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THE BEST MUSIC OF 2008 - Part 1

SET 1
Bobo Stenson/Olivia/ Cantando/ ECM
Cassandra Wilson/ Arere/ Loverly/ BlueNote
Renaud Garcia-Fons/ Berimbass/ Arcoluz/ enja
Bill Frisell/ Baba Drame/ History, Mystery/ Nonesuch
Danilo Perez/ The Purple Condor/ Across the Crystal Sea/ Decca
Gustavo Dudamel-Simon Bolivar Symphony Orch/ Danzon #2/ Fiesta!/ D. Grammophone
Marcin Wasilewski Trio/ Cinema Paradiso/ January/ ECM

SET 2
Buena Vista Social Club/ Y tu que has hecho?/ At Carnegie Hall/ Nonesuch
Yusa/ Conga Pasajera/ Haiku/ Tumi Music
Omara Portuondo/ Amame como soy/ Gracias/ World Village
Maraca/ Guaguanco/ Lo que quiero es Fiesta! / Ahi Nama Music

SET 3
Umalali/ Tuguchili Elia/ The Garifuna Women's Project/ Cumbancha
La India Canela/ Mangulina Medley/ Merengue Tipico from Dominican Republic/ Folkways
Ayombe/ Matilde Lina/ The Heart of Colombia's Musica Vallenata/ Folkways
Dan Zanes & Friends/ El Pescador/ Nueva York/ Festival Five Recs
The Cheap Landscape/ El Birimbi/ Sebastian Cruz and the Cheap Landscape Trio/SC

SET 4
Lila Downs/ Los Pollos/ Shake Away/ Manhattan-EMI Music
Los Cenzontles/ Howling Moon/ Songs of Wood & Steel/ LCMAC
Los Camperos de Nati Cano/ Que se me acabe la vida/ Amor, Dolor y Lagrimas/ Folkways
Eugenia Leon/ El Gusto/ Puño de Tierra/ IC21

SET 5
Ry Cooder/ Steel Guitar Heaven/ I, Flathead/ Nonesuch
Emmylou Harris/ How she could sing the wildwood flower/ All I Intended to be/ Nonesuch
Charlie Haden Family & Friends/ Seven Year Blues/ Rambling Boy/ Decca
Juliette Commagere/ Nature of Things/ Queens Die Proudly/ Aeronaut Recs

SET 6
Natacha Atlas & the Mazeeka Ensemble/ La Shou El Haki/ Ana Hina/ World Village
El Tanbura/ One day we blamed each other/ Between the Desert and the Sea/ World Village
Toumani Diabate/ Ismael Drame/ The Mandé Sessions/ Nonesuch
Franco & TPOK Jazz/ Nzuba oleke te/ Francophone/ Sterns
Orchestra Baobab/ Pape Ndiaye/ Made in Dakar/ Nonesuch

SET 7
Kiosk/ Sirabi e naft/ Global Zoo/ Bamahang Productions
Carmen Consoli/ il pendio del abbandono/ Eva Contro Eva/ Universal-Italia
Savina Yannatou/ Omar Hashem Leyakov/ Songs of an Other/ ECM
Tchavolo Schmitt/ Valse pour nous/ Miri familia/ Le Chant du Monde
 
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Special Program of Latin American Music for the Holiday Season

SET 1: SPAIN
Chano Dominguez/ La Tarara/ Chano Dominguez/ Nuba Recs
Carmen Linares/ La Tarara/ Canciones populares antiguas/ Auvidis-Ethnic
La Macanita/ Villancicos de gloria/ Flamenco soundtrack/ Juan Lebron Prods.
Camaron/ La Tarara/ Los Gitanos cantan a Garcia Lorca/ Mercury

SET 2: PERU
Susana Baca/ Hatajo de negritos/ del Fuego y del Agua/ Tonga Prods
Peru Negro/ Villancico negro/ Jolgorio/ Times Square Recs
Susana Baca/ Panalivio-Zancudito/ Eco de sombras/ Luaka Bop

