tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-261818152024-03-07T16:12:44.922-08:00One Tribe, Many Voices / Rasheed Ali & Rain PeopleWorld Music & Culture from the diary of Afro-Caribbean musician Rasheed AliRasheed Alihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12125126037131925746noreply@blogger.comBlogger291125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26181815.post-215466653331722582011-09-14T10:49:00.000-07:002011-09-14T11:00:01.921-07:00A Favorite 'One Tribe, Many Voices' Podcast Artist<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cheikh Lo</td></tr>
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This WeeK: Brasil...The Different Faces of Samba<br />
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intro: Me Toca Samba / Mitoka Samba<br />
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Set one:<br />
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1. A Semente / Bezerra Da Silva / Meu Bom Juiz<br />
2. Uma Bofetada / Rasheed Ali & Rain People / Beijos Azuis<br />
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Set two:<br />
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1. Batucadas / Mitoka Samba<br />
2. S.P.C. / Zeca Pagodinho<br />
3. Meu Dinheiro Nao Da / Portela<br />
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Set three:<br />
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1. Batuque Toque / Mitoka Samba<br />
2. Elefunky / AncheFunky / Percussion Project<br />
3. Beijos Azuis / Rasheed Ali & Rain People / Beijos Azuis<br />
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Set four:<br />
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1. Ze Fofinho de Ogum / Bezerra Da Silva / Meu Bom Juiz<br />
2. A Saida do Ile / Rasheed Ali & Rain People / Beijos Azuis<br />
3. Lafro / AncheFunky / Percussion Project<br />
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Set five:<br />
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1. O Acaraje / Rasheed Ali & Rain People / Beijos Azuis<br />
2. Que Dia Bonito / Rasheed Ali & Rain People / Beijos Azuis<br />
3. Na Serenidade / Rasheed Ali & Rain People / Beijos Azuis<br />
4. Tira Uma Flor / Rasheed Ali & Rain People / Beijos Azuis<br />
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This week we celebrate Brasil, the centre of the African Diaspora in the Americas.<br />
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Intro: Kirimba / Mitoka Samba<br />
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Set one:<br />
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1. A Chamada da Bahia / Rasheed Ali & Rain People / Tristeza e Beleza na Cidade Negra<br />
2. Se Manda / Mitoka Samba<br />
3. Aguaxire / Carlinhos Brown / Candombless<br />
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Set two:<br />
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1. Tres Coruna / Carlinhos Brown / Candombless<br />
2. Tambores da Liberdade / Rasheed Ali & Rain People / Tristeza e Beleza na Cidade Negra<br />
3. Capoeira Medley / Mitoka Samba<br />
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Set three:<br />
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1. A Cara Que o Mundo Ve / Rasheed Ali & Rain People / Beijos Azuis<br />
2. Marafolia / Mitoka Samaba / Percussion Project<br />
3. Pao e Circo / Mitoka Samba<br />
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Set four:<br />
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1. Neguinha, Pretinha / Rasheed Ali & Rain People / Tristeza e Beleza na Cidade Negra<br />
2. A Canoa / Mitoka Samba<br />
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Set five:<br />
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1. Nao Precisa Ainda Nada / Rasheed Ali & Rain People / Beijos Azuis<br />
2. Nego Lotou / Fuzue / Percussion Project<br />
3. Saudacao a Oxossi / Carlinhos Brown / Candombless<br />
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Rasheed Alihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12125126037131925746noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26181815.post-77688500188474464782011-08-30T22:35:00.000-07:002011-08-30T22:37:46.896-07:00Follow the 'One Tribe, Many Voices' Podcast on Twitter!<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><a href="http://twitter.com/rainpeople" style="background-color: white;">One Tribe, Many Voices is now reconnected to Twitter!</a></span></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Though we opened a <i>Twitter </i>account in 2008, it had fallen into abandonment over time.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Now that <i>Twitter</i> has finally gotten its wings, we have decided to link the <i>One Tribe, Many Voices</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">podcast to Rasheed's <i>Rain People Twitter</i> page. You can expect to get <i>Tweets</i> from the studio when</div><div style="text-align: center;">we do the show. So, please <span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><a href="http://twitter.com/rainpeople">follow the One Tribe, Many Voices podcast</a> </span>radio show on Twitter. We're going to have lots of fun.</div>Rasheed Alihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12125126037131925746noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26181815.post-66390425732934436572011-08-27T11:12:00.000-07:002011-08-27T11:28:33.298-07:00"One Tribe, Many Voices" Podcast Episode 127<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Toure Brothers: Ismaila (L) and Sixu (R)</td></tr>
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Part-five (the final chapter) of our annual Ramadhan month-long series.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">This week we concentrate on World Music pioneers; Toure Kunda.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Intro: Mamadiyo / Toure Kunda / The Celluloid Records Years Compilation</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Set one:</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">1. Sisi / Issa Bagayogo / Timbuktu</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">2. Salya / Toure Kunda</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Set two:</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">1. Casa di Mansa / Toure Kunda</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">2. Manoir / Toure Kunda</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">3. Ninki Nanka / Toure Kunda</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Set three:</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">1. Toure Kunda</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">2. San Ka Na / Salif Keita</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">3. Natalia / Toure Kunda</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Set four:</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">1. Amadou Djilo / Toure Kunda</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">2. Tcheni Tchemakan / Issa Bagayogo / Mali Koura</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">3. Sante Yalla / Cheikh Lo / Lamp Fall</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">4. Sidi Yella / Toure Kunda</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Issa Bagayogo</td></tr>
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Part-four of our annual Ramadhan month-long series.<br />
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This week we concentrate on the Muslim heartland of West Africa, Senegal & Mali.<br />
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Intro: Sama Duniya / Baaba Maal / Lam Toro<br />
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Set one:<br />
