Transpacific Sound Paradise with Rob Weisberg: Playlist from July 20, 2024

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Format	Comments	Images	New	Approx. start time
Whoo	The Forgotten Song   → "The Forgotten Song" by "Whoo"	Sing to Me, Robotto San 2024 Garbage Time Marathon Premium						*
Filippo Gambetta	Gnicche Gnicche   → "Gnicche Gnicche" by "Filippo Gambetta"	Stria	Dunya
Nistanimera	Chore   → "Chore" by "Nistanimera"	Chore!
Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino	Orfeo   → "Orfeo" by "Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino"	Meridiana	Ponderosa			Formed by writer Rina Durante in 1975, Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino is regarded as Italy’s leading and longest-standing traditional music ensemble, hailing from the Salento, the heel of the Italian boot, in Puglia. - vimeo
Riccardo Tesi	Tarantella rouge & noir Featuring Silvano Lobina   → "Tarantella rouge & noir Featuring Silvano Lobina"...	Banditaliana				Riccardo Tesi is an Italian musician. He specializes in folk music. His instrument is the diatonic accordion or melodeon. He has founded or recorded with a number of groups, including Banditaliana and Ritmia. - wiki
Assurd	Tarantella oi Mamma ca mo' ve   → "Tarantella oi Mamma ca mo' ve" by "Assurd"	'O 'Mbruoglio				Assurd is a musical project that has been taking to the streets and stages all over the world the folk traditions of Southern Italy since 1991. Among the founders of the group there are Cristina Vetrone and Lorella Monti who, in close contact with the old traditional singers and studying the most important texts and archives, put together a wide and varied repertoire. - YouTube		*
Cheikh Efrita	Chergui Gdha Bezzine (Saliha)   → "Chergui Gdha Bezzine (Saliha)" by "Cheikh Efrita"	Cheikh Efrita	Monograph			Ala Bab Darek (Louisa Tounsia) Cheikh Efrita reinvents a century-old Tunisian musical repertoire, projecting it into the present through a stylistic palette ranging from Footwork to Hyperpop, Breakbeat, IDM and Post-Club. His compositions are based on Tunisian archive music from the 1920s-1950s. - bandcamp		*
BandAdriatica	Lake Populake   → "Lake Populake" by "BandAdriatica"	Various Artists: Bande Italienne	Network			Transported by the swirling winds that illuminate the coasts of the eastern sea, the BandAdriatica rages on the agitated waves of Salento music with elements of all the Mediterranean sonic coasts as a complex “Babylon”, where the languages begin to harmonize on the popular melodies in the mestizo fervour of the harbours. - home page
Fanfara Station	Nagran   → "Nagran" by "Fanfara Station"	Boussadia				Fanfara Station is a trance-inducing celebration with a brass band, an entire North African rhythm section and pumping electro dance beats - all created by just three musicians, thanks to some skillful use of loop stations and live overdubbing of an arsenal of instruments. - avokado artists
Lemon Bucket Orkestra	Khaiterma   → "Khaiterma" by "Lemon Bucket Orkestra"	Cuckoo				Lemon Bucket Orkestra are Toronto's original Slavic-Balkan-Klezmer-Party-Punks. The multi-award-winning ensemble has been heralded as a groundbreaking, genre-bending phenomenon by media and fans alike, and over the past 13 years they have performed all over the world. - home page		*
Hajda Banda	Jabloczko   → "Jabloczko" by "Hajda Banda"	Hajda!	Karrot Kommando			Hajda Banda / Гайда Банда is a Belarusian-Polish band performing traditional dances and songs from eastern Poland’s Podlasie region, the western parts of Belarus, and Polesye on the Polish-Ukrainian-Belarusian border. - YouTube		*