SET 3: ARGENTINA/VENEZUELA/COLOMBIA
Coro de la Univ. Veracruzana/ La Anunciacion, Peregrinacion/ Universidad Veracruzana
Grupo Naidy/ Lo que me trajo el niño Dios/ Arriba suena marimba! / Folkways
Conj. Folklorico Musical del Pacifico/ Me voy a Belen/ Black Music in Praise of Oxala/ Nonesuch Explorer

SET 4: VENEZUELA
Serenata Guyanesa/ Aguinaldo/ Venezuela/ World Network
Cecilia Todd/ Aguinaldo serrano/ Una sola vida tengo/ Todd
Oscar D'Leon-Cheo Hurtado/ Aguinaldos Guayaneses/ Acompañado y bien acompañando/ C.H. Prods.

SET 5: MEXICO
Christmas in Oaxaca/ Fiestas of Chiapas and Oaxaca/ Nonesuch Explorer-Mexico
Tin Tan/ Las Posadas de Tin Tan/ Mi antologia/ Capitol Recs
Chuchumbé/ Pascuas, Justicias/ Caramba niño/ Alebrije

SET 6: MEXICO/CUBA
Chavela Vargas/ Amarga navidad/ Somos/ Warner Music Spain
Lila Downs/ Pa' todo el año/ La Cantina/ EMI Music
Silvio Rodriguez/ Cancion de Navidad/ Rodriguez/ Fonomusic-Spain

SET 6: PUERTO RICO/CUBA
Pepe Castillo/Aguinaldo Jibaro/Christmas around the world/ Putumayo
Liuba Maria Hevia/ Venid fieles todos/ Christmas around the world/ Putumayo
Cuba L.A./ We three kings/ Navidad Cubana/ Narada

SET 8: USA
1. Klezmer Juice/Ose Shalom/Jewfro/ klezmerjuice.com
2. Los Pinguos/ La Hora Magica/ California/Los Pinguos.com
3. Louie Cruz Beltran/Señorita mia/ It's my Time/Louie Cruz
4. Mariachi Reyna de Los Angeles/Los Peces/ Mariachi Sol de Mexico-Navidad en America/Serenata Recs
 
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SET 1
1. Andras Schiff/Sonata 30/Beethoven-The Piano Sonatas/ECM
2. Omara Portuondo/ Lo que me queda por vivir/ Gracias/ World Village
3. Charlie Haden Family & Friends/Is this America? /Rambling Boy/Decca
4. Big Blue Ball/Rivers/ Big Blue Ball/ RealWorld

SET 2
1. Monica Salmaso/Menina Amanha de Manha/ Chill Brazil 5/Universal Music
2. Ablaye Cissoko+Volker Goetze/ Faro/ Sira/ ObliqSound
3. Angel Parra/Rin del Angelito/ Chante Violeta Parra/ Daqui
4. Uxia/ As Nossas Cores/ Eterno Navegar/ World Village

SET 3
1. El Tanbura/ Between the Desert and the Sea/ Between the Desert and the Sea/World Village
2. Savina Yannatou/ Smilj Smiljana/ Songs of An Other/ ECM
3. The Imagined Village/ John Barleycorn/ The Imagined Village/ RealWorld
4. Kila/ Gambler's Ballet/ Kila Records
5. Le Trio Joubran/ Laytana/ Beyond the Horizon/ Warner Classics

SET 4
Lila Downs/ Ojo de Culebra/ Shake Away/ Manhattan-EMI
Novalima/ Camote/ Coba Coba/ Cumbancha
Diego Amador/ Al Latin/ Rio de los Canasteros/ World Village

SET 5
Sevara Nazarkhan/ Korgim Kelar/ Sen/ RealWorld
La Cherga/ Lajka/ Fake No More/ Asphalt Tango
Dengue Fever/ Woman in the Shoes/ Venus on Earth/ M80
Klezmer Juice/ Bashana Havaha/ Jewfro/ Klezmerjuice.com