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1. Cheikh Anta Diop / Dudu NDiaye Rose / Rose Music<br />
2. Senegal- Brasil / Cheikh Lo / Lamp Fall<br />
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Set two:<br />
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1. Xamsa Bopp / Super Cayor de Dakar<br />
2. Ndelorel / Baaba Maal / Lam Toro<br />
3. Bamako / Youssou N'Dour / The Lion<br />
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Set three:<br />
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1. Mani Djindala / Oumou Sangare / Ko Sira<br />
2. Toroya / Issa Bagayogo / Timbuktu<br />
3. Koukou / Salif Keita / Moffou<br />
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Set three:<br />
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1. Dugu Kamelenba / Oumou Sangare / Ko Sira<br />
2. Saye Mogo Bana / Issa Bagayogo / Timbuktu<br />
3. Gouye Girl / Africando / Trovador<br />
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Rasheed Alihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12125126037131925746noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26181815.post-35381091182060808012011-08-16T06:35:00.000-07:002011-08-16T06:40:37.702-07:00"One Tribe, Many Voices" Podcast Episode 125This week's show is part-3 of the month-long celebration of the Islamic element in African Diaspora music.<br />
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As a Muslim, I am driven by a desire to expose people to another reality where Muslim musicians flourish and create. This is to counter the negative reality expressed by the Taliban and other Wahhabi-influenced people who condemn musical performance and enjoyment.<br />
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Sometimes the wrongheaded are given a platform to broadcast their wrongheadedness far and wide. Often times people will pay great attention to (as the Japanese say) "the nail that sticks out". Such is the case with those who espouse a doctrine of extremes.<br />
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Would the Taliban silence the singing birds? I was given a gift and I can make my instruments sing the praises of <i>The Most High</i>, the universal oneness and beauty of pure creation. Others may serve something else but I know that my gift of music is a service and a healing to those in need. Art can be a wonderment and an inspiration to those in darkness. A gift must always be shared.<br />
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This week we feature a gifted man from Senegal who sings like a bird: Ismael Lo, one of the sweetest voices from a country with many sweet voices.<br />
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Intro: Sofia / Ismael Lo / Jammu Africa<br />
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Set one:<br />
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1. Takou Deneu / Ismael Lo<br />
2. Dinaha / Rachid Taha<br />
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Set two:<br />
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1. Nafanta / Ismael Lo<br />
2. Zaama / Rachid Taha / Ole, Ole<br />
3. Dibi Dibi Rek / Ismael Lo<br />
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Set three:<br />
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1. Viola, Viola / Rachid Taha<br />
2. Sarama / Vieux Farka Toure / Fondo<br />
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Set four:<br />
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1. Njilou / Baaba Maal / Firin' in Fouta<br />
2. Jammu Africa / Ismael Lo<br />
3. Call to Prayer / Baaba Maal<br />
4. Helalisa (Nubian Song) / Hamza El Din<br />
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Rasheed Alihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12125126037131925746noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26181815.post-18346822795603250992011-08-06T10:48:00.000-07:002011-08-06T10:48:23.095-07:00"One Tribe, Many Voices" Podcast Episode 124<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5D_4miXKIG0nh5dp2LyNJFBzh2kMGWhJQtD1F0cIHs_rBnUOUyd35EupOCVEbzzNMbiSL5lVZEPZfCbEuzfX2NY982W0lhU_H25mB98l11NrIVMAcBOzThBlvtbVhTeghyphenhyphenK0l/s1600/senegalwomen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5D_4miXKIG0nh5dp2LyNJFBzh2kMGWhJQtD1F0cIHs_rBnUOUyd35EupOCVEbzzNMbiSL5lVZEPZfCbEuzfX2NY982W0lhU_H25mB98l11NrIVMAcBOzThBlvtbVhTeghyphenhyphenK0l/s320/senegalwomen.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
Part Two of our Month-long Celebration of Islamic Music of the African Diaspora<br />
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Intro: Papa Ndiaye / Orchestra Baobab<br />
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Set one:<br />
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1. Sidiki / Baaba Maal / Firin' in Fouta<br />
2. Unicef / Zouley Sangare<br />
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Set two:<br />
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1. Saalimoun / Baaba Maal<br />
2. Gompele / Zouley Sangare<br />
3. Teugein / Pape Fall / African Salsa<br />
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Set three:<br />
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1. Mbaye / Baaba Maal<br />
2. Sasa Sinaye / Culture Music Club / Taarab:Music of Zanzibar<br />
3. The Game / Nusrat Ali Fateh Khan / Mustt-Mustt<br />
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Set four:<br />
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1. Tiedo / Baaba Maal<br />
2. Gurus of Peace / A.R.Rahman & Nusrat Ali Fateh Khan<br />
3. Bouyel / Baaba Maal / BaayoRasheed Alihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12125126037131925746noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26181815.post-71372801641815366012011-08-02T15:45:00.000-07:002011-08-02T15:47:44.201-07:00"One Tribe, Many Voices" Podcast Episode 123<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiidcjNUVWNBqwzA9DjgwFnMcdynWO3XtHWq4830Yug65M9exyGOlUiyhFJzc6Df4zBISgheh7dZPsmmrAkejdBnObAaXbXAugmgK5955oAxS7XPIgXFnlKa7qgZwqbbBrm0bXF/s1600/berber1910.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiidcjNUVWNBqwzA9DjgwFnMcdynWO3XtHWq4830Yug65M9exyGOlUiyhFJzc6Df4zBISgheh7dZPsmmrAkejdBnObAaXbXAugmgK5955oAxS7XPIgXFnlKa7qgZwqbbBrm0bXF/s1600/berber1910.jpg" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Annual Ramadhan Special (Part One)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Intro: The Good Lord / Brother Ali</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Set One:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">1. Ililagh Tenere / Abdallah Oumbadougo / Desert Rebel</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Set Two:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">1. The Invocation / Rasheed Ali & Rain People / The Empty Vessel Speaks</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">2. Zikroulah / Cheikh Lo / Lamp Fall</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">3. Baye Faal</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Set Three:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">1. The Brotherhood /</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Rasheed Ali & Rain People / The Empty Vessel Speaks</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">2. Moulay Abdalla / Gnawa from Marrakech</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">3. The Call / </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Rasheed Ali & Rain People /</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> Thunder in the Jungle</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Set Four:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">1. Sabu Yerkoy / Ali Farka Toure & Toumani Diabate / Ali & Toumani</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">2. Sailing Home / Sabah Habas Mustafa / Jalan Kopo</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">3. The Lost Tribe / </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Rasheed Ali & Rain People /</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> Thunder in the Jungle</span><br />