Vaska Ilieva	Zaplakalo E Mariovo   → "Zaplakalo E Mariovo" by "Vaska Ilieva"	Macedonian Folclore Classics				Vaska Ilieva was known as the "Queen" of traditional Macedonian music and sang over 800 songs. - visit macedonia
Wowakin	Topolina   → "Topolina" by "Wowakin"	Latem	Baba Studio			The trio WoWaKin was founded in 2016. They bring together their varied backgrounds in classical, jazz and contemporary music to explore the roots of Polish village dance music. - YouTube		*
Hamid El Kasri & Issam Issam	Bania   → "Bania" by "Hamid El Kasri & Issam Issam"	Saha Koyo	SACAV - Societe Artistique et Culturelle Audio Visuelle, Rabat			Hamid El Kasri is a renowned Moroccan musician known for his mastery of the Gnawa music genre. Born in the city of Ksar El Kebir in Morocco, Hamid El Kasri grew up in a family of musicians and started playing music at a young age. He later became a disciple of the famous Gnawa master, Sidi Mimoun El Oujdi, and honed his skills in playing the guembri, a three-stringed bass instrument used in Gnawa music. - African Music Library
Simo Lagnawi, the Gnawa Caravan	Bambraka   → "Bambraka" by "Simo Lagnawi, the Gnawa Caravan"	Salt				Since moving to London in 2008, Lagnawi has established himself as the UK’s leading Guembri player, and has sought to spread Gnawa music throughout the culture in a variety of ways. Whether through crossover groups such as Electric Jalaba and the Gnawa Blues All-Stars, or through hosting traditional ceremonial evenings – known as Lilas – the intention is always to bring the same healing energy through to the fore in each new creation. - the nest collective
Maâlem Mokhtar Gania, Bill Laswell and many others	Sheikh Moulay Ahmed   → "Sheikh Moulay Ahmed" by "Maâlem Mokhtar Gania, B...	TAGNAWWIT - Holy Black Gnawa Trance	M.O.D. Technologies			Personnel: Maâlem Mokhtar Gania: lead vocals, guinbri (hajjuj), backing vocals, qaraqab, handclaps; Si Mohamed Outanine: backing vocals, qaraqab, handclaps; Hicham Ait Salah: backing vocals, qaraqab; Youssouf Outanine: backing vocals; Khairdi Qaid: backing vocals; Graham Haynes: cornet; Peter Apfelbaum: tenor saxophone & flute; Jill Ryan: alto saxophone; Dominic James: guitar; Robert Burger: keyboards; Bill Laswell: bass; Chad Smith: drums (Sidi Fkih Shamharouch & Oulad Khalifa Maneen Shesh); Guy Licata: drums; Adam Rudolph: percussion; Aiyb Dieng: percussion.
Arooj Aftab	Raat Ki Rani   → "Raat Ki Rani" by "Arooj Aftab"	Night Reign	Verve			GIG: Central Park Summerstage on Wed. w/ Sid Sriram and Emil.The singer and composer’s wondrous fourth album deepens the sound of her boundless folk-jazz style. Its gestures are bold, romantic, and often unforgettable. - Pitchfork		*
Kamini Natarajan	Ranaji   → "Ranaji" by "Kamini Natarajan"	Meera				Kamini's musical journey started in central India with her mother Uma Natarajan. She started learning the intricacies and nuances of Indian Classical Music when she was six years old. She would spend hours coming up with various improvisations at different time signatures. - home page		*
Jyotsna Srikanth	Jagadhodhaarana   → "Jagadhodhaarana" by "Jyotsna Srikanth"	Carnatic Nomad - South Indian Carnatic Music on violin	Arc Music			Jyotsna Srikanth MBE is an Indian-British violinist and composer, performing Carnatic music and Western classical music. Early life. Srikanth was born into an Andhra musical family in Bangalore, India. Her mother, Ratna Srikantaiah, is a Carnatic musician and teacher. - wiki		*
Malcolm Jiyane Tree-O	Peter's Torch   → "Peter's Torch" by "Malcolm Jiyane Tree-O"	True Story				The South African trombonist and composer tells a narrative in which each song stands sonically alone but is still representative of a cohesive whole. - bandcamp		*
