playlist for July 15

song titles = music videos  |  artist = musicians' websites

Baile de los pobres, Calle 13 / Entren los que Quieren
So-called war, Rico Pabon / And still the sun rises
Golden ones feat. Sizzla Kalonji, Indubious / From zero
Jerusalem, Alpha Blondy + The Wailers / Jerusalem
Dogs, Michael Parenti / TUC radio
Good dog down, Synrgy / Live in Love
Lies, Haji Mike + Dub Caravan / Virtual Oasis
Bad liar, Selena Gomez / Bad Liar
Chairman Meow, Profane Sass
Emergency brake lever, Mitch Hedberg
Last time for everything, Brad Paisley / Love and war
She’s country, Jason Aldean
If you don’t know that, Michael Parenti
Ain’t got no / I got life, Nina Simone + Groovefinder / Remixed and reimagined
 → The Groovefinder remix: video
Mississippi Goddam, Nina Simone / Little girl blue
Courage over fear, Vijay Prashad — Flashpoints
Ancient times two, Astarius / Spirit Rap
American dream, Jakatta
Que nadie sepa mi sufrir, Sandra Luna / Djellabar
Cha cha cha met Deutschespreken
Think, Kaleida
Follow your arrow, Kacey Musgraves / Same trailer different park
Back door man, the Doors
Beat it on down the line, Grateful Dead [Cow Palace, March 1974]
Baby grand, Ray Charles [piano by Billy Joel] / Friendship
Istanbul, Claude + Jean-Marc Challe / Magic Deep 03

playlist for July 1

DJ Cindiana Jones co-hosted today's show

song, artist / CD

Sin Rumba, Otres Aires / Otres Aires
Hold up wait a minute, ZHU
Englishman in New York, Tanghetto / The Best of Tanghetto
Shake what your mama gave you, Henry Butler + Corey Harris / Feeling Good Blues
Je m'tire, Maitre Gims / Subliminal la face Cachee
Some jokes, Dmitri Martin / These are jokes
Young fashioned ways, Koko Taylor / Feeling good blues
I can't complain, Todd Snider / Near truths and hotel rooms
Variations on a theme, Harpo's Ladder; Clan Dyken / The last ride at the end of the old world
Dogs are racist?, Wyatt Cenac / Wyatt Cenac Comedy Person
Basic human needs, Wavy Gravy
Try try try, Ben Lee / Songs about Islam for the whole family
What are we waiting for, Bob Slaughter / We are water
Oh heart!, Tank and the Bangas
Do wrong right, Devil Makes Three
Basic human needs, Bob Slaughter / The River knows
Them hippies was right, Those damn accordions / No strings attached
Medieval times, Wyatt Cenac
Money, Easy Star All-Stars / Dub Side of the Moon
Wang dang doodle, Koko Taylor / Koko Taylor
Take a giant step, Taj Mahal / Blue light boogie
Compared to what, Les McCann + Eddie Harris / Compared to what
Amor o nada, Otros Aires / Perfect Tango
Fossil fuel sinner, Jack Gladstone / Native anthropology
Kaleidoscope, Vokab Kompany

playlist for June 17

6 weeks since last broadcast! Out of town May 20: thanks to L-Dawg for sitting in for me.
KMUD's live broadcast of the Summer Arts and Music Festival pre-empted the June 3 show.

song, artist / CD

Kaleidoscope, Vokab Kompany / General Hydroponics
DYOT, Dab Hands / The Club Phenomena
KMUD dubplate, Soulfyre
Rockabye [cover], KRNFX [aka Terry Im] + Eh Bee
Ganesh is fresh feat. Jai Uttal, MC Yogi / Elephant power
Free Tibet, Hilight Tribe
Oviedo, Blind Pilot
Waterfalls, Crow and the Canyon / Leaving soon
The Answer, Mouths of Babes
Illegal smile, John Prine / John Prine (1971)
Father’s day, Rico Pabon / And still the sun rises
The blues my naughty baby gave to me, Dan Hicks & his Hot Licks / Tangles tales
The old devils, William Elliott Whitmore / Animals in the dark
Fishin blues, Taj Mahal / Giant step de ole folks at home
Beyond the sea, Bobby Darin -- dig that video! w/ Dick Clark
Sakanto, Rokia Traoré
Eyes of the squirrel, Primus
Wanna be startin' somethin’ [cover], The Polish Ambassador
Lemon kush, Ozric Tentacles
What a wonderful world, Louie Armstrong

playlist for May 6

song, artist / CD
[Today's broadcast was 4 hours.]

