3rd June 2012: Tiki Tiki - Poncho

This was a Vimeo staff pick.

Tiki Tiki - Poncho from Plenty on Vimeo.

9th May 2013: Gaoshanliushui

2nd May 2013: Fela Kuti and Egypt 80, Beasts of No Nation

11th April 2013: Lijadu Sisters

I came across this on Soundcloud a while ago and made this playlist - not a lot on Grooveshark. A friend put it on our radio show last night, so it's time for a post on the Lijadu sisters.

And this is our radio show (episode number 2): And for the curious people, episode number 1, download it here.

27th March 2013: Tuvan Throat Singers and Paul Pena

I'm posting this because of this documentary:





Here is Paul Pena's throat singing (the documentary is about him):





And here is more of Paul Pena's music, more bluesy for sure:

19th March 2013: Guqin music

I bought this tape in a Charity shop:






Here's a picture of some woman playing a GuQin:

2nd February 2013: Rabih Abou Khalil

When I lived in Liège, I would pick up returned CDs in the Médiathèque, one of the best Médiathèques I've experienced, the Médiathèque Les Chiroux.
One of these CDs was Journey to the Centre of an Egg only one track of which is on Grooveshark (Shrewd Woman). I've made a playlist of everything except Blue Camel (I'm not too keen on the saxophone).

25th January 2013: Malagasy music

So that's everything to do with traditional Malagasy music on Grooveshark.

Here's a recording I made on an iPhone in Madagascar:

20th January 2013: Songsters (Leadbelly and pals)

14th January 2013 : Hanggai

Wikipedia: "The term “Hanggai” itself is a Mongolian word referring to an idealized natural landscape of sprawling grasslands, mountains, rivers, trees, and blue skies."

10th January 2013 : Guo Brothers, music of China