Tracks to Who Knows

On a day to celebrate beings of honor, go on your ways that have yet to be discovered and sniff:

Effervescing Elephant- Cat Doorman
Let’s Skateboard- the Not Its!

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Watson Allman- Sam Bush
the Bald Headed Judge- Dirk Powell
These Days- Dr. Dog
I Will Come- Alpha Rev
Levi- Old Crow Medicine Show

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The Wanderer- Sons of Huns
Timesnakes- Sun Angle

He’s Frank (Slight Return)- the BPA Ft. Iggy Pop
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For once- Ra Ra Riot
Sacred Ground- Adam Ezra Band
Medication- Daniel Pearson

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Motorcycle 666- Pop Levi
…The Establishment Blues- Sixto Rodriguez

I bet you Gotta Come Back to me- Buzzy Linhart
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We Can’t End this Way- Ben Harper & Charlie Musselwhite
Water on my Fire- Albert Lee
Best Damn Fool- Buddy Guy (live at Legends)
Smooth Sailing- the Lucky Peterson Band Ft. Tamara Peterson (live at the 55 Arts Club Berlin)
I live the Life I Love- James Blood Ulmer & the Memphis Blood Blues Ft. Vernon Reid (live Lowdown Husdon Blues Fest)

New Places to Soar

Sending the third portion of the show to the new space….same place….lost face…..

Try it- Sky Picnic
Sugarfoot Stomp- Billy Martin’s Wicked Knee
Ding Dong the Party is Over- Mike Dillon

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So Strange- Hundred Strong & Joseph Malik Ft. Lou Angel
I can’t Cry No More- Adrian Younge
Luna Moth- Osunlade->
Sour the Plan- Osunlade
Day One- Toro Y Moi
Blood in the Water- Ariya Astrobeat Arkestra

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Shosholoza- Ladysmith Black Mambazo Ft. Lucky Dube/Bhekumuzi Luthull/Hugh Masekela/Thandiswa Mazwai & Friends
Heaven in my Heart- Vusi Mahlasela Ft. Ladysmith Black Mambazo
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Gwinyitshe- the Toreadors
Back Home Soul- Down Tones
Bazali Bam- Bazali Bam
Sun Never Set- Kiwi
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Little Betelnut- Red Baraat->
Tenu Leke- Red Baraat

Tunnel Hideaway

I found these next tracks while hiding out under the bridGe. The sentiment isn’t lost when stopping to think about the titles and the path. The middle portion of the proGram has been sent in motion like a surprising flow thru the tunnels into the field where the normal is only air. Trying to breathe them in:

Soldier- Adam Ezra Group
When you Gonna Run- Aplha Rev
Higher (Supermom)- Elin Ruth

Put out Your Shoulder- Night Moves
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Rock Paper Scissors- the Not Its!
Yeah!- Cat Doorman
Stinkeye- Bill Harley & Keith Munslow

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Party Kids- Sallie Ford & the Sound Outside
Criminal- Yonder Mountain String Band

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Don’t Look Twice- Ben Harper & Charlie Musselwhite
Too Long in Exile- Van Morrison
Freight Leader- Eric Clapton/Jimmy Page
Somebody had Their Head Kicked in Tonight- Fleetwood Mac
Hole in my Life without you- Buzzy Linhart
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The World’s in a Tangle- Lucky Peterson Ft. Tamara Peterson (live @ 55 Arts Club Berlin)->
Kiss- Lucky Peterson Ft. Tamara Peterson (live @ 55 Arts Club Berlin)

First spin Amarrass

It was a pleasure today to have friend and scene manager Ankur Malhotra of Amarrass Records in studio today to talk about all things Amarrass Records including the Amarrass Derest Music Festival, work with amazing musicmen like the Barmer Boys and Lakha Khan and Sakar Khan, as well as a mutual friend in Vieux Farka Touré. Describing the field recordings in detail and the live desert fest from the man who helped make it go was like being there. We will certainly be inviting Ankur back on to fill us in more about this great music, and the wonderful people helping to keep it alive. Here s what happened in the first part of the show when he and I were in the now:

Nothing 19- Milford Graves
The Cosmos- Sun Ra
Free Music Quartet #1- Free Music Quartet
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Born in a Suitcase- Either Orchestra
Sanity- Ken Field ->
Final E- Ken Field
13A Corner View from Robin Street- Reggie Quinerly

