The delightful musical ruffians known as Vagabond Opera graced the KAOS studios today, after a first hour featuring music from Mali, and an eclectic set at the top of the second hour featuring klezmer, tango, and cha cha cha.

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Hour 1
(artist – song – album)
Toumast  -  Ikalane Walegh (These Countries that Are Not Mine)  -  Ishumar
Lobi Traore  -  Sorotemimbo  -  Rainy Season Blues
Oumou Sangare  -  Dugu Kamelemba  -  Ko Sira
Salif Keita  -  Mandela  -  Folon…The Past
Boubacar Traore  -  Mali Denhou  -  Mali Denhou
Seckou Keita  -  Dounaya  -  Mali
Keletigui Diabate  -  Koulandian feat. Habib Koite  -  Sandiya
Afel Bocoum & Alkibar  -  Immigration  -  Tabital Pulaaku
Keletigui Diabate  -  Sandiya feat. Fassery Diabate  -  Sandiya
Amadou & Mariam  -  On Se Donne La Main  -  Sou Ni Tile
Tamikrest  -  Aratane  -  Adagh
Ballake Sissoko  -  Baya Baya  -  Deli
Mamadou Diabate  -  Dounuya  -  Tunga

Hour 2
Amsterdam Klezmer Band  -  Naie Kashe  -  Katla
Les Chauds Lapins  -  Le Fils de la Femme Poisson  -  Amourettes
Zuby Nehty  -  Husicky  -  Ditkam + 4 Pohadky
Tradicuba  -  Potpourri de Cha Cha Cha  -  Rumba Mambo Cha-cha-cha
Ben Bogart y Los Gatos Azules  -  Susheta  -  The Authorized Bootleg EP
Turlu Tursu  -  Forro do Sargento Garcia  -  The All Weathers Country
Boom Pam  -  Hamdulila  -  Alakazam
Bombino  -  Tigrawahi Tikma (Bring Us Together)  -  Agadez

Vagabond Opera  -   live in the KAOS performance studio

Ravid Kahalani  -  Yemen Blues  -  Yemen Blues

More than a few Spin The Globe listeners & callers have recently gushed about their love of Malian music. Something there is about this West African nation, which has produced an astounding array of artists including Oumou Sangare, Ali Farka Toure (and son Vieux), Amadou y Mariam, Tinariwen, Toumani Diabate … the list seems endless. We heard an array of Malian music, plus a few other sounds in the 2nd hour.

Hour 1
Soleil De Minuit  -  Mama Sissoko  -  Soleil de Minuit
Tata  -  Neba Solo  -  CAN 2000
Ah Ndiya  -  Oumou Sangare  -  Moussoulou
Tamiditin  -  Tamikrest  -  Adagh
Farako / the man who did not want to share  -  Moussa Diallo  -  Chiwara / Tales
Soly  -  Nahini Doumbia  -  Mali Percussion & Songs
Niger  -  Afel Bocoum, Damien Albarn, Toumani Diabate & Friends  -  Mali Music
Teye  -  Djelimady Tounkara  -  Solon Kono
Terriya  -  Mare Sanogo  -  Fourasi
Banani  -  Issa Bagayogo  -  Timbuktu
Madan (remixed by Gekko)  -  Salif Keita  -  Remixes from Moffou
Le Bonheur  -  Baba Salah  -  Gao

Hour 2
Yorodian Taga / Going Far Away  -  Idrissa Soumaoro  -  Kote
Tolonte Sebessa  -  Super Rail Band  -  Super Rail Band
Kote Don  -  Rokia Traore  -  Bowmboi
Bolokolonia  -  Djeneba Seck  -  The Truth
Watjoro  -  Cheick Tidiane Seck  -  MandinGroove
Superground  -  Pakava It’  -  Superground Highspeed Crossover
Shiva (Govinda Remix)  -  Thievery Corporation  -  Babylon Central
Siki Mambo  -  La Internacional Sonora Balkanera  -  Tan Lejos De Sarajevo
I raq yee  -  TurboTabla  -  Unregulated
Gullan Du (Hearing You)  -  Mari Boine  -  Leahkastin (Unfolding)
A Place to Rest  -  Esthema  -  The hereness and nowness of things

No theme this week, just track after track of great global music, both new and old. And a remembrance of Lobi Traore, who passed on earlier this week (for more, read Banning Eyre’s tribute at afropop.org).

Lobi Traore

Hour 1
Dhol Foundation  -  Colours of Punjab (theme)  -  Big Drum Small World
Anoushka Shankar  -  Red Sun w/ Bikram Ghosh & Tanmoy Bose  -  Rise
Idrissa Soumaoro  -  Dogoyama / Lack of Respect  -  Kote
Yellow Sisters  -  Smirena  -  Tubab Woman
The Shin  -  Nat Tsar Khek & Abdul Shah ill  -  Manytimer
various  -  Children of the World   -  Playing for Change Live
Sorma  -  Aouma  -  Mirage of the East
Imperial Tiger Orchestra  -  Bati (live)  -  Addis Abeba
Blk Sonshine  -  Nkosi  -  South Africa
Don Tiki  -  Da T’ing He Grow  -  The Forbidden Sounds of Don Tiki
Subaro  -  Boca Do Rio  -  Speaking in Tones
Ska Cubano  -  Megumi’s Amor  -  Mambo Ska
Tarika Sammy  -  Tonga Vahiny  -  Fanafody
Ferus Mustafov  -  Dikman  -  King Ferus: Macedonian Wedding Soul Cooking

Hour 2
Brass Menazeri  -  Kozarica Kolo / Goatherd girl Kolo  -  Vranjski San / Vranje Dream
Euforchestra  -  Soup  -  Soup
Lobi Traore  -  Sadiourou  -  Mali Blue
Salif Keita  -  Djele  -  La Difference
Amabutho  -  Satiwamina / My Wife  -  Sikelela
Mulatu Astatke  -  Ebo Lala  -  Timeless: Mulatu Astatke
Soul Brothers  -  Isigebengu  -  Rough Guide to the Soul Bros
Cirque du Soleil  -  Ants  -  Ovo
Red Baraat  -  Baraat to Nowhere  -  Chaal Baby
Jienat  -  Sissel  -  Mira
Anibal VelasQuez y Su Conjunto  -  Mi Cumbia  -  Mambo Loco