian Cultural Council (NYC), the Asia Society (NYC), the US State Department, the Fulbright Program (Washington DC), the Indonesian government, and many other programs. - home page	*	2:12:26 (Pop-up)
Vigüela	La Tía Pitita (Peretas)	We			Vigüela is a traditional folk quintet with a commitment to the rural musical traditions of central Spain. The band was established in the mid-1980s, after the Franco regime, by young people who looked to folk culture for a way to channel their creative desires while staying rooted in their local communities. - YouTube	*	2:17:45 (Pop-up)
Karmento	Fuego encendido "Fuego encendido" by "Karmento"	La Serrana	El Tragaluz		In this new work, Karmento, inspired by the women of her town (Bogarra, Albacete) and her own identity, delves into her mountain roots in an emotional and narrative journey that traverses the life and memory of her belonging.	*	2:22:18 (Pop-up)
Dobet Gnahoré	Gni "Gni" by "Dobet Gnahoré"	Zouzou	Cumbancha		GIG: Saturday June 29 at noon outdoors @ Lincoln Center Hearst Plaza	*	2:25:35 (Pop-up)
Kiki Valera	-Funfuñando "-Funfuñando" by "Kiki Valera"	Vacilon Santiaguero			Arsenio Rodriguez composition. Kiki Valera is a multi-instrumentalist, composer, arranger, sound engineer and producer, hailing from Santiago De Cuba. Best known as one of the world's greatest players of the Cuban cuatro, he is an innovator of Cuban Son from one of the style's foremost families, La Familia Valera Miranda. - home page	*	2:34:01 (Pop-up)
Grupo Polo Montañez	La Suegra "La Suegra" by "Grupo Polo Montañez"	Joyas del Guajiro			Together again, after years of separation, the original musicians of the late Polo Montañez reunite to release this beautiful album. Continuing Polo’s Cuban traditional music style, this album brings in more diversity and musical maturity. 2 unreleased by Polo songs and 12 original compositions of 6 different group members, this pearl of Cuban traditional music, reveals the quality and authenticity of Grupo Polo Montañez. - YouTube	*	2:38:54 (Pop-up)
Orquesta Akokán	Pan con Tibiri "Pan con Tibiri" by "Orquesta Akokán"	Single			GIG: Fri June 28 at the Sultan Room. Orquesta Akokán is a Latin jazz ensemble formed by musicians from Cuba and New York, United States. It takes inspiration from mid-twentieth century mambo musicians such as Perez Prado, Beny Moré, and Machito. - Wiki	*	2:44:02 (Pop-up)
Rolando La'Serie y Tito Puente	Con las glorias	Pachanga in New York	Gema	1963	El Rey de la Pachanga y el Rey de los Timbales, together on this album ; Pachanga in New York. From the time these guys blew the ceilings through the roofs in NYC. A colaboration between two titans that resulted in this dynamite recording. - Global Groovers		2:47:01 (Pop-up)
Alba Carmona	La Bruja "La Bruja" by "Alba Carmona"	Cantora			Alba Carmona is a Spanish singer and songwriter from the Barcelona area, born to parents from Malaga, in southern Spain. Her upbringing immersed her in flamenco dance and singing from an early age. - World Music Central	*	2:52:23 (Pop-up)
Claudia Meyer	La Maza "La Maza" by "Claudia Meyer"	La Negra			Mercedes Sosa tribute from French-based singer with a penchant for warm, acoustic music from South America. She once led the group Marco Polo and has worked with Jean-Félix Lalanne and opened for singers such as Maurane and Lara Fabian. - jazz.com	*	2:56:26 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	6:01pm john_zilla: good evening Rob and listeners!! got you on on the miraculous BQE
	6:05pm Ken From Hyde Park: Hello, Rob and world travelers!
	6:06pm chresti: Hi Rob and sound paradisians!
	6:06pm radioronan: Good evening Rob & citizens of the comment board! Thrilled to have you back for 3 hours on a Sat night and listen live!
	6:10pm luka: good evening
	6:12pm Rob W: Good evening luka, radioronan, chresti, Ken and john, and everyone.
	6:13pm A Bump in Burbank: Hot summer afternoon here in SoCal. 🌞 Loving the cool TPSP vibes.
	6:17pm chresti: ↳ A Bump in Burbank @6:13 92 in San Gabriel
	6:22pm katie: Hi everyone. Glad to be back to listening with a beer.
	6:23pm Carmichael: Heya Rob and crew. A cool 100 here in NorCal.
	6:23pm A Bump in Burbank: ↳ chresti @6:17 94° in Burbank, but a lovely Verdugo breeze on our balcony.
