Al compás del mundo - programa #108

Al compás del mundo - programa #108 - Oh Potpourri!

Oh potpourri, potpourri,

Girl, what you doing to me?

She’s making me think, is what she’s doing, when I’d rather just veg. What with Christmas Eve dinner, Christmas meals, the day-after brunch, cocktails and wine coming down like rain…it all adds up to where my mind is off wandering with those wild geese in the West.

But the task is at hand and I shouldn’t disappoint my millions of listeners (and readers of this blog) across the worldwide web. What we offer this week are mostly inventory that’s been waiting to pop. There’s a “future playlist” file where reside songs that in the past might not have fit a particular moment but were set aside, deserving of the respect Al compas del mundo offers. Throw an hour’s worth together and you end up with such a program as this: an unruly mix of tunes from Asia, Africa, Europe and the Americas. Precise enough for you? If there’s a piece or artist you’re quite taken with, look it up. Still, I should probably recommend YouTubing L.P. and Tokyo Sunrise. The video is transfixing – at least it transfixed me first time I saw/heard it. A waif-like reprise of Marc Bolan with the vocal range of Yma Sumac. It’s a world beat! - J.H.

Runlist for Oh Potpourri
First broadcast 12-28-23

01 Fabulous Troubadours - Demain demain (France)

02 Barcelona Gipsy balKan Orchestra - Od Ebra do Dunava (Spain)

03 Mike Farris and the Roseland Revue - Good News (USA)

04 Chingón - Malagueña Salerosa (Mexico)

05 P.M. Pocket Music - Kack Toi Mor (Thailand)

06 Kri Kri - Wahdi (Algeria)

07 Chakra - Fuku no Tane「福の種」(Japan)

08 L.P. - Tokyo Sunrise (USA)

09 Zuco 103 - Maracatu Atomico (Brazil and Germany)

10 Hermanas Mendoza Suasti - Sangra Corazón (Ecuador)

11 Étoile de Dakar - Mane Khouma Khol Thi Yao (Senegal)

12 Hamdawa - Hamdawa pt. 1 (Marroco)

13 Anwar Turak - Tuman (Uyghur, China)

14 Giorgos Papadopoulos & José González - Alborea (Greece and Spain)

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