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Monday, February 23, 2009

Reggae from Sweden, pop form Nigeria and India- as herself

RIFFFIN’S RUNDOWN FOR WEEK 23/2/09, 8.35PM, AT NEWSTALK 93FM


LIVE STREAM: WWW.NEWSTALK93FM.COM

MONDAY: !SPICE IT UP!. The best of master Cuban musician, Paquito D’ Riviera, a nine-time Grammy winner, who is celebrated for his artistry in Latin jazz, but also as a classical composer.


TUESDAY: TWO VOICES: ASA(Asha). Her album” NAÏVE”, is the most impressive debut in recent memory. A Nigerian singer/songwriter, whose many influences, include Bob Marley. INDIA ARIE’S, Latest, Testimony: Vol 2 “Love and Politics”, finds the sister getting to the core of her being.

WEDNESDAY: Bobby Thomas, the one time heat in Weather Report’s kitchen, has a new album “Beyond The Grid”, and goes back to back with what Weather Report became-Joe Zawinul’s, The Zawinul Syndicate.

THURSDAY: The Spanish Harlem Orchestra, delivers pure Salsa fire in “Unidos Con Swing”, “United We Swing”. Singer Issac Delgado, brings the new Cuban rhythm, Timba.

FRIDAY: ‘THE PEACEMAKER’S CHAUFFER”: A return to Jason Wilson’s episodic album which takes reggae down a different road. Daweh Congo’s “ Ghetto Skyline”, produced in Sweden, is a fresh reggae sound from Europe.

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