Can be heard on community radio station 105.5 RoxFm
Currently on air in Roxby Downs, South Australia on Sundays 12.30pm - 1.30pm
Hello and welcome to the Global Lounge
"I would like to invite you to put your feet up for the next hour or so and join me for a musical journey from jazz to blues, folk to roots with all destinations in between...crossing oceans, borders and political boundaries to bring you music from around the world..."
Furahi - Zap Mama - album - "Sabsylma" 1994
Crunchy Joe (ft Sakhile Moleshe) - Goldfish - album - "Get busy living" 2010
Get busy living (ft Emily Bruce) - Goldfish - album - "Get busy living"
Hop on Hop off - Goodluck - album - "Goodluck" 2011
Jazzy Fizzle - Goodluck - album - "Goodluck"
Taking it easy - Goodluck - album - "Goodluck"
Kong - Bonobo - album - "Black Sands" 2010
We could forever - Bonobo - album - "Black Sands"
El Toro - Bonobo - album - "Black Sands"
Black Sands - Bonobo - album - "Black Sands"
Warning - Green Day - album "Warning" 2000
Panda - This Town Needs Guns - album "Animals" 2008
The Hell Song - Sum 41 - album "Does this look infected" 2003
Sing - My Chemical Romance - album "Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys." 2010
Starlight - Muse - album "Black Holes and Revelations"
Jet Lag - Simple Plan - album "Get Your Heart On!" June 2011
Up all night - Blink 182 - album - "Neighbourhoods" Sept 2011
The kids aren't alright - The Offspring - album "Americana" 1998
Closer to the edge - 30 seconds to Mars - album "This is War" 2010
Broken hearts parade - Good Charlotte - album "Good Morning Revival" 2007
Satellite - Rise Against - album - "Endgame" 2011
Animal I have become - Three Days Grace - album - "One-X" 2006
You might note that this playlist is a little different to the usual.
I invited my eldest son, home on holidays, to come into the studio and guest programme/present with me.
He hasn't been on air for over a year and we had a great time. I enjoyed having a bit of a break in planning this week as well as listening to some of the music he likes to listen to.
It's always easier to present a show when you're not alone in the studio
:)
This band (This Town Needs Guns) is based in the Uk. The song titles from the album "Animals" are all based on animal names. Interesting story behind it. Wiki it: here
Tristan's absolute favourite from the hour came complete with tales of the live performance in Adelaide. Yeah!
Well this week I had very little time to prepare for this hour of music so I threw together some tunes from my personal collection. Which of course includes a fair amount of Australian content.
I was a little disappointed to miss out on Hypnotic Brass Ensemble playing again in Adelaide on Friday night after seeing their 2010 performances. They really are a dynamic live show. It's just no fun going by yourself... :)
Playlist
Party started - Hypnotic Brass Ensemble - album "Hypnotic Brass Ensemble"
Ballicki Bone - Hypnotic Brass Ensemble - album "Hypnotic Brass Ensemble"
War - Hypnotic Brass Ensemble - album "Hypnotic Brass Ensemble"
Jupiter - Hypnotic Brass Ensemble - album "Hypnotic Brass Ensemble"
Ask that mountain - Adam Page - album " Seedy CD"
January in Adelaide - Adam Page - album "Seedy CD"
Inspiration - Adam Page solo - album "no relation to Han.."
You ain't no good - The Bamboos - album "4" 2010
Like tears in rain - The Bamboos - album "4" 2010
Tears cried - The Bamboos - album "Sidestepper" 2008
Running Away - The Verses - album "Seasons" 2010
Midnight - The Verses - album "Seasons" 2010
Ella doesn't drive. There was no stunt double. A stressful day for the
owner of that classic car....! But it was all cool...nice vintage
Australian styling for this music clip.
If these dudes were playing music outside my train station I'd be late for work that morning....and rather short on cash for the day... :)
Hypnotic Brass Ensemble. They're all brothers...not just in music...