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In studio introduction to Amarrass Records with Ankur Malhotra
Na Maar Naina de Teer (intro)- Lakha Khan ->*
Na Maar Naina de Teer (in Raag Bilawal)- Lakha Khan*
Bamer Jam #1- Bamer Boys (live Amarrass Desert Music Fest 2011)
Train Song #1- Sakar Khan*
Meeting of the Mintrals (Desert Jam #2)- Vieux Farka Touré/Lakha Khan/Madou Sidiki Diabate/Barmer Boys
(live Amarrass Desert Music Fest 2011)
In studio Outroduction of Amarrass Records with Ankur Malhorta

* Denoted Field Recordings First Time Aired Ever.

Back to this Planet

and I landed with Fareed Haque. I want to thank Fareed for being an outta this world guest on the proGram. We spoke of so many interplanetary elevated concepts such as how to extrapolate the being of the sound, the energy exchanGe of a live show (this Thursday 1/17 High Noon Saloon), the essentials of Mathgames! and the ancient and the new dance toGether. Along the way, the third part of the proGram went zipping thru space with the vibrations of these songs in your inner ear-holes:

Can’t Have Enough- the Dynamites Ft. Charles Walker
Roughneck- Third Coast Kings
Time Wasting- Baby Charles
Sunny Sunday- Ron Levy’s Wild Kingdom

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Sitting Here all Alone- the Waters
YuYo- Bobby Hutchenson
Afrodisia- Kenny Dorham Octet
Afreaka- Lee Morgan
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Soul Time Nzimande Go- Bra Sello & His Band
Wozani Mahipi- Mahotella Queens
Skophom- The S.A. Move
Soul “Imbaq”- the Soul Prophets
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Live on air Conversation with Fareed Haque***
Trimodal- Mathgames!
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Time to Bounce- Tom Tom Club
Mackin’ with no Hands- RonKat Spearman Katdelic
Brighter Day- Nick Pride & the Pimptones
(Fab Samperi Remix)
One Day- Larry Graham & Graham Central Station Ft. Raphael Saadiq
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Banana Skank (Wafa Remix)– Roots Manuva
Agbambo- Bongos Kwue
Las Alturas De Simpson- Piquete Tipico
La Patera- Watcha Clan
Say That- Toro Y Moi
Just to Make me Feel Good- Adam & Bikini

Wha’choo lookin’ at?

Give it to me straiGht doc, I can take it……..Here……:

Can’t Get Away- Sixto Rodriguez
So you Wanna be a Rock N Roll Star- Patti Smith
Louisiana 1927- Randy Newman (live KCRW Studio)
The Fall of Troy- Tom Waits (live KCRW Studio)
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Hey Hey, My My (into the black)- Neil Young & Crazy Horse (live)
Worried Down with the Blues- Gov’t Mule Ft. Grag Rzab (live)
Uptight- Tedeschi Trucks Band (live)
Gentrification Blues- Scrapomatic
Golden Hour- Twinemen
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My Little Playhouse- Steve Freund (live)
HooDoo Man Blues- Willie BIG EYES Smith (live)
West Coast Idea- Eric Clapton
Look Down at my Woman- Jeremy Spencer
That Ol’ Mule- Stevie DuPree & the Delta Flyers
100% Dynamite- Lulubelle III

Let’s do it Like They did- Sol ->
Mister Frank- Sol
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Ghost Song- Jim Morrison w/the Doors
All the World is Love- the Seventh Ring of Saturn
Then the Heartache Begins- the ReStoned
The Midnight Dance of the Mexican Vampire- Soft Hearted Scientists

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Liquid Diet- Jason Vivone & the Billy Bats
Introspection- Mac Gollehon
->
Casino 14- Mac Gollehon

Energy InterchanGe

The siGht forced the space of place to reconcile the other. Join me on this walk…

Outer Space Inc.- Sun Ra
Dolphy’s Days- Sonny Simmons
Ghosts- Albert Ayler
The Ark- Ornette Coleman (live Town Hall Concert 1962)
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{Autumn} Allegro- Chinese Baroque Players
Vertigo Suite, the Nightmare- Matt Haimovitz & Christopher O’Riley
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Interludio IV- Omar Sosa ->
Angustiado- Omar Sosa

