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Series 3 playlists 4th January - 8th February and 17th May - 6th July 2007: here
Series 4 playlists 19th July - 18th December 2007: here
Series 1 playlists 4th October - 20th December 2005 below:
4th
October 2005 on Resonance 104.4 fm |
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| Artist |
Track |
Album |
Label |
| Aicha Kone |
Kilimanjaro |
Poro Dance |
Tamaris |
| F & J Living Souls |
Khumwana |
Ambient Africa |
Nascente |
| Bi Kidude |
Bomwanzani wa Mahaba |
Zanzibar |
Retro Afric |
| Bi Kidude |
Unyango |
Zanzibar |
Retro Afric |
| Interview: Michael Wanguhu, Director of film documentary ‘Hip Hop Colony’ |
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| Gidi Gidi Maji Maji |
Chunga Jamarima |
Ismarwa |
Amish Records |
| XPlastaz |
Aha |
Masai Hip Hop |
Out Here Records |
| Women Singers of Sudan |
Ya Khalil |
Salma Al Assal |
Arc |
| Interview: Emmanuel Jal, Sudanese rapper, former child soldier |
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| Abdel Gadir Salim with Emmanuel Jal |
Ya Salam |
Ceasefire |
Riverboat Records |
| Mei Tei Sho |
Xam Sa Bop |
Xam Sa Bopl |
Yotanka |
| Bonga | Maiorais | Maiorais | Lusafrica |
| Ikunga |
Di Bombs |
Indestrucible African Beats |
Manteca |
| Thione Seck |
Doom |
Orientation |
Sterns |
11th
October 2005 on Resonance 104.4 fm: Click on the speaker to listen  |
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| Artist |
Track |
Album |
Label |
| Aicha Kone |
Kilimanjaro |
Poro Dance |
Tamaris |
| Lion |
Injustice |
Injustice |
Promo |
| Hugh Masekela |
Khawulesa |
Voices
of |
National Geographic/Sony Music |
| Hugh Masekela |
Stimela |
Amandla soundtrack |
ATO Records/BMG |
| Philani Mothers |
Water for life |
The Mothers Township Sessions |
Mr Bongo |
| Interview: Peter Raeburn producer of The Mothers, an album of commissioned remixes reinterpreting the original songs created by the Philani Mothers in South Africa. |
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| Philani Mothers |
Breathe together |
The Mothers Township Sessions |
Mr Bongo |
| Issa Bagayogo |
Dya Bana |
Sounds of The World |
Wrasse Records |
| Nyboma |
Pepe Bougier |
Nyboma & Kamele Dynamique |
Sterns |
| Vusi Mahlasela |
Mayibuye |
Amandla soundtrack |
ATO REcords |
| Bucky Leo |
Why can't we live together |
Bucky Leo presents Black Egypt |
Can Can Records |
| Amira Saqati |
Galbi Tabe |
Destination Halal |
Barbarity |
| Soothsayers | We must return | Tangled roots | Red Earth Records |
| Interview Folasade Babarinde, Artistic Director of Abundance Arts |
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| Abundance |
Babaye/Susutioma |
African Journeys Vol 1 Lo Ma Sere - Come & Play |
Abundance Arts |
| Shiyani Ngcobo |
uDadewatha |
Sounds of The World |
Wrasse Records |
18th
October 2005 on Resonance 104.4 fm |
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| Artist |
Track |
Album |
Label |
| Aicha Kone |
Kilimanjaro |
Poro Dance |
Tamaris |
| FJ and Living Souls |
Ama Sweet Sixteen |
Ambient Africa |
Eagle Records/Nascente |
| Cheikh Lo |
N'Galoula |
Lamp Fall |
World Circuit |
| Mbilia Bel |
Contre Ma Volonte |
