WFHB Music - Bloomington Community Radio: July 2007

Africa

Zap Mama
presents
Supermoon
Supermoon is Zap Mama’s most intimate project. She exposes her alluring person, “where the mystique of the African continent meets the complexity of the Western world.” The album features guest musicians; Tony Allen & Michael Franti are two that I recognize. Funky dance beats & infectious smoothies, Zap Mama sings a spectrum in English & French. (Mostly English and lyrics are inside).

comments / tracks of interest:

(all tracks noteworthy)

#1: fresh

#2: familial

#4: shroud

#5: tender

#6: funky

#7: exciting

#8: jovial

#9: jazzy

#10: compassionate

#11: haunting

Songs of the African Coast: café music of Liberia
Folk, Café, & Urban music from Liberia & other regions governed by Britain, France, & Belgium, recorded by Arthur S. Alberts during WWII. Piano, acoustic guitar, and vocals create songs about the relationships between people and their environment. 1-6 are piano, 7-18 acoustic guitar.

comments / tracks of interest:

(all tracks noteworthy)

#1: like chicken?

#4: a love song

#6: confronts gossip

#7: different version of #4 w/ guitar

#11: all for you

#12: religious

#14: battle of the sexes

( I liked 2, 9, 16, & 18 too…but I won’t tell you why.)

afternoon music mix 7-25 3-5

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Dear listeners. Here is my playlist from Wednesday. Hope you enjoyed!
Artist * Album * Song

The Cure For The Masses (Depeche Mode) "World in My Eyes"
Fountains of Wayne t/c "Traffic and Weather"
Beastie Boys The Mix Up "Electric Worm"
Stars w/ the most serene republic Do You Trust your Friends "Ageless Beauty"
Joan as Policewoman Real Life " The Ride"
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M. Ward Duet of 2 guitars "Fishing Boat Song"
Kaki King Until We Felt Red t/c
Andrew Bird 2006 Weather Systems "Skin"
Over the Rhine The Trumpet Child "I'm on a Roll"
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The Decemberists The Crane Wife "The Crane Wife #3"
Susane Vega Beauty and Crime "New York is a Woman"
Colin Hay Are You Looking at Me? "Lonely wihtout You"
Crowded House Time on Earth "She Called Up"
Neko Case Blacklisted "Deep Red Bells"
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Rodney Crowell Fate's Right Hand "The Man in Me"
Gene Clark (1996) This Byrd has Flown "Made for Love"
Minnie Driver Seastories "Had to be Good"
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The Bears Eureka! "Idiot in the Sky"
Cake B-Sides and rarities "Conroy"
Natalie Walker Urban Angel "Quicksand"
Architecture in Helsinki t/c "Like a Call"
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Bob Marley and the Wailers Roots, Rock Remixed "Don't Rock My Boat"
The Bongos and Moby Drum Along the Hudson "Burrushers 2007"
John P. Strohm Everyday Life "Driving on 95"
The Charlatans UK Simpatico "Sunset and Vine"
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Iron and Wine Shepherd's Dog "Boy with a Coin"
Ryan Adams Easy Tiger "Two"
Yesterday's Universe "The last Electro"

are you into latin grooves?

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check out this week's adds into the international genre's selection tower:

The B-Side Players, Fire in the Youth.
The B-Side Players explore music of Latin America and the Caribbean as they also integrate sounds from Cuba, Jamaica, Mexico, & Brasil into funk, rock, jazz, & hip-hop. Political songs bring messages of, “unity, brotherhood, and dance-floor revolution to the people of planet Earth.”

comments / tracks of interest:

#1: a healthy song

#2: modern revolution

#3: percussive and rhythmical

#5: slower tempo, “keep on fighting”

#6: reggae in Spanish

Manu Chao's Rainin in Paradize:
an extraterrestrial rock experience where politically directed lyrics whet the palate for a complete release of Manu Chao’s latest album.

comments / tracks of interest:

this is a one-track recording of Rainin in Paradize.

Ojos De Brujo's Techari Remixes:
Ojos De Brujo let out this mix of their latest album. Tracks have been manipulated electronicly and while I fancy the originals, there are some sweet versions of good songs here.

comments / tracks of interest:

#1: piano

#2: pronounced electro beat w/ hand claps

#3: danceable rhythms

#6: old western twang

#9: rock-n-step beat (listen to what that means)

Playlist-- 07.17.07 3pm-5pm Afternoon Mix (and an archive playlist, too!)

