Episode 13

Episode 13 was first posted on September 3, 2018.

Tracklisting:

01) "Nterini" by Fatoumata Diawara. 

From the 2018 album Fenfo (Something to Say).

Fatoumata Diawara was born in the Ivory Coast to Malian parents. She moved to France to pursue acting before taking up guitar and pursuing a career as a songwriter and performer. 

• Visit Fatoumata Diawara's official website.

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• Purchase Fatoumata Diawara's music on Bandcamp.

• Purchase Fatoumata Diawara's music on Amazon.

02) "N'Guatu (The Straw That Grows in the Savannah Fields)" by Oumou Sangaré. 

From the 2003 album Oumou.

Oumou Sangaré is a Grammy Award-winning Malian "Wassoulou" musician, sometimes referred to as "The Songbird of Wassoulou."Wassoulou is a historical region south of the Niger River, where the music descends from age-old traditional song, often accompanied by a calabash."

• Visit Oumou Sangaré's official website.

• Like Oumou Sangaré on Facebook.

• Follow Oumou Sangaré on Twitter.

• Purchase Oumou Sangaré's music on Bandcamp.

• Purchase Oumou Sangaré's music on Amazon.

03) "Nobody Knew The Time" by Beasts of Paradise. 

From the 1995 EP Nobody Knew The Time. 

This 5-song EP introduced the world to the world to the musical collaboration of harpist Barbara Imhoff, vocalist Eda Maxym and didgereidooist (we're pretty sure that's not a word but we're also pretty sure you know what we mean) Stephen Kent. 

• Purchase the group's music on Amazon.

04) "Kangna" by Fareed Ayaz & Abu Muhammad. 

From a 2011 live performance at Coke Studio Pakistan. 

We first heard this track when Global Elite Music Radio Podcast Supershow favorite Sarathy Korwar hosted a playlist for NTS Radio which he lovingly dubbed "music by brown people.' (We are pleased to feature Sarathy Korwar on Episode 08). We were immediately floored by this track. Fareed Ayaz is a Pakistani Qawwal who belongs to the Qawwal Bachchon Ka Gharana of Delhi.

• Follow Fareed Ayaz, Abu Muhammad Qawwal & Brothers on Facebook.

• Listen to Sarathy Korwar's playlist for NTS Radio.

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Episodes 11-20

Episode 12

Episode 12 was originally posted on August 27, 2018.

Tracklisting:

01) "Weather With You" by Crowded House. 

From the 1991 album Woodface.

Formed in 1985 Melbourne, Australia after Split Enz dissolved. Allmusic says: "An institution in their homeland, a two-hit wonder in the U.S., and, during the last half of their ten-year career, bona fide stars in the U.K. and most of Europe, Crowded House recorded some of the best pop music of the late '80s and early '90s."

• Visit Crowded House's official website.

• Visit the group on Facebook.

• Purchase the group's music on Amazon.

02) "Abdelkader" by Transádelica.

From the 2012 album Transádelica.

Barcelona's Transádelica plays music they describe as: "an authentic communion of traditional cuban music together with the most popular rhythms of the rising heart of Algeria."

• Visit the band on Facebook.

• Purchase the album on Bandcamp.

03) "Tirik Bostan" by Sinkiang Uighur Autonomous Region, Song & Dance Ensemble.

From the 2003 album The Rough Guide to the Music of China.

We have extolled the virtues of the Rough Guide music series before (Episode 04 and Episode 05 both featured tracks from The Rough Guide To Australian Aboriginal Music). What a great way to find music from all over the world. We recently gave the The Rough Guide to the Music of China a spin here at the Fake Offices and have been smitten by "Tirik Bostan" by Sinkiang Uighur Autonomous Region, Song & Dance Ensemble ever since.

• Purchase the album at Amazon.

04) "Funky Kingston" by Toots And The Maytals.

From the 1973 album Funky Kingston.

Holy cow this is our Summer Jam here at the Global Elite Music Radio Podcast Supershow Fake Offices. Toots is one of the architects of Reggae. Seriously, worth your time.

• Visit the group on Facebook.

• Purchase the group's music on Amazon.

05) "Fela in Lagos" by Kiala & The Afroblaster.

From the 2018 album Money.

