Here we are- the second Friday of the month. For Radio M that means the featured album of the month. For January we have beautiful Persian music from Iranian virtuoso Kayan Kalhor. Kayan is a master of the kamenche which is a Turkish string bow instrument.. For Kayan's new release titled "I Will Not Stand Alone", Kayan performs on a variation fo...
It's another week of some of the best global grooves on the radio! Radio M host Tony Sarabia has his bag of tunes ready and this week he's got the Playback Queen Asha Bhosle, Haiti's Tabou Combo, Zappaesque sounds from France and a South African super group. but wait there's more...so tune in and turn on!  
We'll with the first month of the new year drawing to a close, we thought it's time to get out the best of 2011 list. This week on Radio M host Tony Sarabia and Chicago Reader music writer Peter Margasak convene to compare their Best Of lists. Occasionally their 2011 favorites do intersect; like their love of Tinariwen's Tassili release. But not...
It's the usual unusual on Radio M. R.I.P. Jamesetta Hawkins aka Etta James. A nod to a woman whose voice could cut through anything. She died Friday morning at the age of 73. Also a 1960's band from India with a tune that sounds like it came straight from the Jefferson Airplane songbook; a comparison. And some more of that delicious Lollywood...
It's the second Friday of the month and on Radio M that means the Featured Album. For this go around we hear the past, present and future of Afro Peruvian music. Karimba is the latest release from the Lima Peru based band Novalima. As always the band's music uses as a foundation the Afro roots traditions of Peru while stretching into dub, soul ,...
Time for the second annual Radio M Under the Covers. This week some covers of songs by artists who may be familiar. Only this time around I've got company and she's joining in the fun. WBEZ's Alison Cuddy has a record that was the inspiration for this year's Under the Covers and so I've invited her to turn us on to some of her favorite covers from...
Well here we are- close to Christmas and in the midst of Hanukkah. So this week on Radio M some music for the occasions. Also,  we remember the artist who was known as the Barefoot Diva. Cesaria Evora began singing in the bars of  the Cape Verdean town of Mindelo when she was 16 years old. But she didn't record her first album until she...
There have been some fantastic global releases throughout 2011 and as usual host Tony Sarabia got lots of help form Peter Margasak in bringing those sounds to your ears. Every third Friday of the month Chicago Reader music writer Peter Margasak stops by with a stack of new releases and we've come to the final New Sounds of 2011. This month Peter's...
Grab your air guitar and get ready for some shredding; the Axe Man cometh this week on Radio M! The show  puts the spotlight on the electric guitar-  an instrument that's made it mark all over the world; from Mauritania and Niger to Egypt and South Korea. We'll hear from Omar Korshid, Bombino, Joni Haastrup, Gabor Szabo and more. ...
This week on Radio M- the usual musical fun with sounds from Brazil, Pakistan, the Dominican Republic and all points in between including Chicago's Lamajamal and Man is Man. And speaking of Chicago- we'll check in with Omar Torres of Aguzate Productions about the 1st Annual Afro Latin Record Collector's Fair and the Afro Caribbean Improvised Music...

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