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</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Set Five:</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">1. Koroko / Oumou Sangare / Seya</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">2. Nyari Gorong / Mapathe Diop / Sabar Wolof</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">3. As in a Mirror / Youssou N'Dour / Nothing's in Vain</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">4. The Trance / </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Rasheed Ali & Rain People /</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> Thunder in the Jungle</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div>Rasheed Alihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12125126037131925746noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26181815.post-33058260257386908992011-07-27T21:27:00.000-07:002011-07-27T21:27:21.805-07:00"One Tribe, Many Voices" Podcast Episode 122("Not So) Distant Relatives"...Part Two: Cuba & Puerto Rico, foundations of the Rumba.<br />
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Intro: El Santissimo / Los Nani / Espiritistas a Cantar<br />
La Inspiracion / Patato Valdes<br />
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Set One:<br />
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1. Descarga Rumbera / Gregorio Hernandez / La Rumba es Cubana<br />
2. Hola / Cachete Maldonado y Los Majaderos<br />
3. Cabiosile / Los Munequitos de Matanzas / Oyelo de Nuevo<br />
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Set Two:<br />
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1. Abakua / Los Rumberos de Cuba<br />
2. Manana es Domingo / Cachete Maldonado y Los Majaderos<br />
3. Que Vendes Tu? / Los Munequitos de Matanzas / Oyelo de Nuevo<br />
4. El Chino / Cachete Maldonado y Los Majaderos<br />
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Set Three:<br />
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1. La Calabaza / Los Munequitos de Matanzas / Oyelo de Nuevo<br />
2. Llorona / Cachete Maldonado y Los Majaderos<br />
3. Tres Veces / Los Nani / Espiritistas a Cantar<br />
4. Aserende / Gregorio Hernandez / La Rumba es Cubana<br />
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Set Four:<br />
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1. Guayama / Cachete Maldonado y Los Majaderos<br />
2. Terra de Hatuey / Los Munequitos de Matanzas / Oyelo de Nuevo<br />
3. Viene un Ser / Los Nani / Espiritistas a Cantar<br />
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Set Five:<br />
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1. Cuando de Africa Salli / Gregorio Hernandez / La Rumba es Cubana<br />
2. Nadie me Hablo / Rasheed Ali & Rain People / Agua SantaRasheed Alihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12125126037131925746noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26181815.post-2891369513011709232011-07-15T13:56:00.000-07:002011-07-15T13:56:06.219-07:00"One Tribe, Many Voices" Podcast Episode 121<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwgb82yUb94fyH1GRpUsKFJvZvz628UbFzqWWDGHNSKGZ8994zcfwle2hJAjedWrHF_0UmxGVLtBjxB1jAzGghbJGS2v4jtX3VFENuBe-LTl83b8hkL3ZYNU1CeJJ03lxbE-_o/s1600/la+india.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwgb82yUb94fyH1GRpUsKFJvZvz628UbFzqWWDGHNSKGZ8994zcfwle2hJAjedWrHF_0UmxGVLtBjxB1jAzGghbJGS2v4jtX3VFENuBe-LTl83b8hkL3ZYNU1CeJJ03lxbE-_o/s1600/la+india.jpeg" /></a></div><br />
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This week's show theme is: "(Not So) Distant Relatives"<br />
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As two of the larger islands of the West Indies, Puerto Rico & Jamaica have both been at the forefront of Caribbean people's migration to the urban centers of the United States. Large numbers of Caribbean people first fled the region during the depression of the late 1920s. The <i>'Harlem Renaissance'</i> was a cultural and political phenomena largely fueled by this influx of free-thinking Caribbean immigrants. Among this mix of people were a new breed of Afro-centric intellectuals, people like Marcus Garvey, Arturo Schomburg, J.A. Rodgers and Claude McKay. <br />
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The first-generation of newly urbanized Caribbean immigrants also contributed greatly to the birth of another cultural phenomena in New York City; the birth of Hip Hop in the South Bronx. It is no coincidence that this area of the city featured a high concentration of first-generation Jamaican and Puerto Rican youth.<br />
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There are many parallels in the development of these two islands, both yesterday and today.<br />
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Just as Spanish-speaking Puerto Rico has been greatly influenced by an English-speaking culture, so to has English-speaking Jamaica evolved in the shadow of Spanish-speaking Cuba. If anyone listens to the strains of <i>Mento</i> music it is hard not to recognize the strong Spanish cultural ties in Jamaica. Any careful listener will be able to note the strong similarities between the Cuban <i>Cha-Cha</i> and <i>Reggae</i> music.<br />
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As two of the more economically developed islands of the Caribbean region, both Jamaica and Puerto Rico have had to deal with the ugly consequences of gangsterism and drug cartels. The urbanization of both cultures has proceeded at an alarming rate in the last half century.<br />
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Still, when it comes to the musical aspects of culture both islands have had a strong presence beyond their size.<br />
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Jamaica's biggest export, Reggae, has found a sharp resonance in the entire Caribbean basin and Puerto Rico has reflected upon Reggae's influence in a big way. Reggae music's popularity greatly surpasses that of any outside musical form on the island. Just as Brasil incorporated Reggae into the Samba to create the ever-popular <i>Samba-Reggae</i>, so to has Puerto Rico created <i>Reggaeton.</i><br />
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<i>intro: En mi Puertorro / Andy Montanez & Cheka / Salsaton</i><br />
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<i>Set one:</i><br />
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<i>1. Now That We Found Love / Third World</i><br />
<i>2. Chillin' / Tego & Don Omar</i><br />
<i>3. Hey Girl / Damian Marley</i><br />
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<i>Set two:</i><br />
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<i>1. Como me llamo Yo! / Tego Calderon</i><br />
<i>2. Bogle Dance / Buju Banton</i><br />
<i>3. Qua, Qua, Qua / Rasheed Ali & Rain People</i><br />
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<i>Set three:</i><br />
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<i>1. Payaso / Tego, Voltio & Eddie D.</i><br />
<i>2. Nah' Mean / Daimian Marley & Nas</i><br />
<i>3. Shine Eye Gyal / Shabba Ranks & Mykal Rose</i><br />
<i>4. Beautiful / Damian Marley & Bobby Brown</i><br />
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<i>Set four:</i><br />
