Around the World – 24 & 26 July 2022 - Preview
This week music from Brazil, Australia, Tennessee, Romania, Poland, Greece, Scotland, and focusing on Maraton hudby Brno in Czechia .
In two weeks’ time a major music festival is to be held in Brno, the Czech Republic’s second largest city. Brno, like Belfast, is a UNESCO City of Music part of the Creative Cities Network. The festival’s programme [here] ranges through busking to opera. I can’t be at Maraton hudby Brno, although I’ve been invited. So, thanks to Milan Tezar and the organisers for the invitation.
Instead I’ll be playing music from some of the people who will be appearing in the Festival, throughout the show. If you’ve not had a summer break yet (or even if you have), this is an option you should consider.
Here’s last week's show here - for part 1 follow this link, and for part 2 follow this link.
Featured Album
Sonny Singh is an original member of the bhangra brass band Red Baraat. His debut solo album, Chardi Kala, was released in May and is this week’s featured album. The Sikh vocalist & trumpet player is based in Brooklyn. He started his musical career with the group Outernational, who collaborated with Rage Against The Machine's Tom Morello, under Morello's solo stage name The Nightwatchman.
His website says, “Sonny's first musical outlet as a child of immigrant parents in North Carolina was singing Sikh devotional music in gurdwaras (Sikh houses of worship). His energy shifted to other types of music as he became a more serious musician: ska, reggae, funk, punk rock, bhangra, and more. In 2003, Sonny co-founded the political rock band Outernational and recorded an album produced by Tom Morello. As a singer and trumpet player, he has been central to the sound and raw energy of Red Baraat since the band's inception in 2008, touring globally and recording 5 studio albums. Sonny has also performed with notable artists including Michael Franti & Spearhead, Ozomatli, Toshi Reagon, Arooj Aftab, Ankur Tewari, The Ska Vengers, and DJ Rekha.”
Sonny Singh - Aisee Preet
Hear the show on the web on Sundays at 10:00 pm to midnight:
Slice Audio, Ferry FM, and Armagh City Radio .
And on Tuesdays at 7:00 pm on the radio and web
Bangor FM 107.9: http://radio.garden/listen/bangor-fm-107-9/IycUhUbT
Lisburn’s 98FM: http://radio.garden/listen/facebook/ASeqAEl8
FM105 Down Community Radio: http://radio.garden/listen/fm-105-down-community-radio/K8lBDGFf
Also on the Show
A former featured album from Tennessee band The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys. Read about them here.
The Po' Ramblin' Boys - Lonesome
Local music from the 2017 Saint Sister album Shape of Silence. Here’s an interview from the time (2017)
Saint Sister - Corpses
One of the performers at the Brno Music Marathon Maraton hudby Brno is Jarda Svoboda. Jaroslav "Jarda" Svoboda is a Czech singer, guitarist, lyricist, and composer best known as the frontman of the bands Otcovy děti and Traband.
You can download four of his albums free here at his website.
Another performer is Matěj Metoděj Štrunc. I’ll be playing a track from his Lidověk. But here’s something else from this musician and actor who studied at the Brno Conservatoire.
Matěj Metoděj Štrunc - Dobrú noc, má milá
You can go to the website to see a full list of musicians performing at the Music Marathon.
Not at the festival bu on the show and at No. 1 in the World Music Chart this month is Stelios Petrakis with his Spondi album.
STELIOS PETRAKIS - SPONDI
Also on the show: Antonio Castrignanò, Cimarron, Congadar, DLÙ, Ettore Castagna, Fanfare Ciocărlia, Himesh Reshammiya & Vineet Singh, Inni-K, Luna Silva & The Wonders, Mădălina Pavăl, Maga Bo, Magalí Sare, Mon Laferte, Perrate, Slobodna Europa, and Warsaw Village Band