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My favorite 50 releases of 2024. What a good year for music.
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Diga Rhythm Band with Jerry Garcia at Golden Gate Park 5/30/75
Zakir Hussain, Mickey Hart, and Jerry Garcia all on the same stage?! You’d better believe it!
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Shakti NPR Tiny Desk Concert (2023)
Hussain reunites with this influential band featuring John McLaughlin for NPR’s Tiny Desk.
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Bela Fleck, Edgar Meyer, Zakir Hussain: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert (2010)
Hussain explores the melding of tabla with Appalachian-inspired music with Bela Fleck and Edgar Meyer.
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Zakir Hussain and Masters of Percussion (Live)
Zakir Hussain live with the Masters of Percussion ensemble. Recording information unknown.
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Zakir Hussain and Dave Holland Live as Crosscurrents
Zakir Hussain with Dave Holland and an all-star band exploring the melding of jazz and Indian classical music.
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REPOST: Zakir Hussain & Rakesh Chaurasia at ICE Kraków 08.07.2015
I just found out about Zakir Hussain’s untimely passing. To celebrate his honor, here is a re-post of him with Rakesh Chaurasia playing bansouri.
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The Smiths :: Live at Hacienda, Manchester :: 02/04/83
Watch the band perform their third live concert.
Musical Worldview Project:
Musical Worldview :: the Samples, "Carry On"
“Trusting is one thing I don't know
When it comes to the campaigning men
But I'll meet you at the election
When I vote for the hope of this land
Carry on . . . “
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Tidiane Thiam :: Africa Yontii
The newest album from Tidiane Thiam :: Africa Yontii came out on Sahel Sounds in May and is worth your listening ears.
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Etran De L'Aïr - 100% Sahara Guitar Gets The Video Treatment
Today at the Music Blog: Etran de L’Aïr, (“Stars of the Air"), the longest-running wedding band in Agadez has released a video for crowd favorite "Imouha" in anticipation of their September release 100% Sahara Guitar.
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Phish recently stopped by NPR’s Tiny Desk for a 5-song, 35-minute set.
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Heron Oblivion Live at WFMU (2016)
Continuing to mine te WFMU Monty Hall archives, we come across Heron Oblivion from 2016.
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Meat Puppets Live at WFMU (2019)
We continue listening through the WFMU archives and today we pause to observe Meat Puppets live in 2019.
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Group Doueh Live at WFMU (2017)
Another gem from the WFMU live vaults. This time with Group Doueh who WFMU describe as ““One of the most blasted psychedelic Western Saharan combos to hit American shores.”
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Kikagaku Moyo Live at WFMU (2019)
WFMU recently announced that they are opening up their live vaults. So, we’re going digging! We’ve already got several shows cued up for your enjoyment. First up is the sadly defunct Kikagaku Moyo live at Monty Hall, 2019.
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Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer, Shahzad Ismaily :: Tiny Desk Concert
Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer, Shahzad Ismaily live at NPR’s Tiny Desk (May 12, 2023).
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Raz Mesinai and Shahzad Ismaily Live
Today we feature a live duo performance from Raz Mesinai and Shahzad Ismaily.
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Sad Happens: A Celebration of Tears
“Sad Happens is a collective, multi-faceted archive of tears that captures the complexity and variety of sadness, joy, love, a sense of community, and a host of other emotions. Available 11/14/23.” And I have a piece included!