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Hey...here's today's playlist! I think this is the last archive playlist, also. Finally caught up!:

Radio Show: 07.17.07

Liliput – You Did It // Liliput (Kill Rock Stars) 1982/2001
Throbbing Gristle – Distant Dreams // V/A: D-I-Y Do It Yourself (Soul Jazz) 1980
Kevin Dunn and the Regiment of Women – AG // The Judgement of Paris (DB records)
Mission of Burma – Trem Two // vs. (Rykodisc) 1982/1997

Laurie Anderson – From the Air // Big Science (WB) 1982
ESG – UFO // A South Bronx Story (Soul Jazz) early 1980s/2000
Let's Active – Room With a View // Afoot (IRS) 1983
New Order – Temptation // Temptation/Hurt 12" Single (Factory) 1982

Montag – Set Yourself on Fire // V/A: Do You Trust Your Friends (Arts & Crafts) 2007
YACHT – Music Could Cure What Ails You // I Believe in You Your Magic Is Real (Marriage) 2007
Softlightes – Girlskillbear // Say No! To Being Cool, Say Yes To Being Happy (Modular) 2007
Minus Story – Pretty In the Light // My Ion Truss (JagJaguwar) 2007

Art Brut – Direct Hit // Its a Bit Complicated (Downtown) 2007
Magic Markers – Keep It In the Pocket // Those the Brokes (Astralwerks) 2007
Frank Black – Speedy Marie // 93-03 (Cooking Vinyl) 2007
Nick Drake – Strange Meeting II // Family Tree (Bryter Music) 2007

The Jam – That's Entertainment // Sound Affects (Polydor) 1980
R.E.M.—Dream // V/A: Athens, Ga. – Inside/Out (I.R.S.) 1987
R.E.M. – Pretty Persuasion // Reckoning (I.R.S.) 1984
Hurrah! – Around and Around // V/A: CD86: 48 Tracks from the Birth of Indie Pop (Sanctuary) 1986/2006

The Smiths – Stop Me if You Think You Heard This One Before // Strangeways Here We Come (Sire) 1987
The DBs – From a Window To a Screen // Repercussion (Albion) 1982
The Chesterfields – Johnny Dee // V/A: CD86: 48 Tracks from the Birth of Indie Pop (Sanctuary) 1987/2006
The Three O'Clock – Cantaloupe Girlfriend // Baroque Hoedown (Frontier) 1982
The Primitives – Really Stupid // CD86: 48 Tracks from the Birth of Indie Pop (Sanctuary) 1986/2006

Fridge – Lost Time // The Sun (Temporary Residence)

Archive Playlist: Afternoon Mix 03/13/07

Patti Smith – Gloria // Horses (Arista) 1975
John Cale—Ship of Fools // Fear (Island) 1974
Television – Days // Adventure (Elektra) 1978
Big Star – Kangaroo // Third/Sister Lovers (PVC) 1978

Mulatu Astastse – Munaye // V/A: Ethiopiques Vol. 4: Ethio Jazz & Musique Instrumentale, 1969-1974 (Buda Musique) 1998
Bill Withers – Who is He, What is He to You? // Still Bill (Sussex) 1972
Shuggie Otis – Strawberry Letter 23 // Inspiration Information (Luaka Bop) 1971/2001
Slits – Instant Hit // Cut (Island)1979

The Shins – Spilt Needles // Wincing the Night Away (Sub Pop) 2007
Air -- Left Bank // Pocket Symphonies (Astralwerks) 2007
Maria Taylor -- A Good Start // Lynn Teeter Flower (Saddle Creek) 2007
Elvis Perkins -- Ash Wednesday // Ash Wednesday (XL) 2007

Julie Doiron -- No More // Woke Myself Up (JagJaguwar) 2007
Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter – "LLL" // Like, Love, Lust & The Open Halls of the Soul (Barsuk) 2007
The Broken West -- On the Bubble // I Can't Go On, I'll Go On (Merge) 2007
Menomena -- Muscle N' Flo // Friend and Foe (Barsuk) 2007

Judee Sill – The Donor // Heart Food (Asylum) 1973
Nick Drake – Things Behind The Sun // Pink Moon (Island) 1972
Tim Buckley – I Had a Talk w/ My Woman // Lorca (Asylum/Elektra) 1970
Sybille Baier – The End // Colour Green (Orange Twin) 1973/2006

Talking Heads – Warning Sign // More Songs About Buildings and Floods (Sire) 1978
Stranglers – No More Heroes // No More Heroes (United Artists) 1977
Can – Vitamin C // Ege Bamyasi (United Artists) 1972
Neu! – After Eight // Neu! '75 (Brain/Astralwerks) 1975/2001

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a variety of artists from Vietnam to N. Africa

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from the Oasis label comes; World Volume VII 2
On the contrary to many other world music compilations that make their way around the station, most of these tracks are quite mellow, with sometimes explicitly spiritual messages. So if you’re looking to soften the tone, search no further.
suggested tracks:

#1: traditional church chorale from S. Africa

#2: Arab-Appalachian music from Tunisian-American musician

#3: hypnotic Aramaic lyrics

#5: traditional song from Kirghizstan

#6: melodies from Scottish tunes

#7: Irish fiddle

#9: high spirited accordion

#14: acoustic guitar

#18: highly synthesized “native soundscapes”

N. African Cafe, from rough guide.
A cd full of “N. African’s most intoxicating sounds.” From 19^th century coffee houses, music halls, restaurants, and brothels; to Andalusian-Cuban-Algerian fusion; to funk & dance hall; to the French-Tunisian oud. N. African café highlights regions all over northern Africa, and then some.

comments / tracks of interest:

#1: song produced my Manu Chao

#3: a montage of instruments & sounds for peace

*#4: funk-dancehall-N. African flavors

#5: electro-jazz feel to this dance music

#6: modern take on traditional song

*#7: songs formerly only sung by men

#8: sloppy lyrics

#11: flamenco guitar; Arab-Andalusian music

#14: might skip

another rough guide release:

Vietnam

In this album we are roughly guided through the music of Vietnam. From “manufactured idols,” to traditional tunes, the songs centralize singers, as catchy melodies are greatly admired. Because China occupied Vietnam for a thousand years, until A.D. 938, many Vietnamese traditional instruments strongly resemble Chinese instruments. However, one purely Vietnamese instrument heard on many tracks in this album, is the monochord or dan bao.

comments / tracks of interest:

#1: traditional music w/ jazz influences, and perhaps some funk?

#2: quan ho; folk song performed during spring festivals

#3: breathy beginning, pop singer who also performs traditional music

*#4: funk/ jazz elements in Mekong Delta blues song (inst)

*#6: self taught blind musician re-arranges traditional song

#7: traditional song w/ dan bao, wooden percussion, lute, zither, & reed

#9: ritual music calling on spirits-banned until mid 1980’s

*14: rider in the sky done on dan bao

Last Chance to Save Internet Radio

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by Len Montgomery
INPIRG

We told you last week that the music industry is looking to put internet radio out of business, and we have until July 15th to stop them. Otherwise, we'll be stuck listening to the repetitive playlists that dominate AM/FM radio, and thousands of musicians will lose their main avenue for being heard.

The Internet has had an amazing impact on music. Log onto Pandora or Live365 or any of the thousands of online radio stations, and you get an explosion of music from artists all over the world. These stations give all sorts of unsigned bands a chance to be heard, make non-traditional music available to everyone, and offer listeners way more variety than normal radio. That's why over 70 million people now listen to Internet radio.

But the same greedy music industry executives who have spent the past decade suing college kids for downloading music have now managed to convince an obscure federal government agency (the Copyright Royalties Board) to jack up the fees that Internet radio stations have to pay every time they play a song, by as much as 1200%! These fees go into effect on July 15th, and will either drive Internet radio stations out of business, or severely narrow the number of songs any particular station can play.

Now, I think musicians should get fair royalty payments for their work. However, musicians won't benefit from bankrupting internet radio stations. These new fees will put the cost of streaming music far outside the range of these stations' business potential. The only ones who will benefit will be the mainstream music industry. And this situation is particularly unfair when you consider that AM/FM radio stations don't pay royalty fees at all.

Independent musicians, webcasters, and listeners are joining forces with members of Congress to reverse this bad decision. Representatives Jay Inslee (D-WA) and Donald Manzullo (R-IL) introduced the bipartisan Internet Radio Equality Act (H.R. 2060), which would reverse the decision.

Unless Congress passes this act, the music industry will have succeeded in turning the creative, independent and diverse range of musical choices now available online into the same cookie-cutter formats that have turned commercial radio into a mind-numbing race to the bottom.

We have just a few more days for Congress to act. Let's make sure they hear from as many of us as possible! Sign the petition and urge Congress to save internet radio:
http://inpirg.org/action/savenetradio

If you already signed the petition, then please take a moment to alert 5 of your friends. With their help, we can make sure Congress gets the message.