Contre Ma Volonte |
Sono Disc |
| Mbilia Bel |
My Life |
Belissimo |
Sterns Africa |
| Tunde Jegede |
Moving Away Bb Mix |
Promo |
© Tunde Jegede |
| Interview: Tunde Jegede, composer, kora player, cellist, educator about his career and his involvement with www.soundjunction.org | |||
| Nsimba Foggis & Taxi Pata Pata |
Debo |
Ma Kumba |
Nyrangongo Records |
| Interview: Doreen Thobekile, singer, songwriter, performer, dancer, cultural educator of Zulu heritage, long resident in UK | |||
| Mose Fan Fan |
Jolie Africa |
Belle Epoque |
Retro Afric |
| Transglobal Underground |
Spellbound |
Yes Boss Food Corner |
Arc 21 |
| Doreen Thobekile |
Umhlahlo |
London Zulu |
MuloJ |
| Adam Solomon & Tikisa (aka The Professor) |
Safari |
Safari |
© Socan.BMI |
| Pierre Akendengue |
Orem' Igewa | Piroguier | Melodie |
25th
October 2005 on Resonance 104.4 fm |
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| Artist |
Track |
Album |
Label |
| Aicha Kone |
Kilimanjaro |
Poro Dance |
Tamaris |
| Cheikh Lo |
Senegal-Bresil |
Lamp Fall |
World circuit |
| Salif Keita |
Finzamba | The Lost Album |
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| Salif Keita with Cesaria Evora |
Yamore |
Moffou |
Decca |
| Batanai Marimba |
Manyatera |
Matumba! Matumba! |
Koni |
| Interview: Wedzerai Zvivero, leader of Zimbabwean band Batanai Marimba and World Muzik Makers and Afrikan Hertitage Centre | |||
| Dieneba Seck |
Foulbe |
The Truth |
Sterns |
| Bantu |
No More Vernacular |
Bantu |
Nitty Gritty Music |
| Interview: Yemisi Mokuolu, MD of Hatch Events who promote festivals and events such as Out of Africa | |||
| Bantu |
Mount Fuji Feat Ayuba | Fuji Satisfaction - Sound Clash in Lagos | Piranha |
| Weird MC |
African Woman | forthcoming 'After da Storm' |
0907 Entertainment |
| Geraldo Pino | Let's have a party | Heavy heavy heavy | Retro Afric |
| Angelique Kidjo |
Le Monde Comme Un Bebe | Oyaya! |
Columbia |
| Kanda Bongo Man |
Balobi | Balobi |
Wrasse |
1st
November 2005 on Resonance 104.4 fm: Click
on the speaker to listen |
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| Artist |
Track |
Album |
Label |
| Aicha Kone |
Kilimanjaro |
Poro Dance |
Tamaris |
| Idir + Geoffrey Oryema |
Exil |
Identities |
Sony |
| Richard Bona + Salif Keita |
Kalabancoro | Munia |
Universal
SA |
| Cheikha Rimitti |
La Camel |
Au Sources du Rai |
Institut du Monde Arabe |
| Cheikha Rimitti |
Matahagouhrach |
N’ta Gpudami |
Because Music |
| Natacha Atlas |
Kidda |
Halim |
Beggars Banquet |
| Carole Hog,Dominique Daumann, Abelouahed El Alaoui |
La Grand Ourse |
Asilah |
Totem Music |
| Interview: Natacha Atlas | |||
| Natacha Atlas |
Hayati Inta | Mish Maoul | ©
Natacha Atlas pre-release |
| Tinariwen |
Aldachan Manin | Festival in the Desert |
Tribal Union |
| Khaled + Amar |
El Harba Wine | World 2000 |
EMI |
| Souad Massi w Daby Toure |
I Won’t Forget My Roots | Honeysuckle |
Wrasse |
| Cherifa |
Ndda S Adbib Nnani (The Doctor Told Me) | Berber Blues | Wagram |
| Ehekye Collective |
Mankono (Going to a Land Far Away) | Womba (Making an Effort) | Copyright control |
| Oliya Band |
Life Yamana |
Oliya Band | Mondo Music |
8th