Kiala Nzavotunga grew up in the Congolese capital Kinshasa and was part of Fela's band charting the way for Afrobeat. His brand new album serves as further reminder of Kiala's place as one of the genre's greats. As Kiala says; "Afrobeat is a black beat…If you listen to some funk, or reggae beat, they’re all African beat I’m playing. All those is Afrobeat.”

• Like the group on Facebook.

• Purchase the album on Bandcamp.

06) "Pull Up The People" by M.I.A.

From the 2005 album Arular.

To understand M.I.A., it seems like we should start by trying to understand her globalist upbringing. Allmusic says:

"Maya Arulpragasam spent the early years of her life in a number of places. She moved from London, England, to her parents' native Sri Lanka at the age of six months, only to relocate to Madras, India. During a return stay in Sri Lanka, the civil war taking place within the country escalated to the point where Arulpragasam began to lose family members and friends. She didn't see her father -- a devout and active separatist as part of the Tamil rebellion, which has clashed with the Sinhalese majority -- often throughout these years, but her life stabilized once she and the rest of her family were able to make it back to London."

M.I.A.'s music is a blend of influences from around the world and is right up our proverbial alley.

• Visit M.I.A.'s official website.

• Follow M.I.A. on Facebook.

• Follow M.I.A. on Twitter.

• Purchase M.I.A's music on Amazon.

07) "Wha' You Feel Like" by Santigold.

From the 2018 album I Don't Want: The Gold Fire Sessions.

Formerly Santogold, now Santigold is an American singer, songwriter and record producer. Philadelphia born and raised, Santigold was the singer for punk band Stiffed before embarking out on her own.

• Visit Santigold's official website.

• Follow Santigold on Facebook.

08) "Suena" by Ondatrópica.

From the 2012 album Ondatrópica.

We first heard Ondatrópica on an episode of Anthony Bourdain's Parts Unknown. Allmusic describes Ondatrópica as: "a wide-ranging musical collaboration co-led by Mario Galeano (Frente Cumbiero, Los Pirañas) and Will "Quantic" Holland."

• Visit the group's official website.

• Follow the group on Facebook.

• Purchase the group's music on Amazon.

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Episodes 11-20

Thank you for your patience.

Episode 11

Episode 11 was originally posted on August 20, 2018.

Tracklisting:

01) "Eight Miles High" by the Folkswingers.

From the 1966 album Raga Rock.

The Folkswingers were a studio band with constantly changing personnel but sometimes featured Glen Campbell on 12-string guitar. This album also features Tommy Tedesco on guitar and Harihar Rao on sitar (leader of the Ravi Shankar Music Circle). The album is largely made up of campy sitar-based re-workings of popular tunes but there are a few standout moments, including this cover of the Byrds' "Eight Miles High."

Fun fact for ya: Glen Campbell was often a member of the Folkswingers, though not on this session. But never fear, the fabulous Tommy Tedesco plays guitar here.

• Read more about the group at Allmusic.

• Purchase the album at Amazon.

02) "Mango Pu" by Paroni Paakunainen.

From the 1999 compilation Electric Psychedelic Sitar Headswirlers Vol.6.

Allmusic describes the scope of this terrific set (though their review focuses on the compilation of volumes 1-5): "This is a massive collection (97 tracks spread over five CDs -- each volume was originally released in numbered limited editions by Purple Lantern Records) of swirling psychedelic folk and rock featuring the sitar from the late '60s and early '70s. It draws on bands and performers from the U.S., Britain, India, Germany, Sweden, Holland, Australia, and several other points on the planet, and it’s difficult to imagine getting more flower power drone for the dollar anywhere else.

This compilation is a lot of fun and worth seeking out. Not every track is killer, but most are certainly not filler. 

• Purchase the album at Amazon.

03) "Jojpe" by AddisAbabaBand.

From the 2015 compilation self-titled album.

Denmarks' AddisAbabaBand is "a 13-piece band playing music inspired from afrobeat, funk and jazz."

• Visit the group's official website.

• Follow the group on Facebook.

• Purchase the group's music on Bandcamp.

• Purchase the group's music on Amazon.

04) "Musighi (Music)" by Momma Mint Dendenni & Seddoum Ould Bowba Jiddou.

From the cassette Nojum Al-Tarab Al-Mauritani I‘the stars of Mauritanian music’). Unknown date.

