18^th September 2012 – United Nations nations

50 years ago on 18^th Sept 1962 Rwanda, Burundi, Jamaica & Trinidad became the 105^th-108^th members of the United Nations, and Friday is a U.N. Peace Day.

This week on Planet Waves I’m playing music from those 4 countries as well as Punjab-Brooklyn, Mali-Israel, Italy-France and Caribbean-Scotland cross-overs.

Planet Waves is on 1530 kHz medium wave around Glasgow and at www.celticmusicradio.net around the world. The show’s at 1900 hrs on Tuesday with repeats at 1 in the morning and noon on Wednesday – or listen anytime for a month at http://podcast.canstream.co.uk/celticmusic/index.php?cat=Planet+Waves

Arcana – Red Baraat – Chaal Baby – Jaro 4307 2 – Punjab/Brooklyn

Virginia Girls / Sandy Boys – Furnace Mounrain – The Road to Berryville – self-released – West Virginia

Grader Man – Lititz Mento Band – Dance music and working songs of Jamaica – Wergo SM 1512 2 – Jamaica

(Just) As long as he needs me – Doreen Schaeffer – Melody Life: Trojan Sisters – Trojan Records – Jamaica

Obeah Wedding – Mighty Sparrow – 16 Carnival Hits Mighty Sparrow & Lord Kitchener – Ice 920902 – Trinidad

Africa – Trinidad Desperados Steel Band – The Jammer – Delos Records – Trinidad

Ari Hehe – Unidentified Inanga player – Musiques traditionnelles du Burundi (Traditional Music of Burundi) – Fonti Musicali – Burundi

Rwanamiza – Cecile Kayirebwa – Rough Guide to World Music – World Music Network RGNET 1001 CD – Rwanda

Bamba – Touré-Raichel Collective – The Tel Aviv Sesssion – Cumbancha CMB CD 22 – Israel/Mali

Dolcenera – Corou de Berra – Maschi, Femmine & Cantanti – Forrest Hills Records  FHME 37 – Italy/France

Adieu Marie – Le Vent du Nord – Tromper le Temps – Borealis Records BCD 214 – Quebec

Calypso Reels: Calypso Piper, The Carnival Reel – Shotts & Dykehead Caledonia Pipe Band – A Pipe Band Spectacular Volume 2 – Lismor – Scotland

Echo Blues (sig tune) – Frank Wakefield – That was now… this is then! – Rosewood RA 62096 – Tennessee