Asimbonanga (Mandela) - Savuka & Johnny Clegg - "In my African Dream - the best of Johnny Clegg and Savuka" 1994
Love in the time of Gaza - Johnny Clegg - "Human" 2011
Nyembezi (Tears) - Johnny Clegg - "Human" 2011
Kwela Man - Juluka - "Scatterlings of Africa" 1982
Siyayilanda - Juluka - "Scatterlings of Africa" 1982
December African Rain - "Work for all" 1983
Bullets for Bafazane - "Work for all" 1983
Gathu Mawula revisited - Gurrumul and Blue King Brown - single release 2011
Us and Them - Blue King Brown - "Stand Up" 2006
Water - Blue King Brown - "Stand Up" 2006
Don't let go - Blue King Brown - "Stand Up" 2006
Come and check your head - Blue King Brown - "Stand Up" 2006
Lyrics - Bullets for Bafazane:
Shadow men from the outlands come to town
Looking for Bafazane they want to gun him down
Oh no
They say he thunders too loud and his people are proud
And they’ll never give in while he's still around
And it's the sky up above that he loves
Chorus: They've got bullets for Bafazane - They want to gun him down
They've got bullets for Bafazane - Now they're searching the town
They've got bullets for Bafazane - And the word's got around
They've got bullets for Bafazane
Eyes wide open in the backroom, finger on the trigger
Listening for any sound that will betray the silent deadly figure
He's got iron in his soul, he's got a smile in his eyes
He makes dancing shoes from old car tyres
And it's the sky up above that he loves
Chorus :
It's the sky up above that he loves
‘Cause he's still alive and for him that's enough
Interesting lyrics from an anthropologist/radical controversial musician....in 1983 - in South Africa.
Well it seems only fair as I mentioned it on air, that I put the clip here of the youtube vid of "Love in the time of Gaza."
Controversy again?
Surely not....
Johnny's father was Jewish and left when he was one year old.
But this clip that he had nothing to do with...well it sparked a bit of a reaction.
And then there was THIS that I saw for the first time thanks to "Adam Hills in Gordon St Tonight." aired on the ABC in 2011
Ah, Blue King Brown...more "music with a message" delivered via musical inspiration (and a fair bit of percussion)
:)
On your way down - Allen Toussaint - "The Complete Warner Recordings" 2005
Shaolin Theme - The Shaolin Afronauts - "Flight of the Ancients" 2011
Shira - The Shaolin Afronauts - "Flight of the Ancients" 2011
All my life - Fyah Walk - "Ocean Sounds" 2005
Forget the hype - Fyah Walk - "Ocean Sounds" 2005
Shew Forth - Fyah Walk - "Ocean Sounds" 2005
Mas Papaya - Sidestepper - "3AM - in beats we trust" 2003
Hoy Tenemos - Sidestepper - "More Grip" 2000
Big bad handsome man - Imelda May - "Love Tattoo" 2008
Johnny got a boom boom - Imelda May - "Love Tattoo" 2008
Bury my troubles - Imelda May - "Mayhem" 2010
Let me out - Imelda May - "Mayhem" 2010
Allen Toussaint has just been to Adelaide earlier in Oct...
Flight of the Ancients album launched in Adelaide this week....
Fyah Walk, Sidestepper and Imelda May....just because.. :)
Fitness for work alert on the guy in the front row in the white t-shirt... :)
I'm in there somewhere in front of this camera.....brilliant live show at Womadelaide 2011.
And that big boofa head in front of Imelda...that's my youngest. :)
Earth Station 2011 is coming up in Adelaide at the end of this month and I thought I'd feature some of the artists who will be performing at the inaugural event!
