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Transpacific Sound Paradise
Saturday, June 29, 2019
A-WA: Exuberant Yemeni-Jewish Dance Music


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Take three vocally gifted Israeli sisters, an old Yemeni-Jewish song, add musical guidance from a leader of electro-roots groundbreakers Balkan Beat Box... the result: A-WA's Habib Galbi, a global smash with over 12 million YouTube views.

A-WA takes ancient Yemenite Jewish women's songs to the dancefloor and they're taking the world by storm. A-WA is touring to support their wonderful second album Bayti Fi Rasi, with a big Central Park Summerstage show Sunday evening June 30th. But first, experience A-WA live on WFMU!



Big thanks to A-WA's engineer Eran Ben Zur and to WFMU volunteer Ilana!

This Week's Playlist:

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Idan Raichel feat. Bombino: Imidiwanine / And If You Will Come To Me / Cumbancha (0:00:00 Pop-up)

Bantunani: Night / Moonkinjazz / * (0:06:41 Pop-up)

Oumar Konaté: Oumar Bakoi / I Love You Inna / Clermont / * (0:07:02 Pop-up)

Tal National: Akokas / Tantabara / * (0:13:46 Pop-up)
GIG: Public Records, Brooklyn, Thurs Aug 1

75 Dollar Bill: WZN3 / I Was Real / Thin Wrist / * (0:21:07 Pop-up)
GIG: Monday night - record release party at Roulette in Brooklyn with Natural Information Society

Ahmed ag Kaedi: Imouhagh Siwlat / Various Artists: Agrim Agadez: Musique Guitare de la République du Niger / Sahel Sounds (0:25:44 Pop-up)

Les Pigions Du Sable: Soudani / Gnaoua: Music Khamlia (0:27:46 Pop-up)

Mazouni: Mon Amour il est Gentil / Un Dandy en Exil (Algérie–France 1969–1983) / Born Bad / * (0:31:39 Pop-up)

Yemen Blues: Jat Mahilbathi / Live in Tel Aviv / Chant Records (0:37:41 Pop-up)
GIG: Joe’s Pub Wed July 3

Ali Hassan Kuban: Amira / From Nubia To Cairo / Piranha (0:52:47 Pop-up)

A-WA: Hana Mash Hu Al Yaman / Bayti Fi Rasi (My Home is in My Head) / S-Curve Records (1:01:38 Pop-up)

A-WA: Bayti Fi Rasi (My Home is in My Head) / Bayti Fi Rasi (My Home is in My Head) / S-Curve Records / * (1:03:20 Pop-up)

A-WA: Malhuga (Live on WFMU) (1:13:30 Pop-up)

A-WA: Mudbira (Live on WFMU) (1:31:07 Pop-up)

A-WA: Shama'a / Bayti Fi Rasi (My Home is in My Head) / S-Curve Records (1:31:31 Pop-up)

A-WA: Makhada Min Thahab / Bayti Fi Rasi (My Home is in My Head) / S-Curve Records (1:34:20 Pop-up)

Ahmad Adaweya: Salametha Omm Hassan / The Very Best Of Ahmad Adaweya (1:41:01 Pop-up)

Musicians of the Nile: Tangled Up In Blue / Various Artists: From Another World: A Tribute to Bob Dylan (1:46:06 Pop-up)

Joshua Abrams & Natural Information Society: Sideways Fall / Simultonality / Eremite (1:52:04 Pop-up)
GIG: Monday night - at Roulette in Brooklyn with 75 Dollar Bill

Souad Massi, feat. Francis Cabrel: Tout Reste à Faire / Ô Houria / Wrasse (2:06:00 Pop-up)

Raghu Dixit: Jag Changa (2:10:43 Pop-up)

Roberto López: Hay Pescao / Criollo Electrik / Stonetree Records (2:15:31 Pop-up)

Dionísio Rocha: Lemba / Various Artists: Angola 70's 1972-1973 / Buda Musique (2:18:40 Pop-up)

Ladama: Elo / Ladama / Six Degrees (2:27:11 Pop-up)

Sessa: Orgia / Grandeza (2:29:25 Pop-up)
GIG: Sessa + Ilya @ National Sawdust (Brasil Summerfest) Wednesday eve July 23

Spaza: Sunlight, Glycerine, 2 loose draws / Spaza / * (2:33:33 Pop-up)

Santana featuring Buika: Africa Speaks / Africa Speaks (2:42:52 Pop-up)
GIG: With Blick Bassy and A-WA, tomorrow, 6 pm @ Central Park SummerStage

The Tiptons Sax Quartet: Yugo A Go Go / Laws of Motion (2:47:56 Pop-up)

Collectif Medz Bazar: Done Yar / O / * (2:53:57 Pop-up)

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