	6:24pm john_zilla: I saw 98F in Brooklyn city but then it was much cooler down at Coney Island. like a whole different place
	6:28pm Maulydaft: We're only 71 in Toronto, but with humidex of 84... rains and storms today.
	6:30pm Peter from Saranac Lake NY: Hello Rob and everyone. 69 here in Saranac Lake.
	6:31pm chresti: Topping out (I hope) @93.
	6:33pm chresti: ↳ chresti @6:31 AQ@ 102
	6:35pm sinner: I’m just recovering from that Dario Muci track. Bad ass and beautiful.
	6:36pm Chris in Kensington Bklyn: Greetingz, Rob and all youse!
	6:37pm Mitten John: A cloudy and relatively comfortable 82, with a dewpoint of 72, in the SE Mitten. Dewpoints have been in the high 70's to 80 this week. Sticky. Oh, welcome back, Rob!
	6:39pm Ike: Ugh, under the weather. Summer colds are the worst colds… well, maybe. Anyway, sounding good Rob, welcome back to evenings!
	6:40pm chresti: ↳ Song: "Sisitizo La Amani Duniani" by "Hukwe Zawose" Lovely!
	6:45pm HyperDose: This feels....right
	7:04pm Listener Jonny in MA............. d-_-b: Hiya Rob! Gotta tell you i love the show in the Saturday evening timespot. I am usually cooking, and it's nice to listen along.
	7:04pm Tom in Brooklyn: Hi Rob! Back in your old time slot! All right!
	7:05pm katie: ↳ Ike @6:39 Feel better. Hope the kitties treat you well.
	7:06pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Awlright ! ...RobW back ...& TPSP in this timeslot. I don't hate it...
	7:07pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ↳ Ike @6:39 <+> Feel Better Ike <+>
	7:07pm Ike: ↳ katie @7:05 Thanks! Toasty seems concerned, especially when I lie on the floor. Or maybe she’s like, hey, that’s my thing.
	7:08pm Handy Haversack: Hello, Rob and Border Smashers!
	7:09pm Rob W: Thanks Jonny, Tom, Rev, hi Handy, feel better Ike.
	7:09pm Handy Haversack: ↳ Mitten John @6:37 Driving to the Mitten tomorrow! Well, partway tomorrow. Will be smashing that particular border on US23 on Sunday afternoon.
	7:09pm katie: Summer colds remind me of the Twilight Zone episode "Midnight Sun" where a woman has a hallucinating fever that the world is getting closer to the sun but it's actually moving away. Glad Toasty is responding. I had one with me as I was reading but then a fly appeared....
	7:14pm Ken From Hyde Park: ↳ Ike @6:39 Hope you're well again soon, Ike. Can't really afford to have people home sick in this economy.
	7:15pm Mitten John: ↳ Handy Haversack @7:09 Welcome Handy!
	7:15pm katie: ↳ Handy Haversack @7:09 Where are you going in MI?
	7:15pm Handy Haversack: ↳ Ike @7:07 Feel better, Ike! All colds really feel like insult to injury after COVID.
	7:17pm Handy Haversack: ↳ katie @7:15 Sunday to Muskegon. I'll be there for a week and then up to Oceana County for a few days. My aunt's memorial. It's going to be fraught. Family stuff. K8 and I should get a few days of canoeing in before we come home, at least. I hope.
	7:19pm katie: I hope you do. Worry for the loss. You shouldn't have to drive to MI without at least a few days to enjoy a lake.
	7:20pm katie: sorry for your loss.
	7:20pm Handy Haversack: ↳ katie @7:20 Thanks, Katie. I appreciate it. Eras are ending.
	7:25pm Ike: ↳ katie @7:09 One of my mom’s favorite episodes of TZ!
	7:26pm Handy Haversack: We saw Glockabelle at the Sultan Room! I hope they allow her time to do her whole set this time around.
	7:29pm katie: ↳ Ike @7:25 wow. Terrified me as a kid.
	7:30pm slugluv1313: ↳ Song: "Ma Andi Gherak Mahbuub" by "Omar Souleyman" Omar!!! greetings, Rob! Paradisians! welcome back to Saturday evening! 😺😺 been listening -- loving your selections i hope everyone is staying cool -- it is brutal out there gotta get back to work/lurk mode -- so grateful to have TSP for company
	7:32pm Scott_Oz: G'day Rob & Trans Oceanic! 🌏🌞🍻😎🤙💨🍺
	7:32pm slugluv1313: ↳ katie @7:29 hi Katie! i hope you and kitties are staying cool! please give them cuddles for me 🐈‍⬛🖤
	7:33pm coelacanth∅: Hi Rob Welcome back to the evenings!
	7:34pm slugluv1313: ↳ Handy Haversack @7:17 hi Handy -- i am so sorry -- i hope all is not too stressful -- love and blessings to you and K8
	7:35pm slugluv1313: ↳ Ike @6:39 feel better, Ike!