SET 6
Buena Vista Social Club/ El Cuarto de Tula/ At Carnegie Hall/ World Circuit-Nonesuch
Lhasa/ Los Peces/ La Llorona/ Audiogram-Atlantic
Tin Tan/ Las Posadas de Tin Tan/ Capitol Recs
Aterciopelados/ 28/ Rio/ Nacional Recs
 
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SET 1
Omar Sosa/ D'Son/ Afreecanos/ Ota Recs
Savina Yannatou/ Za lioubih maimo tri momi/ Songs of an Other/ ECM Records
Sofia Koutsovitis/ Alma del Pueblo/ Ojala/ sofiamusic.com
Kila/ Gambler's Ballet/ Gambler's Ballet/ Kila Records
Dub Colossus/ Shegye Shegitu/ In a town called Addis/ RealWorld Records

SET 2
Gustavo Dudamel-Simon Bolivar Symphony/ Fuga con Pajarillo/ FIESTA/Deutsche Grammophone
Angelo Debarre/ La Manouche/ Trio tout a cordes/ Le Chant du Monde
Kiosk/ Livanha, Botriha, Galonha/ Global Zoo/ Bamahang Productions

Brave Old World/ Basarabye/ Beyond the Pale/ Rounder Records
Note: Michael Alpert of Brave Old World performing at:
A Celebration of Russian-Jewish Wedding Music
Thursday, December 18, at 7:00 pm
Fiesta Hall, Plummer Park, West Hollywood
For info: www.yiddishkayt.org

SET 3
Wayne Shorter/ Angola/ Alegria/ Verve Records
El Tanbura/ I Saw the Moon/ Between the Desert and the Sea/ World Village

SET 4
Interview with Cuba's Omara Portuondo - new cd  "Gracias" on World Village
Omara Portuondo/ Gracias/ Gracias/ World Village
Omara Portuondo/ Amame como soy/ Gracias/ World Village
Omara Portuondo/ Drume Negrita/ Gracias/ World Village
Buena Vista Social Club/ Silencio/ BVSC at Carnegie Hall/ World Circuit-Nonesuch
Note: The transcript of the interview with Omara Portuondo will be posted here soon.

SET 5
Franco & Le TPOK Jazz/ Bazonzele Mama Ana/ FrancoPhonic/ Sterns Music

Eddie Palmieri/ El Dueño Monte/ El Rumbero del Piano/ RMM Records
In concert with Tito Rojas at the Hollywood Palladium, Dec 13, 8 PM.

Lila Downs/ Los Pollos/ Shake Away/ Manhattan-EMI Music

Ozomatli/ La Gallina/ Don't mess with the Dragon/ Concord Records
Shows at the House of Blues: Dec 18, 19, 20. For info: www.HOB.com

Kassin +2/ Tranquilo/ Futurismo/ Luaka Bop
In concert at the Hotel Café, Wed, Dec 10, 8 PM. For info: www.hotelcafe.com
 
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SET 1
Bebo Valdes-Javier Colina/ Ritmando el cha-cha-cha/ Live at the Village Vanguard/ Calle 54 Recs
Omara Portuondo with Richard Bona/ Drume negrita/ Gracias/ World Village
Idan Reichel with Marta Gomez/ Cada dia/ Within my walls/ Cumbancha
Uxia/ Eterno Navegar/ Eterno navegar/ World Village

SET 2
Bob Dylan/ Red river shore/ Tell tale signs-Rare & Unreleased/ Columbia-Legacy
Emmylou Harris/ How she could sing the wildwood flower/ All I intended to be/ Nonesuch
Charlie Haden-Rosanne Cash/ Wildwood flower/ Rambling Boy/ Decca
Johnny Cash/ Come along and ride this train/ Johnny Cash's America/ Columbia-Legacy

