Horns. If you can’t hear them, you’re not paying attention. And I don’t mean the polite horn section of some soft soul hit. I’m talking big brash in-your-face horns marching down your street to take your lawn ornaments hostage. This weekend Seattle will be full of such windbag miscreants (and I mean that in the nicest way) as HonkFest West (http://honkfestwest.com/) returns. Spin The Globe celebrates their seasonal migration — think Canada geese with megaphones and drum sections — with its own blast of global brass, from Bollywood to Brazilian to Balkan to New Orleans, and wherever else great global brass music is made. Can you handle it?

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Hour 1
Mahala Rai Banda  -  Kolo Baro  -  Ghetto Blasters
Hypnotic Brass Ensemble  -  Alyo  -  Hypnotic Brass Ensemble
Gangbe Brass Band  -  Tagbavo  -  Togbe
Dejan Petrović  -  El Chumbachero  -  Bands Play Serbian & World Music Hits
Bollywood Brass Band  -  Ramta Jogi  -  Rahmania
Boom Pam  -  Bulgarock  -  Alakazam
Samy El Bably  -  Asrar El Ein  -  Sahara Groove
Pitsicato Brass Band  -  Balkan Kan Muvi  -  Pitsicato Brass Band
The Haggis Horns  -  The Traveller Part One  -  Hot Damn!
The Sway Machinery w/ Khaira Arby  -  Skin to Skin  -  House of Friendly Ghosts Vol. 1
Tubaluba  -  St. James Infirmary  -  advance single
March Fourth Marching Band  -  Ah Ya Bibi  -  March Fourth Marching Band

Hour 2
Fanfare Vagabontu  -  Bubamara  -  Rabbids Go Home (OST)
Schael Sick Brass Band  -  Kostadin  -  Kesh Mesh
Jambalaya Brass Band   -  Jambalaya Got Fire  -  It’s A Jungle Out There
Balkan Beat Box  -  Sunday Arak feat. Dana Leong  -  Balkan Beat Box
Va Fan Fahre  -  Ethiopian Gypsy  -  Zet Je Maar
Boban Markovic Orkestar feat. Marko Markovic  -  The Train  -  The Promise
Haïdouti Orkestar  -  Pesma  -  Tek Tek
Antwerp Gipsy-Ska Orkestra  -  Basalaja feat. Marko Markovic  -   I Lumia Mo Kher
The Haggis Horns  -  The Traveller Part Two  -  Hot Damn!
Skatalites  -  Freedom Sounds  -  From Paris With Love
Femi Kuti  -  Fight To Win feat. Jaguar Wright  -  Fight to Win
Samite  -  Nalubale  -  Embalassa

Spin The Globe playlist for 9 April 2010: Sacred Music & Marching Bands

This week’s show includes music previewing and celebrating two great events this weekend: HonkFest West in Seattle (http://honkfestwest.com), and the World Sacred Music Festival’s presentation of the Al-Andalus Ensemble here in Olympia (http://olysacredmusic.org). Plus other fun music and a few words about why you should be supporting community radio and its diverse programming, since the KAOS spring membership drive begins April 10. Pledge online (http://kaos.evergreen.edu/membership/join.html) or call 360-867-5267.

Artist – Song – Album

Hour 1
Dhol Foundation  -  Colours of Punjab (theme)  -  Big Drum Small World
Mahala Rai Banda  -  Balkan Reggae  -  Ghetto Blasters
Sean Johnson & The Wild Lotus Band  -  Jai Hanuman (Faith)  -  Devaloka
Red Baraat  -  Dum Maro Dum  -  Chaal Baby
Bapi Das Baul / Baul Bishwa  -  Jaibon Amar (Sitting on the Love Branch)  -  Madness & happiness
Balkan Warehouse Orchestra  -  Ah Yabibi  -  Balkan Warehouse Orchestra
Unni Lovlid  -  Den Fyrste Song  -  Vita
Hungry March Band  -  Red Box  -  Portable Soundtracks for Temporary Utopias
Al-Andalus  -  Portrait of Zahra  -  Genetic Memories
Cicala Mvta  -  Rajamati Kumati  -  Ching-Dong The Return Of Japanese Street Music
VM Bhatt & Matt Malley  -  Rainbow in My Heart  -  Sleepless Nights
Soweto Gospel Choir  -  Mangisondele Nkosi Yam  -  Grace
Bollywood Brass Band  -  Love is Sweeter than Sugar  -  The Bollywood Brass Band

Hour 2
Bela Fleck  -  Salam Aleikum  -  Throw Down Your Heart Africa Sessions Part 2
Chicago Afrobeat Project  -  Fix and Release  -  (A) Move to Silent Unrest
Boban Markovic Orkestar  -  Mesecina  -  Live in Belgrade
King Sunny Ade  -  Merciful God  -  Seven Degrees North
Mary McHenry  -  Zominamina  -  World Vol. X #1
Ali Hassan Kuban  -  Leila  -  Nubian Magic
Three Ality  -  Wij Meiskens Net  -  ‘t Minne
Al-Andalus Ensemble  -  Baghdad (excerpt)  -  21 Strings
Girish  -  Hanuman 2  -  Shiva Machine
Andrew Oliver Kora Band  -  Jarabi  -  Just 4 You
Stella Chiweshe  -  Cachimurenga  -  Talking Mbira
Nawal  -  Dunia Udjissa / the World Is Beautiful  -  Kwel

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