Alsarah and The Nubatones: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

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I first encountered Alsarah and The Nubatones when doing the Global Elite Music Radio Podcast Supershow. I immediately fell in love with their music and featured their track "3roos Elneel" on Episode 16 which originally aired September 24, 2018. Back then, I wrote:

According to the group's Facebook page: "Alsarah & The Nubatones came together out of a collective love for Nubian music and a genuine belief that Soul transcends all cultural and linguistic barriers. Inspired by the pentatonic scale they blend a selection of Nubian 'songs of return' from the 1970s-today with original material and traditional music of central Sudan. Their set is a musical journey through diaspora and migration from an urban lense."

NPR adds:

“When singer Alsarah left her native Sudan, she was just a child who'd shown an interest in music. She's said it served as her coping mechanism during a subsequent transition to life here in the U.S. That passion led her to a university degree in ethnomusicology.”

The group stopped by NPR’s Tiny Desk in 2016 for three songs.

Setlist:

  1. "Ya Watan"

  2. "3roos Elneel"

  3. "Fulani"

Players:

  • Alsarah (vocals)

  • Nahid (backing vocals)

  • Rami El Aasser (percussion, backing vocals)

  • Mawuena Kodjovi (bass, backing vocals)

  • Brandon Terzic (oud)

Other Important People:

  • Producers: Felix Contreras, Niki Walker

  • Audio Engineer: Josh Rogosin

  • Videographers: Niki Walker, Nicole Boliaux

  • Production Assistant: Jenny Gathright

  • Photo: Raquel Zaldivar/NPR

Birds of Maya Live In Philadelphia (02.15.13)

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If you haven’t heard the newest album Maya from Philadelphia’s Birds of Maya, please stop what you’re doing and go get it. Otherwise, you’ll want to pick up what I’m throwing down today.

Birds of Maya, live at (PhilaMOCA); Philadelphia, PA 2.15.13.

Sorry, I don’t have a setlist or anything for this one, but you could probably figure it out if you were so inclined?

  • Follow Birds of Maya at Facebook

  • Purchase Birds of Maya’s music at Bandcamp

  • Purchase Birds of Maya’s music at Amazon

Morphine Live at Central Park Summerstage (1997)

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Texaco New York Jazz Festival. Morphine Live at Central Park Summerstage, New York City (June 25, 1997).



Setlist:

  1. Like Swimming

  2. Lilah

  3. Wishing Well

  4. Mona's Sister (poetry)

  5. Sharks

  6. Empty Box

  7. All Wrong

  8. Honey White

  9. Dana solo

  10. Murder For The Money

  11. Instrumental

  12. Swing It Low

  13. Eleven O'Clock

  14. The Saddest Song

  15. Cure For Pain

  16. French Fries With Pepper

  17. Buena

  18. Early To Bed

Players:

  • Mark Sandman - 2-strings slide bass

  • Dana Colley - sax

  • Billy Conway - drums

Eric Burdon and War Live In Denmark (1971)

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Eric Burdon and War Live in Denmark (1971).




Setlist:

  1. Spirit

  2. Love Is All Around

  3. Train, Train

Buzzcocks Live in 1981

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Sorry, folks, I don’t know a lick about this one other than that I dig it and I think you will too.



Setlist:

  1. Why She's A Girl From The Chainstore

  2. What Do I Get ?

  3. Fast Cars

  4. Fiction Romance

  5. Harmony In My Head

  6. Everybody's Happy Nowadays

  7. Lipstick

  8. Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've)

  9. Something's Gone Wrong Again

  10. Airwaves Dream

  11. Strange Thing

  12. Noise Annoys

  13. What Do You Know?

  14. I Believe

  15. Love Battery

  16. Time's Up

  17. Boredom

The Vibrators Live At Old Grey Whistle Test (04/19/78)

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The Vibrators, Live The Vibrators Live At Old Grey Whistle Test (04/19/78).




Setlist:

  1. War Zone

  2. Flying Duck Theory

  3. Wake Up

  4. Hour People

  • Visit the Vibrators’ website

  • Follow the Vibrators at Facebook

  • Purchase the Vibrators’ music at Amazon

Los Lobos Live at the Ritz (1987)

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Los Lobos live at the Ritz, New York (03/26/87).

Setlist:

  1. Will The Wolf Survive

  2. We're Gonna Rock

  3. Come On, Let's Go

  4. Our Last Night

  5. Walking Song

  6. How Much Can I Do

  7. Anselma

  8. Buzz, Buzz, Buzz

  9. Matter Of Time

  10. Evangeline

  11. I Got Loaded

  12. Let's Say Goodnight

  13. Corrido #1

  14. Serenata Nortena

  15. Volver, Volver

  16. I Got To Let You Know

  17. My Baby's Gone

  18. Farmer John

  19. Don't Worry Baby

Matty Bovan and Derek Piotr Collaborate :: Audio Knit Playlist

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To celebrate Derek Piotr’s haunting new album Making and Then Unmaking (which I profiled here), Derek has collaborated with designer Matty Bovan to create a signature look and a custom playlist providing some of context for Piotr’s new album and the listening that went behind it.

