Womadelaide preview released this week.....

Date aired 23rd Oct

Playlist

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)
:)

A bit of this....a bit of that....something other than the usual Roxfm playlist....

Date aired: 16th October

Playlist

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. :)

Global Lounge thinking about Earth Station 2011

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!