Cross-Cultural Collaborations

Folk Music and Beyond Playlist for October 14, 2023
Hour 1: Cross-Cultural Collaborations

First Set

Ellika & Solo (with Bruce Molsky), “Polska efter Nylandspojkarna,” Abaraka Tack! 4:48 xsource

Susan McKeown (with Jamshied Sharifi and Akira Satake), “H-O-Ahba-inn,” Bushes and Briars, 3:55 Green Linnet

Capercaillie (with Sibeba), “Inexile,” Beautiful Wasteland, 4:25 Survival Records

Second Set

Béla Fleck (with Bassekou Kouyate), “Throw Down Your Heart,” Throw Down Your Heart, 5:07 Rounder

Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita, “1677,” Soar, 6:02 bendigedig

Baka Beyond, “Soiridh Leis,” Journey Between, 6:12 Rykodisc

Midway Music

Sylvestre Randafison & Germain Rakotomavo, “Afindrafindrao,” World Out of Time, vol. 2, 5:49 Shanachie

Third Set

Ellika & Solo, “Na/Flygvals,” Abaraka Tack! 5:29 xsource

D’Gary & Béla Fleck, “Kinetsa,” Throw Down Your Heart, 4:15 Rounder

Fourth Set

Tarika Sammy, “Fanaon’ny Ankizy,” World Out of Time, 2:17 Shanachie

Rossy & Rakoto Frah, “Oisa,” World Out of Time, vol. 2, 3:40 Shanachie

Sylvestre Randafison, “Izahay Sy I Malala,” World Out of Time, 4:44 Shanachie

First Set

Issa Bagayogo, “Djigui,” African Blues, 3:24 Putumayo

Ali Farka Touré & Ry Cooder, “Diaraby,” Talking Timbuktu, 7:25 Hannibal/Rykodisc

Second Set

Markus James, “Majirica Samba / Far As I Can Run,” Timbuktoubab, 4:01 firenze records

Taj Mahal & Toumani Diabaté, “Ol’ Georgie Buck,” Kulanjan, 4:30 Hannibal/Rykodisc

Eric Bibb & Habib Koité, “We Don’t Care,” Brothers in Bamako, 4:01 Stony Plain

Markus James, “On a Mississippi Porch,” Head for the Hills, 1:54 firenze records

Third Set

Ry Cooder, “Poor Man’s Shangri-La,” Chavez Ravine, 5:22 Nonesuch

David Hidalgo, Martin Simpson, & Puvalur Srinivasan, “El Jarabe Loco,” Kambara Music in Native Tongues, 6:54 Water Lily Acoustics

Songhai, “Niani,” Songhai 2, 3:51 Hannibal/Rykodisc

Fourth Set

Tinariwen & Playing for Change, “Groove in G,” African Blues, 4:25 Putumayo

D’Gary, “Vavarano,” World Out of Time, 3:20 Shanachie