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<i>1. There for You / Damian Marley</i><br />
<i>2. Count Your Blessings / Damian Marley</i><br />
<i>3. Solo Por Ti / Jowell & Randy-Cultura Profetica</i><br />
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</i>Rasheed Alihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12125126037131925746noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26181815.post-26621106687208056372011-07-08T08:00:00.000-07:002011-07-08T08:03:31.287-07:00"One Tribe, Many Voices" Podcast Episode 120<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiG3dbmLOHqHZqgwJwso_sgfsJQ99tsvz-6PeW23xknySJdpo-fcpE8s1DYc1yvvdv0Kws0-uczT35gzODPtiOfqhFwk3ivRYbYfQPTetEFDiYeBwWe6sQXzhSA3S0rTiF2LKG/s1600/baianas+branco+nego.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiG3dbmLOHqHZqgwJwso_sgfsJQ99tsvz-6PeW23xknySJdpo-fcpE8s1DYc1yvvdv0Kws0-uczT35gzODPtiOfqhFwk3ivRYbYfQPTetEFDiYeBwWe6sQXzhSA3S0rTiF2LKG/s320/baianas+branco+nego.jpg" width="267" /></a></div><br />
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This week: Part Two of Male Voices of the African Diaspora<br />
("Stories of Love")<br />
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intro: Que Dia Bonito / Rasheed Ali / Beijos Azuis<br />
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Set one:<br />
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1. Turmalina / Ivan Lins / AwaYio<br />
2. Venha Ca / Rasheed Ali & Rain People / Beijos Azuis<br />
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Set two:<br />
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1. Beleza / Rasheed Ali & Rain People / Tristeza e Beleza na Cidade Negra<br />
2. Ela Nao Gosta de Mim / Agbepe / Brasil Classics 2<br />
3. A Linguagem do Amor / Rasheed Ali & Rain People / Tristeza e Beleza na Cidade Negra<br />
4. O Acaraje / Rasheed Ali & Rain People / Beijos Azuis<br />
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Set three:<br />
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1. Sonhos / Rasheed Ali & Rain People / Beijos Azuis<br />
2. Duas Almas Perdidas / Rasheed Ali & Rain People / Tristeza e Beleza na Cidade Negra<br />
3. Cade Voce / Rasheed Ali & Rain People / Beijos Azuis<br />
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Set four:<br />
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1. No Mar do Amor / Rasheed Ali & Rain People / Beijos Azuis<br />
2. Flor da Bahia / Dori Caymmi / Brasilian Serenata<br />
3. No Meio do Mar / Rasheed Ali & Rain People / Beijos AzuisRasheed Alihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12125126037131925746noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26181815.post-21001637579096085982011-07-02T21:36:00.000-07:002011-07-03T09:11:23.718-07:00"One Tribe, Many Voices" Podcast Episode 119<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">This week we feature Male Voices of the African Diaspora: "Stories of Women"</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">For centuries men have sung songs of passion, love lost and yearning. This is part one of a two part mini-series.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Set one:</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">1. Mae Preta / Ile Aiye / Canto Negro</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">2. Mama Kiyelele / Ricardo Lemvo / Retrospectiva</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">3. Su Mama / Rasheed Ali & Rain People / Agua Que Va Caer</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Set two:</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">1. Mariana D'Angola / Rasheed Ali & Rain People / Thunder in the Jungle</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">2. Ay Valeria / Ricardo Lemvo / Retrospectiva</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Set three:</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">1. Donde Esta Mi Negra / Eddie Palmieri /El Rumbero del Piano</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">2. Prima Donna / Ricardo Lemvo / Retrospectiva</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">3. Neguinha, Pretinha / Rasheed Ali & Rain People / Tristeza e Beleza na Cidade Negra</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Set four:</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">1. Beijos Azuis / Rasheed Ali & Rain People / Beijos Azuis</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">2. Rumberita / Rasheed Ali & Rain People / Agua Santa</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">3. Prepara a Boca / Olodum</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">4. Eu Sou O Seu / Rasheed Ali & Rain People / Beijos Azuis</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">5. Qualquier Situacao de Amor / Gonzaguinha / E</span></span><br />
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9th Edition of Female Voices of the African Diaspora.<br />
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intro:<br />
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Obbatala Ayacuna / Maraca feat. Yoruba Andabo<br />
I Wanna Dance / La India & Eddie Palmieri / Llego la India<br />
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Set one:<br />
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1. Djaze / Patience Dabany<br />
2. Mi So / Neyma<br />
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Set two:<br />
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1. Women's Song / Music of the Dan People<br />
2. U.N.I.T.Y. / Queen Latifah / Black Reign<br />
3. By Your Side / Sade / Red, Hot & Riot<br />
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Set three:<br />
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1. N'Diya Ni / Oumou Sangare / Worotan<br />
2. Diso Be (Very Wrong) / Tarika / Son Egal<br />
3. Agua / Zeep feat. Nina Miranda<br />
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Set four:<br />
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1. Forever / Tarika / Son Egal<br />
2. Kote Dan / Rokia Traore / Bowmboi<br />
3. So Be It / Kelis / Red, Hot & Riot<br />
4. Djorolen (remix) / Oumou Sangare / WorotanRasheed Alihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12125126037131925746noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26181815.post-59184330029345523582011-06-17T13:56:00.000-07:002011-06-17T13:57:37.040-07:00"One Tribe, Many Voices" Podcast Episode 117<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">A couple of times every year <i>One Tribe, Many Voices</i> will devote an entire show to the celebration of extraordinary Female Voices of the African Diaspora. This 8th edition features the mercurial work of Telmary. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">TELMARY</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> has been called "dangerously charismatic" by NOW Magazine. A product of the new 'alternative' music movement in Cuba, Telmary channels a variety of influences including hip-hop and Cuban jazz, from trova and son to latin pop and electronica, she has created a totally unique live presentation that has won over audiences in Cuba, Canada, Spain and Brazil.</span> </span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">MeShell Ndegeocello</td></tr>
