Global Lounge does Electro Tango!

Date aired: 11th September 2011

Playlist

Santa Maria (Del Buen Ayre) - Gotan Project - "Gotan Project (Live at KCRW)" 2006
La Gloria - Gotan Project - "Tango 3.0" 2010
La Musica de Siempre - Gotan Project - "Tango 3.0" 2010
Whatever Lola wants - Gotan Project & Sarah Vaughan - "Verve Remixed Vol 2" 2003
Queremos Paz - Gotan Project - "Sounds of the Planet - Womadelaide" 2007
Primer Beso - El Juntacadaveres - "Bar Tango" 2007
Noche Portena - El Juntacadaveres - "Bar Tango" 2007
Chocolate - Tango Project - "Tango Project Volume II New-Tango" 2004
Mundo Bizarro - Tango Conspiracy - "Bar Tango" 2007
Gonlum Sensiz Olmaz - DJ Jamani - "Bar Tango" 2007
Paris - Buenos Aires - Nicolas Genest - "Bar Tango" 2007
Grace Baby - Paris Wells - "Keep It" 2008

Queremos Paz (We want peace) - Gotan Project.

Seriously making me think of the fabulous Alice Russell....Paris Wells will be at Earth Station this year. Belair National Park 21st - 23rd Oct.

Global Lounge - Zydeco

Date aired: 4th September 2011

Playlist

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!)

Too chilled for a weekday...on the Lounge!

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