Otic- Mario Pavone Octet
Wee (Allen’s Alley)- Dizzy Gillespie
Stomp Off, Let’s Go- the Fat Babies
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Freedmantown Interlude- Reggie Quinerly ->
The Virginia Gentleman- Reggie Quinerly

Nutty/Ode to Billie Joe- Either Orchestra
Scrapple from the Apple- Steve Bailey
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Is there Life on Zarg?- ProjeKct Two ->
Low Life in Sector Q3- ProjeKct Two
Mistaken Identity- Vernon Reid
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High Wire, the Aerialist- Corea, Clarke & WHite Ft. Chaka Khan (live)
Just a Gigolo- Jacky Terrasson
Everything is Broken- Ben Sidran ->
Highway 61 Revisited- Ben Sidran
Caravan- Lou Pallo Ft. Nokie Edwards

Where the Stuff’s at

Placed just so:

Blue Mug- Gus Gus (Live KCRW Studio)
Paranoid Jungle- Midnight Magic
Summalove- Third Coast Kings
Hotdoggin’- Nick Pride & the Pimptones
(Diesler Remix)
Kind of Latin Rhythm- the Juju Orchestra (Smoove Remix)
7th Street Groove- Empresarios
A Cool Cat in Town- Tape Five Ft. Brenda Boykin
Seven Nation Army- Nostalgia 77 Ft. Alice Russell
~~~~~
Bollymunster- the String Cheese Incident (live)
Shruggy Ji- Red Baraat
DiDJeridoo- Chopteeth Afrofunk Big Band
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Tiba Kamo- Phillip Malela
Akulalwa- the Mgababa Queens
Funky Message- the Heroes
Olesafrica- Elikeh
Lover- the Cast of Fela Ft. Antibalas
Ministry of Aggression- Ariya Astrobeat Arkestra
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Congalegra- Horace Parlan
Batuque- Dom La Nena
Una Samba en Chicago- Angel D’Cuba
Jetsetter- Musaner
Trembling- the Saffron
Takasim Salama- the Egyptian Project

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African Dub Crossing the Fantims of an Opera- Denis Péan
Gold Dub- Resonators
Morpheus- Danny Moon

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Last Train to Kingston- Beaten by Them
Early Morning- Issac Delusion
Safety’s Off- Beacon
Seamazen- Colin Edwin & Jon Durant
Galactic Cowboy- DJ Sol Rising
Angle It- Nappy Riddem
(DJ Wood Remix)
Tonight- Dark Party
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The Fat East Coast- Exodus Quartet
Summer Down- Kevin England
As Red as my Eyes Get- Peace Bureau
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Intro- Guru

Hear, sit here.

From the outcropping to the river bend…this natural seat with a view was where I closed my eyes and imaGined I was broadcasting from…..Here is the sounds that filled that place:

Leaving of Liverpool- Shane McGowen w/Johnny Depp & Gore Verbinski
This is the the Fake- Luno
Winter- Triple Hex
Party Clock- Thorcraft Cobra
Dance with Me- Ra Ra Riot
Cast Away- Earl Greyhound

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The Dove- Heliotropes
Big City- Western Medicine
->
Problems in D.C.- Western Medicine
While you Reload- Jaill

Crazy Clown Time- David Lynch
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CP Time- Vernon Reid
The Stars that Play with Sam’s Dice- Jimi Hendrix
Let me Lie- Trey Anastasio
~
Lonesome Dream- Phillip Reebuck
No Definitions- Grayson Capps
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No Life at all- Floyd Miles Ft. Gregg Allman/Dickey Betts
It’s Easy- JJ Cale & Eric Clapton Ft. Derek Trucks
Soulbilly Music- Stevie DuPree & the Delta Flyers
Running Away Again- Leo Hull
Uh Oh!- Lulubelle III

Gravedigger’s Blues- Leroy Powell & the Messengers
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Do the Nod- Jason Vivone & the Billy Bats ->
The Black Lone Ranger- Jason Vivone & the Billy Bats
Chainey Do- Taj Mahal
Baby Please don’t go- Them Ft. Van Morrison
Higher Power- the Soul of John Black
Voodoo Chile/Sunshine of your Love- Buddy Guy (live at Legends)
No Cuttin’ Loose- Nicole Hart

Lookin’ out Spot

The benchmark of many stories…ideas….listeninGs and listen ins. A Spot worth a childhood…. In the first part of today’s proGram…this is what the surrounding EARth played to me:

Nothing 11 10- Milford Graves
Giblet- Sunny Murray
Black Mysticism- Charles Tyler Ensemble