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</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">We also wanted to take another look at one of Hip Hop's true rebels: MeShell Ndegeocello and her exquisite breakout 1993 CD: Plantation Lullabies. MeShell is an exceptional bass player and overall extreme talent who deserves much wider recognition.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Intro: Rezo / Telmary / A Diario</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Set one:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">1. Rumba 'pa Ofenderle / Telmary / A Diario</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">2. I'm Diggin' You (like an old soul record) / MeShell Ndegeocello / Plantation Lullabies</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Set two:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">1. Ah! / Daude</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">2. Slippery Sidewalks / Bajofondo feat. Nellie Furtado / Mar Dulce</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">3. Picture Show / MeShell Ndegeocello / Plantation Lullabies</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Set three:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">1. Marilu / Telmary feat. Los Van Van & Interactivo / A Diario</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">2. On & On / Erykah Badu / Baduizm</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">3. Zingara Rapera / La Shica feat. Elsa Rovayo</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Set four:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">1. Libre / Telmary / A Diario</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">2. Dred Loc / MeShell Ndegeocello / Plantation Lullabies</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">3. Pa' Que Vuelva / Telmary / A Diario</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Set five:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">1. Untitled / MeShell Ndegeocello / Plantation Lullabies</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">2. Sola / Telmary / A Diario</span><br />
3. Nothing / Jill Scott / Beautiful Human Words & Sound vol.2<br />
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Bonus: I Think it's Better / Jill Scott / Who is Jill Scott?<br />
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</div>Rasheed Alihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12125126037131925746noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26181815.post-57954648665477351472011-06-11T12:01:00.000-07:002011-06-11T12:02:29.988-07:00"One Tribe, Many Voices" Podcast Episode 116<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Moroccan musicians</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Puerto Rican musicians</td></tr>
</tbody></table>This week we connect the dots: From <i>Dar Magreb</i> to the Caribbean by way of <i>Andalusia</i>.<br />
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The area of North Africa that was dubbed <i>"Dar Magreb" </i>(The West), by those of the Arabian peninsula, is a swath of present day Southern Portugal and Southern Spain that was once known as <i>Andalusia</i>.<br />
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For nearly a thousand years, Andalusia was a melting pot society that had a distinctly African-Berber culture. Both Spain and Portugal were transformed forever by the centuries of Islamic cultural imprint. Today, there are over 10,000 Arabic words in Spanish & Portuguese. The Arabic-speaking Africans brought string instruments, castanets and drums that would forever change the music of these two African border states.<br />
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Yet, the people in the northern regions of Spain and Portugal would one day unite and overthrow the Africans in the south. By the year 1492, fortunes had changed dramatically for the Muslims and Jews of Andalusia. That year the Spanish decreed the famed <i>"Spanish Inquisition"</i> that sought to purge Spain of all outside influences from Africa and the Orient. Not coincidentally, 1492 was also the year that a crafty mercenary named Cristobal Colon would buy maps from West African sailors that he would use to <i>"discover the</i> <i>New World"</i>. Ironically for the Muslims and Jews who needed to flee from Spain's new <i>Draconian policies</i>, that <i>New World</i> would provide a safe haven for them. Sadly, for the West Africans, those maps would prove to be the beginning of a trade in human beings that would forever change the <i>Old World</i> and the <i>New World</i>. The first enslaved Africans that were transported in large numbers would be those very same Muslims from Senegal, Guinea and Yoruba Land.<br />
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If we fast forward to present times, we see that of the <i>Three Sister Islands</i> of Spain's Colonial Empire <i>(Cuba, Santo Domingo and Puerto Rico)</i>, Puerto Rico has the most African-Berber cultural traces. One cultural marker can be seen in the (3)<i> pandereta</i> drums. These simple frame drums are not musically prominent anywhere else in the Caribbean. These drums (as seen above) provide a direct link from Puerto Rico to North Western Africa. The <i>Plena</i> rhythm that is played by these drums is the exact same (4)-beat pattern that is played through the Arabic-speaking world.<br />
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Today, there are at least sixteen Muslim mosques on the island as a process of <i>reversion </i>to Islam gradually moves across the former Spanish colonies. There is also a growing <i>Palestinian</i> <i>immigrant</i> population that feels right at home on the island.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Olga Tanon</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Intro: Ah Ya Albi / Olga Tanon & Hakim<br />
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Set one:<br />
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El Salamu Alaikum / Hakim<br />
Tool Omri / Nawal Al-Zoghbi<br />
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Set two:<br />
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Morena, Gitana / Rasheed Ali & Rain People<br />
Baila, Baila, Baila / Hakim<br />
Salsa Rai / Faudel feat. Yuri Buenaventura<br />
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Set three:<br />
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Tigy, Tigy / Don Omar & Hakim<br />
Ala Habibi / Hakim<br />
Besma / Hanan<br />
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Set four:<br />
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Sif Safaa / Mohamed Mounir<br />
Ole, Ole / Rachid Taha<br />
Hana, Hana / Cheb Khaled<br />
Africa / Songhai feat. Toumani Diabate and KatemahRasheed Alihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12125126037131925746noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26181815.post-77117969760329045072011-06-05T12:11:00.000-07:002011-06-05T13:59:40.203-07:00"One Tribe, Many Voices" Podcast Episode 115<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3x5ZusybELAmI0VNT5r4TJX2goOTfiE5RW7tM0JXUYMAL0hj-w_MS1t3OoIW9tkw4WWfvMBsmhdnp66Zr0TD0HyritxBK8DQbIhoncEjDjuccL6krHUP-r1CZvl1_KbRMl89l/s1600/Fela-Kuti-performing-in-1-001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3x5ZusybELAmI0VNT5r4TJX2goOTfiE5RW7tM0JXUYMAL0hj-w_MS1t3OoIW9tkw4WWfvMBsmhdnp66Zr0TD0HyritxBK8DQbIhoncEjDjuccL6krHUP-r1CZvl1_KbRMl89l/s400/Fela-Kuti-performing-in-1-001.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
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Another Special Tribute to Fela Anikulapo Kuti!<br />
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Thanks to a generous donation from my son Rohan Ali, I now own some 45 recordings that were previously unreleased outside of Nigeria.<br />
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I always do an annual <i>Tribute to Fela </i>show but this one is special because there are new frontiers to explore with this great African master musician.<br />
