Past Programs
Music from around the world is featured, bringing the audience into the realm of other cultures through music, hopefully expanding empathy for the other, and recognizing that other in ourselves.
Music from around the world is featured, bringing the audience into the realm of other cultures through music, hopefully expanding empathy for the other, and recognizing that other in ourselves.
January 21, 2024 Past Programs
TFL: Debashish Bhattacharya pt5
We feature music from the North Indian Classical Musician Debashish Bhattacharya. He performs on slide guitar a tribute to one of his teachers: The great Sarod played Ustad Ali Akbar Khan, who, had he lived, would have turned 100 in 2022 (Note: This show first aired April 02, 2023)
Read MoreJanuary 14, 2024 Past Programs
TFL: West Africa 2023
There were a number of new releases from West Africa in 2023 that we're only getting together now, in fact one only was released in mid-November. We feature five different musicians/groups: Bombino, Mdou Moctar, Tinariwen, Terakaft and Bounaly.
Read MoreJanuary 7, 2024 Past Programs
TFL: South Africa 2023
Today's show features recordings from South Africa all of which were released in 2023. Featured are two groups and one solo artist: The Brother Moves On, Vusi Mahlasela, and BCUC (Bantu Continua Uhuru Consciousness) whose song Ramaphosisa is a searing indictment of South Africa's current President Cyril Ramaphosa.
Read MoreDecember 31, 2023 Past Programs
TFL: Rag Lalit (A Solstice Meditation)
Hariprasad Chaurasia, the great bamboo flute master from India, once said that if he were asked by a blind person what light is, he would respond by playing the early morning Raga, Lalit.. And so today, as we exit the winter solstice and the shortest day of the year back into the light and hope of the coming year, we feature Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia in a performance of Rag Lalit.
Read MoreDecember 24, 2023 Past Programs
TFL: Hossein Alizadeh, Kayhan Kalhor and Toumani Diabate.
Today we present two musicians from Iran in two different contexts. The brilliant Setar/Tar (Iranian lutes) player Hossein Alizadeh. And the equally brilliant Kamanche (spike fiddle) player Kayhan Kalhor in collaboration with the great West African Kora player Toumani Diabate.
Read MoreDecember 17, 2023 Past Programs
TFL: Benin Funk
We feature music today from Benin, West Africa, all recorded in the 1970's and 1980's and newly re-released in 2023 by the Acid Jazz label in London, England in collaboration with the Albarika Store label in Benin. We sample music from three very rare recordings by three different groups: Les Sympathics de Porto-Novo Benin, T.P. Orchestre Poly-Rythmo and Ogassa.
Read MoreDecember 10, 2023 Past Programs
Mahmoud Darwich (Palestinian Poet)
Today we feature the voice and poetry of the great Palestinian Poet, Mahmoud Darwich. We hear him in a recital supported by the Palestinian Oud/Percussion musicians and brothers: Le Trio Jourbran. We also hear a composition using the words of Mahmoud Darwich by the French Musician/Composer, Rudolph Burger.
Read MoreDecember 3, 2023 Past Programs
A Desert Blues Mix
Today we feature a retrospective look at the music from West Africa that has come to be known as "Desert Blues" because one finds links between it and the music we know on this continent as the blues. And this is just a small taste of what is out there to explore.
Read MoreNovember 19, 2023 Past Programs
MAHMOUD DARWICH (PALESTINIAN POET)
Today we feature the voice and poetry of the great Palestinian Poet, Mahmoud Darwich. We hear him in a recital supported by the Palestinian Oud/Percussion musicians and brothers: Le Trio Jourbran. We also hear a composition using the words of Mahmoud Darwich by the French Musician/Composer, Rudolph Burger.
Read MoreOctober 29, 2023 Past Programs
AN ALGERIAN MIXTAPE
Today we bring a mix of music from Algeria, primarily featuring two female singers: Houria Aichi and Cheikha Rimitti. Both of these artists also were based in Paris due to the strong and contentious French-Algerian shared history. We also listen to a younger Algerian musician who is based in Paris, Anouar Kaddour Cherif. He plays the Algerian lute, the Mandole, in a jazz quartet setting fetauring bass clarinet, drums and upright bass.
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