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Trivial Assault- the Dead Kenny G’s
Amplifier Hum- Alec K. Redfern & the Eye Sores
Vanished- Ahleuchatistas

{Arcade Fire} Empty Room- Matt Haimovitz/Christopher O’Riley
{SPRING} Allegro- Chinese Baroque Players
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Bye Bye Blackbird- Stephane Grappelli & Toots Thielemans
Let’s Go- Béla Fleck & the Marcus Roberts Trio Ft. R.Jordan/J.Marsalis
Interludio III- Omar Sosa
->
So All Freddie- Omar Sosa
Gran’s Blues- Matt Eakle
Koto- Paul Winter Consort ->
Bansuri & Saxophone- Paul Winter Consort
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New Socks- Mario Pavone Octet
Which Thousand Words- A.Parsons/G.Lewin/J.Patitucci/B.Monder
Moanin’ Introduction- Either Orchestra -> (live)
Moanin’- Either Orchestra (live)
Smithsonian Institute Blues- Fast ‘N’ Bulbous
Sector Shift- ProjeKct Two ->
Snake Drummers of Sector Q 3- ProjeKct Two ->
Escape from Sagittarius A- ProjeKct Two
Hackensack- Corea/Clark & White

liGhts for the day II

Twinkle- J.D. McPherson
Every Day’s a Holiday- Piney Gir
Santa Stole my Lady- Fitz & the Tantrums

Double 0 Santa- Seks Bomba
Eggnog- Rory McBrides
Spicin’ the Christmas Cake- Sool
Chalet- the Pines
Christmas Sucks- Velodrome 2000
Santa Claus- the Waistcoats
Silent Night- the Weisstronauts
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Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer- Jack Johnson
Mele Kalikimaka- Nick Hexum
Mullet Christmas- the Shout
Santa’s Pissed off- Andy Dick & the Bitches of the Century
Snowball- Jimmy Fallon
White Christmas- Flaming Lips
My Christmas List- Simple Plan
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Hang a Sting of Lights- Great Lake Swimmers
I Love the Holidays- Office Romance
Mr. Santa- Kenny Vance & the Planotones
Why Can’t it be Christmas time All Year- Rosie Thomas
Merry Christmas, Baby- CeeLo Green w/Rod Stewart & Trombone Shorty
Deck the Halls- Redtenbachers Funkestra
Ding Dong Merrily on High- Redtenbachers Funkestra
Jingle Bells- Olympic Cyclone Band
Twelve Days of Christmas- Olympic Cyclone Band Ft. Stephanie Davis

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Silent Night- Dave Koz/Dana Glover
Wonderful Christmastime- the Shins
May Ev’ry Day be Christmas- Irma Thomas & Preservation Hall Jazz Band
Blue Christmas- Heartless Bastards

This is Christmas- Donnie Hathaway
What Christmas Means to me- Stevie Wonder
Santa Claus is Coming to Town- the Jackson 5
Someday at Christmas- Stevie Wonder
Ain’t no Chimneys in the Projects (Inst)- Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings
Post Apocalypse Christmas- Gruff Rhys
Hit er Miss Christmas- Mother Mother

liGhts for the day I

radio celebrate one:

Hopsa Chasa Vzuru- Antologie Moravské Lidové Hudby
Carol of the Bells- Cantus
Pat a Drummer- Cantus
~~~
Let it Snow- Dean Martin
Winter Wonderland- Dean Martin
Away in the Manger- the Blind Boys of Alabama Ft. George Clinton
Santa Claus (Do you Ever Come to the Ghetto)- Carlene Davis
I Saw three Ships- Sting
White Christmas- Allen Toussaint
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Carol of the Bells- Sara Jackson Holman
Joy to the World- Jared Mees & the Grown Children
I’m Putting your Toys Away- Thorcraft Cobra
Getting Ready for Christmas- Paul Simon
Silver Bells- Spencer Day
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Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer Mambo- Billy May
Christmas Time in Harlem- Maria Muldaur (live)
Christmas at the Oasis- Maria Muldaur (live)
Sleigh Ride- Squirrel Nut Zipers
Carolina Christmas- Squirrel Nut Zippers
Hot Christmas (Inst)- Squirrel Nut Zippers
Merry Christmas, Baby- Elvis Presley
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Little Drummer Boy- Billy Gibson
Christmas on the Bayou- David Gogo
Santa’s Second Line- D’Mar & Gill
Blues on Christmas- Grady Champion
Happy Christmas Tears- Little Jimmy King
Poor Man’s Christmas- Smokin’ Joe Kubek & B’Nois King
You Can’t Sing about Christmas- Stevie DuPree & the Delta Flyers
No More Christmas Blues- Vasti Jackson
Good Time Christmas- the Soul of John Black

