#3293: World Music Tour

New Sounds | Jan 23, 2012

For this New Sounds, hear some world music from Congo, in both Staff Benda Bilili and the Congolese-Belgian rapper Baloji. Staff Benda Bilili are a 8-piece group of street musicians who used to live & play around the grounds of the zoo in Kinshasa. They'll serve up some rumba-rooted grooves, overlaid with vibrant vocals and tin-can guitar solos.

There’s also music from the Andean group Sukay, drawing from regions of Peru, Ecuador, Chile and Bolivia. Then we’ll hear music from Cape Verde, by a male pop-griot singer, Tcheka. He plays traditional percussive guitar and weaves the batuku style (a style traditional to the islands that was banned by the Portuguese, but continued by the women in the fields as they worked.) Plus, music for accordion and double-bass from Finland, and traditional music of West Java, featuring the kacapi, a boat-shaped zither. And more.

PROGRAM # 3293, World Music Tour (First aired on 1/23/2012)

ARTIST(S)	RECORDING	CUT(S)	SOURCE
Sambasunda Quintet	Java	Paddy Pergi Ke Bandung, excerpt [1:30]	Riverboat TUG1058 Due out Jan. 30, 2012 www.worldmusic.net
Sidi Touré	Koïma	Tondi karaa (The White Stone) [4:22]	Thrill Jockey Records Thrill 301 Due out 4/17/2012 www.thrilljockey.com
Alamayehu Eshete	Ethiopiques 9	Yeweyn Haregitu [3:44]	Buda Musique #829832 www.budamusique.com
Staff Benda Bilili	Tres Tres Fort	Moto Moindo [5:48]	Crammed Discs CRAW 51CD www.crammed.be or Download from Emusic.com or iTunes
Sambasunda Quintet	Java	Teman Endah [5:36]	Riverboat TUG1058 Due out Jan. 30, 2012 www.worldmusic.net
Planxty	The Well Below The Valley	The Well Below The Valley [5:35]	Shanachie 79010 www.shanachie.com or Download from Emusic.com/iTunes
Tcheka	Dor de Mar	Fla Mantenha [4:25]	Lusafrica Recs / RCA Victor 88697963812 www.lusafrica.com
Sambasunda Quintet	Java	Paddy Pergi Ke Bandung [6:34]	See above.
Lepistö&Lehti	Radio Moskova	Raudanselka [4:18]	Aito Records lepistolehti.com Due out 1/23/2012 in UK Try www.amazon.co.uk
Sukay	Rough Guide to Music of the Andes	Concepcion [3:52]	World Music Network Out of print, but try Amazon.com
Baloji	Kinshasa Succursale	Congo Eza Ya Biso	Crammed Discs CRAM 183 www.crammed.be

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