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Intro: Lazaro Ros, Gil Scott-Heron / The Revolution will not be Televised<br />
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Set one:<br />
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1. Colonial Mentality / Fela Kuti (1977)<br />
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Set two:<br />
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1. Africa, Center of the World / Fela Kuti feat. Roy Ayers (1980)<br />
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Set three:<br />
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1. Noise for Vendor Mouth / Fela Kuti (1975)<br />
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Set four:<br />
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1. Mattress / Fela Kuti (1975)<br />
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Set five:<br />
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1. Sense Wiseness / Fela Kuti (1976)Rasheed Alihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12125126037131925746noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26181815.post-25287667023237215602011-06-04T09:56:00.000-07:002011-06-04T09:58:05.761-07:00Thoughts on Preparing for Episode 115...<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Carnival in Santiago de Cuba</td></tr>
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Yoruba<br />
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As I prepare for my show, sometimes I wonder how much I can explain without separating myself from some members of my audience. After all, the purpose of the show is to celebrate the oneness of the African Diaspora not fragment it. So, I never want to make too many distinctions as far as what I know because I’m a Caribbean member of this Diaspora.<br />
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What I wrestle with sometimes is the actuality that not everything that I know is common knowledge. For instance, planning this show on Fela means connecting the dots from present day Nigeria to the legacy of the Yoruba religion and culture. That sounds simple enough in theory but the idea of the Yoruba legacy outside of Africa is so vast and complicated that I realize there is a huge void of understanding between those of us who grew up with these core African themes and those who do not.<br />
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Mainland America, with maybe the exception of certain Deep South communities, was successfully purged of the unadulterated African concepts. Obviously, the Africans were not totally de-Africanized but the missing elements that survive outside of North America are pure enough to separate the cultural outcomes of South American and the Caribbean members of The Diaspora. <br />
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Just 90 miles separates Cuba from the United States of America but as far as African cultural elements, there is an ocean of separation. The faces in Mississippi, Alabama and Florida are just like the faces in La Habana, Santiago and Matanzas but there is no rumba in Alabama. So, when I think about Chango, Obatalla, rumba and guaguanco I must explain to my audience from North America that African ideas were not a daydream in the Caribbean. The shackles that bound our bodies were the same but the shackles that restricted our souls were not. If I find myself talking a lot about traditional African religion on this show, it’s because it totally shaped our worldview. The drum and the music that it symbolized are not an African influence, as I’ve heard so many educators say, they are Africa!<br />
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Who influenced whom? We, after all, represent the first world culture. There is no coincidence that the former Portuguese and Spanish colonies stand out as the bastions of African Cultural preservation. Their proximity to Africa meant they were already unable to resist the influence of Africa. The English, Dutch, Danes, Germans and French were much more resistant to the African’s influence. Maybe, it was merely the affectations of a lack of geographic proximity. <br />
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Sometimes there seems to be resentment in some of us, when North and South American Afro-descendents get together. Yet, that which was preserved must be shared by whoever was entrusted with guarding it.Rasheed Alihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12125126037131925746noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26181815.post-34462867682317125562011-06-01T17:49:00.000-07:002011-06-01T17:49:57.968-07:00"One Tribe, Many Voices" Podcast Episode 114<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCI4OagoyJS1wZi_7F6Plbm5I6yQ1iNr4QUdiCJwiNJVyzx2lxpzu-Wt7dx7Ky826UpK23NfRKt2WUjXM7Zs3av2eKYoFLnHgNeDFkj0QZxQUk4TRlKMHJRk75AAvhLRE0nH4X/s1600/traveling_in_mali_05.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCI4OagoyJS1wZi_7F6Plbm5I6yQ1iNr4QUdiCJwiNJVyzx2lxpzu-Wt7dx7Ky826UpK23NfRKt2WUjXM7Zs3av2eKYoFLnHgNeDFkj0QZxQUk4TRlKMHJRk75AAvhLRE0nH4X/s400/traveling_in_mali_05.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
Intro: Ake Bo Je /Bukky Leo & Black Egypt (feat. Tony Allen) / AfroBeat Visions<br />
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Set one:<br />
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1. Kelle Magni / Cheikh Lo / Lamp Fall<br />
2. Dreamer / Bukky Leo & Black Eygpt / AfroBeat Visions<br />
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Set two:<br />
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1. Don't Go Away / Bukky Leo & Black Eygpt / AfroBeat Visions<br />
2. Alaye / 37th State (Feat. Tony Allen) / Afrikya, Vol. 1-A Musical Journey Throug\<br />
Africa<br />
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Set three:<br />
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1. N'Galula / Cheikh Lo / Lamp Fall<br />
2. Fogo Fogo / Chopteeth Afrofunk Big Band / Chopteeth<br />
3. Don't Follow Fashion / Oghene Kologbo & Afrobeat Academy/ Remember Fela Anikulapo Kuti<br />
4. Lies / The Afromotive / Scare Tactics<br />
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Set four:<br />
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1. Kelle Magni (encore) / Cheikh Lo / Lamp Fall<br />
2. O.D.O.O. / Fela KutiRasheed Alihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12125126037131925746noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26181815.post-85454699135060609302011-05-15T15:32:00.000-07:002011-05-15T15:32:53.520-07:00"One Tribe, Many Voices" Podcast Episode 113<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiblpZMhb3FAswPbLnEnTzDOQBxJVtpJtKm7oYxQyXUcihiKNTEX-FuvykTbOADd5kiiBTrXVwiLUw5s3HlvS9Qn5IFhZbBMcf28jXmRdT7EaiQkyrEXKnfVlvj6bXlVYjnz3UC/s1600/mozambique.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiblpZMhb3FAswPbLnEnTzDOQBxJVtpJtKm7oYxQyXUcihiKNTEX-FuvykTbOADd5kiiBTrXVwiLUw5s3HlvS9Qn5IFhZbBMcf28jXmRdT7EaiQkyrEXKnfVlvj6bXlVYjnz3UC/s400/mozambique.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
Intro: Ni Fu Ni Fa / Tego Calderon / El Abayarde Contra-Ataca<br />
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Set one:<br />
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1. Beiba (Go Away) / Andy Palacio / Watina<br />
2. Combination / Jali Bakary Konteh / Konteh Kunda<br />
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Set two:<br />
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1. Amasoka / Jabu Khanyile & Bayete / Africa Unite<br />
2. Toro / Baaba Maal / Lam Toro<br />
3. Gnangran / Issa Bagayogo / Sya<br />
