Hello folks and welcome to 2010 and more world music to hear on your community radio station in the Centre!

A beautiful November morning in Central Australia and a dance between France and parts of Africa, and then a quick flight over to India for the second half of the show.

BRETT’s SELECTION
Rachid Taha (Algeria/France) – Rock El Casbah
Rachid Taha (Algeria/France) – Ya Rayah
Tito Paris (Cap Verte) – Danca Mi Ma Crioza
Peggy (Republic of South Afirca) – Uzonkhumbula
Lokua Kanza (Congo) – Cametra Dans Le Coeur
Fania (Senegal) – Refetna
Louis Mhlanga featuring Oliver Mtukudzi (Zimbabwe) – Zuva
Louis Mhlanga featuring members of Orchestra Baobab (Zimbabwe) – Rhumba all the way
Richard Bona (Ghana / France) – Ghana Blues
Richard Bona and Huong Thanh (Ghana / France / Vietnam) – Dragonfly

JOY’S SELECTION – a relaxed whizz through India!
AR Rahman and Chinmayee – Tere Bina
Susheela Raman – Nagumomo
Bollywood Breaks Orchestra – Cosmic Flute
Badmarsh and Shri – Dancing Drums
State of Bengal – Elephant Walk
Black Starliner – Kilal Connection
Thione Seck and Bombay Jayashree – Assalo
Paban Das Baul and Sam Mills – Dil Ki Doya
Jaipur Kawa Brass Band – Moriya
Dr L Subramanium and Ustad Rais Khan – Gat in Adital
Ram Naryan – Raga Mishra Bhairavi – Alap

Happy listening and exploring ….

Our journey began with Eric Bibb http://www.ericbibb.com/, the man with one of the finest hats around, as well as the ability to raise your spirits.  We featured some new performers from Denmark http://www.worldmusic.dk/en/defaulte.asp?sitemenuMainID=10 and Orishas, a band which mixes hip hop with a range of traditional Cuban dance music styles http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orishas_(band)

Joy’s selections from 9am-10am
Eric Bibb (USA) - Turning World
Eric Bibb – Victory Voices
Anita Lerche (Denmark) – Chandeni
Paulina Lerche (Finland) – Tanssi Poika
Analogik (Denmark) – Gypsy Doodle
Frank London’s Klezmer Brass Allstars (UK / Yiddishland) – Our Ancestors 40,000 Years
Oriental Mood (Denmark) – Yoma
Fanfare Ciocarlia (Romania) – Alii
Dijvan Gasparyan (Armenia) – Tsiranitsar
Ana Laan (Spain) – Para El Dolor
Manu Chao (Spain) – Raining in Paradise
Afeng Inn (Denmark) – Iguana Segregatis
Thierry Titi Robin (France) – Pundela  http://www.myspace.com/thierrytitirobin

Brett’s selections from 10am
Choi, Lee and Kang (Korea) Heoncheonus
Jose Feliciano – La Malaguena
MXO (South Africa) – Sista Kunjani
Fanfare Ciocarlia (Romania)- 007 James Bond Theme (with a real twist)
Wickeda – Mm Yes
Suzzana Owiyo featuring necessary noise – Lek Ne Wounda
Te Vaka (Aotearoa New Zealand) – Samulai
Magic System – Bouger Bouger
Magic System – Matilisso
Orishas (Cuba) – Naci Orishas
Orishas (Cuba) – El Kilo
Orishas (Cuba) – Bombo
Ben Harper and the Blind Boys of Alabama (USA) – there will be light

Hi folks,

I’ve been enjoying the last few weeks sharing the presentation of The Big Bang Theory with Brett, who is relatively new to Alice Springs and an new member of 8CCC.  Its been great hearing some of his choice of music and as we are exploring together new sounds to our ears!

I’ve been a bit slack with giving you the track listings and web links but as from this week, we are back on track!

If you have suggestions for performers and styles of music you would like to hear, please drop an email to 8ccc@netspeed.com.au or phone us during the show on 08 8952 7771 with a request.