Date aired: 9th October 2011
Playlist
Chuck E's in Love - Rickie Lee Jones
Satellites - Rickie Lee Jones - "Flying Cowboys" 1989
Old Enough - Rickie Lee Jones ft Ben Harper - "Balm in Gilead" 2009
Kadiatou - Ballake Sissoko and Toumani Diabete - "New Ancient Strings" 1999
African Marketplace - Abdullah Ibrahim - "Capetown Flowers" 1997
You and Steve McQueen - The Audreys - "Between Last Night and Us" 2006
Susanne - The Audreys - "Between Last Night and Us" 2006
Small Things - The Audreys - "When the Flood comes" 2008
I didn't know love could be mine - Vika and Linda - "Vika and Linda" 1994
Grace Baby - Paris Wells - "Keep it" 2008
Through and through - Paris Wells - "Various small fires" 2010
What do I deserve - Paris Wells - "Mum hasn't slept yet" 2007
I don't know about the rest of the entertainment because the whole concept of Earth Station is brand new but the musical entertainment should be a pretty good combination of lots of styles of music. As you would expect from the womadelaide organising team!
Brownskin Woman - Beau Jocque and the Zydeco Hi Rollers
Boogie Chillun - Beau Jocque and the Zydeco Hi Rollers
What you gonna do - Beau Jocque - "Zydeco" 2000 Putumayo Music
I'm on the wonder - Buckwheat Zydeco
Calinda - Clifton Chenier
Creole Farmers Stomp - The Creole Zydeco Farmers
Burnin' Flames Special - Jude Taylor and his Burning Flames
I'm in love - Nathan and the Zydeco Cha Chas
You're no good for me - Rosie Ledet
Queen of Spades - Jeff Martin 777.
Sista - Jay Hoad - "Stories for the Soul" 2011
Now I've been watching a few Zydeco videos and I think if you're dancing to Zydeco, you're not doing it right unless you got a big ol hat on...! :P
Oh my, these dudes seriously look after their instruments - that's Beau Jocque wearing his plastic apron so the piano accordion doesn't get sweat on it....but I think at 6ft 6" he can probably wear whatever the hell he likes! And great images of a frottoir (why couldn't I say THAT properly on air..?) You KNOW it's Zydeco when you see one of those on stage..
No moving images for this one but one of the songs I enjoyed from the show.
And lastly, a clip of Jay Hoad who played at the Club on Friday night to a very appreciative audience. (and I wasn't missed it. D'uoh!)
This week's show has been inspired by the recent (July) release of the new Thievery Corporation album "Culture of Fear." Hang around in world music cyberspace long enough and you'll hear about Thievery...they've become one of my favourites...
From there I realised The Shaolin Afronauts were due to release their first album: The Flight of the Ancients.
I've had a bit of this music around since Womadelaide 2011 and thought it time to share it with you! :) The Shaolin Afronauts are based in Adelaide but getting all of them into the same place all at once can be no mean feat! (3 piece horn section, 5 piece rhythm section, 3 musicians on percussion) So if you can make any of their gigs in Adelaide, it's worth doing.
Also popping up here is Lance Ferguson in the form of "Lanu" a side project of the Bamboos. His song "Mother Earth" from the 2007 album "This Is My Home" shows his comprehensive knowledge of world music and particularly African rhythms.
He has recently released a new album with Megan Washington filling most of the vocal spots. "Her 12 Faces" was released in March this year.
Date aired: 28/8/11
After a frenetic few weeks of festival organising, I needed an easy playlist this week, something simple and relaxing. :)
Playlist
Mandala - Thievery Corporation
Vampires - Thievery Corporation
The Forgotten People - Thievery Corporation
Fragments - Thievery Corporation
Web of Deception - Thievery Corporation
Mother Earth - Lanu
Fall (ft Megan Washington) - Lanu
Flight of the Ancients - The Shaolin Afronauts
Journey through time - The Shaolin Afronauts
Kilimanjaro - The Shaolin Afronauts
This week we started with a song, or two...by the Decemberists..
The playlist was inspired by the music of the Decemberists and started with a song about a mining tragedy that happened in the US, June 1917. Seemed like a good time to think of mine safety and appropriate considering the audience of our community station, many of whom are here for mining.