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Set three:<br />
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1. Madan / Salif Keita / Moffou<br />
2. Dance or Die / The ArchAndroid / Janelle Monae<br />
3. Dambalou / Issa Bagayogo / Timbuktu<br />
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Set four:<br />
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1. Ja Funmi / King Sunny Ade<br />
2. Tiyisselane / Zebra / Mozambique Relief<br />
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Set five:<br />
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1. Amor de Muito / Chico Science & Nacao Zumbi / Afrociberdelia<br />
2. Jah People / Majek Fashek / Spirit of LoveRasheed Alihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12125126037131925746noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26181815.post-8391042990847830522011-04-30T10:43:00.000-07:002011-04-30T10:59:46.223-07:00"One Tribe, Many Voices" Podcast Episode 111<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6iskThql2LvJahh953Uj_ZQoYlzdUgPJSxRoQCsaikvQKkfq421DPTDH23HMwDey34GPyY2sLbn8CtG7vsER6NMuLOh7UNvPzkjWY3wKuPbZTsMIIJnR5J5erA-yBfR7748zu/s1600/james_brown-in_the_jungle_groove.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="326" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6iskThql2LvJahh953Uj_ZQoYlzdUgPJSxRoQCsaikvQKkfq421DPTDH23HMwDey34GPyY2sLbn8CtG7vsER6NMuLOh7UNvPzkjWY3wKuPbZTsMIIJnR5J5erA-yBfR7748zu/s400/james_brown-in_the_jungle_groove.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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This week's show is Part-4 in the series: Exploring the Africanization of Black America Music.<br />
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"The Godfather of Soul Africanizes the World".<br />
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intro: Always There / Ronnie Laws / Pressure Sensitive<br />
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Set one:<br />
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1. On the Goodfoot / Rasheed Ali<br />
2. Bang, Bang / Joe Cuba / Wanted Dead or Alive<br />
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Set two:<br />
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1. Mother Popcorn / James Brown<br />
2. Se Na Min / El Rego et Ses Commandos / African Scream Contest<br />
3. Give it up, Turn it Loose / James Brown<br />
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Set three:<br />
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1. Ghana'e / Willie Colon w/ Hector Lavoe / La Gran Fuga<br />
2. I Got the Feeling / James Brown<br />
3. It's a Vanity / Gabo & Orchestra Poly-Rhythmo / African Scream Contest<br />
4. Super Bad / James Brown<br />
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Set four:<br />
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1. Get Up (Sex Machine) / James Brown<br />
2. Wait for Me / Roger Damawuzan / African Scream Contest<br />
3. Hot Pants / James Brown<br />
4. Keleya / Moussa Doumbia / World Psychedelic ClassicsRasheed Alihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12125126037131925746noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26181815.post-21971941573735306082011-04-23T11:16:00.000-07:002011-04-23T11:18:09.802-07:00"One Tribe, Many Voices" Podcast Episode 110<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmnXtq35yBejxf564qn4gIdjg6KB0JFp8WJ1aj0ew8sytdsj2KwqD7IgAHLGxQ1JacozzykXy36Ottr307XwcbLXtoVFhx8RllQ03gXPDCsdq3JX-byM2sH-x69iFNCwrOwIGi/s1600/world.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmnXtq35yBejxf564qn4gIdjg6KB0JFp8WJ1aj0ew8sytdsj2KwqD7IgAHLGxQ1JacozzykXy36Ottr307XwcbLXtoVFhx8RllQ03gXPDCsdq3JX-byM2sH-x69iFNCwrOwIGi/s200/world.jpeg" width="200" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Our Annual Earth Day Special! </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Featuring Part Three of 'Africa in America'.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This week's featured artist is Earth, Wind & Fire, once again.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">intro: Biyo / Earth, Wind & Fire / Spirit</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Set one:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1. Faces / </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Earth, Wind & Fire / Faces</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Set two:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1. Don't You Worry 'bout a Thing / Stevie Wonder / Inner Visions</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2. La Cancion del Amor / Rasheed Ali & Rain People / Agua Que Va a Caer</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3. The Ghetto / Donny Hathaway</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Set three:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1. Drum Song / </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Earth, Wind & Fire / Open our Eyes</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2. Voodoo / The Neville Brothers / Yellow Moon</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3. In the Marketplace / </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Earth, Wind & Fire / All n' All</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Set four:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1. Happy Feeling / </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Earth, Wind & Fire / That's the Way of the World</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2. Wake Up / The Neville Brothers / Yellow Moon</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3. Power / </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Earth, Wind & Fire / Last Days and Time</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Earth, Wind & Fire / </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Earth, Wind & Fire / Spirit</span><br />
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</span>Rasheed Alihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12125126037131925746noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26181815.post-2473485128515545262011-04-21T12:57:00.000-07:002011-04-21T13:01:23.644-07:00"One Tribe, Many Voices" Podcast Episode 109One musical group has embodied the Africanization of the American beat: Earth, Wind and Fire.<br />
This week's show focuses on the special musical and cultural contributions of Earth, Wind and Fire.<br />
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This is actually the second part to last week's show celebrating <i>'Africa in America'</i>, or the Africanization of Black music in the United States. To some readers, referring to the <i>Africanization</i> of Black American music may seem like an odd reference. Yet, from my African-Caribbean mindset and viewpoint, the lack of real African drums and traditional rhythms created an unusual musical identity in the United States. The beat of the drums underwent a transmutation and was hidden in a new syncopated version of European styled music.<br />
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</div>I can recall when I was younger, hearing Afro-Americans reluctant to connect any part of themselves or culture to an African identity. Kids would declare:<i> "I aint no African!" </i>To them, Africa was a primitive, foreign identity. That attitude has not really disappeared from the American mindset, it has just morphed into a new one that identifies African culture as that of US immigrants. So, now African culture is something new that comes from Nigeria, Ghana or Senegal. For those of us from the tropical zone, our Africanisms are much more difficult to deny. Though the same affliction of shame abounds in the minds of the African Diaspora where ever they reside. Still, whether confusion of 'what to call ourselves' exist or not, everyone knows that Calypso, Reggae, Merengue, Samba and Guaguanco are all African musical expressions and forms. Earth, Wind and Fire connected the dots between Africa,Brasil, the Caribbean and America.<br />