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Somebody Stole my Santa Suit- Dan Hicks & the Hot Licks
Run Rudolph Run- Dan Hicks & the Hot Licks
Here Comes Santa Claus- Dan Hicks & the Hot Licks
Let it Snow- Horace Reeves

Ground Found

Sometimes just looking around, on the ground…the oddest things can be found…Music for such a quest:

Eric is Jive- Actual Proof
Bud Powell- Corea, Clarke & White (live)
Heaven on Earth- Larry Young
Can’t Wait Another day- the String Cheese Incident
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Compared to What- John Legend & the Roots ->
I Wish I Knew how it Would Feel to be Free- John Legend & the Roots
Movin’- Larry Graham & Graham Central Station Ft. Prince
She’s Fire- RonKat Spearman Katdelic
Tonic Stride- Third Coast King
->
Gold Brick- Third Coast King
Waitin’ so Long- Nick Pride & the Pimptones (Smoove Remix) Ft. Jess Roberts
Ain’t no Chimneys in the Projects- Sharon Jones & the DapKings
the Tale of Mr. Morton- Skee Lo
Cannon in the Heavens- Lotus Ft. Lyrics Born
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The Caterpillar Flying- Danny Moon
Coming in From the Cold- Bob Marley & the Wailers (live 9/23/80 Stanley Theater Pittsburgh, PA)
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Where’s your Head at?- Fatboy Slim (live) ->
Traction- Fatboy Slim (live)
Blind Man- Cut Chemist
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Telegraph- Grouse
Magic Doors- Portishead
The Incident- We Have a Ghost
Angel- Massive Attack
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Run Ruldoph Run- CeeLo Green
We Wish you a Merry Jingle Bells Christmas- Redtenbacher’s Funkestra
Oh Tannenbaum- Vince Guaraldi
Winter Wonderland- Al Green
Señor Santa- Y La Bamba
Auld Lang Syne- Andrew Bird

Winter’s here hEAR

The middle portion of the show had a treat, not only was it the first full day of winter…but I had a chance to have a live on air conversation with Mr. Paul Winter. We discussed the 50th Anniversary Anthology of Count Me In 1962/1963, the adventure of being invited to the Kennedy White House and new work he is finishing up with a subtitle of “Migrating Birds Know No Boundaries” with the Great Rift Valley Orchestra. In talking, Mr. Winter and I found out we have a lot in common musically and otherwise and I look forward to keeping this new found friendship a bridge forward. Here’s the artists work that went with this:

Cowboy’s Dream- Tommy Emmanuel
Just Lookin’- Keb Mo Ft. Marcus Miller
Little Sally Walker- Syl Johnson
Off the Blues- Sol
Tax Free- Jimi Hendrix
~~~
Cop Show- Hey Now, Morris Fader Ft. Dana Colley
No Rain (Ripped Away Version)- Blind Melon
House with Haunting- Jaill
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Khubani- J.K. Mayengani & the Shingwedzi Sisters
Nkuli’s Shuffle- the Klloks
Oriki- Duro/Jimmy Sholanke
Future Ancestors- Ariya Astrobeat Arkestra
~~~~~
Bleep Blop- Mojo Mancini->
Gone Tomorrow- Mojo Mancini
the Blimp- Fast N’ Bulbous ->
Ice Rose- Fast N’ Bulbous
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Whoppin’ Blues- Nicholas Payton
Clank- Elliott Sharp’s Terraplane
East of the Sun (West of the Moon)- A.Parsons/G.Lewin/J.Patitucci/B.Monder
Los Mariachis- Charlie Mingus
~~~~~
The Thumper- the Paul Winter Sextet (live)
Casa Camara- the Paul Winter Sextet
***Live on air Conversation with Mr. Paul Winter***
Maria Ninguem- the Paul Winter Sextet (live Kennedy White House)
Black Snake Blues- the Fat Babies
Fiesta Mojo- Dizzy Gillespie

always burning liGht

Passings ons N’ offs and into the unknown never leaving the memory.

Backdrop for Urban Revolution- Marzette Watts
Spirits- Albert Ayler
Exotic Forest->- Sun Ra (live)
It’s After the End of the World- Sun Ra (live)
~~~~~
{Blonde Redhead} Melody- Matt Haimovitz/Christopher O’Riley
{Winter} Allegro- Chinese Baroque Players
Speak Low- Matt Eakle
Frozen Lake- Bob James/Keiko Matsui
That Old Thing- Béla Fleck & the Marcus Roberts Trio Ft. Rodney Jordan/Jason Marsalis
Just the Two of Us- Stephane Grappelli & Toots Thielemans
Rhum Bar- Steve Bailey
Firefly- Fourplay
~~~~~
I Can’t Thank Him Enough- Wings of Faith Juniors of Grand Rapids, MI
Beams of Heaven- Don Byron New Gospel Quintet
~~~~~
Dig a Little Deeper- Seth Walker
Subterranean Homesick Blues- Ben Sidran
Sweller on the Threshold- Van Morrison (live Grand Opera, Belfast)
***Lou Pallo Holiday Wish***
Avalon- Lou Pallo Ft. Frank Vignola
Payday- Lorenzo Menzerschmidt