Of the look, Bovan says:

“'When Derek first approached me to create a custom look, I was super excited as I always love special commissions - it allows me to explore real characters wearing my pieces. Derek is very interested in British folk life and music, so we connected instantly. I myself am always inspired by the traditions of the UK in my work. The look itself has a folk element, and we used hand-pleated deadstock Liberty prints, alongside a leather gingham apron, screen-printed with mountains and hand drawn on the reverse. The overall look had to be practical and reusable for many situations for Derek, and like myself and my work, the look had to strike the balance of wearability, but still interesting silhouette-wise.’

The two also collaborated on a playlist; not only to celebrate Piotr’s new album, but the musical heritages of traditionalism and exploration upon which it stands. The playlist features a unique juxtaposition of new and old, traditional and experimental.

Enjoy.

Playlist:

  1. AGF Top Off (Beyoncé remix) [unreleased]

  2. Almeda Riddle I Love my Rooster [Wolf Folk collection]

  3. Derek Piotr The Stake (Territorial Gobbing’s Honking at the Moon Remix) [DPSR]

  4. Madonna Bedtime Story (Orbital remix) [Maverick]

  5. Derek Piotr Odyssey (Matty Bovan score) [unreleased]

  6. Frank Edwards O Lampkins (1 verse) [IU ATM archives]

  7. Björk Bachelorette (Alec Empire The Ice Princess Remix) [One Little Independent]

  8. Björk vs Jean Ritchie Headphones vs Gypsy Laddie (Derek Piotr mash) [unreleased]

  9. Anne Briggs vs Lotic Reynardine x Slay (Derek Piotr mash) [unreleased]

  10. Derek Piotr Bolakins [DPSR]

  11. AGF Antye of Tegea CA 300 BC [AGF Producktion]

  12. Derek Piotr West Redding Woods Field Recording 2021 [unreleased]

  13. Mrs Lena Bare Turbyfill & Mrs Lloyd Bare Hagie Cumberland Gap [unreleased]

  14. Machinedrum The Relic [Ninja Tune]

  15. Derek Piotr Light-Years [DPSR]

  • Visit Derek Piotr’s official website

  • Watch the EPK for the new album

  • Follow Derek Piotr on Twitter

  • Follow Derek Piotr at Facebook

  • Purchase Derek Piotr’s music at Amazon

  • Purchase Derek Piotr’s music at Bandcamp

  • Read my profile of Piotr’s latest album Making and Then Unmaking

  • Visit Matty Bovan’s website

  • Follow Matty Bovan on Instagram

Dire Straits Rockpalast 1979

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Dire Straits Rockpalast WDR Studio L, Cologne 16 feb 1979.



Setlist:

  1. Down to the Waterline

  2. Six Blade Knife

  3. Once Upon a Time in the West

  4. Lady Writer

  5. Single-Handed Sailor

  6. Water of Love

  7. In the Gallery

  8. Follow Me Home

  9. News

  10. What's the Matter Baby?

  11. Lions

  12. Sultans of Swing

  • Visit the Dire Straits website

  • Follow Dire Straits at Facebook

  • Purchase Dire Straits’ music at Amazon

Bob Marley and the Wailers, Amandla Festival (07/21/79)

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Bob Marley and the Wailers, Amandla Festival (07/21/79).


Setlist:

  1. Dick Gregory Intro

  2. Positive Vibration

  3. Slave Driver

  4. Them Belly Full

  5. Runnin Away

  6. Crazy Baldhead

  7. The Heathen

  8. War

  9. No More Trouble

  10. Lively Up Yourself

  11. No Woman No Cry

  12. Jammin

  13. Get Up Stand Up

  14. Exodus

    Encore:

  15. Zimbabwe

  16. Wake Up & Live

  • Visit Bob Marley’s official website

  • Follow Bob Marley on Facebook

  • Follow Bob Marley on Twitter

  • Purchase Bob Marley’s music at Amazon

  • Browse all posts labeled Bob Marley

Grateful Dead: Tivolis Koncertsal, Copenhagen (07/21/72)

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Grateful Dead live at Tivolis Koncertsal, Copenhagen (07/21/72).

One drummer Dead. Europe ‘72. What else is there to say?