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Intro: Evil / Earth, Wind & Fire / Head to the Sky<br />
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Set one:<br />
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1. Partido Alto / Flora Purim & Airto / The Colors of Life<br />
2. Fair but so Uncool / Earth, Wind & Fire / Open our Eyes<br />
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Set two:<br />
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1. Ponta de Lanca Africana / Jorge Ben<br />
2. Time is on Your Side / Earth, Wind & Fire / Last Days in Time<br />
3. Caramba / Jorge Ben<br />
4. Let me Talk / Earth, Wind & Fire / All n' All<br />
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1. Cru-Cre Corroro / Ivan Lins / Awa Yio<br />
2. Serpentine Fire / Earth, Wind & Fire / All n' All<br />
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Set five:<br />
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1. Brazilian Rhyme Interlude / Earth, Wind & Fire / All n' All<br />
2. Ponta de Areia / Wayne Shorter w/ Milton Nascimento / Native Dancer<br />
3. Bird of Paradise / Stevie Wonder / Fullingness First Finale<br />
4. Brazilian Rhyme / Earth, Wind & Fire / All n' All<br />
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5. Fica no Brasil / Rasheed Ali & Rain People / Tristeza e Beleza<br />
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</i>Rasheed Alihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12125126037131925746noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26181815.post-56148853117044101002011-04-12T10:16:00.000-07:002011-04-12T10:16:57.379-07:00"One Tribe, Many Voices" Podcast Episode 108This week's show is a reminder that the journey of African-Americans in the United States towards acceptance of their African identity has been a long and winding road.<br />
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There have been waves of <i>Afrocentricity</i> that have ebbed and flowed through the courses of US history. This desire to learn more about a forgotten legacy often at odds with a desire to <i>"move on"</i> and become an accepted member of a uniquely <i>American </i>identity. For many in the United States there was a legacy of shame and denial made easier by the absence of a strong, easily identifiable African culture. Surely, the Africanisms are present in the expressions of a US culture but the dots were never really connected to Africa. Instead, these cultural affectations were heralded as being the fabric of a uniquely <i>American expression. </i>Jazz, blues, gospel, rhythm and blues all being viewed through the prism of a post-slavery expression. Though there may have been some resignation that Africa was too distant a memory to uphold for the formerly enslaved, the slave masters certainly promoted this concept to their benefit.<br />
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Unlike the Caribbean and parts of South America, the playing of the traditional African drums were banned in the United States. This might seem to some as a civil ordinance rather than the evisceration of an identity. To those who think the drums are merely musical instruments, it is not easy for them to understand that the drums occupied such a central force in the spiritual lives of Africa's people. the drum was an instrument for communicating with the divine. The drums and their usage also drew lines between African tribal and ethnic groups. For instance; taking away the Ashanti drums from the Ashanti meant taking away a language that separated them from their neighboring states and ethnicities. For those who see Africa and Africans as a mass of <i>Black People, </i>this<i> </i>subtle nuance of history is lost. Of course, the Africans south of the <i>Rio Grande River</i> overcame this by merging some universal aspects of their differing cultures. As in Brasil and Cuba, were elements of <i>Yoruba, Ashanti, Dahomey and Congo </i>cultures forged a sometimes indistinct musical and liturgical mixture. It was certainly more advantageous to preserve a collective African identity than to quibble over the details of ethnic delineations.<br />
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In the US, the African ceased to exist as an African, they were transformed into <i>Blacks. </i>The monolithic concept of Africans as <i>Blacks</i> that still persist in America has also been promoted as a worldwide concept. Africans never referred to themselves in this way. Africa was never monochromatic, this false identity became a real detriment to the cultural understanding of the African Diaspora in the US.<br />
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This false identity continues to be promoted in the image of <i>Black History</i> in the US. As a public school teacher I have participated in many <i>Black History Month Celebrations </i>and the content is always focused on a post-slavery reality.<br />
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As a Caribbean-African I have no desire to down play the fact that my Caribbean culinary diet, musical expression, cultural nuance and syntax are heavily African in identity. While this pride has often been resented by those of the African Diaspora of the United States, it must be expressed unabashedly.<br />
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There is a need to celebrate any surviving African identities rather than merely celebrating surviving slavery. There are African cultural identities to be found in the US, if you look hard enough.<br />
The culture and people of the <i>Mississippi Delta </i>have been looked down upon by many in urban America. Yet, much like the Caribbean and Brasil, this region of the US represents a fertile crescent of African culture that should be revered. In looking back to Africa we must not forget where to look for <i>Africa in America.</i><br />
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<i>intro: The Drum / Sounds of Blackness / Africa to America</i><br />
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Set one:<br />
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1. Took Away the Drum / Mighty Mo Rodgers / Blues is My Wailing Wall<br />
2. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings / Branford Marsalis / Buckshot LeFonque<br />
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Set two:<br />
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1. Going Back to My Roots / Lamont Dozier /<br />
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Set three:<br />
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1. Say it Loud / James Brown<br />
2. Black Man / Stevie Wonder<br />
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Set four:<br />
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1. Africa / Rasheed Ali & Rain People<br />
2. Ngiculela, Es Una Historia / Stevie Wonder<br />
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Set five:<br />
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1. A Change is Gonna Come / Neveille Bros. / Yellow Moon<br />
2. Blues is My Wailing Wall / Mighty Mo Rodgers<br />
3. Looking for Ekwiano / Rasheed Ali / Thunder in the Jungle<br />
4. I Will Cry for You / Rasheed Ali / Thunder in the Jungle<br />
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