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11 April

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Last Week

You can hear all of last week’s show on Mixcloud.

You can listen to all of the music from last week’s show without the talking between the songs on both iTunes and Spotify on the blog. See the running order of all the songs played there, too.

This Week

Music by: Almir Meskovic & Daniel Lazar, Altin Gün, Andrew Gurruwiwi Band,  Antonis Antoniou, Aziza Brahim, Chiyomi Yamada & baobab, Džambo Aguševi Orchestra, Fin del Mundo, Gao Hong & Ignacio Lusardi Monteverde, Gaye Su Akyol, Giuliano Gabriele, Hysterrae, Kasvu, Korrontzi, La Bottine Souriante, Luca Bassanese, LUIZGA & Edgar Valente, Orkestar Kriminal, Oumou Sangaré, Puuluup, The Allman Brothers Band, The Zawose Queens, Tiken Jah Fakoly, and Togo All Stars

Musicians from: Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Bosnia, Brazil, Canada, China, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, Italy, Ivory Coast, Japan, Macedonia, Mali, Netherlands, Portugal, Serbia, Tanzania, Togo, and Türkiye.

This week’s Featured Album - Songs of My Land by Chiyomi Yamada & baobab

Yasugi-bushi : Chiyomi Yamada & Baobab live in Oita, Japan

To get to the point immediately - this is one of the best albums I have heard this year. Every month I receive a couple of packages of albums from World Music Charts, Europe. Every month record companies, and bands offer their music for consideration. In every envelope there is fantastic music, sometimes not the music I play in the show, other times there are magnificent surprises. This was one of those instances. Listen for yourself.

Chiyomi Yamada from Kumamoto, Japan is a singer of European Ancient Music and Japanese Traditional Folklore. Her performances weave influences from ancient Japanese folklore, modern European folk-pop, sometimes even with a distinctly Celtic touch, making her Japanese music highly accessible to listeners from western cultures.

“Originally a classically trained soprano, the exceptional artist has been experimenting with traditional Japanese sounds and the combination of Far Eastern and Western sound aesthetics for many years. On this album, she returns to her roots both musically and spiritually: "Songs of my land" is a tribute to the ancient Japanese folk song, to the mysterious Shinto spirituality and to the people who have been celebrating life and love on this land with their songs for thousands of years.”

Baobab* are a contemporary Japanese folk music band who use instruments from Medieval to modern times and like Chiyomi Yamada, embrace styles from traditional to pop. “The music of baobab embodies the air and seasons of everyday life of the countryside from which it evolves.”

This is the first collaboration between Chiyomi Yamada and baobab.

*Not to be confused with the Senegalese band Orchestra Baobab.

Hysterrae - Ruvida

The Hysterrae album has already been featured on the show.

Four women from different ethnical and musical cultures. Four acclaimed world music artists, plus one electronic music producer. From Iran to Campania, from Valle d'Itria to Salento, and then beyond. Through a process of abstraction from the original elements of each tradition, Hysterrae creates a hypnotic journey in which voices, percussion, melodies and circularity create a feminine trance. The sound runs beyond the concept of borders of ethnic groups, bringing a strong message; there is a new life, a new awareness of being all part of one only great host: Mother Earth.
The sound runs beyond the concept of borders and ethnic groups, bringing a strong message: there is a new life and a new awareness of being all part of only one great host: Mother Earth.

Budapest Ritmo

I’ll be in Budapest for the annual celebration of music Ritmo (Rhythm). Apart from discussions, meeting people for the first time and old friends, there are many other reasons for going, including these

Gaye Su Akyol - Sen Benim Mağaramsın (Official Video)

Puuluup – Paala järve vaala baar (Official Video)

LUCA BASSANESE & La P.O.P. @ CLOWN&CLOWN FESTIVAL

Where and when to listen.

You can listen as the programme is broadcast or streamed on the radio stations below. You can catch up next week on Mixcloud and you can find out more at davysims.com

Friday:
Akaroa World Radio  2:00 pm local New Zealand Time (3:00 am GMT 4:00 am CET)
NAR-GROUP Germany – 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m (CET)
Mosel Radio – 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m (CET)
NAR-Alf – 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m (CET)

Saturday:

RCFM (Radio City FM) Duisburg, Germany 3:00 – 5:00 pm CET
World FM  10:00 pm local New Zealand Time (11:00 am GMT, 12:00 noon CET)
Essential Radio Midnight to 2:00 am GMT (1:00 am CET)

Sunday:
West Coast FM Namibia 10:00 pm to 12:00 noon Central Africa Time (2:00 to 4:00 GMT)
NFRS Osaka Japan: 12:00 noon local time (3:00 am UK time 4:00 am CET)
973FM in Singapore and 11:00 pm local time (3:00pm/15:00 hours UTC  – Universal Time).
Bangor FM 107.9 7:00 pm local time (8:00 pm CET)
Slice Audio 10:00 pm local time (11:00 pm CET)
Ferry FM 10:00 pm local time (11:00 pm CET)
Radio Larne 10:00 pm local time (11:00 pm CET)
Armagh City Radio 10:00 pm local time (11:00 pm CET)

Monday:
Reverse FM: 00:00 am GMT (01:00 CET)
SparkFlame Radio: 00:00 am GMT (01:00 CET)
Waterwaves Radio: 8:00 pm GMT (21:00 CET)
KNC Radio St Lucia 6:00 am local time (10:00 am GMT 11:00 am CET)
BR2 Pure Gold Radio – Costa Blanca, Spain 10:00 pm local time (CET)
Akaroa World Radio 10:00 pm local New Zealand Time (11:00 am GMT, 12:00 noon CET)
World FM 10:00 pm local New Zealand Time (11:00 am GMT, 12:00 noon CET)

Tuesday:
Lisburn’s 98FM – 7:00 pm local time GMT (8:00 pm CET)
FM105 Down Community Radio – 7:00 pm local time GMT (8:00 pm CET)

Wednesday:
World FM 4:00 am local New Zealand Time (5:00 pm Tuesday GMT, 6:00 pm CET)
Slice Audio 4:00 am local time GMT (5:00 am CET)
Radio Skye (Radio Garden) 10:00 pm GMT (11:00 pm CET)
Stirling Community Radio 10:00 pm GMT (11:00 pm CET)