Ai me morena chocolate restyle, Mo’ Horizons / Some more horizons
The expert, Yello / Touch yello
Sun king, Beatles / Abbey Rd.
Talk to me, Dub Sharma / Vyuh
Bad dads, bad moms; Ali Wong / Baby Cobra
Growin that in Cali, Mumu Crew
Irie vibe, Raging Fyah / General Hydroponics
Celebrate the life, Jeff Cree* / Live from Studio B
Third man theme, Anton Karas
"Les Amazones envision a world of gender equality" [NPR review]
Dombolo feat. Angelique Kidjo, Les Amazones d’Afrique / Republique Amazone
Yehlisan Umoya Ma-Afrika, Busi Mhlongo / Putumayo African Beats
Voices of Africa, African Tribal Orchestra / African Street party
Priestess (Pumarosa) remix, Shura
It’s the end of the world as we know it, REM
North American scum, LCD Soundsystem / Sound of silver
They move like somnambulists, Filasteen
The ballad of Dr. Bud, Capt Hawaii and the Shallow People / ~
Innocent until proven having $13m, Steven Colbert
Nashville wimmin, Waylon Jennings /
Nashville cats, Lovin’ Spoonful / Hums of the Lovin' Spoonful
Cowboy song, Thin Lizzie / Jailbreak
Crates of books, David Arnold + Michael Price [Sherlock theme]
Che Guavara [Dutch language comedy], Ronald Goedemondt / Spek
Hasta siempre Comandante Che Guavara, Siembra / Todo cambia
If I was president, Las Cafeteras
Asian women behind the wheel; Ali Wong / Baby Cobra
“Trump-roast”, Hassan Minahj / White House Correspondents’ Dinner
Dragonfly, Pumarosa
Touch, Shura / Nothing’s real
I play the Kora, Les Amazones d’Afrique
Yalmidan, Cairokee / Matloob Zaeem
Miles and smiles, That Captain / Tree
Hand me down my walking cane, Collectif Medz Bazar / Poshmanella
(I got spurs that) Jingle, jangle, jingle; Kay Kyser & his Orchestra
KMUD dub plate, Soulfyre
Close to you, Maxi Priest
I saw this once before when I was a rookie, Dave Chappelle
In Your Eyes, by Peter Gabriel w/ Youssou N’Dour [in French] / Fatteliku, live in Athens 1987
Roadhouse blues, The Doors / Morrison Hotel
Lone Pine Hill, Justin Townes Earle / The good life
Roundtable rival, Lindsay Sterling / Shatter me
Wayseer Manifesto, Jourdan Bordes + Garrett Loporto / Ready and able

* ~ RIP Linda Jean Lawlor. Her memorial is May 10, in Garberville.

playlist for Apr. 15

song, artist / CD

ExC, That Captain
Six pieds sous terre, Chicha Libre / Sonido Amazonico
Sometimes things get, whatever; Deadmau5 / Random album title
Unplug from the machine, LowRIDERz / Raindrops on roses
Mr. Jones mix 2, Nina Kraviz / Mr. Jones
Mr. Jones, Counting Crows / August and everything after
Priestess, Pumarosa / The witch
Portland, Oregon; Loretta Lynn & Jack White
Miles and smiles, That Captain
Gloria, Van Morrison
Beau mot plage rmx Marques Wyatt, Isolée / Sound design v. 1
Love your ways, Salmonella Dub / Inside the Dub plates
Nothing about flowers, Talking heads / Naked
There’s a moon in the sky, B-52s / B-52s
You know how we do, Saskia La Roo / Holland hits, the boom
Rocket man, Iron Horse / Blue grass tribute to classic rock
Whole lotta lovin', Zepparella
Johnny I hardly knew ya, Dropkick Murphys
Superstylin’, Groove Armada / Goodbye country

playlist for Apr. 1

song, artist / CD

Ai me morena chocolate restyle, Mo’ Horizons / Some more horizons
The expert, Yello / Touch Yello
Maroma, Bajo Fondo Tango Club
Gun control - pt. 1 of 4, Jim Jefferies
Man’s the only bird who has no feathers, Pajaro Sunrise
Something’s got a hold on me, Etta James / Chess box
If you don’t know that, Michael Parenti
Do you hear the people sing?, Cor Meibion Caernarfon Male Choir
Gun control - pt. 2, Jim Jefferies
Pirates, Puppa Lëk Sèn / Sweet & Tuff
Streets of gold, Roland Alphonse / Streets of ska
Untitled macho song, Naked Cult of Hickey
Her Majesty, Beatles / Abbey Road
Dreamer, Supertramp / Crime of the century
Gun control - pt. 3, Jim Jefferies
Look to the left, Anne Feeney / Look to the left
Babylon fading, the Doors / An American Prayer
Muddy waters, LP
Gun control - pt. 4, Jim Jefferies

playlist for Mar. 18

song, artist / CD

I am woman, Helen Reddy
Brandy, Looking Glass
Thank God for sinners, Ty Segal / Twins
Ed’s reggae, Ed Motta
Michael Moore interviews Br. MP Tony Benn (Sicko)
National health care now, Anne Feeney / Look to the left
In too deep, Sum 41 / All killer, no filler
Semi-crazy, Junior Brown
Who did the Fascists support?, Michael Parenti / TUC Radio
Corporate welfare song, Anne Feeney / Have you been to jail for justice
Cha cha cha met Deutschespreken [get in touch for more info; it's a curious case]
Utari Opunparewa, and
City of Aleppo, Oki Dub Ainu Band / Utarhythm
Palestine: Peace not Apartheid, Jimmy Carter
Mexican trains, Profane Sass
Man smart, woman smarter; the Dead / Live in Philly, 5 Apr '82
Rumble in Brighton, Stray Cats
Conclave Six
Blister in the sun, Violent Femmes
Lost on you, LP / Death Valley
Hazimi, fm the Ben-i-Saleem!, Lawrence of Arabia [trailer]
What’s Motivating [Dr. Tyrone] Hayes, dir. Jonathan Demme
Without hate, without arms & without violence, HK et les Saltimbanks
Everybody’s got something to hide …, Beatles / The Beatles aka the White Album
Sukiyaki [subtitled in Engl.] Kyu Sakamoto < one fascinating tale >
Big gay heart, Lemonheads / Come on feel the Lemonheads
Ni más ni menos, Mantecao y su combo de rumbo moderno / Mas Achillefunk