Global Village

Monday May 20

Global Village marks birthdays of jazz and soul bagpiper Rufus Harley, and of Argentine bandoneon player Dino Saluzzi. Plus more music from May featured groups the Soul Brothers, and Pucho & the Latin Soul Brothers, a new reissue of an African classic from Peter King, and the latest excursion, this time to the Mediterranean, of classical ensemble L’Arpeggiata.

1. Red Baraat - Shruggy Ji (Sinj)

2. Cesaria Evora - Mae Carinhosa (LusAfrica)
3. Narinkka - Suomiklezmer (Narinkka)
4. Ballake Sissoko - At Peace (Six Degrees)
5. Richard Thompson - Electric (New West)
6. Various - Pop Yeh Yeh (Sublime Frequencies)
7. Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba - Jama Ko (Out Here)
8. Lorraine Klaasen - A Tribute to Miriam Makeba (Justin Time)
   

Throughout May, Global Village joins Strange Currency, Night Train and Straight No Chaser for a B3 Month celebration, highlighting two bands that prominently feature the organ in their sound.

Throughout April, Global Village features music from one of reggae's most popular artists, Jimmy Cliff, in celebration of his 65th birthday.

1. Ballake Sissoko - At Peace (Six Degrees)
2. Various - Rough Guide to Cumbia (World Music Network)
3. Koby Israelite - Blues from Elsewhere (Asphalt Tango)
4. Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino - Pizzica Indiavolata (Ponderosa)
   

1. Red Baraat - Shruggy Ji (Sinj)
2. Various - The Cosimo Matassa Story (Proper)
3. Various - Pop Yeh Yeh (Sublime Frequencies)
4. Rabih Abou-Khalil - Hungry People (World Village)
5. World Kora Trio - Korazon (Cristal)
6. Richard Thompson - Electric (New West)
7. Monoswezi - The Village (Riverboat)
8. Ballake Sissoko - At Peace (Six Degrees)
9. Fanga/Maalem Abdallah Guinea - Fangnawa Experience (Strut)
10. Lemon Bucket Orkestra - Lume Lume (Fedora Upside Down)
11. Various - Diablos del Ritmo (Analog Africa)
12. Various - Cum

Throughout March, Global Village highlights one of Africa's most distinctive and enchanting instruments - the kora. We feature a wide range of recordings from legendary performers to emerging artists, traditional pieces to adventurous contemporary fusions that feature the kora.

1. Rabih Abou-Khalil - Hungry People (World Village)
2. Terakaft - Kel Tamasheq (World Village)
3. Various - Cumbia Beat Vol.

This Wednesday evening, Chris Heim features one of the artists profiled in Robin D.G. Kelley's book Africa Speaks, America Answers: Modern Jazz In Revolutionary Times.

Heim's review of the book:

Throughout February, Global Village teams up with Night Train (Louis Armstrong) and Crossroads (New Orleans Blues and R&B) for a month-long Mardi Gras celebration. In the Global Village, we journey to one of the world's carnival hotspots - Brazil.