SET 3
Cheo Hurtado/ Zumba que zumba/ Music from the Orinoco River/ Ocora/Harmonia Mundi
Ricardo Sandoval/ El Cruzao/ Bandolas de Venezuela/ Dorian Discovery
Ensamble Gurrufio/ La bella y la fiesta/ El Cruzao/ Dorian Discovery
Hukwe Zawose-Michael Brook/ Kuna Kunguni/ Long Way Down-soundtrack/ RealWorld

SET 4
Tchavolo Schmitt/ Reves d'automne/ Miri familia/ Le Chant du Monde-Harmonia Mundi
Kiosk/ Sirabi e Naft/ Global Zoo/ Bamahang Productions
Ersatzmusika/ Beside myself to you I came/ Beyond the Horizon/ Warner Classics
Señor Coconut/ Da da da ich lieb dich nicht du liebst mich nicht/ Around the world/ Nacional Recs
Quincy Jones/ Soul Bossa Nova/ Gone Hollywood/ Rhino Recs

SET 5
The Doors/ The Crystal ship/ Live at the Matrix 1967/ Rhino Recs
Oana Catalina Chitu/ Sub balconen eu ti-am cantat o serenada/ Bucharest Tango/ Asphalt Tango Recs
The Imagined Village/ The welcome sailor/ The Imagined Village/ RealWorld
Eugenia Leon/ Cucurrucucu Paloma/ Puño de Tierra/ IC 21

SET 6
LA-33/ My favorite things/ Gozalo/ LA-33.com
Joe Arroyo & la Verdad/ En Barranquilla me quedo/ Rough Guide-Colombian Street Party/ World Music Ntwrk
Eddie Palmieri/ Billie/ Ritmo Caliente/ Concord Recs
 
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SET 1
Dark Wing/ La Llorona/ The Hidden Sacred/ Lian Recs
Mamadou Diabate/ Soundiata/ Douga Mansa/ world village
Ablaye Cissoko-Volker Goetze/ Lountang/ Sira/ ObliqSound
Jayme Stone-Mansa Sissoko/ Chinquapin Hunting/ Africa to Appalachia/ JS

SET 2
Omara Portuondo/ Amame como soy/ Gracias/ world village
Los Cenzontles/ Volando en los cafetales/ Songs of Wood and Steel/ LCMAC
Uxia/ Berenguela/ Eterno navegar/ world village

SET 3
Kiosk/ Pragmatism e eshghi/ Global Zoo/ Bamahang Productions
Shantel-Rona Hartner-DJ Click/ Inel Inel de Aur/ Beyond the Horizon/ Warner Classics
Kila/ Leath ina Dhiaidh a hocht/ Gambler's Ballet/ Kila Recs
Credence Clearwater Revival/ Have you ever seen the rain?/ 40th Anniv / Concord

SET 4
Bonnie Raitt/ Hear me Lord/ Silver Lining/ Capitol Recs
Ry Cooder/ 500 Country Music Songs/ I, Flathead/ Nonesuch
Joan Baez/ Requiem/ Day after tomorrow/ Razon & Tie

SET 5
Trio Los Lamas/Divertimento/ Punto y Trova de Sancti Spiritus/ Ocora-Harmonia Mundi
Trio Los Lamas/Zapateo Rural/ Punto y Trova de Sancti Spiritus/ Ocora-HM
Trio Espirituano/ Pensamiento/ Punto y Trova de Sancti Spiritus/Ocora-HM
Trio Los Lamas/ Semblanza Campesina/ Punto y Trova de Sancti Spiritus/ Ocora-HM

SET 6
Diego Amador/ Miel y Sal/ Rio de los Canasteros/ world village
Novalima/ Africa Lando/ Coba Coba/ Cumbancha
Radio Cumbia/ El Pipiloco/ Colombian Street Party/ Rough Guide
Ayombe! / Pedazo de Acordeon/ The Heart of Colombia's Musica Vallenata/ Folkways
 
