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Playlists from previous weeks are available below... please use your mouse to click on the brown text for the date, this will open up a new page with the full details of the playlist plus the podcasts which are active for upto one month after the original broadcast date.

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	120123 GondwanaSound Playlist	*Album of the week : Legacy from Two Man Ting on 2 Boot Music* Welcome to another round the world music adventure. Our album of the week is Legacy from the fabulous Two Man Ting who bring us sparkling maringa, palm wine and highlife grooves alongside delicious guitar playing, inspired djembe rhythms, witty observations and the Mende wisdom passed on by a mum from Sierra Leone. But we open with the matriarch of the blues, Etta James who sadly left us last week. Strong female vocalists follow with Hazel Dickens and Rhiannon Giddens who hits those high notes with Carolina Chocolate drops who up the pace with an exciting version of Ruby...are you mad at your man? With the mighty Baobab playing two UK dates, we play a couple of cuts from their album Made in Dakar. Its a year since the beginning of the "Arab Spring" and as such we pay tribute to a young Tunisian hip hop artist who's underground political rant became the overground anthem of their revolution. We finish off in the Middle East out of time but hoping that the people of Syria will soon be dancing. Enjoy! View Full Page with Podcast and Playlist Buy from Amazon GondwanaSound Archives
	120116 GondwanaSound Playlist	*Album of the week : World Routes on the Road - A Double CD compilation on Nascente* Todays album of the week is the marvellous comp "World Routes on the Road". Selected from the archives of the august BBC Radio 3 broadcast, World Routes. It's packed to bursting with heartfelt melodies, twangs, bangs and rarities. Brilliantly played, brilliantly recorded and at last sound recordists get the recognition due. We bring you three tracks and read out James Parkin's engaging stories behind the music. Staying with field recordists we introduce you to Chris Kirkley, the Alan Lomax of the Sahel. Seemingly never without a mike and always happening upon some brilliant guitar band or other, he documents and publishes it all in his blog, Sounds of the Sahel. We introduce you to one of his encounters, from Senegal, the band Lewlewal de Podor. Plus tracks from the Mighty Sparrow, that K Frimpong track sampled by Blitz the Ambassador, The Black Rhythm Truth Band out on Soundway, Melingo and finally a duo that were jaw droppingly good at Musicport 2011, Randolph Matthews & Byron Johnston - go explore ! View Full Page with Podcast and Playlist Buy from Amazon GondwanaSound Archives
	120109 GondwanaSound Playlist	*Album of the Week : Native Sun from Blitz the Ambassador on Jakarta Records* Happy New Year - we've been off air for a while but like bicycle riding, broadcasting is a skill that once learnt is not forgotten. Having said that we had a bit of a wobbly start and a few grazes on our knees but at least no broken bones. Our album of the week, Native Sun comes from Ghanaian born, Blitz the Ambassador. You know when an album makes an impression - it's impossible to pick just three tracks. He created a stir at FM Sinnes Festival in Portugal and WOMAD in the UK in 2011. Paris DJ's and Seun Kuti love him and he gets to open 2012 with the appropriately entitled Akwaaba. We stay in Ghana with an apparently mega mega rare track from the 1970's outfit Vis a Vis who were K Frimpong's backing band of choice and some music from the Bokoor Band as we read out John Collins personal letter. There's a noise warning for those of a nervous disposition as we play some European and Balkan blasters before returning once more to Africa and the future president of Senegal. View Full Page with Podcast and Playlist Buy from Amazon GondwanaSound Archives
	10th June 2011 GondwanaSound playlist	No album of the week instead we feature Kirk King's Sounds Japanese. I first met Kirk a two years ago as part of the World Music Summer School at the University of Sheffield where I was delivering a couple of tutorials on radio production. Kirk came up with this educational piece and suddenly I feel like the student. Cool content that I want to share with you and music that has never been covered on GondwanaSound before. Thanks Kirk.. Download podcast View Playlist Buy from Amazon
	3rd June GondwanaSound Playlist	*Album of the week: Konteh Kunda from Jali Bakary Konteh on Akwaaba Music.*
	20th May 2011 GondwanaSound Playlist	Album of the week : Balkan Brass Battle with Fanfare Ciocarlia & Boban i Markovic and Marko Markovic Orkestrar on Asphalt Tango Playlist work in progress.
	13th May GondwanaSound Playlist	Work in progress
	6th May 2011 GondwanaSound playlist	*Album of the Week : 80's World Music Classics on Nascente.*
	29th April GondwanaSound Playlist	*Olivia Gray's Worldwide Wedding Celebrations* Welcome to a special GondwanaSound around the world music adventure, researched, produced and presented by Olivia Gray from Edinburgh. An ethno-muso at heart with an ever expanding music collection, Olivia picks some exquisite music and takes on a less commercial path. Introducing us to Estonian Cathedral Bells, Indonesian Gamelan, Ugandan Frame Drums and of course no wedding celebration would be complete without a fair amount of Balkan Brass, some Bollywood and a Scottish Fiddle session.
	22nd April GondwanaSound playlist	*Good Friday - No broadcast today*

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