November 2005 on Resonance 104.4 fm: Click on the speaker to listen
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| Artist |
Track |
Album |
Label |
| Aicha Kone |
Kilimanjaro |
Poro Dance |
Tamaris |
| Tarika Sammy |
Eh Zalany |
Africa Never Stand Still |
Ellipsis Arts |
| Awa |
Makama Nye | Awa |
Promo
© Awa |
| Cesaria Evora |
Carnaval da Sao Vincente |
Palm World Voices |
Palm Pictures |
| Cesaria Evora and Teofile Chantre |
Quem Pode |
Drop the Debt |
Wrasse Records |
| Cesaria Evora |
Papa Joachim Paris |
Best of Cesaria Evora |
Lusafrica |
| Mariana Ramos |
Mundo Com Paz e Amor |
Bibia |
Harmonia Mundi |
| Nolave |
Sombila | Tulear Never Sleeps | Sterns/Earthworks |
| Tarika |
Sonegaly | Islands |
Putumayo |
| Chebli Msaidie |
Huzalwa | Promesses |
Next Music |
| Igagu |
Heavenly Home | Igagu promo |
© Igagu |
| Tony Allen feat Ty and Bries |
Right Here in Front of You | Promo CD for Remember Saro Wiwa | |
| Interview with Eric Soul, a top african/hiphop/brokenbeats/world DJ, prime mover behind the music/club event Dance the Guns to Silence www.remembersarowiwa.com | |||
| SMT |
Sweet 3Mix feat Bounty Killer | Sweet Mama Mix | © Asafo Media LLC |
| Regis Gizavo |
Kadiroky |
Samy Olombelo | Indigo |
15th
November 2005 on Resonance 104.4 fm: Click on the speaker to listen
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| Artist |
Track |
Album |
Label |
| Aicha Kone |
Kilimanjaro |
Poro Dance |
Tamaris |
| Joyce and John Nyirongo |
Dance Disco Lundazi |
Zambian Legends |
Mondo Music |
| Brenda Fassie |
Nakupenda | Amadlozi 2000 |
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| Brenda Fassie |
Vulindlela |
World voices |
Palm Pictures |
| Brenda Fassie |
Ngiyakuthanda Papa Wemba |
Indestructible beat of Soweto Volume 6 |
Earthworks/Sterns |
| Wunmi |
Track 10 |
Promo |
© Wunmi |
| Teba |
FCK |
Freedom to Celebrate |
Ubuntu Records |
| Zuba |
Election Day | Special Liberian Election 2005 EP | Bassa Beat Production |
| Interview with Liberian Jerry Boweh of Glasgow-based Zuba, whose members are Scottish, French, Ugandan and Ghanaian www.zuba.co.uk | |||
| Zuba |
Mooonlight | Allez! Allez! |
Bassa Beat Production |
| Bernard Kabanda |
Nnankya | Olugendo |
Real World |
| Queen Florence |
Nazza Gwaki | Rhythms from the Pearl of Africa Volume 1 |
Vumbi Grooves |
| Salif Keita |
M'Bemba | M'Bemba | Universal |
| Seckou Keita |
Dorygui-ba | Mali | ARC Music |
| Bolia We Ndenge |
Bosamba Ndeke |
Congrotronics 2 Buzz’n’Rumble From the Urb’n’Jungle | Crammed Discs |
22nd
November 2005 on Resonance 104.4 fm |
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| Artist |
Track |
Album |
Label |
| Aicha Kone |
Kilimanjaro |
Poro Dance |
Tamaris |
| Migrant Souls | Africa is Zion | Afrolution | Afrolution Records |
| Ishmael Lo |
Senegambie |
The Baladeer |
Wrasse Records |
| E. T. Mensah |
Ghana-Guinea-Mali | Day by Day |
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| E. T. Mensah |
Ghana Freedom |
Day by Day |
Retro Afric |
| Sweet Lorraine |
Fool Yourself |
The Truth |
Mabu Records |
| Seyi Shologbade |
Black Face |
Nu Afrobeat Experience |
Eko Star |
| Justin Vali |
Les Bambous |
Les Bambous |
Cinq Planetes |
