Maverick Radio Network
89.7 KMSU/Mankato & 91.3 KMSK/Austin
"Southern Minnesota's True Alternative"
playlist for December 4, 2004
host/producer Mark R. Thomas
Øystein
Sevåg
Global House
Song From the Planet
Windham Hill Records
Carmina
Weather in the Heart
Bird of Paradise
I&E
Records
Artist website: Carmina
Music from Ireland by,
Carmina, the Celtic contemporary singer
songwriter duo: Rob King and Pippa Marland.
Hugh
Morrison
Feet to the Floor
Irish/American Medley
Dun Eistein Productions
Artist website: Hugh Morrison
Hugh Morrison is from the town of Wick, in the far north of Scotland. He
served his musical apprenticeship with the Tain Scottish Dance Band and
quickly made has name an exponent of the three-row button key accordian.
Here he is on a medley titled "March, Strathspey & Reel."
Blackmore’s
Night
Christmas Eve
We Three Kings
SPV
Artist website: Blackmore's
Night
New music from Ritchie Blackmore and Candice Night
Lisa
Lynne & George Tortorelli
Silent Night
To Drive the Cold Winter Away
Lavender Sky Music
Artist website: Lisa Lynne.com
Some calming instrumental music for the holiday season by Lisa Lynne on
Celtic harp and George Tortorelli on world flutes.
Jenifer
Cutting's Ocean Orchestra
Ocean - Songs
for the Night Sea Journey
Out on the Ocean / Rolling Waves
The Sands of Time
Sun
Sign Records - music to illuminate
Artist website: Jennifer
Cutting
Seven years ago, Jennifer Cutting embarked on journey best described, in
the works of Joseph Cambell, as the Night Sea Journey. She returned to her
home port with the music of Ocean, Songs of the Night Journey
Blackmore’s
Night
Ghost of a Rose
Spirit of the Sea
SPV
Artist website: Blackmore's
Night
New music from Ritchie Blackmore and Candice Night
Nyckelharpa
Orchestra
Byss-Calle
Byss-Calles Ridmarsch (riding march)
Northside
100% Nyckelharpa music from the 2000 cd by the Nychelharpa Orchestra.
A riding march was played when the bridal party rode to the church. The
fiddler rode first in the procession while playing the march.
Väsen
Keyed Up
Nipponpolka
Northside
Artist website: Väsen
Keyed Up is a set of all original tunes from Väsen, four great Swedish
musicians: Olov Johansson, on the nyckelharpa (a keyed fiddle unique to
Sweden), Mikael Marin, on viola, Roger Tallroth, on guitar, and André
Ferrari, on percussion.
Nordic
Roots Festival
Amethystium
Evermind
Satori
Neurodisc
Artist website: Amethystium.com
New music from Norway
by Oystein Ramfjord
Deep
Sky Divers
Incandescent
Skylander
Any Robinhood
Artist website: Deep
Sky Divers.com
New music, contemporary instrumental music, from London,
that celebrates those"brief (and all too infrequent) moments of intense
light" sit back an' chill-out to the sound of the Deep Sky Divers
Lo'
Jo
Ce Soir Là
Señor Calaice
Chaqu humain
Harmonia
Mundi/World Village
Artist website: Lo'Jo.org
Lo'Jo is a band of French
global troubadors, lead by the smokey voiced chanteur named Denis Pean.
Paen has been compared to a barefoot and be-hatted Serge Gainsbourg. Ce
Soir Lait was recorded on while tour in France and
is their first live recording.
Bill
Leslie
Peaceful Journey -
A Celebration of North Carolina
Bells of Bath
Bill Leslie.com
Bill Leslie composes melodies
to celebrate his love of the scenic and diverse landscapes and communities
of North Carolina. "Bells of Bath" is a hymn honoring St
Thomas Church, the oldest existing church in North Carolina,
a beautiful Episcopal parish located near the Pamlico River, in the historical
village of Bath.
El
McMeen
The Soul of Christmas Guitar
In the Bleak Midwinter
Sleepy Little Town
artists website: El McMeen.com
Guitarist, Mel Bay author and guitar teacher,
El McMeen has performed on over 20 cd's and says that it has taken him all
this time to be able to capture the soulful sounds of Christmas on solo
guitar.
