WBEZ 91.5 Chicago

China Forbes (vocals) and Thomas Lauderdale (piano) from the band Pink martini Talk about their second album “Hang on Little Tomato”.Recorded September 1, 2006 

Host Tony talks with Mauro Refosco from the band Forro in the dark about their new album Bonfires of Sao Joao.Recorded December 1, 2006

Tony Sarabia talks with Idan Raichel about his new album The Idan Raichel project.Recorded December 1, 2006

Chicagoan Sonam Dargay used to be a chant master with the Gyuto Monks of Tibet. He talks with Tony about his experience on the eve of a Chicago performance by the Gyuto Monks of Tibet.Recorded February 2, 2007

Chicago quartet Alla blends Beach Boy-esque arrangements a la Pet Sounds with a harder edged experiemental rock aesthetic and the vocals are sung entirely in Espanol.

Chicago's The Drastics lay down some thick dub music a la Agustus Pablo in the Chicago Public Radio Performance Studio.

Chicago guitarist Nathaniel Braddock has a deep love for Congolese rhumba, but he also understands the music's intricacies and it shows in this performance.

This Chicago band DOES NOT play your tradtional polka; they rip up the the joint!

Host Tony Sarabia talks with Rob Mazurek about his new album Sao Paulo UndergroundRecorded June 6, 2006

Host Tony Sarabia talks with Goran Bregovic about his wedding and funeral band.Recorded July 4, 2006.

Host Tony Sarabia talks with Zach Niles, one of the directors of a documentary about the Sierra Leon Refugee All-Stars , and with band leader Rueben Kamora.Recorded November 3, 2006.

South African playwright and director Yael Farber talks with Tony about the music in her play, “Amajuba-Like Doves We Rise”.Recorded February 2, 2007.

Iranian-American Community members discuss traditional music from Iran.Recorded October 6, 2006 

Tony talks with San Francisco based musician and activist Michael Franti about his latest release Yell Fire and his trip to war torn areas of the Middle East.Recorded October 20, 2006

Coordinator of the 5th annual Bhangra competition and part of Punjabi Cultural Society of Chicago Rajinder Singh Mago explains what is behind this dance. Recorded October  27, 2006

Tony talks with Zach Condon from the band Beirut.Recorded October 6, 2006 

Erin Polly, a graduate student at Columbia College Chicago, discovered the post-Apartheid music known as Kwaito and shares her experience with Radio M host Tony Sarabia. Recorded February 2, 2007.

The Robben Island singer Grant Shezi, ex-political prisioner from South Africa, tells Tony about the message he shares though the songs.Recorded February 2, 2007.

Tony talks to Andrea Echeverri from the Columbian band Aterciopelados.She begins by telling Tony how she and band mate Hector Buitrago met and started playing music together.Recorded March 23, 2007