Radio M: Just Great Music!

Radio M: Just Great Music!

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Radio M celebrates the 35th annual Chicago Jazz Festival with some swingin’ sounds from around the globe. Also the title track from the upcoming Rokia Traore release, a beautiful cover of the Velvet Underground’s Femme Fatale, psychedelic Peruvian cumbia and a whole lot more!

Playlist

9PM

  1. Rokia Traore- Beautiful Africa- Beautiful Africa
  2. Devendra Banhart- Taurobolium- Mala
  3. Donso- Koniya- Donso
  4. Nimco Degun- Qalnigayga- Somali Party Southall
  5. Grupo Guinda- Mi Enamorada- El Sonido de Tupac Amaru
  6. Western Jazz Band- Flora na Esta- Songs of Love, Happiness and Ululation

9:30PM

  1. Cal Tjader & Eddie Palmieri- Guajira en Azul- El Sondio Nuevo
  2. Calypso Rose- How Long- The Queen of Calypso
  3. Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino- La Voce Toa- Pizzica Indiavolata
  4. Malombo- Sangoma- Next Stop…Soweto: Vol.3 Giants, Ministers & Masters (Jazz in South Africa 1963-78)

10PM

  1. Aloe Blacc- Femme Fatale- Good Things
  2. Chantana Kittiyapan- Lady Marmalade- Thai Funk Vol.2
  3. T.K. Ramamoorthy- Udaya Ravu Chandrika- Fabulous Beats & Notes of Carnatic Jazz
  4. Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba- Jama Ko- Jama Ko
  5. Clara Nunes- Cantodas Tres Racas- The Best of Clara Nunes
  6. Orchestre Poly Rythmo de Cotonou- Ecoutes Ma Melodie- Vol.3: The Skeletal Essences of Voodoo Funk

10:30PM

  1. Ahmad Zahir- Beeman Aye Shab- Vol.3 : The King of 70’s Afghan Pop
  2. Kelopok Kampungan- Hedup ini Seperti Drama- Mencari Tuhan
  3. Jerry Milian- Note in a Crest- Polish Funk
  4. Teaspoon & The Waves- Oh Yeh Soweto- South African Funk Experience
  5. Sabu Martinez- El Cumbanchero- Palo Congo