Happy listening

Joy

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.

Hi, a quick visit to Spain this week brought some great new sounds to our ears, especially from Catalonia and a couple of surprises like I’d always thought Pascal Comelade was from France, which he is.  Confused well so am I.  Clearly I need to do some more investigation of one of Catalonia’s favourite sons …. at least a good track listing can be found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pascal_Comelade 

Interested in finding out more of the music of Spain?  Get started at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_spain Great thing about wikipedia is if you then find out something more or know something of interest yourself, you can add it to the collective knowledge.  Bit like here really.  If you have an idea on countries or music styles you would like explored on tte Big Bang Theory let me know.  And thanks for the suggestions so far.

Obrint Pas – Malaguenya de Barxeta

Peret – La Fama no me Cambiara

08001 – Ras El Ma

Dumbala Canalia – Vals Virgil

La Macanita – Buleria

Marina Rossell – El Meu Avi

Ana Salazar – El Acordeonista

Kaulakau – Maese

Pascal Comelade – Noia de Porcellana

Yasmin Levy – The girl of the flowers (for Christine Burke)

Ojos de Brujo – Tantas Flores

And then for an esoteric pick …..

 

U Srinivas and Michael Brook – Dance (for Beanie Festival volunteers and the Araluen staff supporting the Beanie Festival as they dance through a colourful, busy and joyous weekend at the Araluen Cultural Centre in Alice Springs)

1 Giant Leap – Passion (for Tim Rollason – Happy Brithday!)

Susheela Raman – Heart and Soul (for the members of the Beanie Bandits – thanks for your enthusiasm and willingness to perform on friday evening at the beanie festival opening)

Brian Eno and David Byrne – Help me somebody (cos I just love it …)

Oojami – Wicked and Wild (for Megg Kelham, local historian, to wish you good luck with the presentations about the history of the Old Gaol, next month at the National Pioneer Women’s Hall of Fame in Alice Springs)

Lura – Marinhero

The view from Madelaine’s Couch – Lula Boogaloo (for Fur and Chloe who welcomed my dog Idgie into their pack, ensuring that Idgie had a stress free time while my partner and I were moving house!)  Also for the RSPCA who are doing a promotion at the moment with the Alice Springs Town Council to encourage dog owners to get registered, so you can do the Lula Boogaloo down to the council offices in Todd Street and sign your dog up.

Have a wonderful week

Joy

Today, we journeyed to Finland and some of its neighbouring countries – from winter in Central Australia and the Barkly to winter in a seriously cold part of the world.  It turned out to be a mild winter day here in the Centre and some of the music was really hot!  check it out.  Thanks to Jeff for the phone in interviews from the Steiner School Fete – a highlight on the Alice Springs annual calender of events!

More information about Finnish music can be found at:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_Finland or http://www.fimic.fi/

Markku Lepisto – Helsinki (Finland)

Herea – Maiden of the Northland (Finland)

Anne Sofie Von Otter – Like Stars in the Sky, In the month of Tjaitra and Of  Lotus Scent and Moonlight (Sweden)

Varttina – Maakinen Neito (Finland)

Daniel Petersson, Kersti Stabi, Maria Johnson and Olof Misgeld – Jagska (Finland)

Farlanders – Up to the Sky (Russia)

JPP – Hammemennys (Finland)

Varttina – Maraleena (Finland)

Galine Andreevna Abramova – Evenk (Siberia)

Sainkho – Tanola Nomads (Siberia)

Wimme – Geagganteanu (Finland)

Arve Henriksen – Sanman (Norway)

Jagga Jazzist – Lithuania (Norway)

Maria Kalaniemi – Spirit of the Moon (Finland)

Tsuumi Sound System – Friskis and Svettis (Finland)

Anders Narudde – Spiken (Sweden)

Elena Frolova – Winter Wedding (Russia)

Farlanders – Grey Eyes (Russia)

Alexyey Vorobiev – Leto (Russia)

Little Cow – Virapoh A Reten (Russia)

Svang – Sila Valssi Mollissa (Finland)

Today we travelled to France for a taste of some of the diversity of this country’s music, from the cafes of Paris, to the music of migrant communities, the quirkiness, the raw emotion and the baguettes!

