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In memory of Robin Hale.

Aretha Franklin: Spanish Harlem Ashley McBryde: A Little Dive Bar in Dahlonega Idjah Hadidjah: Tonggeret Tombax: A Song for Linda Jones Haitiando: Salsa Bel Ti Machan The Bonaventure Quartet: The Clermont Lounge Janelle Monáe: Make Me Feel Yiddish Glory: Shelakhmones Hitlern (Purim Gifts for Hitler) Michael Leonhart Orchestra: Music Your Grandparents Would Like Bo Diddley: The Great Grandfather Spanglish Fly: Love Graffiti Me Tombax: October World James Brandon Lewis and Chad Taylor: First Born Parquet Courts: Wide Awake

Shout out to the Pilgrims, and friends on every shore.

Merle Haggard: Wake Up The Soil: Sunday Prince: Rocknroll Loveaffair tombax: The Bern Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings: 8 Days of Hannukah Vybz Kartel: School Youth Cyrille-Aimee: Three Little Words Birds of Chicago: Estrella Goodbye Lady GaGa: Sinner’s Prayer David Bowie: Sue (Or in a Season of Crime) Anthony .Paak: The Dreamer Bob Dylan: Not Dark Yet

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“Listening to Singing” is a setting of a poem by Anna Akhmatova: “It’s as if the grave were not ahead, but mysterious stairs beginning their flight…” Claude Debussy recorded a number of his works in 1913 on the Welte-Mignon reproducing piano. Wishing one and all a serious, sober election year. But not counting on it so much

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Tales of Princess Zoe

Celebrating 20 years of holiday mixes 1. Jesse Winchester: A Little Louisiana (RIP John Maginnis, Jesse Winchester) 2. Dave Douglas & Uri Caine: Present Joys 3. Oumou Sangaré: Ah Ndiya 4. tombax: Big Giraffe Mouth 5. Lonnie Holley: Mind On 6. Regina Carter: Honky Tonkin’ 7. John Batiste and Stay Human: Express Yourself 8. Verckys & L’Orchestre Vévé: Nakomi Paralise 9. Van-Anh Vo: Gnossiennes No. 3 10. Billy Childs w/ Wayne Shorter & Esperanza Spalding: Upstairs by a Chinese Lamp 11. The Haden Triplets: Billy Bee 12. Charlie Haden & Hank Jones: Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen (RIP Charlie Haden) 13. tombax: Zane’s Lullaby 14. George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic (live): Atomic Dog

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Valerie June: Workin’ Woman’s Blues  Tabu Ley Rochereau with Mbilia Bel: Loyenghe   Cecile McLorin Salvant: John Henry   The New Lost City Ramblers: The Old Fish Song   Tombax: On Tiptoe   Juana Molina: La Rata   Tony Monaco: Take the Coltrane    M.I.A.: Bring the Noize   The Trallaleri of Genoa: La Partenza  Ane Brun: Humming One of Your Songs   The Peggy Lee Band: Little Pieces  The Dirtbombs: Sugar on Top   Jaimeo Brown with Falu: I Know I’ve Been Changed  Geri Allen: Tears of a Clown  Street celebration, Johannesburg, April 27, 1994  Cold Specks: Old Stepstone “I Know I’ve Been Changed” is based on a sample by the Gee’s Bend Quilters. The street celebration was taped on a hand-held recorder following the midnight ceremony marking the official changing of the South African flag before the national election. RIP: Nelson Mandela, Tabu Ley Rochereau, T. Bertram Lance.