Playlist July 20

Can We All Just Chill Out?

After a recent spate of crime (heat=guns), including a friend having to run to stay out of crossfire as she met me down the block (near U Street), I decided to play really mellow music with the false hope that perhaps we could all just cool off.

1) Antonio Carlos Jobim- Brasil
2) Gotan Project- Una Musica Brutal (Argentina)
3) Amalia Rodrigues- Lisboa a Noite (Portugal)
4) Kings of Convenience- I Don't Know What I Can Save You From (Norway)
5) Tribalistas- Velha Infancia (Brasil)
6) Marta Gomez- Eso Pido Yo (Colombia)
7) Beirut- A Sunday Smile (NYC)
8) Mes Aieux- Degenerations (Quebec)
9) unknown (Brasil)
10) Marie Bergman- Den gratande flojten (Sweden)
11) Forro in the Dark- Que Que Tu Fez (NYC)
12) Ojos de Brujo- Pa La Tierra (Barcelona)
13) Natalia Clavier- Azul (Argentina/DC- ESL label)
14) Ilhan Ersahin Wonderland- Fly (Turkey)
15) Van Morrison- Country Fair (Ireland)
16) unknown (Brasil)
17) Alla- Golpes del Sol (Chicago/Mexico)
18) Paris Combo- Si j'avais ete (France)
19) Antonio Carlos Jobim- Agua de Beber (Brasil)
20) Orishas- Madre (Cuba)
21) Amy Winehouse- Wake Up Alone (U.K.)
22) Marcus Valle- Valeu (Brasil)
23) Cineplexx- A Mi Lado (Barcelona)
24) Ceci Bastida- Ya Me Voy (Mexico)
25) Kazim Koyuncu- Selimina (Turkey)
26) Caetano Veloso- Eu Sei Que Vou Te Amar (Brasil)
27) Kid Cornered- Train (Australia)
28) Rodrigo Pereira- Maldito Fado (Portugal)

Let's calm down, DC. Next show August 17.

Playlist July 13

I filled in tonight for DJ Diana, and so thought I'd do something different with the show. Played a good ol' radio ready mix, with a focus on some of my favorite local bands. Some of these are set to play soon at the free Fort Reno summer music series in Tenleytown. Get that schedule here. Next show July 20- back to international.

1) Let's French- Closer Together (DC)
2) Exit Clov- Communist BBQ (DC)
3) Black Keys -don't have the song title, sorry!
4) El Mopa- Done by Degrees
5) No Second Troy- Galileo's Dream (DC)
6) Bersuit Vergarabat- Perro Amor Explota
7) Jukebox the Ghost- Victoria (DC)
8) Van Morrison- Gloria
9) off a mix CD a friend gave me- don't have the info
10) Monopoli- Fast Enough To Kill You (DC)
11) Super Furry Animals- Baby Ate My Eight Ball
12) The Speaks- Feeling Strange (DC)
13) Red Racer- Wasted Days (DC- new LP, live 7/24 at Rock n Roll Hotel)
14) We Were Pirates- Nervous (DC)
15) Joseph Leon- Summer of Love & Hate
16) John Lee Hooker- Whisky & Wimmen
17) Soft Complex- Beat the Chill (DC)
18) Dinosaur Jr.- off a mix CD
19) Apes- Beat of the Double (DC)
20) Apes- Mr. Fairer (DC)
21) These United States- Kings & Aces (DC)
22) Los Tres- Hojas de Te
23) Blue Pinto- Baby Blue Pinto (DC- new LP)
24) Julie Ocean- #1 Song (DC)
25) Kitty Hawk- All Your Lovers (DC)
26) Red Racer- Down in Flames (DC)
27) The Cassettes- Sweet Virginia (DC)
28) Monopoli- Love (DC)
29) Bon Iver- Skinny Love

Playlist July 6: Afrobeat

I had promised bhangra and more on the last show, but couldn't resist doing an afrobeat show since Fela's son, Seun Kuti, was coming to DC to play a show on July 7 with Egypt 80. Next show: July 20, with the aforementioned bhangra. Looking forward to highlighting some travel writing then- there's still time to submit it- utzbari@gmail.com.

1 Fela Kuti- Roforofo Fight
2 Femi Kuti- Oyimbo
3 Seun Kuti & Fela’s Egypt 80- Na Oil
4 Antibalas- Indictment
5 Chicago Afrobeat Project- Fix and Release
6 Manu Dibango- Wema Africa
7 Bantu- Where di water, Where di lighter
8 Kokolo- Late night, Closed Eyes
9 Daktaris- Upsidown
10Antibalas- Who Is this America Dem Speak Of?
11 George Akaeze & His Augmented Hit- Business Before Pleasure
12 Chicago Afrobeat Project- Talking Bush
13 Seun Kuti- Many Things
14 Thomas Mapfumo- Pemberai
15 Tony Allen- Progress
16 Fela Kuti- Gentleman