TSP Saturday May 6, 2017 / Mokoomba - Electrifying New Sounds from Zimbabwe

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Transpacific Sound Paradise
Saturday, May 6, 2017
Mokoomba - Electrifying New Sounds from Zimbabwe

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Mokoomba is an ebulliant young band from Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe making a big splash on the international scene with an electrifying blend of Afro-rock, traditional sounds and lots more.

They're on the road now in support of an excellent new album, Luyando (Out | here Records).

Mokoomba's US tour includes a stop at The Falcon up in Marlboro NY on Wednesday night May 17th. After hitting a few more clubs and festivals stateside including the The LEAF Festival in Black Mountain, North Carolina and the Joshua Tree Music Festival in California later this month, they'll be storming the vaunted European summer festival circuit.

But first - with huge thanks to our illustrious engineers Manny Yupa and Bobby Shock (of Crust!) plus Alison Loerke of ALIA Productions and Tom Pryor - we're thrilled to bring Mokoomba to the Garden State airwaves for tonight's live WFMU session!

Top photo c/o Out | here Records. Bottom photo by Strange Milena, SOFAM, Belgium.

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TICKET GIVEAWAY TONIGHT to see sitar great SHUJAAT KHAN!

We have one pair of tickets available to see Indian sitar virtuoso Shujaat Khan in a concert presented by the World Music Institute (WMI) at the Miller Theatre, 2960 Broadway at 116th Street, Manhattan, 2960 Broadway at W116th Street in Manhattan, this Friday night, May 12th at 7:30.
Concert info c/o WMI here.

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To get in the running for a pair of tickets: Email me, Rob W, here, and please put the word "TIX" in the subject line. The deadline to enter is tonight at midnight. Winner will be notified by Monday. Thanks and good luck!

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Background (from the WMI event page):
Shujaat Khan is a sitar virtuoso whose musical pedigree extends seven generations. He is the son and disciple of the great sitarist Ustad Vilayat Khan, nephew of Imrat Khan, and a member of one of the oldest and most prestigious musical families and schools of India – the Imdadkhani Gharana of Etawah. Khan was the featured artist at musical concerts celebrating India’s 50th anniversary of independence at Carnegie Hall, Paramount Theatre in Seattle, and Meyers Symphony Theater in Dallas. The Rain, an album featuring Shujaat Khan and the Indo-Persian Ghazal ensemble, was nominated for a Grammy Award for “Best Traditional World Music Album”. For this concert, he will be joined by Samir Chatterjee on tabla.

More on Shujaat Khan at http://www.shujaatkhan.com

More info on the World Music Institute’s excellent ongoing series of international concerts around NYC at http://worldmusicinstitute.org.

Miller Theatre info: http://www.millertheatre.com/

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This Week's Playlist:

(* = new)

mogollar: Hicaz Mandira / Moğollar / Pharaway Sounds / * (0:00:00 Pop-up)
New reissue

Yiannis Tatassopoulous: Bouzoukee Cha Cha / Songs and Solos of Bouzoukee (0:04:39 Pop-up)

Celso Pina and Bacilos: Besela Ya (0:07:35 Pop-up)

Juan Jose Meza: Un Rayo de Luz / Various Artists: Beginner's Guide to Cumbia / Nascente (0:10:42 Pop-up)

Ondatrópica: Soy Campesino / Baile Bucanero / Soundway Records / * (0:14:38 Pop-up)

Andres Landero: Las Mellas / Yo Amanecí / VampiSoul / * (0:18:42 Pop-up)
New anthology

Orkesta Mendoza: Mapache / ¡Vamos A Guarachar! / Glitterbeat / * (0:24:48 Pop-up)

Señor Coconut and Kocani Orkestar: Usti Usti Baba (0:31:05 Pop-up)

Tactical Groove Orbit: Bomba Cumbia Social Club / Bass Excurtion (0:31:17 Pop-up)

Smockey: On Se Developpe / Pre'volution - Le Président, Ma Moto Et Moi / Out | here records / * (0:36:40 Pop-up)

Boniface Koufoudila: Ntango N'Abali / Various Artists: The World Is Shaking: Cubanismo From The Congo 1954-55 / Honest Jons (0:39:01 Pop-up)

Idrissa Diop: Yaye Boye / Various Artists: Golden Afrique Volume 1 (0:45:42 Pop-up)

Willie Colon y Hector Lavoe: Juana Pena / Hector Lavoe - Anthology / Fania (0:46:22 Pop-up)

Dona Onete: Danzeiro / Banzeiro / Mais Um Discos / * (0:54:17 Pop-up)

Mokoomba: Mokole / Luyando / Out | here records / * (1:03:32 Pop-up)

Mokoomba: Kumukanda (Live on WFMU) (1:10:12 Pop-up)

Mokoomba: Nyansola (Live on WFMU) (1:23:22 Pop-up)

Mokoomba: Munaye (Live on WFMU) (1:33:11 Pop-up)

Mokoomba: Kulindiswe (Live on WFMU) (1:41:05 Pop-up)

Mokoomba: Makishi (Live on WFMU) (1:48:07 Pop-up)

Mokoomba: Muzwile / Luyando / Out | here records / * (1:53:20 Pop-up)

Mokoomba: Kambowa / Luyando / Out | here records / * (2:01:16 Pop-up)

Breizh-Amerika Collective: Naubareibuga / Asambles. Uwarani. Together. / Breizh-Amerika (2:05:26 Pop-up)
"They are talking about me..."

