Prompted by the Ananda Mela festival‘s subtitle — “joyful festival of India” — this week’s show included joyful music from all over the planet. Including India, of course. Plus an interview with Beloved Festival director Elliot Rasenick about his August 11-15 gathering of sacred music and arts near the Oregon coast. You can catch the [...]
A somewhat random spin of the globe this week, from Balkan brass to Gnawa blues to klezmer, kora, and Ethio-funk. You can catch the archive of this show for a limited time at http://soundroots.podomatic.com Or, you can grab this show — and subscribe so you’ll never miss an episode — via iTunes. Hour 1 Slavic [...]
Two days before the 2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup final, we had a musical preview of the competition with music by women from finalists USA and Japan, and runners-up Sweden and France. Also some new releases and other sounds in the second hour. And congrats to the STG listener who won the new Freshlyground CD [...]
A show devoted to women’s voices this week, from Madagascar to the Middle East to Tibet to Canda…and beyond! Unfortunately the scheduled interview with Freshlyground didn’t happen, but we heard a couple tracks from their new album nonetheless. You can catch the archive of this show for a limited time at http://soundroots.podomatic.com Or, you can [...]
The roots of a musical style can be tough to pin down. That’s certainly the case with Afro-Cuban music. Certainly the roots lie in Africa, but styles have bounced back and forth across the ocean for many generations, and now the music is played wordwide. Today’s show samples Afro-Cuban and broader Afro-Latin (Brazil, Haiti) music [...]
This week’s show ran through our ten favorite new releases in the whole world… plus some new releases, faves, and concert previews. For more on the chart-topping CDs heard here, see the charts page. You can catch the archive of this show for a limited time at http://soundroots.podomatic.com Or, you can grab this [...]
We celebrated the music of desert areas of the world this week, along with a warning about creeping desertification on this, the UN World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought. Plus in hour 2, music from Irish band Kila (who play in Olympia June 19), new releases, requests, and more. You can catch the archive [...]
Many styles of music have emerged from India, and this show traces a few modern styles that have Indian and flamenco influences, but are mostly far from “traditional” arrangements. Plus some some shiny new releases and concert previews in hour 2 (and a CD giveaway of DeLeon’s Casata!). Thanks for listening. You can catch the [...]
Another strange and adventurous excursion to the land of world music covers of pop and rock songs this week, from the Beatles in Tuva to the Clash in Jamaica. Plus some new releases in the second hour of the show. Live locally, cover globally! You can catch the archive of this show for a limited [...]
With the NW Folklife Festival looming over this weekend, we took an hour to preview some of the global acts appearing, with a few extra Bulgarian tunes thrown in to honor the festivals focus this year on Bulgaria. In hour 2, mostly new releases. Have a great holiday weekend if you’re in the USA and [...]