| Interview with Justin Vali who makes and plays Valiha, the major instrument from Madagasgar. | |||
| Justin Vali |
Masouala | Les Bambous |
Cinq Planetes |
| Tarika |
Koba (Franglais Mix) | Koba/Malalako/Aloka |
Sakay |
| Rachid Taha |
Rock El Casbah | Tekitoi? |
Wrasse Records |
| Carte de Sejour |
Winta | Ramsa | Piranha |
| Interview with Rachid Taha – Algerian artist, resident in France who has maintained fierce politics over 20 years to give a ‘voice to those who cannot speak out’. | |||
| Rachid Taha |
Dima | Tekitoi? | Wrasse Records |
| Oumou Dioubate |
C’a Suffit Comme Ca |
Wambara | Sterns Africa |
29th
November 2005 on Resonance 104.4 fm: Click on the speaker to listen
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| Artist |
Track |
Album |
Label |
| Aicha Kone |
Kilimanjaro |
Poro Dance |
Tamaris |
| Baaba Maal, feat Macka B | Hamady Boiro | Palm World Voices - Senegal | Palm Pictures |
| Tartit |
Ofous D’Ifous |
Ichichila |
Network |
| Sam Mangwana |
Caro Mbanza | Galo Negro |
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| Sam Mangwana |
Manjani |
Galo Negro |
Bayelou Music |
| Sam Mangwana |
Extracts of music for Angola, Cameroun,Mozambique, Zimbabwe |
Rumba Music; Very Best of 2001; Maria Tebbo |
Sterns/Air B.Mas |
| Eyuphuro |
Othiawene |
Rough Guide to Marrabenta Mozambique |
World Music Network |
| Thierno Koite |
Ecologie |
Ubbite |
Method |
| Verckys |
Nakomitunaka | Mfumbwa - Bankoko Baboyi |
Sonodisc |
| Zena Edwards / Bushmen of the Kalahari |
Khoisan Ultra African | Sanscapes |
Electric Melt |
| Princess Emmanuelle AKA Empress |
Natural prod Raskali | Rise Above Da Waters | Pre release © 2005 |
| Princess Emmanuelle AKA Empress |
Oh No Bro!!! Nutty P feat Reveal and Laayie | Rise Above Da Waters | Pre release © 2005 |
| Interview with and live session with Princess Emmanuelle – ably assisted by Ceasar. Princess Emmanuelle has appeared at major and underground events and on a wealth of media. She organises many showcases to bring forward her peers as well. | |||
| Maryam Mursal |
Somali Udiida Ceb |
Spirit of Africa | Real World |
| Koko Kanyinda | Kisangani | Sentimental | Limpopo |
6th
December 2005 on Resonance 104.4 fm |
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| Artist |
Track |
Album |
Label |
| Aicha Kone |
Kilimanjaro |
Poro Dance |
Tamaris |
| Rachel Magoola | Ekizino | Songs from the source of the Nile | Arc music |
| Herbert Misango |
Wazee wa Kisa |
Before Benga Vol. 1: Kenya Dry |
Original music |
| Modeste |
Mifona | Modeste |
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| Julian Bahula |
Wind of change |
Wind of change |
Gallo |
| Interview with South African musician, composer, and campaigner Julian Bahula – long time ANC supporter who organised major promotions in London to challenge apartheid and mark key stages in Nelson Mandela’s life. |
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| Julian Bahula |
Back to the soil |
Wind of change |
Gallo |
| Ballou Canta et Luciana |
Metiola |
Rumba Lolanga |
Docura |
| Juwon Ogungbe | Music from ‘Who Killed Mr Drum’ | © Juwon Ogungbe 2005 | |
