6th November 2012 – US Election Night and harmony singin’
This week’s Planet Waves includes music from South America and the Middle East, harmony singing from the USA, Italy and Glasgow and a couple of tracks from 1926 and 1973 to mark the US elections.
Long Walk to D.C. – Staple Singers – The Best of the Staple Singers – Stax STX 1042 (LP) – Mississippi
In The Morning – Heritage Blues Orchestra – And Still I Rise – Raisin’Music RM 1010 – USA
Creuza de mä – Corou de Berra – Maschi, Femmine & Cantanti – Forrest Hills Records FHME 37 – Italy/France
Veneneka (Veronica) – Wilson Ssempirwa, Edward Musoke & Kyobe – The King’s Musicians: Royalist Music of Buganda – Uganda – Topic TSCD 925 – Uganda
Juipiti – Grupo Folclórico – Diablos del Ritmo: The Colombian Melting Pot 1960-1985 – Analog Africa AACD 072 – Colombia
Siamo Lavoratori – Voicebeat – www.voicebeat.org – Italy/Scotland
Saturday 17 November 2012, 7.30pm – Tenth Anniversary Concert (Adelaide’s, Bath St, G2 4HZ)
Fead An Iolar (The Eagle’s Whistle) – Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh – Where The One-Eyed Man Is King – Stateofchassis.Com – Ireland
God Only Knows – Luciana Souza – The New Bossa Nova – Decca – USA/Brazil
That’s Why God Made The Radio – Beach Boys – That’s Why God Made The Radio – Brother Records – California
Fish and Chips and Mushy Peas – Rabih Abou-Khalil – Hungry People – World Village WVF 479078 – Lebanon
Moorish Love Song – Sebag Yehuda – Music on the Gypsy Route Vol 1 – Frémaux FA 068 – Israel
You are a good friend of mine – Jim Byrne – The Innocent – Hillhead GWE Records – Scotland
Supporting Benny Gallagher – 17th November – Milngavie Folk Club, Douglas St, Milngavie G62 6PA – Doors: 7.30pm – Tickets: £12
White House Blues – Charlie Poole & the North Carolina Ramblers – You ain’t talkin’ to me: Charlie Poole and the Roots of Country Music – Columbia Legacy C3K 92780 – North Carolina
Echo Blues (sig tune) – Frank Wakefield – That was now… this is then! – Rosewood RA 62096 – Tennessee