The cassette features the female griot Momma mint Dendenni and the guitar player Seddoum ould Bowba Jiddou. They are both Nouakchott based griots from Mauritania, and the young generation of two of Eastern Mauritania’s biggest griot families. We have no purchase information for this cassette or artist links. But the tape is available for download from Awesome Tapes From Africa.

05) "Lai Wua (Chasing the Cow)" by The Paradise Bangkok Molam International Band.

From the 2016 album Planet Lam.

"The Paradise Bangkok Molam International Band is a hybridized roots music band from Thailand. Their musical style is a mixture of traditional Thai music. There are also elements of blues, folk rock and some dub of folk-rock, blues and dub."

"Paradise Bangkok began as a regular club night in Thailand in 2009 featuring DJs and collectors Chris Menist and Maft Sai, spinning music from Africa, the Caribbean and Asia, with a focus on local music, especially molam and luk thung."

"There are passages of driving, hypnotic improvisation backed by sturdy western bass riffs, but the finest tracks are those recorded without the rhythm section."

• Visit the Paradise Bangkok website.

• Visit the group on Facebook.

• Purchase the group's music on Bandcamp.

• Purchase the album at Amazon.

06) "On The Road Again" by Canned Heat.

From the 1968 album Boogie With Canned Heat.

Canned Heat were an Los Angeles rock band specializing in reinterpretations of The Blues. The band took their name from the 1928 Tommy Johnson song "Canned Heat Blues," about an alcoholic who desperately turns to drinking Sterno for the alcohol (Sterno's original name was Sterno Canned Heat.)" Boogie With Canned Heat was the group's second album and first to contain primarily original material as the band continued to move in a looser, more jam-oriented direction, though "On the Road Again" was a cover version of the 1953 Floyd Jones song of the same name, which is reportedly based on the Tommy Johnson song "Big Road Blues", recorded in 1928."

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• Purchase the album on Amazon.

07) "Show Wong Khun Narin #3" by Khun Narin.

From the 2014 album Khun Narin's Electric Phin Band.

We first became aware of Khun Narin through a Facebook post by NTS Radio with the simple caption: "Mind-melting psychedelic Thai wedding music…" The group is a Thai psychedelic music ensemble based out of Phetchabun Province in Thailand and led by Khun Narin. After videos of the group's performances made their way around the interwebs, they released their first album Electric Phin Band in 2014.

• Visit Khun Narin's website.

• Like the group on Facebook.

• Purchase Khun Narin's music at Bandcamp.

• Purchase the album at Amazon.

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Episodes 11-20

Episode 10

Episode 10 was originally posted on August 13, 2018.

Tracklisting:

01) "Catching Loners With Blank Arms" by Vibracathedral Orchestra.

From the 2001 album Versatile Arab Chord Chart.

England's Vibracathedral Orchestra has been making drones for the world since 1998. "According to John F Szwed's biography of Sun Ra, 'Space is the Place', the original 'Vibra-Cathedral Orchestra' was a 1930s jazz band from Ra's home town of Birmingham, Alabama, which was previously called the Sax-O-Society Orchestra." Pitfork says the "Avant-drone band operates at the nexus of Kraut-damaged rock, turbulent pan-ethnic folk, and Terry Riley/Tony Conrad-inspired minimalism."

• Purchase the band's music from Bandcamp.

• Purchase the album from Amazon.

02) "Wandering Melodic Road" by The튠 // Music Band The Tune.

From the 2016 album Wandering Melodic Road.

South Korea's The튠 (known in English as "Music Band The Tune") is breathing new life into traditional Korean music. The group's website explains: 

Free extension from primitive, traditional, and old

the tune is showcasing an experimental and creative musical reinterpretation of the Korea traditional music traditional percussion and lifted, piano, vocals, percussion configuration. It invites traditional, primitive, and old things to create Korean-style emotions and their breathing to create music in which images can be seen and stories heard. It combines traditional Korean music, jazz, contemporary, and gypsy music to create music with a subtle oriental aura. The Thun is in a strange tightrope, staying inside Korean classical music and playing outside traditional Korean music.

Staying inside Korean traditional music

Playing outside Korean traditional music

• Visit the band's official website.

• Follow the group on Facebook.

• Follow the group's Youtube channel.

03) "Jiu Kuang “The Drinking Song”" by Yao Gongbai.

From the 2003 album The Rough Guide to the Music of China.