Mariana
Montalvo
Piel de Aceituna
Sud' Americano
Harmonia
Mundi/World Village
Le Loup Du Faubourg
Rosa Passos is a singer/songwriter and guitarist, she is a native of Brazil,
with a sweet, warm voice, who is known as "a feminine João Gilberto."
Nubé
Nubé
Arroyo Crystal - Nicholas Carter
www.nubemusic.com
Nicholas Carter plays the Paraguyan Harp. A long-time resident of the Twin
Cities who has returned home to South America.
Marta
Gómez
Cantos De Agua Dulce
La Finca - (Marta's composition capturing her childhood memories of life her
family farm in Columbia)
La Flor
Chesky
Columbian singer songwriter, Marta Gómez, is inspired by the collective
musical soul of South America. With her velvety voice and jazz infused arrangements
Marta Gómez takes indeginous South American folk song into a contemporary
realm.
Various
Artists
Global Rhythm - World Music,
Culture & Lifestyle
Daby Toure: Diam
(peace): Iris - Mauritania/Paris
Global Rhythm
- World Music, Culture & Lifestyle
One of twelve songs by artists introduced on the November CD Sampler from
Global Rhythm. On this tune Daby Toure
Putumayo
World Music
Music from the Chocolate
Lands
Beethova Obas: Rasanble - Haiti
Putumayo Records
Beethova Obas is one of Haiti's most celebrated contemporary musicisna. He
writes melodic songs with sophistocated lyrics that comment on the difficulties
of his troubled but lovely land.
Putumayo
World Music
South Pacific Islands
Te Vaka: Se Ma Le Losa- Tokelau/Samoa/New Zealand
Te Vaka: Olohega - Tokelau/Samoa/New Zealand
Putumayo Records
Some beautiful music by the group, Te Vaka, which means "canoe"
in the Tokelau language. Opetatia Foa'i is the founder and songwriter for
the group. Their original album is titled, Te Vaka. Back in November of 1997
I first played music by Te Vaka, on the World Beat. Afterwards I met a lovely
Tokelauan woman, named Ava, who helped care for my mother-in law in Sun City
AZ. "Thanks Ava!, Alice is still doing fine."
Artists Website: Te Vaka
World
Beat Pick of the Month
Ray
Spiegel Ensemble
Raga Jazz
Night Vision
Simla House
New music by the Ray Spiegel
Ensemble, based in Woodstock New York
Formaria
8 Shades of Sound
Flaxen
Chill Factor
10 Records
New music from Leeds England.
Pete Kelly, Nick Kemp and Mary Whitaker.
Omar
Sosa
Mulatos
Reposo
Otá Records
Artist website: Omar Sosa's bio
New music fom Cuban pianist
and group with special guest, Paquito D'Rivera on the clarinet.
Nhojj
Someday, Peace Love & Freedom
The Beggar's Cup
Nhojj.com
artists website: Njojj.com
Nhojj grew up in Guyana, the son of an Adventist minister
and started singing at the age of 5 in a small church not far from the ocean...
fast forward 25 years and listen to this song from his second cd, "Someday
Peace Love & Freedom." This is "The Beggar's Cup."
Windham
Hill -Various Artists
I'll Be Home For Christmas
Samite, Cullen, Aaberg, Ackerman: Yazala
Abambuti
Windham Hill "Celebrating
25 Years"
Samite sings a song, based upon a traditional hymn,
that tells the legendary story of a man named Apollo Kiva Ebulaya, who gave
birth to the Pygmies by bringing Christianity to them.
Tinariwen
Amassakoul
Aldhechen Manin
Harmonia
Mundi/World Village
Artist website: Tinariwen on Triban-union.com
Tinariwen are members
of the Tuareg from regions in
the most remote part of Mali, beyond Timbuktu. They are champions
of desert folk-rock. and pioneers of contemporary Tuareg music who, in recent
years, were literally at the center of a guitar revolution, with a rifle in
one hand and a guitar in the other. Read more about it in the November issue
of Global Rhythm magazine
Gangbé
Brass Band
Whendo
Yemonoho
Contre Jour
Artist website: Gangbé
Brass Band
The ten members of the Gangé Brass Band use fat brass, assorted African
percussion and call and response vocals to create an expansive soundspace.