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First hour: New, recent and forthcoming releases of world music

SET 1
Ludovico Einaudi/Fly-Ascolta/ Divenire/Ponderosa-Harmonia Mundi
Neco Novellas/Zuma Luei/ New Dawn-Ku Khata/ Four Quarters Ent.
Mamadou Diabate/ Joulafassa/ Douga Mansa// World Village
Uxia with Sara Tavares/ As Nosas Cores/ Eterno Navegar/ World Village
Novalima/ Africa Lando/ Coba Coba/ Cumbancha Recs

SET 2
Eugenia Leon/ Gritenme Piedras del Campo/ Puño de Tierra/ IC 21
Dub Colossus/ Shegye Shegitu/ In a town called Addis/ RealWorld
Moussu T e lei Jovents/ Ma rue nes't pas longue/ Home sweet home/ Le Chant du Monde
La Cherga/ Lajka/ Fake no More/ Asphalt Tango

SET 3
Sevara Nazarkhan/ Kunlarim Sensiz/ Sen/ RealWorld
Idan Reichel with Marta Gomez/ Todas las palabras/ Within my Walls/ Cumbancha
Kiosk/ Livanha, Botriha, Galonha/ Global Zoo/ Bamahang Prods.
Alex Cuba/ de Camino/ Agua del Pozo/ Caracol Recs
Tchavolo Schmitt/ Jean-Paul Blues/ Miri Familia/ Le Chant du Monde

Second hour: featuring some of the artists nominated to the Latin Grammys in 2008

SET 4
Fito Paez/ Zamba del Cielo/ Rodolfo/ Norte-BMG
Ximena Sariñana/ Monitor/ Mediocre/ WEA Latina
Andrés Calamaro/ 5 Minutos mas/ La Lengua Popular/ WEA Latina
Bajofondo/ Zitarrosa/ Mar Dulce/ Surco-Universal

SET 5
Rosa Passos/ Doce Presença/ Romance/ Telarc
Djavan/ Imposto/ Matizes/ Luanda Recs
Maria Rita/ Pra declarar minha saudade/ Samba Meu/ WEA Latina
Gilberto Gil/ Samba de Los Angeles/ Banda Larga Cordel/ WEA Latina

SET 6
Manu Chao/ Mala Fama/ La Radiolina/ Nacional Recs
Chambao/ Respira/ Con otro Aire/ Sony-BMG
Buika/ Miénteme bien/ Niña de Fuego/ WEA Latina
Diego Amador/ Miel y Sal/ Rio de los Canasteros/ World Village

SET 7
Sergio & Odair Assad/ Tahhiyya Li Ossoulina/ Jardim Abandonado/ Nonesuch
Bebo Valdés & Javier Colina/ Tres Palabras/ Live at the Village Vanguard/ Calle 54 Recs
David Sanchez/ The Forgotten Ones/ Cultural Survival/ Concord Recs
Gustavo Dudamel- Simon Bolivar Youth Orch/ Mambo/ FIESTA/ Deutsche Grammophone

 

 
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SET 1
Campbell Brothers/ A Change is Gonna Come/ Can you Feel it?/ Ropeadope Recs
Uxia/ Eterno Navegar/ Eterno Navegar/ World Village
Neco Novellas/ Zula Zula/ New Dawn-Ku Khata/ Four Quarters Ent.
Moussu T e lei jovents/ Desamarra!/ Le Chant Du Monde
Oana Catalina Chitu/ Pe Bolta Cand Apare Luna/ Bucharest Tango/Asphalt Tango

SET 2
La Cherga/ Wedding Song/ Fake No More/ Asphalt Tango Recs.
Goran Bregovic feat. Carmen Consoli/ Focu di Raggia/ Karmen with a Happy End/ Mercury
Tchavolo Schmitt/ The Sheik of Araby/ Miri Familia/ Le Chant du Monde