We have extolled the virtues of the Rough Guide music series before (Episode 04 and Episode 05 both featured tracks from The Rough Guide To Australian Aboriginal Music). What a great way to find music from all over the world. We recently gave the The Rough Guide to the Music of China a spin here at the Fake Offices and have been smitten by "Jiu Kuang “The Drinking Song”" by Yao Gongbai ever since.

• Browse Yao Gongbai's album on Discogs.

• Purchase the album at Amazon.

04) "Kogarashi”" by Kikagaku Moyo.

From the 2016 album House In The Tall Grass.

Fine purveyors of psychedelic rock from Tokyo, Japan. The band has quickly garnered international attention. 

• Visit the group's official website.

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• Purchase the group's music at Bandcamp.

• Purchase the album at Amazon.

05) "Futare Chuy”" by 東ウメ子 [Umeko Ando].

From the 2001 album Ihunke.

Umeko Ando was an Ainu singer and mukkuri player who recorded with Oki who made an appearance on Episode 06 of our very own global music radio podcast with the Oki Dub Ainu Band.

• Follow Umeko Ando on Facebook.

• Purchase Umeko Ando's music on Bandcamp.

• Purchase the album on Amazon.

06) "Akaasher Astaragey”" by Geetashree Sandhya Mukherjee.

From the 2001 album Bengali film songs "E shudhu gaaner din".

Sandhya Mukhopadhyay is an Indian "playback singer." Playback singers are singers whose singing is pre-recorded for later use in movies, songs and soundtracks. The actors often lip-syncy over the songs for the camera while the actual singer does not appear on camera.

• Purchase Geetashree Sandhya Mukherjee music on Amazon.

07) "Flutes”" by Toto Bona Lokua.

From the 2004 album self-titled album.

Toto Bona Lokua is a collaborative group made up of French songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Gerald Toto, Cameroonian jazz musician Richard Bona, and Congolese singer-songwriter Lokua Kanza. The group's record label No Format says: "Three voices then; three well-tempered personalities; three distinct universes with precisely drawn contours bringing together a whole palette of colors, moods and emotions with infinite nuances."

• Follow Toto Bona Lokua on Facebook.

• Purchase the album at Facebook.

08) "Junkanoo" by Exuma.

From the 1970 album self-titled album.

Macfarlane Gregory Anthony Mackey was born in the Bahamas and reorced as Exuma blending genres like Freak Folk, Calypso, Reggae, and African Folk.  Exuma played throughout New York's Greenwich Village and created a seven-person group that toured and recorded multiple albums. Allmusic says: "Exuma was a singular talent. Mixing the infectious rhythms and folkloric qualities of Bahamian music with rock, country, and other U.S. influences and adding a sharply satiric element of social commentary, Exuma's music aimed for the heart and the feet at the same time."

• Purchase the album on Amazon.

09) "Mamita surumi" by Los Kjarkas.

From the 1981 album Canto a la mujer de mi pueblo.

Los Kjarkas is a Bolivian band from Capinota and a popular Andean folk music band. They play a variety of styles including Saya, tuntuna, huayno, and carnavales and they play the charango, quena, zampona, ronroco, guitar, and bombo.

• Purchase the album on Amazon.

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Episode 09

Episode 09 was originally posted on August 6, 2018.

Tracklisting:

01) "Orange" by Mourn.

From the 2018 album Sorpresa Familia.

Spain's Mourn delivers their third full-length at the tail end of a rough patch. Pitchfork explains: 

Mourn’s third full-length, Sorpresa Familia, arrives at the tail end of a professional rough patch for the Catalonian indie quartet. A year before the release of 2016’s stark Ha, Ha, He., the band went public with allegations of mismanagement on the part of their Spanish label, Sones, which Mourn accused of non-payment of income and holding the released album “hostage.” Since then, both parties have parted ways. Sorpresa Familia (which translates to “Surprise Family” in Spanish) is the resulting chronicle of the group’s frustration and eventual resolution.

We're glad the band made it through that stretch because we all know what it's like to have bad times. 

• Visit the band's official website.

• Follow the group on Facebook.

• Follow the band on Twitter.

• Purchase the album on Bandcamp.

• Purchase the album on Amazon.

02) "Cross My Heart" by Melody's Echo Chamber.

From the 2018 album Bon Voyage.