I followed the roots of the music from the album "The King is dead" and along with going to REM and Bruce Springsteen, the story song format led me to the Emerald Isles and Scotland and traditional folk music for a modern audience.
Playlist
Rox in the Box - The Decemberists - album "The King is dead" 2011
Alasdair MacColla - Clannard - album "Lore" 1996
The Rosses Highlands - Altan - album "Harvest Storm" 1992
Tobar Mhoire (Tobermory) - Capercaillie - album "Secret People" 1993
Hi Rim Bo - Capercaillie - album - "Secret People" 1993
The Cullybacky Hop - Lunasa - album "Se" 2006
Glentrasna - Lunasa - album "Se" 2006
The Ballivanich Reel/ The boy in the boat - Lunasa - album "Se" 2006
Eireann - Afro Celt Soundsystem album "Capture" 2010
Down by the water - The Decemberists - album "The King is dead" 2011
Garinish Island/The Magic Hat - Cloudstreet - album "Swallow the Concertina" 2000
The Lock Flight - Cloudstreet - album - "The Fiddleship" 2004
And we finished the show with Australian group Cloudstreet playing some traditional Australian music. (showing it's Celtic roots!)
They will be in town at the end of July for the opening of the Red Earth Festival and should be brilliant!
Looking forward to some live music in town!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VP2jca0s-04
We go to New Orleans....
The playlist this week has been inspired by the release of Hugh Laurie's album in April entitled "Let them talk." While it may have received some mixed reviews and I haven't listened to the whole album yet, I was impressed with everything I have heard. His interpretations of the original tracks are authentic despite his lack of social and cultural blues background. This I put down to a true passion for the music of New Orleans and the blues! But of course Hugh has been a piano player for a while and we've seen some of his talent on the tv series "House." I'm delighted to find it was actually his playing that we see....
Playlist
Swanee River - Hugh Laurie - album "Let them talk" 2011
All around the world - James Booker - album "Classified"
African Gumbo - James Booker - album "The Lost Paramount Tapes"
Angel Eyes - James Booker - album "Classified"
Baby please make a change - Hugh Laurie ft Tom Jones - album " Let them talk" April 2011
I'm Bad - Katie Webster - album "Katie Webster: Deluxe Edition"
City Boy - Keb Mo
Ain't Misbehavin - Allen Toussaint - album "Louisiana Piano Rhythms"
On your way down - Allen Toussaint - album "The complete Warner recordings"
Victims of Darkness - Allen Toussaint - album "The complete Warner recordings"
Right Place Wrong Time - Dr John - album "In the right place" (used in the soundtrack for the movie "Sahara")
Same old same old - Dr John - album "In the right place"
Let the good times roll - Dr John - album "Dr John's Gumbo" 197...something
St James Infirmary - Hugh Laurie - album "Let them talk" 2011
Can't be satisfied - Sweet Baby James and Rob Eyers - album "Rhythm and Blues" 2005
Come on in - Sweet Baby James and Rob Eyers - album "Rhythm and Blues" 2005
Homeless - Paul Simon with Ladysmith Black Mambazo - album "Graceland" 1988
Ofana Naye (Nobody like him) - Ladysmith Black Mambazo - album "Two Worlds One Heart" 1990
Township Jive - Ladysmith Black Mambazo - album "Two Worlds One Heart" 1990
Jive Motella - Mahotella Queens - album "The Best of the Mahotella Queens"
Umculo Kawupheli (No end to music) - Mahotella Queens - album "The Best of the Mahotella Queens"
Welcome to Mali - Amadou and Mariam - album "Welcome to Mali"
Tekere - Salif Keita - album "Sounds of the Planet"
Laban - Sallif Keita - album "M'Bemba"
Jarabi - Toumani Diabate - album "Kaira"
Time to smile - Xavier Rudd and Izintaba - album "Koonyum Sun" 2010
The Reasons we were blessed - Xavier Rudd and Izintaba - album "Koonyum Sun" 2010
Badimo - Xavier Rudd and Izintaba - album "Koonyum Sun" 2010
The Mandinka kora is a unique instrument with a harp-like appearance and a notched bridge similar to that of a lute or guitar. It sounds somewhat like a harp, but its intricate playing style can be closer to flamenco guitar.