Grupo Gamma: Away Down / Música Del Palo De Mayo - Costa Atlantica de Nicaragua / Sonorama / * (2:36:39 Pop-up)

Coupe Cloue et Trio Select: La Vie Vieux Negre / Various Artists: Tanbou Toujou Lou: Meringue, Kompa Kreyol, Electric Folklore, Vodou Jazz from Haiti 1960-1981 / Ostinato / * (2:36:54 Pop-up)

Alex Konadu: Eka Resene / The Best of 'One-Man Thousand' (2:37:54 Pop-up)

King Ayisoba: Anka Yen Tu Kwai / 1000 Can Die / Glitterbeat / * (2:38:11 Pop-up)

Janka Nabay: Stop Jealous / Build Music / Luaka Bop / * (2:38:33 Pop-up)

Awa Poulo: Poulo Hoto Ngari / Poulo Warali / Awesome / * (2:39:04 Pop-up)

Jeich Ould Badu and Ahmedou Ahmed Lewla: Tirss / top WZN / Sahel Sounds / * (2:40:11 Pop-up)

Shujaat Khan: Madhya/Drut Gat in Sitarkhani / Shujaat Khan and Tejendra Narayan Majumdar / India Archive Music (2:43:56 Pop-up)
GIG: Giveaway: Friday night at the Miller Theatre, concert produced by World Music Institute - instructions on how to enter the drawing for a pair of tickets are on this page!

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Organizations supporting the rights of immigrants and refugees:

National Immigration Law Center: Established in 1979, the National Immigration Law Center (NILC) is one of the leading organizations in the U.S. exclusively dedicated to defending and advancing the rights of low-income immigrants.

National Immigration Forum: The National Immigration Forum is one of the leading immigrant advocacy organizations in the country, with a mission to advocate for the value of immigrants and immigration to the nation.

New York Immigration Coalition: The New York Immigration Coalition aims to achieve a fairer and more just society that values the contributions of immigrants and extends opportunity to all. The NYIC promotes immigrants’ full civic participation, fosters their leadership, and provides a unified voice and a vehicle for collective action for New York’s diverse immigrant communities.

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International Rescue Committee: The International Rescue Committee responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people whose lives and livelihoods are shattered by conflict and disaster to survive, recover, and gain control of their future.

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Listener comments!

6:12pm Bas NL:

Hi Rob!

6:14pm Ken From Hyde Park:

Outstanding start. Looking forward to the sounds of Zimbabwe later.

6:16pm SeanG:

chevere!

6:18pm Rob W:

Thanks and good evening everyone, thanks for listening!

6:22pm Smilty69:

My Colombian wife and I are loving this intro. Thanks Rob!

6:27pm Wendy del Formaggio:

Hey Rob! Thanks for providing great music to write to.
Hi Bas! <3

6:32pm Bas NL:

Hi Wendy!!

7:03pm Ike:

Just got back from an Indonesian food fest in an Episcopal church in Elmhurst, Queens. Tasty stuff! Although I bet it would've been even better if it were a Zimbabwean food fest, but I don't think we ever get any of those around here! Looking forward to Zimbabwean sounds!

7:07pm northguineahills:

I"m rather jealous, Ike...

7:07pm Rob W:

Ah yes well I can't make those Sat. Indonesian food fests but happily there are Sunday Indonesian food fests in Elmhurst too, at the Indonesian mosque - I went to one a couple of weeks ago!

7:12pm northguineahills:

Boyz II Men, BBV, the East Coast Family....

...sorry, i heard "boys to men"...

7:17pm northguineahills:

I'll be away from the commenting machine, but will be listening. Already digging Mokoomba....

7:21pm Ken From Hyde Park:

Confound it! Another cool band that's coming to The Falcon, but I can't make it. One of these times. ...

7:50pm Ike:

They went to eat Zimbabwean food in the outer boroughs? Where was that, any idea?

7:50pm Rob Weisberg:

I'm afraid it was a private Zim-food-fest - friends from Zimbabwe cooked for them!

7:54pm Ike:

Oh well! Hey at least there's a new Burmese restaurant in Brooklyn! It's in Bensonhurst of all places. Haven't been yet. Oh and as for the Masjid Al-Hikmah fest, a couple of weeks ago was probably one of the best possible times to go there. I think they do it once a month in the warmer months (excepting Ramadan), but you don't want to do it when it's hot outside -- that little parking lot is in the direct sunlight and totally boils.

7:55pm Bas NL:

Thank you Mokoomba! Great set!

7:58pm geezerette:

Hey,Rob and citizens of paradise!
Such beautiful music.

8:29pm BennettCap:

I love your show, Rob!

8:56pm Bas NL:

Thanks for yet another great show Rob!

8:57pm slugluv1313:

wonderful show, Rob! Mokoomba are AMAZING!
THANK YOU!

9:02pm Ike:

LMAO @ "I know my playlist looks like a Dr. Bronner's bottle".

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