Just as Mourn's newest album was the product of troubled times, the newest album from France's Melody's Echo Chamber (Melody Prochet) had a similarly troubled road. As Pitchfork explains: 

The most distressing setback was a nearly fatal accident that led to a broken vertebra, a brain aneurysm, and an understandably canceled tour. (Prochet has underplayed the incident, allowing only that it “broke a life pattern that didn’t work for me.”)

The resulting album is entrancing indeed. NPR says: "Melody Prochet makes music for an enchanted planet." 

• Follow Melody's Echo Chamber on Facebook.

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• Purchase the album on Amazon.

• Purchase the band's music at Bandcamp.

03) "Fliperama" by Tom Zé.

From the 2000 album Brazil 5 - The Return of Tom Zé: The Hips of Tradition.

Tom Zé is one of Brazil's most influential musicans; a songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and composer who was very influential in the Tropicália movement of 1960s Brazil and has continued to make music within and beyond the genres he helped created. After a period of relative obscurity, Zé signed to David Byrne's influential global music label Luaka Bop. If we're not mistaken, this album, Brazil 5 - The Return of Tom Zé: The Hips of Tradition was Zé's first for the label and came at a time when Zé was considering giving up music to work in a gas station. We're glad he stuck with music. 

• Visit Tom Zé's official website.

• Visit Tom Zé's page at the Luaka Bop website.

• Follow Tom Zé on Facebook.

• Purchase the album on Amazon.

04) "Amara Moussaoui" by Gabacho Maroc.

From the 2018 album Tawassol.

Wikipedia describes Gabacho Maroc as: "a Franco-Hispano-Moroccan group based in France and Spain, whose musical style merges Moroccan music , Gnawa influences , African music, and jazz . The group's website says: 

By combining Western, Arabic and African influences and crossing cultural and musical boundaries, Gabacho Maroc have developed their own flair, using Afrojazz as the stock in a stew that's spiked with ingredients from Morocco, Africa and Gnawa culture.

We have extolled the virtues of the Rough Guide series before, and Gabacho Maroc was featured on the 2015: The Rough Guide to Best Arabic Music You've Never Heard and Tawassol is their second album.

• Visit Gabacho Maroc's official website.

• Follow the group on Facebook.

• Purchase the band's music at Bandcamp.

• Purchase the album on Amazon.

05) "Relax" by Kassin.

From the 2018 album Relax.

Our second feature this episode from the wonderful Luaka Bop label! Kassin is also our second Brazilian on this very episode. Kassin's newest album reflects on the heartbreak of divorce. The Luaka Bop website explains: 

A not-so funny thing happens when you get divorced: your friends ask for advice on how to deal with their own relationship struggles. Maybe that’s why Alexandre Kassin’s new album, Relax, has two songs about this incredible heartbreak.

PopMatters adds: 

The album was reportedly recorded in a period of Kassin's life when he was recovering from a bad divorce, and certainly, both the darkness and willed attempt to get to brighter territory seem to be there throughout.

We're sorry that Kassin had to go through a bad divorce to make this album. But we're thankful that the album exists. 

• Visit Kassin's official website.

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• Purchase the album at Bandcamp.

• Purchase the album at Amazon.

06) "Curta Metragem" by Rosinha de Valenca.

From the 1966 album Ao Vivo.

We normally try to keep the music spread out across the world as much as possible within each episode, but we just couldn't get enough music from Brazil this week. Rosinha de Valenca was a Brazilian composer, arranger and musician. She was considered one of the best acoustic guitarists in Brazilian music and played a wide variety of styles. 

• Purchase the album on Amazon.

07) "Tou Bou Dou" by Les Chakachas.

From the 1959 album RCA 75.117: Eso Es El Amor / Canalla / Ma-Ma-Du / Tou Bou Dou.

"The Chakachas were a Belgian based group of Latin soul studio musicians. Also known as Les Chakachas or Los Chakachas."

• Purchase Les Chakachas music on Amazon.

08) "Dulce Mal" by The Chamanas.

From the 2015 album Once Once.

We recently highlighted The Chamanas before their recent Phoenix performance. The band comes from the border between El Paso, Texas and Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua and, like many border towns, defies easy categorization. 

• Visit the group's official website.

• Like the group on Facebook.

• Follow The Chamanas on Twitter.

• Purchase the group's music on Bandcamp.

• Purchase the album on Amazon.

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