Setlist:

  1. Me And Bobby McGee

  2. Chinatown Shuffle

  3. China Cat Sunflower

  4. I Know You Rider

  5. Jack Straw

  6. He's Gone

  7. Next Time You See Me

  8. One More Saturday Night

  9. It Hurts Me Too

  10. Ramble On Rose

  11. El Paso

  12. Big Railroad Blues

  13. Truckin'

  • Visit the Grateful Dead’s official website

  • Follow the Grateful Dead on Facebook

  • Follow Grateful Dead on Twitter

  • Purchase Grateful Dead music on Amazon

Nirvana Live At Paradiso (11/25/1991)

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Nirvana Live At Paradiso (Amsterdam) 11/25/1991.



Setlist:

  1. Aneurysm

  2. School

  3. Floyd The Barber

  4. Smells Like Teen Spirit

  5. About A Girl

  6. Polly

  7. Lithium

  8. Sliver

  9. Breed

  10. Come As You Are

  11. Been A Son

  12. Negative Creep

  13. On A Plain

  14. Love Buzz

  15. Territorial Pissings

Talking Heads Live in Rome 1980

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Talking Heads live in Rome, 1980.






Setlist:

  1. Psycho Killer

  2. Stay Hungry

  3. Cities

  4. I Zimbra

  5. Drugs

  6. Take Me to The River

  7. Cross-eyed And Painless

  8. Life During Wartime

  9. Houses in Motion

  10. Born Under Punches

  11. The Great Curve

  • Visit the Talking Heads website

  • Follow Talking Heads at Facebook

  • Follow Talking Heads at Twitter

  • Purchase Talking Heads music at Amazon

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers Live Rockpalast 1977

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Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers Live Rockpalast 1977.

Setlist:

  1. Surrender

  2. Jaguar & the Thunderbird

  3. American Girl

  4. Fooled Again

  5. Breakdown

  6. Listen to Her Heart

  7. Strangered In The Night

  8. I Need To Know

  9. Anything That´s Rock´n Roll

  10. Route 66

  11. Shout

Kraftwerk live at Rockpalast, 1970

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This nugget comes by recommendation from the fine folk over at Modern Folk (follow on Twitter and support at Bandcamp).

Sorry, no setlist for this one. But enjoy. Kraftwerk live | Rockpalast | 1970.

  • Visit Kraftwerk’s website

  • Purchase Kraftwerk’s music at Amazon

Sparklehorse Live At The Grey Eagle Tavern

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Sparklehorse- Live at the Grey Eagle Tavern, Asheville, NC, September 9th, 2006.

From the Youtube page: “Here's a treat for you all. It's great, fairly steady footage (mixed with nice soundboard audio) of one of the few 2006 North American dates just prior to the release of 'Dreamt for Light Years in the Belly of a Mountain.' It also happened to be Mark's 44th birthday.”

Setlist:

  1. Gold Day

  2. Spirit Ditch

  3. Return to Me

  4. Apple Bed

  5. You are My Sunshine

  6. Sad and Beautiful World

  7. Painbirds

  8. Tears of Fresh Fruit

  9. Homecoming Queen

  10. Weird Sisters

  11. It's Not So Hard

  12. Some Sweet Day

  13. Piano Fire

  14. Ghost in the Sky

Players:

  • Mark Linkous

  • Johnny Hott

  • Paula Jean Brown

  • Chris Michaels

  • Matt Pleasant

  • Visit Mark Linkous’ website

  • Visit Sparklehorse at Facebook

  • Follow Sparklehorse at Tumblr

  • Purchase Sparklehorse’s music at Amazon

Ted Hawkins :: Amazing Grace

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Ted Hawkins was an American singer-songwriter born in Biloxi, Mississipi and who was often found busking in his adopted hometown of Venice Beach, California. He toured extensively in Europe and Australia but remained largely anonymous in the United States.

Here is the elusive 1996 Janice Engel documentary in three-parts.

R.L. Burnside 1978

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I don’t know a thing about this footage, but I’ve watched it several times over the years and thought I’d share it with you fine people on Holiday at the Sea. It features several live performances by Burnside, two seemingly on the side of the road and one at home (?) surrounded by family (?). We do know that there are notes that the footage was filmed in Pensacola County, MS, 09/02/78.

Sorry, I don’t have the setlist for this one but we could probably figure it out pretty easily if we were so inclined. I just haven’t been.

Enjoy.

  • Visit R.L. Burnside’s page at Fat Possum

  • Purchase R.L. Burnside’s music at Amazon

Mazzy Star Live at Primavera Fest., Spain (2012)

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Mazzy Star live at Primavera Fest., Spain (2012).

Setlist:

  1. Blue Flower (Slapp Happy cover)

  2. Disappear

  3. Ghost Highway

  4. Halah

  5. Still Cold

  6. She Hangs Brightly

  7. Look On Down From The Bridge

  8. Fade Into You

  9. Lay Myself Down

  10. Flying Low

  11. So Tonight That I Might See

  • Visit Mazzy Star on Facebook

  • Purchase Mazzy Star’s music at Amazon