Bongos Ikwue & The Groovies	Otachikpopo   → "Otachikpopo" by "Bongos Ikwue & The Groovies"	Various Artists: Nigeria Afrobeat Special - The New Explosive Sound in 1970's Nigeria	Soundway			Nigerian band founded by Bongos Ikwue in 1967. The Groovies band, which became extremely popular in the 1970's through to the 80's. - Discogs
Newen Afrobeat	Mare Mare (feat. Dele Sosimi)   → "Mare Mare (feat. Dele Sosimi)" by "Newen Afrobeat"	Grietas	Lichens Family			Newen Afrobeat is an Afrobeat band that started in 2009 in Chile. Newen Afrobeat revisits Fela Kuti's musical heritage. The word Newén means 'strength' in the Mapuche language. - wiki		*
Ikebe Shakedown	Penny the Snitch   → "Penny the Snitch" by "Ikebe Shakedown"	The Way Home
Son Palenque	Cumbia Africana   → "Cumbia Africana" by "Son Palenque"	Son Palenque: Afro-Colombian Sound Modernizers
Banda Cuisillos Musical	Cumbia 1, 2, 3   → "Cumbia 1, 2, 3" by "Banda Cuisillos Musical"	Para Siempre				Boasting some 20 members, western Mexico's Banda Cuisillos has been delivering their melodic cumbias, charangas, and romantic baladas in Native American garb since teenage clarinetist Arturo Macías formed the collective in 1987. - Apple music
Pascuala Ilabaca Y Fauna	Te traigo flores   → "Te traigo flores" by "Pascuala Ilabaca Y Fauna"	El mito de la pérgola				From Chile. GIG: Tues night @ Joe's Pub. The myth of the Pergola is the 6th album of Pascuala Ilabaca, the album is inspired by the rhythms that have been born in the street or popular contexts (pergolas, squares, tents, markets, etc.) where the collective and public spaces have complied a fundamental role in the creation and development of these musical genres; the milonga (Argentina / Uruguay), the son jarocho and mariachi (Mexico), the fanfare (Ibero-America in general), the rumba (Cuba), the Andean carnival (Chile / Bolivia / Peru), the ¨Puja¨ ceremony (India), the Tuaregs (Sahara), the barrel organ and the Chinchin (Chile). - liner notes
Marsada	Silambiak Ni Pinasa   → "Silambiak Ni Pinasa" by "Marsada"	Pulo Samosir	Dug Up Music			Samosir Island, Sumatra, Indonesia, Batak music Pulo Samosir, the name of Marsada's island home, 'Samosir Island', is a comprehensive showcase of Marsada's Batak music - both the ceremonial instrumental pieces (uning-uningan) and Batak folk. Marsada's unique contemporary arrangements sensitively mix traditional instruments, such as the hasapi (2-stringed plucked lute), garantung (wooden xylophone), sulim (bamboo flute) and taganing (set of 5 pitched drums) with acoustic guitars, often overlaid with close harmony vocals. - WOMEX
Rusan Filiztek	Exils   → "Exils" by "Rusan Filiztek"	Exils	Accords Croises			Rusan Filiztek is Kurdish from Diyarbakir but that is not enough to qualify him as an artist. For many years, he has forged many precious friendships with Turkish, Armenian and Greek musicians who have enabled him to enrich his repertoire - label		*
Gidiki	Thodora   → "Thodora" by "Gidiki"	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. - home page		*
Ethnospirit Duo	Hora   → "Hora" by "Ethnospirit Duo"	Seara Bun​ă​- 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. Together they have been collecting and performing music of different traditions from all over the world, - bandcamp
Bipolar Bows	Hilbilsko Horo   → "Hilbilsko Horo" by "Bipolar Bows"	Little Bundles of joy	homerecords.be			The international string duo Bipolar Bows was born in 2016 in Slovenia from a study project that brought French cellist Toby Kuhn and Belgian violinist Lotte Remmen together to explore styles, traditions and techniques that they weren't used to. - home page		*