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31/10/2008

Mary Ann Kennedy's eclectic mix of sounds from around the world features a BBC debut session from all-girl folk band The Shee, who blend Scottish, Gaelic and bluegrass music.

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Friday 31st October, 11:15pm
Perry: Exercising
Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry; Pete Lockett (percussion); The “Crispy horns”; Zilverzurf; Kirupa Parana (Violin); Gopika & Nadaka (Backing Vocals)
Album: The Mighty upsetter
SAM Production ON-U ONUCD 1001

Gilberto Gil/Jorge Mautner: Outros Viram
Gilberto Gil (Vocals & Guitar)
Album: Banda Larga Cordel
Geléia Geral/Warner Music 2564 695033

Dibango/Pepe Luiz: Walking to Waza
Manu Dibango/Soul Makossa
Album: African Woodoo
Frémeaux & Associés FA 502

Yasel González Rivera/Gerald Thomas Collymore: En La Esquina
Madera Limpia
Album: La Corona
Out Here Records OH 009

Studio Session –The Shee

Lillias Kinsman-Blake (flute/fiddle)
Shona Mooney (fiddle/viola)
Rachel Newton (voice/electric harp)
Olivia Ross (voice/fiddle)
Laura-Beth Salter (voice/Mandolin)
Amy Thatcher (Accordion/clog dancing)

Lillias Kinsman-Blake: The Drunken Duck
Rachel Newton: The Gecko
Sean O’Kang: Eye Tune
Recorded at BBC Broadcasting House, October 2008

Trad: The Gaelic Song –Ged is Grianach an Latha
Recorded at BBC Broadcasting House, October 2008

Yossou N’Dour/Kabou Guèye/Habib Faye: Tan Bi
Yossou N’Dour (Vocals); Habib Faye (Guitar); Edouard Manga (Kora);
Thiama Sy/Barou sall (zalam); Mbaye Ndiaye (riti); Al-Seyni Camara (balafon); jean-Philippe Rykiel (keyboard); Babacar “Mbaye dieye” Faye & Jaco Largent (percussion)
Album: Nothing in Vain
Nonesuch 7559 79654-2

Kasbah Rockers & Bill Laswell – Al Rafel
Album: Kasbah Rockers
Barbarity 028

Nitin Sawhney/Reena Bhardwaj: Ek Taan
Nitin Sawhney (piano); Reena Bhardwaj (Vocals)
Album: London Undersound
Cooking Vinyl -Positiv ID Promo CD001

Norman Blake: Don’t Be Afraid of the Neo-Cons
Norman Blake/Nancy Blake
Album: Rich Man’s War –New Blues and Roots songs of peace and protest
Ruf Records RUF1144

Ben Sollee: A Few Honest Words
Ben Sollee (Cello); rayna Gellert (fiddle); Lamar Cornett (percussion)
Album: Learning to bend
Sona Blast Records SB1015

Chris Stout: Da White Wife
Fiddlers Bid
Album: Naked & Bare
Greentrax CD Trax 277

Bellowhead: Spectre Review
Album: Matachin
Navigator Records Promo CD

Radoslav “Gypsy” Banga/Antonin Pesik: Vítej
Gipsy.cz
Album: Reprezent
Indies Scope Records MAM430-2

Studio Session –The Shee

Trad: Chilly Winds
Recorded at BBC Broadcasting House, October 2008

Happy Halloween (Amy Thatcher)
Recorded at BBC Broadcasting House, October 2008

Zazou: Attainable Border: South
Milind Raikar (Violin/Harp); Toir Kuziyev (tambur); hector Zazou (Sound Treatments/percussion)
Album: In the House of Mirrors
Crammed Discs Craw 47

Iain McLachlan: The Dark Island
Addy Harper Trio

1 hour, 30 minutes

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Fri 31 Oct 200823:30

Music Played

  • Gopika, Kirupa Parana, Lee “Scratch” Perry, Nadaka & Pete Lockett

    Exercising

    • The Mighty upsetter.
    • SAM Production.
    • ONUCD-1001.
  • Gilberto Gil

    Outras Viram

    • Banda Larga Cordel.
    • Geleia Geral/Warner Music.
    • 2564-695033.
  • Manu Dibango & Soul makossa

    Walking to Waza

    • African Woodoo.
    • Fremeaux & associes.
    • FA-502.
  • Madera Limpia

    En la Esquina

    • La Corona.
    • Out Here.
    • OH-009.
  • The Shee

    The Drunken Duck

  • The Shee

    The Geocko

  • Eye Tune

  • The Shee

    Ged is Grianach an Latha

  • Al-Seyni Camara, Edouard Manga, Habib Faye, Mbaye Ndiaye & Youssou Ndour

    Tan Bi

    • Nothing in Vain.
    • nonesuch.
    • 7559-79654-2.
  • Bill Laswell & kasbah Rockers

    Al Rafel

    • Kasbah Rockers.
    • barbarity.
    • 0-28.
  • Nitin Sawhney & Reena Bhardwaj

    Ek Taan

    • London Undersound.
    • Cooking Vinyl.
    • CD-001promo.
  • NORMAN BLAKE & nancy Blake

    Don't Be Afraid of the Neo-Cons

    • Rich Man?s War ?New Blues and Roots songs of peace and protest.
    • Ruf Records.
    • RUF-1144.
  • Ben Sollee, Rayna Gellert & lamar Cornett

    A Few Honest Words

    • learning to bend.
    • Sona Blast Records.
    • SB-1015.
  • Fiddlers’ Bid

    DA WHITE WIFE

    • NAKED AND BARE.
    • GREENTRAX.
    • CDTRAX-277.
  • Bellowhead

    Spectre Review

    • Matachin.
    • navigator.
    • Promo-1.
  • Gipsy.cz

    Vitej

    • Reprezent.
    • Indies Scope Records.
    • MAM-430-2.
  • Chilly Wind

  • The Shee

    happy Halloween

  • Hector Zazou, Milind raikar & Toir Kuziyev

    Attainable Border: South

    • In the House of Mirrors.
    • Crammed discs.
    • CRAW-47.
  • Addie Harper & The Wick Scottish Dance Band

    The Dark Island

    • By the Peat Fire Flame.
    • Grampian Records.
    • Grampian-1.

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  • Fri 31 Oct 200823:30

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