I Belong to the Band- Scrapomatic
~~~
Cookie Jar- Purgatory Hill
Anyway the Wind Blows- Eric Clapton/JJ Cale
Hitch a Ride- Lulubelle III
A Hard Act to Follow- Stevie DuPree & the Delta Flyers

His Holy Modal Majesty->- M.Bloomfield/A.Kooper/S.Stills
Harvey’s Tune- M.Bloomfield/A.Kooper/S.Stills

Deposit hEAR

The final set is an open and close drop off drop in spot…..for your own sake:

GCS Drumline- Larry Graham & Graham Central Station
It’s Alright- Larry Graham & Graham Central Station
Rockin’ for a Good Cause- RonKat Spearman Katdelic
Things to Come- Hannah Williams & the Tastemakers
Heartbreaker- Alice Russell

Welcome to Nola- the New Mastersounds Ft. Papa Mali
Boogaloo- Stanley Turrentine
~~~~~
Stop & Look- Adrian Younge
Cancion del Fuego- Yo Mama’s Big Fat Booty Band
Quinto Nivel- Empresarios

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It’s All Right- Victor Wooten
Cogaxa- Henri Pierre Noel

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Prozac- Dobie
Eclipsed- Danny Moon
Opium- Dead Can Dance
Stars- Roses Gabor
Everything Speaks- Diamond Rings

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Kikkake- DJ Kentaro Ft. DJ Krush (Daedelus Remix)
Tomorrow- Lukid
Bali Hai- Hey, Rube!

~~~
Through the Storm- Karen Gibson Roc
Put Some Music on- Anji Bee
The Acieed that ate New York- Mark Imperial
El Ritmo Ft. Deuce Eclipse & Caipo of Bang Data- J Boogie’s Dubtronic Science

Beeline (Instr)DJ Eleven Ft. Sharina Doyle
~~~~~
Joy Part III- Olympic Cyclone Band
Everybody’s Waiting for the Man with the Bag- Black Praire Ft. Sallie Ford

Words with a View

a biGG greenarrowradio thank you to Jae Benjamin for being a guest on the show today. We spent time talking abut our shared friends and how influential and important they are to our successes, Steve Guttenberg, who is a mentor and friend to Jae (and perhaps a greenarrowradio listener) and all the movies, shows and a surprise event Jae will be a part of come early 2013. We will toGether have to follow him and what it miGht be as the year turns. Here is the music that went with the talk:

Portlandtown USA- Pancake Breakfast
I ain’t the Same- Alabama Shakes
My Love Won’t Wait- Gallant
Downwind- Sean Rowe

~~~
Psycho Main Title- Petra Haden
D’aimer et d’être aimé- Radioactive X Girlfriend
Waste a lot of things- Jaill

Full Force Gale- Van Morrison (live Grand Opera House, Belfast)
Uncle John- Jonathan Couton & John Roderick
*** On air Conversation with Jae Benjamin***
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Chrystal Illusion- Creations Unlimited
the Players- Inner Circle
Don’t Make me Kill you- Angela Alexander & J.D. Sandler
So Much to Live for- the Lee Boys
Sir Duke- Devon Allman’s Honeytribe
Don’t Let the Green Grass Fool you- Huey Lewis & the News
There’ll be Some Changes made- Ray Charles
~~~~~
It Hurts me too- Nicky Hopkins/Ry Cooder/Mick Jagger/Bill Wyman/Charlie Watt
the Woodchuck- the Mannish Boys
Purgatory Pitch- Purgatory Hil
Lucky Seven- Stevie DuPree & the Delta Flyers
It Takes a lot to Laugh, it Takes a Train to cry- Lorenzo Menzerschmidt

Boom Boom Strange Brew- Buddy Guy (live)
Snow Glove Time Capsule- the Twin Cats

Branchin’ outta NowEAR

With a tribute to start and the reasons why to follow…The ones with the lonGest ear could rule the day..Here’s the start of today’s proGram:

Spring- Ravi Shankar
West Meets East- Ravi Shankar (interview responses from first time Western Live Audience)
Raga Kedara- Ravi Shankar
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Color Splashes- the EXIT Project
Sweet Trouble- Omar Faruk Tekbilek
Seveda midir Yoksa- Yeni Turku

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Tunak Tunak Tun- Red Baraat
Afro Horn Mix- Afro Horn Mx
Do you Know what it Means to Miss New Orleans- Chuck Curry

As it Falls- Elliott Sharpe’s Terraplane
~~
London Cafe Blues- the Fat Babies
Cupbearers- the Paul WInter Sextet
(live)
Dizzy Moods- Charlie Mingus
Powell’s Prance- Clifford Brown & Max Roach
Waltz for Leeann- Steve Bailey
~~~
Take Five- Dave Brubeck (live Monterey Jazz Festival)
Margie- Dave Brubeck (live Monterey Jazz Festival)
~~~
Alegria- Chick Corea & Gary Burton (live)
MR7- Bones and Tones

eXtra Time to build

Didn’t untie the DJ who follows me so I had a chance to build another hour worth of tunes into a set as part of last week’s proGram:

Snow Theme- Lukid
Big B Plus- David Axelrod
Pedal Rhythm
(the Sequel)Sticky
Belly of the Beast- Neil Davidge
Fish Headz- Jafu

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Hunters- Sounds from the Ground
Ra Ako St- Lindstrøm
Everyday- Simian Mobile Disco
Strut Your Techno Stuff- FAx Yourself
Pimpdaddy- Hey, Rube!

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Give Peace a Chance- Yoko Ono (Karsh Kale Voices of the Tribal Massive Mix)
The Allure- Beats Antique
Closer to the Edge (Tad Wiley Remix)All Good Funk Alliance
Spiral (Sharma Remix)Bombay Dub Orchestra

Stand Up, Slow Down

I want to thank Pokey LaFarge for being a guest on the show…we talked about what to expect at the upcoming show in Stoughton at the Opera House, how the old style makes for great new sounds and how we sometimes get to where we are by slowing it down. Here is what accompanied:

the Energy Blues- Biz Markie
Lady Stardust- the Luyas
Misty Mountain Hop- the Resistance Organ Trio

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Midnight Creepers- Midnight Magic
Afar (Original Ending)- Scrimshire
All I can do- Scrimshire Ft. Stac
All I Need is Love- CeeLo Green Ft. the Muppets

Why you Treat me so bad- Shaggy Ft. Grand Puba
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The Van that got Away- Zongo Junction
Stank- SOL
Human Nature- Easy Star All Stars
Rocket Man- the Stiff Naked Fools
Mampama- Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars
Come and Dance- the Lijadu Sisters
I am Because (Africa Mix)- Rhythm del Mundo Ft. Shande

~~~
Heartbreaker- Alice Russell (Acoustic & Live)
the Guns of Brixton- Rupa & the April Fishes
~~
Head to Toe- Pokey LaFarge & the South City Three
Weedwacker Rag- Pokey LaFarge & the South City Three
**On air Conversation with Pokey LaFarge**
Drinking Whiskey Tonight- Pokey LaFarge & the South City Three
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Super Bad- James Brown (live Paris ’71 L’Olympia)
Kashmere- Oh No
Bus Ride- Reuben Wilson
They Won’t go (When I Go)- Stefon Harris & Blackout