| Interview with musician, composer, music theatre creator, educationalist, opera singer Juwon Ogungbe www.juwonogungbe.co.uk | |||
| Juwon Ogungbe |
Music from ‘Who Killed Mr Drum’ | © Juwon Ogungbe 2005 | |
| Nketia |
Dagomba | Towards African Pianism |
A Bridge Across |
| Stella Rambisai Chiweshe |
Ndinderere | Chisi |
Piranha |
| Stella Chiweshe |
Uchiseka | Talking Mbira | Piranha |
| Samira Saeid | Aal Eah | North African Groove | Putumayo |
13th
December 2005 on Resonance 104.4 fm: Click
on the speaker to listen |
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| Artist |
Track |
Album |
Label |
| Aicha Kone |
Kilimanjaro |
Poro Dance |
Tamaris |
| Nawal | Sana | Kweli | Melodie |
| Ndeye Seneba Seck |
La perdrix |
Music and World Cinema Africa |
mk2 Music |
| Azouhouni |
I gotta go |
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| Oliver Mtukudzi |
Chido Chenyu Here? |
The Other Side - Live Switz. |
Shava |
| Oliver
Mtukudzi
|
Right direction |
Jit |
Earthworks |
| Oliver Mtukudzi |
Neria |
Ndega Zvangu |
Shava |
| Franco | Luvumbu Ndoki | The very best of Franco | Manteca |
| Antibalas | Obanla’e | Who is this America? | Rope a Dope |
| Interview with Osita and Cisco, independent film-makers | |||
| Café D’Afrique |
Conn/Ritchie/Desai & Laws/Miles & Miles/West India Co/Winston-Fletcher | Globe
Trekker |
Pilot Film and Television Production |
| Boubacar Traore |
Je chanterai pour toi | The Best of Boubacar Traore |
Wrasse Records |
| Mirror System |
Halil (co-producer U-Cef) | Mirror System |
A-Wave Records |
| Nuru Kane |
Diarama | Sigil | White Label |
| Ayub Ogada | Kothbiro |
Music from the Coffee Lands | Putumayo |
| Yvonne Chakachaka | Umqombothi | Hotel Rwanda | Commotion Records |
20th
December 2005 on Resonance 104.4 fm: Click on the speaker to listen
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| Artist |
Track |
Album |
Label |
| Aicha Kone |
Kilimanjaro |
Poro Dance |
Tamaris |
| Wasis Diop | Everything is never quite enough | Everything is never quite enough | Wrasse |
| Sali Sidibe |
Wassolou Foli |
Wassolou Foli |
Sterns Africa |
| Kaouding Cissoko |
Sengal- Mauritanie | Kora Revolution |
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| Gigi |
Bale Washintu |
African Chill |
Manteca |
| Manu Dibango |
Aye Africa (le Bucheron by Franklin Boukaka originally) |
M’Boa Su |
Group JPS |
| Manu Dibango |
Soul Makossa |
Very Best of Manu Dibango |
Wrasse Records |
| Manu Dibango | Jam Rap Makossa with Mc Mello | Live 91 | Soul Paris Records |
| Manu Dibango | Malaika | Melodies Africaines Volume 1 | Afrovision Records |
| Anne-Marie Nzié | Ma Limbole | Béza
Ba Dzo |
Indigo |
| Ashley Maher |
Club Dibango and the Rising Son | Flying Over Bridges |
Spin Wild Records |
| Ricardo Lemvo & Makina Loca |
Zozo Motema | Sao Salvador |
Putumayo |
| Linet Aluoch |
Pamela | Baba Zero | Equator Heritage Records |
| Jordan Katembula | Nali Kuyaza |
Worlds Collide - Mixed by DJ Camacho | Walking Monster Media |
| Amadou & Mariam | Coulibaly - Ashley Beedle’s Africanz on Marz Vocal | Coulibaly | Because |
| Bare Knuckle Soul | Black; Other | Freeness | Icebox Productions Ltd |
| Fela Kuti | Shuffering and Schmiling | Bon voyage | Filter Music |