The kora's body is made from a calabash gourd cut in half and partially covered with cow skin. Traditionally, there are twenty-one playing strings plucked by the thumb and forefinger of each hand. The remaining fingers grip the two vertical hand posts. For strings, players use fishing line which provides a brilliant tone and is easily obtained at the local market. Twenty-one anchor strings attach the playing strings to an iron ring bored through the base of the kora's hardwood neck. The player tunes the kora by moving the leather rings to achieve the appropriate tension on each string. Kora players use a variety of tunings.
The Favourite - Directions in Groove - album "Dig Deeper" 1994
Re-Invent Yourself - Directions in Groove - album "Directions in Groove" 2010
Reunion - Lettuce - album "Outta Here" 2002
Be Yourself - The New Mastersounds - album "Be Yourself" 2003
Ready or Not - Space Invadas ft Dank - album "Soul:Fi" 2010
Gathu Mawula revisited - Geoffrey Gurrumul & Blue King Brown - single released through Lion House Records 2011
Would you mind - Freshlyground - album "Radio Africa" 2010
Fire is Low - Freshlyground - album "Radio Africa" 2010
Galvanise - Speed Caravan - album "Kalashnik Love"
Mother - Afro Celt Sound System - album "Capture" 2010
Lagan - Afro Celt Sound System - album "Capture" 2010
Further in Time - Afro Celt Sound System - album "Capture" 2010
"Lagan"
Capturing the emotion of the performance minus the thump in the stomach.
After this song I was totally sold....best live performance I have EVER been to.
Still gives me goosebumps!
Flow - Kora - album "Kora" 2007
Crazy Things - Kora - album "Kora" 2007
On my mind - Kora - album "Kora" 2007
Au Port - Camille
Kfir - Camille
Ta douleur - Camille
Peace and Love - The Dhol Foundation
Daddy LoLo - Gamin's Asia Minors
Rafiki - Zap Mama ft Black Thought of
Yelling Away - Zap Mama ft Common & Talib Kweli
High Low - Michael Franti and Spearhead ft Zap Mama
Boomerang - Daara J
Beat and Holler - Mama Kin - album "Beat and Holler" 2010
I'm gonna do it - Mama Kin - album "Beat and Holler" 2010
Tore my heart out - Mama Kin - album "Beat and Holler" 2010
Peace - Ibrahim Abdullah - album “Knysna Blue” 1994 (dedicated to all Mums)
The Man from San Sebastian - DeVotchKa - album “100 Lovers” 2011
The Clockwise Witness - DeVotchKa - album “100 Lovers” 2011
Ke Somas Me - Caci Vorba - album Szczera Mowa “True Speech” 2010
Geamparele - Caci Vorba - album Szczera Mowa “True Speech” 2010
Narin Yarim - Yasar Akpence - album “Harem ‘De” 2008
Kurdi - Yasar Akpence - album “Harem ‘De” 2008
Tantas Flores - Ojos de Brujo - album “Aocana” 2009
Donde Te Has Metio - Ojos de Brujo - album “Aocana” 2009
L’Envol - Babylon Circus
La Cigarette - Babylon Circus
The 5 Thing - My Friend the Chocolate Cake - album "Fiasco" 2011
Everything we need - My Friend the Chocolate Cake - album "Fiasco" 2011
With thanks to our illustrious station manager for saving the Weekend Review for me after I had thrown it out by accident! (contained a review of the DeVotchKa album 100 Lovers..)
Download recommendation:
Everything we need - My Friend the Chocolate Cake
The Man from San Sebastian - DeVotchKa
Some Polish folk music traversing the Carpathian mountains on the "old continent" - in case you missed the show.
