World Regional Geography ~ The Music

8/28 Youssou N'Dour (Senegal) – “Allah,” “Shukran Bamba” From: Egypt (Nonesuch, 2004)

8/30 Cornershop (UK) – “Brimful of Asha” From: When I Was Born for the Seventh Time (Luaka Bop, 1997)

9/6 Kenny Cambre (Louisiana) – “Just Fat Guys” From: The Guy You Cheer For (2006)

9/11 John Butler Trio (Pinjarra, Australia) – “Betterman” From: Living 2001-2002 (2003)

9/13 The Waifs (Western Australia and New South Wales) – “Fisherman’s Daughter” From: Up All Night (2003) and “The Waitress” From: Sink or Swim (2000)

Slim Dusty (Australia) – “Waltzing Matilda” From: The Very Best of Slim Dusty (2003)

9/18 Jorge Ben (Brazil) – “Ponta de Lanca (Umbabarauma)” From: Brazil Classics 1: Beliza Tropical (1989)

9/20 Gilberto Gil (Brazil) – “So Quero Um Xodo” From: Brazil Classics 1: Beliza Tropical (1989)

9/25 Bola Sete (Brazil) – “Flamenco” From: Bola Sete at the Monterrey Jazz Festival (2000)

9/27 Shankar and the Epidemics (Madras, India & Sri Lanka) – “Sankarabaranam Pancha Nadai Pallavi” From Passion Sources (1998)

10/2 Shankar Mahadevan (India) – “Mourya Re” From Don the Chase Begins Again (Soundtrack) (2006)

10/4 Kumar Sanu, Anil Kapoor, Manisha Koirala, Jackie Shroff (India) – “Ek Ladki Ko Dekha” From 1942 A Love Story (Soundtrack) (2004)

10/11 The B-52’s (Georgia, USA) – “Roam” From Cosmic Thing (1989)

10/16 Los Lobos (Los Angeles, USA) – “The Breakdown” From How Will The Wolf Survive? (1987)

10/18 Café Tacvba (Mexico City, Mexico) – “Eres” From Cuatro Caminos (2003)

10/23 Bostich (Tijuana, Mexico) – “Polaris” From Nortec Collective: The Tijuana Sessions, Vol.1 (2001)

10/25 Los Tigres del Norte (Rosa Morada, Sinaloa, Mexico and San Jose, California) – “La Juala de Oro” From Juala de Oro (1984) CLICK HERE for English translation of lyrics for “La Juala de Oro”

10/30 Hamza El Din (Nubia [Egypt/Sudan] and Oakland, CA) – “Desse Barama (Peace)” From Africa North (2001)

11/1 Ayub Ogada (Kenya) – “Obiero” From En Mana Kuoyo (1998)

11/6 & 11/8 – Underground music from Beijing’s River Bar (no production info available)

11/15 REM (Georgia, USA) – “It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)” From Document (1998)

11/27 Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars (Sierra Leone) – “Soda Soap” From Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars (2006)

11/29 Steve Eulberg (USA) – “Maquiladora” From Soaring (2002)

12/4 Ricardo Arjona (Guatemala) – “No Me Importa Nada” From Adentro (2005)

12/6 Los Folkloristas (Mexico) – “Pez Espada y Negritos” (Danzas Huaves - Oaxaca) From México: Horizonte Musical (1988)

12/11 Ludwig von Beethoven (Germany) – “Beethoven: Symphony #9 In D Minor, Op. 125, ‘Choral’ – 4^th Movement (Presto)” From Beethoven: Symphony #9 (Seraphim, 1994) James Morris, Delores Ziegler, Riccardo Muti; Philadelphia Orchestra.

12/13 Sezen Aksu (Turkey) – “Namus” From Gülümse (1991)