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

Your chance to get your writing heard...

Hey all DC aspiring writers, world travelers, armchair travelers, and everyone else: I want to start posting your travel essays, stories, poems, whatever you've got, on this blog and reading it on the air (or better yet, have you read it on the air!). Send me your stuff- utzbari@gmail.com.

Playlist June 22

I kicked off an Indian series with some filmi hits from Bollywood and beyond (Tollywood, anyone?) and some pretty amazing tabla tracks. Next show July 6: bhangra and more.

9-10:15 pm: Indian filmi hits /song title (film or compilation)

1 Ajab Si (Om Shanti Om)
2 Aaja Aaja (Film Songs of Bollywood)
3 Yelageylaga (In the Name of Love)
4 Nagada Nagada (Jab We Met)
5 Reena Reena (film name not printed in English, on Vel Records)
6 Mujhko Yaad Sataye Teri (Shake Ur Body Remix)
7 Dole dil Dole (see above, on Vel Records)
8 Meri Jaane Jana (Nadeem-Shravam)
9 Gur Nalon Ishk Mitha (Remix) (Bollywood Brass Band Funkadelica - Dancing to a Different Drum Pop)
10 Nazrein Milaana, Nazrein Churaana (Jaane Tu...ya jaane na)
11 Chham Se (Vishal & Shekhar-Dus)
12 Oh Sanam Ho Sanam (film name not printed in English, Music by Himesh Reshammiya on Sony BMG)
13 Jab Chaye (Asha Bhosle-Film Songs of Bollywood)
14 Happy Days Rock (Class of 2007)
15 Aaj Mausam Bada Beimann Hai (Today The Weather Plays Tricks On Me) (Mohammed Rafi-Monsoon Wedding Soundtrack )
16 Ponnoviyam (Ilaiyaraaja Sings For You (Tamil Film Songs))
17 Enna Paattu (Ilaiyaraaja Sings For You (Tamil Film Songs))
18 Kabhi Neem Neem (A.R. Rehman: Rehman Ke Dil Se)

10:15-11pm: Turn tablas

1 Zakir Hussain - Drums On Fire
2 Trilok Gurtu - Kermansah
3 Pt. Ravi Shankar (sitar), Ustad Alla Rakha Khan(tabla) - Raga : Mishra Piloo-gat In Teental-vilambit-drut Atidrut Jha

"A moment's flash of lightning drags down a deeper gloom on my sight, and my heart gropes for the path to where the music of the night calls me." -Rabindranath Tagore, Gitanjali

TONIGHT: Indian Filmi Foray

I recently traveled to India for the first time, and while I marveled at all the historic sites and filled up on incredible food, what I really couldn't get enough of was the music. Tonight starts a series featuring Indian music in all its various, glorious forms. I'll start the show with filmi, Indian film music, mostly Bollywood, but also "Tollywood", or films in Telogu, the language of Andhra Pradesh, and some hits in Tamil as well. I've got some great tabla music as well for pre-bedtime. And I'm going to be kicking off a travel writing series- so polish off those pieces you've been saving from your travels and get them ready to send in.
Listen up tonight at 9pm on 97.5FM!

Hey there, cowboy.

Playlist June 8

After a monthlong hiatus of travel around the U.S. and to India, I re-started the show in style with some traditional and contemporary Turkish music. Most importantly, I brought a CPR DJ-in-training, DJ Timtam, on the show to tell DC all about his 9 months spent painting murals and checking out the music of Oaxaca, Mexico. He picked things right up and played some rockin' music from Oaxaca and the rest of Mexico. He also announced on the air that he just got engaged! Congrats, DJ Timtam!!

9-10pm:

Lover's Bliss- Selim Sesler
Bilinmezin Elcileri- Mercan Dede, Murat Yilmazyildirin
Masum Degiliz- Seken Aksu
Istanbul- Duman
Girl- Ilhan Ersahin Wonderland
Hadi Hadi Git Isine- Sultana
Ferfeza Taksim- Tanburi Cemil Bey
Mahur Saz Semai- Udi Hrant Kenkulian
Karsilama- Talip Ozkan
Hastiyam Yasiyorum- Udi Hrant Kenkulian

10-11pm:

Selections from Guest DJ Timtam's Oaxacan adventure