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