To honor the last gasps of winter, we heard music from the Nordic lands today in the first hour of the show, then music from warmer places and selections from new releases. Plus a bit of Japanese music, since that nation and it’s current struggles are so much on our mind these days.

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Hour 1 (artist – song – album)
Burlakat  -  Ei Tee Mieli (I Cannot Sing)  -  Tsastuska
Mari Boine  -  Mielahisvuohta (Lunacy Lunacy)  -  Leahkastin (Unfolding)
Wimme  -  Fadnu  -  Barru
Hoven Droven  -  Kjellingen  -  Groove
Rhythm Funk Masters  -  Arctic Rainforest  -  Afro-American-Arctic
Mynta  -  Ganglat Fran Laggars  -  First Summer
Lepistö & Lehti   -  Helsinki  -  Helsinki
Hurdy-Gurdy  -  Tok Jons  -  Prototyp
Rhythm Funk Masters  -  Frantic Activity  -  Afro-American-Arctic
Unni Lovlid  -  Morketid (Polar Night)  -  Rite
Jienat  -  Sissel  -  Mira
Vasen  -  Mordar Cajsas Polska  -  Vasen Street

Hour 2
Varttina  -  Tumma (Dark)  -  Iki
Nuriya  -  Pagar  -  Tanita
Amsterdam Klezmer Band  -  Desert Banjo  -  Katla
Oliver Mtukudzi  -  Nhaka  -  Sugar Pie
Yoshida Brothers  -  Storm  -  Yoshida Brothers
Federico Aubele  -  Efemera feat. Ka)  -  Berlin 13
Susheela Raman  -  Vel Undu  -  Vel
Guy Kark & Between Times  -  Asif  -  4 Quarters
Turlu Tursu  -  Turban Dance Squad  -  The All Weathers Country
Randy Raine-Reusch  -  A Sleeping Rain  -  Bamboo Silk & Stone
Sidiki Camara Band  -  Uwele  -  Tolerance
Los Chicharrons  -  Ma Do Nar  -  Roots of Life
Vinicius Cantuaria & Bill Frisell  -  Calle 7  -  Lagrimas Mexicanas

Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars are in town next week, so we ping-ponged music from them and their fellow Sierra Leoneians with music from Norway. Plus new releases, requests, and show previews in the 2nd hour of the show. If you’re in Western Washington, do yourself a favor and check out one of the best quiet little global culture festivals around: Giant Magnet runs May 11-17 in Seattle and Tacoma, featuring world music, dance, puppetry, and circus acts.

Hour 1
Dhol Foundation  -  Colours of Punjab (theme)  -  Big Drum Small World
Vilddas  -  Boadan du lusa  -  Haliidan
Sami Kamara and his Black Diamonds  -  E hallah wye  -  Songs and rhythms of Sierra Leone
Vajas  -  Sparrow of the Wind  -  Sacred Stone
Geraldo Pino & the Heartbeats  -  Heavy Heavy Heavy  -  Afro-Rock Vol. 1
Skruk  -  La Den Brenne  -  Til Alle Tider
Famous Scrubbs & His Band  -  Poor Freetown Boy  -  Africa Elegant – Sierra Leone’s Kru Krio Calypso Connection
Annbjorg Lien  -  Larry Goes Log-Driving  -  Aliens Alive
S.E. Rogie  -  Koneh Pelawoe / Please Open Your Heart  -  Dead Men Don’t Smoke Marijuana
Terje Isungset  -  Mountain  -  Two Moons
Seydu  -  Waka Waka  -  Diamond Tears
Mari Boine  -  Claudine’s Song  -  Sterna Paradisea
Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars  -  Tamagbondorsu / The Rich Mock the Poor  -  Rise and Shine

Hour 2
Fri Flyt  -  Mykoniatissa  -  Flyr Fritt
unidentified artists  -  Xylophones Karanko  -  Sierra Leone – Musiques Traditionelles
Funky Butt  -  Mama Inez  -  Whoopin’
Grupo Fantasma  -  Juan Tenorio w/ Larry Harlow  -  El Existential
Jienat  -  Daja Juoida  -  Daja
Erev Rav  -  Fun Tashlich  -  Oly Shtetl Klezmer
Ana Moura  -  Talvez Depois  -  Leva-Me Aus Fados
Aida Nadeem  -  Khadri  -  Out of Baghdad
On Ensemble  -  Someday Six  -  Dust and Sand
Lokua Kanza  -  Nakozonga  -  Nkolo
Phinda Mtya  -  Tiki Tiki  -  South Africa
Salif Keita  -  San Ka Na  -  La Difference