Track list – Flavours of France

Thomas Fersen – Au Cafe de la Paix
http://www.myspace.com/thomasfersen

Carla Bruni – Le Ciel dans un chambre
http://www.carlabruni.com/

Baguette Quartette – En Douce
http://www.baguettequartette.org/

Polo – La Fee Clochette

Paris Combo – Lettre a P…
http://pariscombo.artistes.universalmusic.fr/

Les Negresse Vertes – Zobi La Mouche
http://www.negressesvertes.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_N%C3%A9gresses_Vertes
The question is have you made it when you have a wikipedia page!!!!

Goldenberg and Schmuyle – Congeloland

Les Tetes Raides – Ginette

Yail Naim – New Soul
http://www.yaelweb.com/

Gotan Project – Mi Confesion
http://www.gotanproject.com/home.php?lang=en

Rachid Taha – Ecoute Moi Camarade
http://rachidtaha.artistes.universalmusic.fr/

Allain Leprest – Quand J’etais mort

Pascal Comelade – L’Argot du Bruit

Pascal Comelade – Via Crucis del Rocanrol
http://www.myspace.com/comelade

Chet – Pepite et Pepette

Sapho – Souris Mois

Nouvelle Vague – Fade to Grey

Nouvelle Vague – Blue Monday
http://www.myspace.com/nouvellevague

Track listing – new stuff – After France we explored some new sounds which have arrived in the studio …..

Shlomo – Shlomo’s Mouth (UK)

Denge Fever – Sleepwalking throught he Mekong (Cambodia / USA)

Riuchi Sakamoto – Disko (Japan)

Sayon Bamaba – Mod Vakance (Guinea)

Culture Musical Club – Ni Yeye (Zanzibar)

Uma Mohan – Shiva Panchakshasa Stotram / Shiva Shadakshara Stotram (India)

Hi

Today we dipped into the bag of sweets for the ears – re-workings, revisioning, remixing familiar songs – giving each one a new flavour and reference ….

So if you’d like to find them to play again here are the tracks

Monsieur Camembert – Money Money Money (great live Aussie-fied version of hte Abba song – from their double live album – self titled)

Monsieur Camembert – Boulevard of Broken Dreams (a tortured song give a wry but empassioned performance by the band with Jacqui and Cliff Stoddard)

Jim Moray – All You Pretty Girls (XTC would never have imagined where this song would go!)

Tiddas – Wild Mountain Thyme (I love this song and this live version, from Tiddas’ last concert )

Angelique Kidjo – Malaika (her tribute to Miriam Makeba)

Astrid Gilberto and Stan Getz – It might as well be Spring (the original Girl from Ipanema gives this a silky smooth what for!)

Nouvelle Vague – Heart of Glass (the Blondie song goes reggae on a beach in Jamaica – or maybe not)

The Bollywood Brothers and Asha Bhosle – Aye Nauj Awan Sab Kuchle Yahen (Bollywood mix up)

Cesario Evora, Ruichi Sakamoto and Caetano Veloso – E Preciso Pedodar (interesting collaboration building on each person’s creative strengths – from the great Album Red Hot and Rio)

Rachid Taha – Rock El Casbah (Couldn’t NOT include this energetic and intense re-working of the Clash’s original)

World Tracks featured new Kenyan performers – Eric Wainana and Jua Cali

And for the last part of the show, an Indian Smorgasbord …..

Cheb i Sabbah – Hari Om Naryan

Paban Das Baul and Sam Mills – Dil Ki Doya

Dr L Subramanian and Ustad Rais Khan – Gut in Adital/Teental  (from

Susheela Raman – Ganapati (Live at Glastonbury World Jazz Stage 2002)

Lata Mangeshkar – Aayega Aanewala (from “The Legend”)

Anoushkar Shankar and Karsh Kale – Slither (from the album Breathing Under Water – 2007)

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