For more information on this issue, visit http://inpirg.org/consumer/savenetradio.

acoustic Gutiar, Techno Dance, & Trad. Afrrica

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these are some international tastes for this week:
Daby Toure recently released Stereo Spirit:
: Stereo Spiritis softly composed expressions of, “musical solace in these troubled times.” Daby grew up in the Sahara Desert surrounded by music and a variety of different cultures and languages. Now living in Paris, he has put together an opportunity for us to experience a part of what he deems important in the world. The album offers mostly acoustic guitar with accompanying instruments on some tracks. Inside are English translations of the lyrics.

comments / tracks of interest

#3: see beauty

#5: displays his refined guitar playing abilities

#6: recognizing a good person, more upbeat sound than others

#7: lost friends never forgotten

#10: children are our future

#11: acoustic guitar & vocals

#12: respecting earth

Global Dance
What I didn’t expect from the title Global Dance Floor, is that the sound has a significant electronic influence. The songs are re-mixed to add to your festive repertoire, and while the album doesn’t necessarily pull me to, “get out my seat and jump around”, it does provide an internationally rhythmical atmosphere for the mix.

comments / tracks of interest:

#2: instrumental w/ dunbak and other middle eastern instruments

#5: Latin hip hop

#6: driving rhythm w/ smooth melody

#10: quite techno w/ some female vocals

Kenge Kenge's new album is titled: Introducing Kenge Kenge
Known as masters and guardians of traditional African music, Kenge Kenge plays music from hand made instruments as they, “re-explore the acoustic origins of benga and embrace their Luo musical heritage. You’ll hear, “powerful, trance-like grooves, skull thundering percussion as high-pitched, almost distorted melodies careen all over the place and chanted vocals play off each other.” (A strong but accurate description of the music.)

comments / tracks of interest:

#1: a very rhythmical intro to these instruments, a dance invitation

#2: a search for love continues in this song

#4: praise song for an elegant crane bird

#6: immortalizes a Nairobi city

#7: rapid rhythm dance song

#8: song about good fortune

you can find these cd's in the genre director's section of international music. enjoy!

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afternoon music mix tuesday, july 3 3-5p.m.

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Bishop Allen The Broken String "Rain"
The New Pornographers Challengers "Myraid Harbour"
Cake B-Sides and rarities "Conroy"
They Might Be Giants The Else "Careful what you pack"
Cowboy Junkies At the end of Paths Taken "Spiral Down"
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Billy Brag and Wilco Mermaid Avenue Vol. 2 "A'ginst the Law"
Maceo Parker School's In "Song for My Teacher"
Greyboy Allstars What Happened to Television? "V-Neck Sweater"
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A Shoreline Dream X2 Costal "Ukraine"
Iron and Wine The Shepherd's Dog Boy with a Coin"
Joan as Police Woman Real Life "The Ride"
Caribou Andorra "Eli"
Laura Viers Saltbreakers "Nightingale"
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Rodney Crowell Fate's Right Hand "Still Learning How To Fly"
Carolina Chocolate Drops Dona Got a Ramblin' Mind "Little Sadie"
Sarah Borges and The Broken Singles Diamonds in the Dark "The Day We Met"
John Prine and Mac Wiseman Standard Songs for Average People "I Forgot to Remember How to Forget"
K.D. Lang A Tribute to Joni Mitchell "Help Me"
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Bishop Allen The Broken String "Click click click click"
Beirut Gulag Orkestar "Postcards from Italy"
Arcade Fire Neon Bible "No Cars Go"
Boom Bip Sacchrilege EP "Rat Tail"
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Peter, Bjorn and John Writer's Block "Paris 2004"
The Delicious s/t "Dead Duchess"
M Ward Transfiguration of Vincent "Undertaker"
Spoon Stranger Than Fiction Soundtrack "The Way We Get By"
Iron and Wine The Shepherd's Dog "Carousel"
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Hope you enjoyed the mix. Buh-Bye --simplicity

Jens Lekman: The Death of This Summer

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While subbing for Walker Rhea on the Overnight Mix last Sunday morning, a listener called to inquire where she could find this great Jens Lekman mix I was playing. I couldn't find it online at the time, so I promised I would leave a CD-R at the station marked with her name (Ingrid Skoog). If she comes in, please look around the bookshelf in the lobby for the CD-R.

For those interested, I finally found it online at Pitchfork Media.

"It's called The Death of This Summer and features tunes by Ennio Morricone, Arthur Russell, America, and more. Read all about it here - but please, be kind to Jens' bandwith by downloading from the P4k-hosted link below."

MP3: Jens Lekman: The Death of This Summer

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Saturday, July 28

Africa

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Thursday, July 26

afternoon music mix 7-25 3-5

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Friday, July 20

are you into latin grooves?

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Wednesday, July 18

Playlist-- 07.17.07 3pm-5pm Afternoon Mix (and an archive playlist, too!)

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Friday, July 13

a variety of artists from Vietnam to N. Africa

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Sunday, July 8

Last Chance to Save Internet Radio

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Friday, July 6

acoustic Gutiar, Techno Dance, & Trad. Afrrica

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acoustic

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Tuesday, July 3

afternoon music mix tuesday, july 3 3-5p.m.

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Monday, July 2

Jens Lekman: The Death of This Summer

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