Today’s show started and closed with some uplifting lyrics from Bluesman, Eric Bibb. We travelled through the USA down to Mexico and Argentina, over to Spain and home to Australia.  world Tracks featured interviews with singer/songwriter and activist, Oumou Sangare and rapper, Amkoullie, both from Mali.  Our journey continued in Africa, asking the question has Oumou Sangare taken up the mantle as Mother Africa, since the death erlier this year of Miriam Makeba.  What do you think?

We also heard from the group Staff Benda Bilili from Kinshasa (which is in the Congo).  Check out the film footage on you Tube!  Amazing electric wheelchairs, great music … hopefully I will be able to bring you more of their music in coming months.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtVZhaZp6Ng

Until next week, happy listening!  Joy

Track listings and links

Eric Bibb – don’t let noboby drag your spirit down, USA (for the writers, film-makers, actors and producers of Sampson and Delilah, which had its premiere screening at the Telegraph station in Alice Springs last night, watched by a huge number of people against the backdrop of the cliffs which drop into the Alice Spring)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0szwmdAfeNw - watch Eric Bibb and his band in concert

Hot Club of Cowtown – Ida Red, USA

Pink Martini – No hay problema, USA

Linda Ronstadt – La Mariquita (Spanish for Ladybird), Mexico

Jaramar – La Tortuga, Mexico

Binni Gulaza – Ni Bixi Dxi Zina, Mexico

Manu Chao – 13 Dias and  Tristeza Maleza, Spain
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzgjiPBCsss lovely little video of his song Me gustas tu

Rodrigo y Gabriela – Stairway to Heaven (for Huss, family and visiting relatives), Mexico
How many people have done covers of this track?  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stairway_to_Heaven

Astor Piazzola and Roberto Goyenecke – Vuelvo Al Sur, Argentina

Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu – Galiku, Australia

Seaman Dan – perfect Pearl (for Grace), Australia

WORLD TRACKS – Oumou Sangare and Amkoullel
Oumou Sangare http://www.myspace.com/oumousangare 
Amkoullel http://www.myspace.com/amkoullel

Miriam Makeba – Uthando Luyaphelo and  Table Mountain, South Africa
Miriam makeba perfoming Pata Pata http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCc61z9IFu4

Oumou Sangare – Wele Wele Wintout, Mali

Staff Benda Bilili – Je T’aime, Congo
http://www.myspace.com/staffbendabilili

Gigi – Utopia, Ethiopia

Laya Project – Glorious Sun, India
Find out more about this project to celebrate the music of the people and cultures affected by the 2004 Tsunami http://www.layaproject.com/layaproject/index.html

Eric Bibb – A Ship Called Love, USA