Songlines Magazine Podcast 43
This podcast includes highlights from the May 2007 issue of Songlines (#43),
opening with a track from the debut album 'Zamazu' on Enja, by the Cuban
pianist Roberto Fonseca. We also have a track on this podcast from Andy
Kershaw's Radio 4 featured Desert Island Discs selection - 'Hupenyu Hwangu'
by The Bhundu Boys from their album The Shed Sessions.
Other features on the podcast include: Lucy Durán introducing the great
Malian ngoni player Bassekou Kouyate - playing the title track from their
new album Segu Blue on Out Here Records; Ed Stocker gives an overview of the
forthcoming French presidential elections from a hip-hop perspective with
music by Axiom; Jane Cornwell's Beginners Guide to Manu Dibango, with an
interview and music excerpts from the new CD/DVD 'The Lion of Africa' on the
Global Mix label; Greg Ward discusses and plays music from the wonderful
classic album 'Remembering the Songs of Our Youth' by The Tau Moe Family
with Bob Brozman, on the Rounder label, and finally, Tom Hamilton reports
from an expedition to Tibet to preserve some of the most remote music in the
world.
The next Songlines podcast, featuring highlights from the June issue (#44),
will be available from May 11.
Songlines 43
Monday, 2 April 2007
