222 World Music – Roots Music
A nicely varied collection covering East, West, North and South and featuring original artists and music from their localities, some traditional, some incorporating modern updates. Went down well with the cavern audience, and listener numbers were up there with our best, 38 at one point and over 30 the whole way through.
The show gave the presenters many more pronunciation challenges than usual, but the team rose to the task, and I don’t think we called anyone a jam doughnut. As promised, here’s the playlist with all the names spelled as they appeared on the packaging, which has meant some cajoling of WordPress to get the right diacratic symbols.
I did not speak for this show, as I am still recovering from a bad cold, liable to cough or sneeze without warning and generally sound like a badly-maintained door.
Preshow
| Title | Artists | Album | Year |
| I Can’t Go For That (No can do) | Les Go de Koteba | Dan Gna | 2000 |
| Amor I Dor | Ceuzany | Ilha d’Melodia | 2015 |
| Saranguima | Mariama Kouyaté | Froukeita | 2015 |
| Negue Negue | Fatoumata Diawara | Fenfo (Something to Say) | 2018 |
| Sisters (feat. Kandy Guira) | Les Amazones d’Afrique | Amazones Power | 2020 |
| I Need You to be Sweet Like Sugar (Nnge Nte Suka) | Ibibio Sound Machine | Doko Mien | 2019 |
| Water No Get Enemy (feat Pat Kalla) | Voilaaa | Voiciii | 2021 |
| Woman | Dobet Gnahoré | Couleur | 2021 |
Main Show
| Over Under Sideways Down | Izmir Özel Karşıyaka Lisesi | Turkish Delights: 26 Beat, Psych & Garage Ultrarities from Beyond the Sea of Marmara | 2001 |
| Allah Hoo Allah Hoo | Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan | Devotional Songs | 1992 |
| The Feeling Begins | Peter Gabriel | Passion | 1989 |
| Govinda | Maki Asakawa | Maki Asakawa | 2015 |
| Take Five | Minoru Muraoka | Bamboo | 1970 |
| Kugara Nhaka | Knowledge K. Kunenyati | Zimbabwe Frontline Vol. 3 – Roots Rock Guitar Party | 1999 |
| Money That’s What I Want | The Lawrence Amavi Group | The World Ends: Afro Rock & Psychedelia In 1970s Nigeria | 2010 |
| Rahaye Rahaye | The Safri Boyz | Get Real | 1994 |
| Rumbidzai | The Four Brothers | The Best Of The Four Brothers: Makorokoto | 1989 |
| Blackjack County Chains | Christy Moore | Smoke & Strong Whiskey | 1991 |
| Why We Build the Wall | Anaïs Mitchell | Xoa | 2014 |
| Babylon | False Lights | Harmonograph | 2018 |
| Pauvre De Nous | Massilia Sound System | 3968 CR13 | 2000 |
| Dance With Waves | Anouar Brahem | The Astounding Eyes Of Rita | 2009 |
| Kurd Shepherd Melody | The Gurdjieff Folk Instrument Ensemble & Levon Eskenia | Music of Georges I. Gurdjieff | 2011 |
| Asa branca | Hermeto Pascoal | A Música Livre de Hermeto Pascoal | 1973 |
| Bongo Bong | Manu Chao | Clandestino | 1998 |
| Life Is Dance | Nazir Ali/Nahid Akhtar/Mehnaz | Life Is Dance!: Plugged-In Sounds of Wonder at the Pakistani Picture House | 1976 |
| Yele n Na | Salif Keita | Amen (with Zawinul, Shorter) | 1991 |
| Heeme | Etran Finatawa | Introducing Etran Finatawa | 2006 |
| Muchana | Kanda Bongo Man | The Best of Kanda Bongo Man | 1999 |
| Fado Curvo | Mariza | Fado Curvo | 2003 |
| Mario | Franco | Francophonic, Vol. 2 [Disc 2] | 2009 |
Postshow
| Cefflyau | Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita | Clychau Dibon | 2013 |
| Djourou (feat. Sona Jobarteh) | Ballaké Sissoko | Djourou | 2021 |
| Cuatro proverbios | Aziza Brahim | Sahari | 2019 |
| Mogoya | Oumou Sangaré | Acoustic | 2020 |
| M’Ba (Mother) | Kandy Guira | Tek-La-runda (EP) | 2019 |
| Coucou | Charlotte Dipanda | Dube L’am | 2011 |
| Tere Mbi | Celine Banza | Praefatio | 2021 |
| Délivrance | Nawel ben Kraïem | Délivrance | 2020 |