Spain Meets Japan...

...and the new sport/musical genre of Txalaparta-judo is not born. But we had a great time nonetheless.

Playlist for Spin The Globe as heard on radio KAOS-fm
29 August 2008

hour 1
Radio Tarifa -- Cruzando el Rio -- Fiebre
Ryuku Underground -- Soi Soi -- Ryuku Underground
Chambao -- Detalles -- Con Otro Aire
Yoshida Brothers -- Modern (Hishou Version) -- Tsugaru Shamisen
Fermin Muguruza -- Ari Du Hotza -- Brigadistak Sound System
Kodo -- Nanafushi -- Ibuki
Eliseo Parra -- La Rama -- De ayer manana
Duo En -- Winter Cranes -- Winter Cranes
Son de La Frontera -- Arabesco -- Son de la Frontera
Nami Makioka -- Subayado Bushi -- Rough Guide to the Music of Japan
Javier Ruibal -- Por la Puerta De Elvira -- Sahara
Kyoko Enami -- Sayonara Mo Ienakute -- Tokyo Bossa Nova Lounge

hour 2
Ojos de Brujo -- Ventilaro R-80 -- Bari
KAL -- Mozzarella -- KAL
Akim El Sikameya -- Le Sultan Tyran -- Introducing Akim El Sikameya
Mazeltov -- Awek, Awek, Awek -- Amsterdam
Funkadesi -- Saheli -- Yo Baba
Cankisou -- Caloubadia -- Le La
Las Tres Orillas del Atlantico -- La Palmeca -- Fandango, Duende y Taraf
Max Wild -- Teerera feat. Oliver Mtukudzi -- Advance single
Chiwoniso -- Nhemamusasa -- Ancient Voices
Kazu Matsui -- Shadow of Its Soul -- The Stone Monkey
Afrissippi -- Singha -- Alliance
Forro in the Dark -- Forrowest -- Bonfires of Sao Joao
Bajofondo -- Hoy feat. Juan Subira -- Mardulce

Don't Make Me Get All New-Fangled On Ya

By now you've noticed that we've got a new format for presenting mp3s. Yippee! That means less bandwidth strain for us, and more frequent postings for you. Everyone wins.

Judging from recent feedback, however, a little instruction on the care and feeding of the new mp3s is in order. You've probably figured out that if you click on the arrow on the left of the mp3 bar, you'll get the file to play. In many cases, you can also click on the little boxes on the right side (indicated by the arrow), which will get you to a page from which you can download the mp3.
Hope that's all clear. Now go take a nap, 'cause I know you're gonna want to stay up late to watch the Nigeria-Argentina gold-medal soccer match. I am!

Monday's mp3: Listening to the Chinese Marketplace

I'll be the first to admit that -- despite being quoted last week in the Christian Science Monitor's article on Sa Dingding -- I'm far from an expert on Chinese music. Still, I'm doing a little research and collecting these days so I will have some tunes to share here and on Spin The Globe as the world turns to the Beijing Olympics next week.

So here's an offering. Not as hip as Sa Dingding, true, but still fun. This comes from a collection of music put together by Aik Yew-goh, described by All Music Guide as "an Asian Alan Lomax." High praise, and high audio quality as well. His work is a fascinating glimpse into a wide variety of Chinese music that really isn't widely available in the West.

[mp3] Jia-qing: Market Gathering
from Hugo Masters: an Anthology of Chinese Classical Music, Vol. 1 - Bowed Strings

You can still find this album and the other three volumes in the set if you look around a little. Get it and impress your friends and amaze your enemies with your knowlege of Chinese folk music!