Today’s show featured some leaders and innovators on the world music scene and included a conversation with John Huigen from Desert Knowledge Australia about a new Alice Springs intercultural leadership development program.  In 2010 we will meet some of the mentors and mentees in the program here on 8CCC.

For more information about the program and the call out for mentors for the program visit http://www.desertknowledge.com.au/dka/index.cfm?attributes.fuseaction=desertLeadership

And now to the music

A selection from the One World Music’s Zen Connection series (produced by Leigh Wood in Stanmore NSW) http://www.zenconnection.com.au/

Nitin Sawhney – Breathing Light
Natacha Atlas – This Realm
Ornament – Bleu
Bombay Dub Orchestra – Mumtaz

We then heard some film music written by AR Rahman http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._R._Rahman - from the movie Slumdog Millionaire fame.
Gurus of Peace – featuring Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
Yeh Rishta

Four Play – now called Four Play String Quartet are based in NSW and draw on music styles from all over the world to create their own stamp on the music scene, including re-working music by Jimi Hendrix, the Velvet Underground and the Cocteau Twins … I featured tracks from their first album “The Joy of Fourplay” and their latest “Forthcoming”.  http://www.fourplay.com.au/
Meshugganah
Seekers who are lovers
Spanish Castle Music

Next we headed to Bahia in Brazil and back in time to the Tropicalismo scene of the 1960s to hear from Tom Ze and Gilberto Gil
Ma – Tom Ze
O riso e a faca – Tom Ze
Gilberto Gil – Queremos Guerra

We finished off the show with some more new sounds
Chris Combette – Les bas quartiers and Chaia from his album “a danse de flore”
Miriam Lieberman – Wakeli (to be featured on Vashti’s Voice 10/10/09 at midday
Bassekou Kouyate and Ngoni ba – I speak Fula
and finishing with a taster of a new album which will be featured next week on Big Bang PLANET BALKAN, Fanfare Ciocarlia with Duj Duj ….

Thanks for listening and tune in next week 0900-1100 Saturdays on 8CCC 102.1FM.