SET 3
Remy Ongala/ Dodoma/ Long Way Down soundtrack/ RealWorld Recs
Dub Colossus/ Neh Yelginete/ In a town called Addis/ RealWorld
Otis Redding/ Change Gonna Come/ Otis Blue-Otis Redding Sings Soul/ Rhino

SET 4 - Tribute to Miriam Makeba
Miriam Makeba & The Skylarks/ Siyavuya/ Vol. 1-African Heritage/ Teal Recs.
Miriam Makeba & The Skylarks/ Holilili/ Vol. 1-African Heritage/ Teal Recs.
Miriam Makeba/ Beware Verwoerd/ Amandla! soundtrack / ATO Recs.
Miriam Makeba/ Pata Pata/ World Hits/ Putumayo World Music
Miriam Makeba/ Bahleli Bonke/ Amandla! soundtrack/ ATO Recs.

SET 5
Los Cenzontles w/ David Hidalgo/ La Tragedia de Rosita/ Songs of Wood and Steel/LCMAC
Eugenia Leon/ Los Magueyes/ Puño de Tierra/ IC 21
Ollin/ When/ San Patricios/ Ollin
KIOSK/ Pragmatism e Eshghi/ Global Zoo/ Bahamang Productions
In Concert at EL REY Theatre, Sunday, Nov 16, 8:00 PM.

SET 6
Bombay Dub Orchestra/ Junoon/ 3 Cities/ Six Degrees
Juliette Commagere/ Where I go/ Queens Die Proudly/ Aeronaut Recs
Mariana Baltar/ Zumbi/ Chill: Brazil 5- The New Brazilian Divas/ Warner Music Latina
The Gathering/ Desert Fairy Princess/ Leimert Park: Roots & Branches of LA Jazz/ The Gathering
Performing at the Jazz Bakery- Sunday, Nov 16, 8 & 9:30 PM
Neville Brothers/ A Change is Gonna Come/ Yellow Moon/ A&M

 

 
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1st Hour - Music for the Spirit of the Day, Nov 4th, 2008

Joni Mitchell/ Shine/ Shine/ Hear Music
Allen Toussaint/ Yes we can can/ Our New Orleans 2005 / Nonesuch
Lila Downs/ Nothin' but the truth/ Shake Away/ EMI Music-Manhattan Recs
Mavis Staples/ We shall not be Moved/ We'll Never turn Back/ Anti
Marvin Gaye/ What's Goin' On/ The Best of Marvin Gaye/ Motown
Bruce Cockburn/ Waiting for a Miracle/ Anything, Anytime, Anywhere/ Rounder
Bruce Springsteen/ The Rising/ The Rising/ Columbia
Michael Franti/ Yell Fire/ Yell Fire/ Anti
Sweet Honey in the Rock/ Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn us Around/ Freedom/Columbia
Neville Brothers/ A change is gonna come/ Yellow Moon/ A&M Recs
Richie Havens/ Freedom/ Freedom: Songs from the Heart of America/Columbia-Legacy
Campbell Brothers/ A Change is gonna Come/ Can you Feel it? / Ropeadope Recs

2nd Hour - Special on Los Cenzontles with David Hidalgo: "Songs of Wood and Steel"

Interview with members of Los Cenzontles: Eugene Rodriguez, director; Hugo Arroyo, jarana, bass, vocals; Lucina Rodriguez, vocals, zapateado; Fabiola Trujillo, vocals, zapateado.

Complete songs in order of appearance:
Mi Unico Camino, Howling Moon, Naninan Upirin, El Chivo, El Chubasco, Las Ciudades, Volando en los Cafetales, Quaking Giant, La Tragedia de Rosita, Son de las Olas.

Los Cenzontles with David Hidalgo are performing on Wednesday, Nov 5th, 8:00 PM, at the Knitting Factory in Hollywood, 7021 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90028. For more information, Tel. 323-463-0204, or go to: http://la.knittingfactory.com
 
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