Got to get it over - The Bamboos album “4” 2010
The Calling - Black Jesus Experience album “Dark Light”
Beng beng beng - Femi Kuti album “Sounds of the Planet” Womadelaide 20
Grover - The Philadelphia Experiment album “The Philadelphia Experiment” 2001
Kilimanjaro - Johnny Clegg album “Johnny Clegg anthology”
Kibo - The Shaolin Afronauts album “Flight of the Ancients” April 2011
Journey through time - The Shaolin Afronauts album “Flight of the Ancients” April 2011
Beautiful Trash (Lanu Beats remix) ft Megan Washington - Lanu EP “Beautiful Trash” 2011
Six Green Bottles - 17 Hippies
Ayrhindu (Drinking song) - Hanggai
Xiger Xiger - Hanggai
Borulais Lullaby - Hanggai
Onward - Rhombus
Home to me (ft Lisa Tomlins) - Rhombus
Impi - Juluka
Scatterlings of Africa - Juluka
Baba Nango - Juluka
Disco Biscuit Love - The Jezabels
Sahara Mahala - The Jezabels.
With thanks to Radio Adelaide for access to their Womadelaide interviews.
This week - Rhombus interviewed by Andrea Fraser
The Jezabels: were in Tumby Bay this weekend...
Johnny got a boom boom - Imelda May "Love Tattoo" 2008
Let me out - Imelda May "Mayhem" 2010
Ask that mountain - Adam Page "Seedy Cd" 2011
Sunset - Nitin Sawhney "Prophesy" 2001
Falling (Quantic mix) - Nitin Sawhney "All Mixed Up" 2004
Release (ft Sinead O'Connor) - Afro Celt Sound System "Capture" 2010
Lagan - Afro Celt Sound System "Capture" 2010
Further in Time - Afro Celt Sound System "Capture" 2010
With thanks to Radio Adelaide for access to their Womadelaide interviews.
This week - Nitin Sawhney interviewed by Michelle Smith of Radio Adelaide.
Imelda May can be found on Itunes as can Afro Celt Sound System and Nitin Sawhney. Adam Page’s album “No relation to Han” can be found listed under Adam Page Solo.
With thanks to Amrap this week we have Mama Kin, Bessy Lou and the Java Quartet...thanks to Womadelaide I've got the Necks and Adam Page on the list as well. Yes, I found a song or two by the Necks that was less than 40 mins long...but one time I'm going to air "Townsville" by the Necks. Might need a late night time slot for that one. :)
Comin to get ya - Mama Kin "Beat and Holler"
The definition of... - Bessy Lou "the definition of.."
Stern am ende der welt - 17 Hippies "El Dorado"
Kaukapol - 17 Hippies "El Dorado"
Wedding Song - Java Quartet "Rejavanation"
The Boys Pt 1 - The Necks "The Boys" soundtrack
Sleep of Champions - The Necks "The Boys" soundtrack
The Waiting Game - Adam Page "Adam Page Solo (no relation to Han)"
January in Adelaide - Adam Page
With thanks to Radio Adelaide for access to their Womadelaide interviews of Christopher Blenkinsop from the 17 Hippies and Lloyd Swanson from the Necks.
Pulling the rug - Imelda May
Rainfall - Nitin Sawhney
Breathing Light - Nitin Sawhney
Hold On - Angus and Julia Stone
Persistence of Memory - Afro Celt Sound System
When your falling - Afro Celt Sound System
Flowers - Hanggai
Jailer - Asa
Mayhem - Imelda May
Occupation - The Skatalites
Forget the Hype - Fyah Walk
Energy Song - Xavier Rudd
Time to Smile - Xavier Rudd + Inzitaba
Tore my heart out - Mama Kin
Mensch - Herbert Gronemeyer
Ma cheri - Freshlyground
Doo Be Doo - Freshlyground
Rafiki - Zap Mama ft Black Thought
