#4019: Cross-Cultural Smorgasbord of World Music

Hear world music of recent vintage for this cross-cultural edition of the show. There are Ladino songs from Sephardic communities around the Mediterranean and Balkans destroyed in WWII adapted by the Guy Mendilow Ensemble as well as Malagasy music from Lala Njava, a singer and guitar player hailing from Madagascar. Also, sample lovely world-jazz-folk music by Kala Jula, who are Malian griot Samba Diabaté and Swiss multi-instrumentalist Vincent Zanetti, accompanied by two French musicians: violinist Jacky Molard and bassist Hélène Labarrière. Then, hear a work from Madagascan valiha star Rajery, the Malian kora-player Ballaké Sissoko and the Moroccan oud maestro Driss El Maloumi, as the trio 3MA. 

Listen to trancey desert guitar riffs from producer and guitarist Justin Adams, whose latest unpredictable adventure is a record called Ribbons. On it, he conjures Tuareg rockers and systems music in equal parts, while he is joined by Norwegian vocalist Anneli Drecker (Royksopp.) Then, hear music filtered through Europe, Mongolia and Iran from Meikhâneh, whose name is borrowed from Persian poetry, and means the "House of Intoxication/Drunkenness." Plus, listen to music Sons of Kemet, a U.K. based quartet featuring the talented saxman Shabaka Hutchings. Their tunes are where clarinet and saxophone might be dancing with Klezmer music, while invoking the spirit of both New Orleans and Jamaica.

PROGRAM #4019, World Music (First Aired: 9/06/2017)        

ARTIST: Deep Forest
WORK: Sweet Lullaby, excerpt [2:30]
RECORDING: Deep Forest
SOURCE: Sony #57840
INFO:  Available at Amazon.com

ARTIST: Lala Njava
WORK: Sweet Lullaby [4:04]
RECORDING: Malagasy Blues Song
SOURCE: Riverboat Records /World Music Network TUG CD 1069
INFO: worldmusic.net

ARTIST: Kala Jula
WORK: Mande Kulu [5:59]
RECORDING: Mande Kulu
SOURCE: Buda Musique 860307
INFO: budamusique.com

ARTIST: Justin Adams (feat. Anneli Drecker)
WORK: Wassoulou  [3:26]
RECORDING: Ribbons
SOURCE: Proper Music
INFO: propermusic.com

ARTIST: Guy Mendilow Ensemble
WORK: Mancevo Del Dor (A Modern Man) [2:59]
RECORDING: Music from The Forgotten Kingdom
SOURCE/INFO: guymendilowensemble.bandcamp.com

ARTIST: Meïkhâneh
WORK: Uulyn Nulims [5:35] 
RECORDING: La silencieuse
SOURCE: Buda Musique 5754744
INFO: budamusique.com

ARTIST: Guy Mendilow Ensemble
WORK: Esta Montaña D'Enfrente (The Mountain Ahead Burns) [3:14]
RECORDING: Music from The Forgotten Kingdom
SOURCE/INFO: guymendilowensemble.bandcamp.com

ARTIST: Justin Adams (feat. Anneli Drecker)
WORK: Khamsa [3:53] 
RECORDING: Ribbons
SOURCE: Proper Music
INFO: propermusic.com

ARTIST: Meïkhâneh
WORK: Pluies [6:43]
RECORDING: La silencieuse
SOURCE: Buda Musique 5754744
INFO: budamusique.com

ARTIST: Rajery & Ballaké Sissoko, Driss El Maloumi
WORK: Anfass [6:11]
RECORDING: 3MA
SOURCE: Contrejour/ Harmonia Mundi
INFO: contrejour.com or Available through Amazon.com or iTunes

ARTIST: Sons of Kemet
WORK: The Godfather  [a tribute to Mulatu Astatke] , excerpt [3:14] 
RECORDING: Burn
SOURCE: Naim Jazz naimcd195
INFO: naimlabel.com or download from Emusic.com, iTunes or Amazon