	7:36pm Rob W: Hi and thanks slugluv, coelacanth∅ and Scott!
	7:37pm katie: ↳ slugluv1313 @7:32 They are doing ok. I'm sorry we just put in a new air conditioner. It's so hot they even gave up on the porch. I hope you and yours are staying cool.
	7:48pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...occurs to me that - since Continental Subway is on hiatus til August - it'll be comforting to have TPSP bringing the International Musics in the old timeslot...
	7:49pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ↳ Revolution Rabbit Nov63 @7:48 ...for familiarity's sake...
	7:50pm slugluv1313: ↳ katie @7:37 i am glad you got the AC! and i can imagine -- even in the mornings, it has been so uncomfortable -- so even the porch probably does not offer its usual coolness
	7:51pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...not the best time for fur coats...
	7:53pm Handy Haversack: ↳ slugluv1313 @7:34 Thanks, slugluv!
	7:54pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...reportedly - first Flamingo ever seen off the coast of Massachusetts recently...
	8:05pm chresti: ↳ Revolution Rabbit Nov63 @7:54 A pet? Escaped from a zoo?
	8:07pm chresti: ↳ Revolution Rabbit Nov63 @7:51 They're wearing their summer fur!
	8:08pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ↳ chresti @8:05 Okay ...I thot he was a lawn ornament. How should I know...
	8:10pm chresti: ↳ Revolution Rabbit Nov63 @8:08 Who saw it? Let's ask them.
	8:11pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...oh wait ...my Flamingo's right here ...here Pinky ...I only have ice for you...
	8:12pm chresti: AQ here just jumped to 166- there must be another fire somewhere..
	8:13pm Ken From Hyde Park: www.bostonglobe.com... 🦩
	8:14pm Chris in Kensington Bklyn: ↳ Song: "Bolo Na (feat. Moor Mother)" by "Arooj Aftab" That was awesome.
	8:20pm chresti: ↳ Ken From Hyde Park @8:13 Kens on the case! Thanks!
	8:23pm Ken From Hyde Park: ↳ chresti @8:20 Transatlantic Bird Paradise
	8:24pm chresti: ↳ Ken From Hyde Park @8:23 Riding in by hurricane!
	8:26pm chresti: They should name them Dorothy
	8:30pm Daniel from PEI.: Hey, freaks. What’s up?
	8:35pm chresti: ↳ Song: "-Funfuñando" by "Kiki Valera" On top of old smokey
	8:39pm Chris in Kensington Bklyn: ↳ Song: "Gni" by "Dobet Gnahoré" I'll be right by there on that day and at that time!
	8:39pm chresti: ↳ Daniel from PEI. @8:30 We are hunkered down next to fans and a window ac Stay cool!
	8:42pm chresti: ↳ Chris in Kensington Bklyn @8:39 Lucky!
	8:49pm Chris in Kensington Bklyn: Hot set, Rob! Damn. I should say sets, they were all great.
	8:50pm slugluv1313: ↳ Song: "La Suegra" by "Grupo Polo Montañez" exquisite -- so cool! 🇨🇺🔥
	8:51pm Peter from Saranac Lake NY: Thanks for a great show, Rob.
	8:52pm slugluv1313: ↳ Chris in Kensington Bklyn @8:39 what chresti said @8:42pm (gotta work that day)
	8:52pm slugluv1313: ↳ chresti @8:42 hi chresti!
	8:53pm Rob W: Thanks Peter.
	8:54pm chresti: Thanks, Rob, for the music and info on the playlist comments!
	8:54pm Carmichael: Thanks Rob!
	8:54pm Rob W: Thanks chresti and Carmichael!
	8:55pm chresti: ↳ slugluv1313 @8:52 hi slugluv!
	8:56pm Ken From Hyde Park: Thanks for returning to the three-hour Saturday evening time slot, Rob!
	8:56pm slugluv1313: fantastic show, Rob -- always such an incredible immersive voyage
	8:57pm Rob W: Thanks slugluv and Ken!
	8:58pm radioronan: Fantastic show, Rob..my Saturday listening eq has been reset. Stay cool out there! Cheers y'all!
	8:58pm Scott_Oz: Thanks Rob! It's good having you back in a time I can catch your great show mate! 🌏🌞🍻😎🤙💨🍺
	9:00pm Chris in Kensington Bklyn: ↳ slugluv1313 @8:52 I'll take some notes!
	9:05pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ~ TY Always DJ RobW ~
	9:09pm Handy Haversack: Thanks, Rob!
	9:20pm coelacanth∅: Thanks Rob!

Transpacific Sound Paradise with Rob Weisberg: Playlist from June 22, 2024

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