Mark's
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Host/Producer, Board Op. & Webmaster: Mark R.
Thomas
Modified: 12/4/2004
Maverick Radio Network
89.7 KMSU/Mankato & 91.3 KMSK/Austin
"Southern Minnesota's True Alternative"
playlist for December 4, 2004
host/producer Mark R. Thomas
Øystein
Sevåg
Global House
Song From the Planet
Windham Hill Records
Carmina
Weather in the Heart
Bird of Paradise
I&E
Records
Artist website: Carmina
Music from Ireland by,
Carmina, the Celtic contemporary singer
songwriter duo: Rob King and Pippa Marland.
Hugh
Morrison
Feet to the Floor
Irish/American Medley
Dun Eistein Productions
Artist website: Hugh Morrison
Hugh Morrison is from the town of Wick, in the far north of Scotland. He
served his musical apprenticeship with the Tain Scottish Dance Band and
quickly made has name an exponent of the three-row button key accordian.
Here he is on a medley titled "March, Strathspey & Reel."
Blackmore’s
Night
Christmas Eve
We Three Kings
SPV
Artist website: Blackmore's
Night
New music from Ritchie Blackmore and Candice Night
Lisa
Lynne & George Tortorelli
Silent Night
To Drive the Cold Winter Away
Lavender Sky Music
Artist website: Lisa Lynne.com
Some calming instrumental music for the holiday season by Lisa Lynne on
Celtic harp and George Tortorelli on world flutes.
Jenifer
Cutting's Ocean Orchestra
Ocean - Songs
for the Night Sea Journey
Out on the Ocean / Rolling Waves
The Sands of Time
Sun
Sign Records - music to illuminate
Artist website: Jennifer
Cutting
Seven years ago, Jennifer Cutting embarked on journey best described, in
the works of Joseph Cambell, as the Night Sea Journey. She returned to her
home port with the music of Ocean, Songs of the Night Journey
Blackmore’s
Night
Ghost of a Rose
Spirit of the Sea
SPV
Artist website: Blackmore's
Night
New music from Ritchie Blackmore and Candice Night
Nyckelharpa
Orchestra
Byss-Calle
Byss-Calles Ridmarsch (riding march)
Northside
100% Nyckelharpa music from the 2000 cd by the Nychelharpa Orchestra.
A riding march was played when the bridal party rode to the church. The
fiddler rode first in the procession while playing the march.
Väsen
Keyed Up
Nipponpolka
Northside
Artist website: Väsen
Keyed Up is a set of all original tunes from Väsen, four great Swedish
musicians: Olov Johansson, on the nyckelharpa (a keyed fiddle unique to
Sweden), Mikael Marin, on viola, Roger Tallroth, on guitar, and André
Ferrari, on percussion.
Nordic
Roots Festival
Amethystium
Evermind
Satori
Neurodisc
Artist website: Amethystium.com
New music from Norway
by Oystein Ramfjord
Deep
Sky Divers
Incandescent
Skylander
Any Robinhood
Artist website: Deep
Sky Divers.com
New music, contemporary instrumental music, from London,
that celebrates those"brief (and all too infrequent) moments of intense
light" sit back an' chill-out to the sound of the Deep Sky Divers
Lo'
Jo
Ce Soir Là
Señor Calaice
Chaqu humain
Harmonia
Mundi/World Village
Artist website: Lo'Jo.org
Lo'Jo is a band of French
global troubadors, lead by the smokey voiced chanteur named Denis Pean.
Paen has been compared to a barefoot and be-hatted Serge Gainsbourg. Ce
Soir Lait was recorded on while tour in France and
is their first live recording.
Bill
Leslie
Peaceful Journey -
A Celebration of North Carolina
Bells of Bath
Bill Leslie.com
Bill Leslie composes melodies
to celebrate his love of the scenic and diverse landscapes and communities
of North Carolina. "Bells of Bath" is a hymn honoring St
Thomas Church, the oldest existing church in North Carolina,
a beautiful Episcopal parish located near the Pamlico River, in the historical
village of Bath.
El
McMeen
The Soul of Christmas Guitar
In the Bleak Midwinter
Sleepy Little Town
artists website: El McMeen.com
Guitarist, Mel Bay author and guitar teacher,
El McMeen has performed on over 20 cd's and says that it has taken him all
this time to be able to capture the soulful sounds of Christmas on solo
guitar.
Piel de Aceituna
Sud' Americano
Harmonia Mundi/World Village
Le Loup Du Faubourg
Rosa Passos is a singer/songwriter and guitarist, she is a native of Brazil, with a sweet, warm voice, who is known as "a feminine João Gilberto."
Nubé
Arroyo Crystal - Nicholas Carter
www.nubemusic.com
Nicholas Carter plays the Paraguyan Harp. A long-time resident of the Twin Cities who has returned home to South America.
Cantos De Agua Dulce
La Finca - (Marta's composition capturing her childhood memories of life her family farm in Columbia)
La Flor
Chesky
Columbian singer songwriter, Marta Gómez, is inspired by the collective musical soul of South America. With her velvety voice and jazz infused arrangements Marta Gómez takes indeginous South American folk song into a contemporary realm.
Global Rhythm - World Music, Culture & Lifestyle
Daby Toure: Diam (peace): Iris - Mauritania/Paris
Global Rhythm - World Music, Culture & Lifestyle
One of twelve songs by artists introduced on the November CD Sampler from Global Rhythm. On this tune Daby Toure
Music from the Chocolate Lands
Beethova Obas: Rasanble - Haiti
Putumayo Records
Beethova Obas is one of Haiti's most celebrated contemporary musicisna. He writes melodic songs with sophistocated lyrics that comment on the difficulties of his troubled but lovely land.
South Pacific Islands
Te Vaka: Se Ma Le Losa- Tokelau/Samoa/New Zealand
Te Vaka: Olohega - Tokelau/Samoa/New Zealand
Putumayo Records
Some beautiful music by the group, Te Vaka, which means "canoe" in the Tokelau language. Opetatia Foa'i is the founder and songwriter for the group. Their original album is titled, Te Vaka. Back in November of 1997 I first played music by Te Vaka, on the World Beat. Afterwards I met a lovely Tokelauan woman, named Ava, who helped care for my mother-in law in Sun City AZ. "Thanks Ava!, Alice is still doing fine."
Artists Website: Te Vaka
World Beat Pick of the Month
Raga Jazz
Night Vision
Simla House
New music by the Ray Spiegel Ensemble, based in Woodstock New York
8 Shades of Sound
Flaxen
Chill Factor 10 Records
New music from Leeds England. Pete Kelly, Nick Kemp and Mary Whitaker.
Mulatos
Reposo
Otá Records
Artist website: Omar Sosa's bio
New music fom Cuban pianist and group with special guest, Paquito D'Rivera on the clarinet.
Someday, Peace Love & Freedom
The Beggar's Cup
Nhojj.com
artists website: Njojj.com
Nhojj grew up in Guyana, the son of an Adventist minister and started singing at the age of 5 in a small church not far from the ocean... fast forward 25 years and listen to this song from his second cd, "Someday Peace Love & Freedom." This is "The Beggar's Cup."
I'll Be Home For Christmas
Samite, Cullen, Aaberg, Ackerman: Yazala Abambuti
Windham Hill "Celebrating 25 Years"
Samite sings a song, based upon a traditional hymn, that tells the legendary story of a man named Apollo Kiva Ebulaya, who gave birth to the Pygmies by bringing Christianity to them.
Amassakoul
Aldhechen Manin
Harmonia Mundi/World Village
Artist website: Tinariwen on Triban-union.com
Tinariwen are members of the Tuareg from regions in the most remote part of Mali, beyond Timbuktu. They are champions of desert folk-rock. and pioneers of contemporary Tuareg music who, in recent years, were literally at the center of a guitar revolution, with a rifle in one hand and a guitar in the other. Read more about it in the November issue of Global Rhythm magazine
Whendo
Yemonoho
Contre Jour
Artist website: Gangbé Brass Band
The ten members of the Gangé Brass Band use fat brass, assorted African percussion and call and response vocals to create an expansive soundspace.
Host/Producer, Board Op. & Webmaster: Mark R. Thomas
Modified: 12/4/2004