Radio Clandestino playlist 11/21...Rez rock, jazz, funk, folk & pop

In what seems to have become an annual Unthanksgiving (No Thanks-Give-It-Back/Thanksgrieving) tradition, my pals Josh (of Mystery Train) and El Cassique joined me in-studio for our radio respect session in which we played indiginous pop, jazz, etc and similarly themed music. For our two other past playlists check here and here.

Jim Pepper..."Wichi Tai To"...Pepper's Pow-Wow...(Embryo)
Our hero has a very helpful site dedicated to his recordings here.



Vernon Wray..."Faces in the Crowd"...Wasted...(Sebastian Speaks)
Three Wray brothers on one LP.



Redbone..."We Were All Wounded At Wounded Knee"...45...(Epic)



XIT..."I Was Raised"...Plight of the Redman...(Rare Earth)
Possibly my favorite of the Rez rock LPs, with hard rock, funk, pow wow drums, and anti-America lyrics by Tom Bee.

Yaqui..."Brown Baby"...Yaqui...(Playboy)

Pygmy Unit..."Where The Drums Are Kept"...Signals from Earth...(private press/no label)
Jim Pepper and co.



Don Pullen..."Reservation Blues"...Sacred Common Ground...(Blue Note)

Mixashawn..."Who Is Polyester?"...Contemporary Indigenous Data...(self released)
Featuring some funky music by our guest last time out. Check his site here.

The Free Spirits..."Peyote Song/Girl of the Mountain"...Live at The Scene '67...(Sunbeam)
Recently unearthed live recordings from Pepper, Moses, Coryell and others.

Bob Moses (w/Jim Pepper and others)..."Slum Funk"...Love Animal...(Mozown)
Essentially another version of The Free Spirits, recorded in 67 but unreleased until the 90s.

Richard Cyr..."Salt & Pepper Table"...cassette...(self released)
From a tape that DJ Bongohead picked up at a pow-wow in New Hampshire.

XIT..."Awakening"...Silent Warrior...(SOAR)



Sabu Martinez..."Wounded Knee"...Afro Temple...(Grammofonverket)
This funky Latin-jazz LP is one of my all time favorites.

Robbie Basho..."A North American Raga"...Song of the Stallion...(Takoma)

Link Wray..."Shawnee Tribe"...Link Wray...(Polydor)

Lincoln St Exit..."Time Has Come Gonna Die"...Drive It!...(Mainstream)
The hard-rocking 60s band that became XIT.

Floyd Westerman..."Custer Died For Your Sins"...Custer Died For Your Sins...(Perception)



Smokey Robinson (w/Tom Bee)...Just My Soul Responding...Smokey...(Tamla)
Smokey collaborating with XIT lyricist Tom Bee on an awesome version here, complete with lyrics that question Smokey's patriotism.

Booker T & Priscilla..."The Indian Song"...Booker T & Priscilla...(A&M)
Former MG's cog, with his part-Cherokee wife on this album.

Rita Coolidge..."Cowboys & Indians"...Fall Into Spring...(A&M)
Booker T also produced his sister-in-law on this (and other) LPs.

John D. Loudermilk..."The Lament of the Cherokee Reservation Indian"...Sings a Bizarre Collection of the Most Unusual Songs...(RCA Victor)

JD Blackfoot..."The Song of Crazy Horse"...The Song of Crazy Horse...(Fantasy)


Thanks for listening. Radio Clandestino airs live every Monday 230-430pm (ET) at WMUA.org.

Radio Clandestino playlist 11/14

Better late than never...here is last week's radio playlist. Radio Clandestino airs live every Monday 230-430pm (ET) at WMUA.org.

Via-A-Vis..."Obi Agye Me Dofo"...Obi Agye Me Dofo...(Continental reissue)


Super Boiro Band..."So I Si Sa"...v/a-Guinée: Cultural Revolution...(Syllart)

Brigth Engelberts & The BE Movement..."Civilisation In The World"...Tolambo Funk ...(Hot Casa reissue)

Ebo Taylor..."Atwer Abroba"...Life Stories...(Strut)

Benis Cletin..."Jungle Magic" (Sofrito edit)...12"...(Sofrito)

New Cool Collective with Tony Allen..."The Trip"...12"...(Freestyle)

Mono Mono..."Make Them (You) Realize"...The Dawn of Awareness...(Soundway reissue)

El Rego..."Achuta"...El Rego...(Daptone)



De Frank and his Professionals..."Waiting For My Baby"...Psychedelic Man...(Ride Away)



Debo Band..."Gedawo"...45...(Electric Cowbell)

Incredible Bongo Band..."Kiburi" Pt 1...Bongo Rock...(Mr Bongo)

Andre Perry & Louis Delacour..."New Life"...New Life...(Crea Sound)



Top Drawer..."Song of a Sinner"...v/a-Forge Your Own Chains...(Now Again)
Somebody should put this song in a movie soundtrack.

Rolling Stones..."Heartbreaker"...Goats Head Soup...(Rolling Stones)

Beta Hector..."Jupiter Mission"...digi EP...(Tru Thoughts)

Little Shalimar..."Melting"...45...(Electric Cowbell)



Slim Moore & The Mar-Kays..."Reachin' Higher"...Introducing...(Marlow)



Mike & The Censations..."Don't Mess With Me"...Don't Sell Your Soul...(Luv N' Haight)

Symtec & Wylie..."Put An Extra Plus To Your Love"...45...(Shama)

Commodores..."Rise Up"...v/a-Funk Drops...(Warners)

Frente Cumbiero meets Mad Professor..."Ariwacumbé"...Frente Cumbiero meets Mad Professor...(Vampisoul)



Los Chapillacs..."La Maldita"...Odisea Cumbia 3000...(self released)


Thanks for listening!

Radio Clandestino playlist 11/7...WMUA Annual Fund Drive

This past week WMUA surpassed its goal of raising $38,000 in a week of our listeners showing much generosity. It is you who keep the station functioning financially. Thanks to all. As a thank you gift some of you will be recieving a CD sampler of some of the Valley's best musical groups, including the likes of The Alchemystics, Shokazoba, Groove Shoes, Span of Sunshine, Kristen Ford, Akashic Record, The Equalites, Highah Seekah, Sparkplug and others. Some of these folks may be based just outside the Valley but each of these groups are a vital part of our local music scene. Thanks to all of them for donating tracks.


YOU CAN DONATE ALL YEAR AT THIS LINK.


Here is this past Monday's playlist...

Kokolo..."Each One Teach One"...45...(Afro Kats)
A rare 45 by one of my favorite groups, Kokolo. WMUA brought them for a concert at UMass in 2009 and they have been given much love in the area. Let's hope Ray and crew make it back soon!

Kelenkye Band..."Moving World"...Moving World...(Superfly reissue)
Abeti..."Gogo"...Abeti...(Pierre Cardin)
Ify Jerry Krusade..."Everybody Likes Something Good"...v/a-Nigeria 70: Lagos Jump...(Strut)
Olatunji..."O-Wa"...Soul Makossa...(Paramount)
Of course, we hear funky music from Africa every Monday on both Underground Spiritual Game and Clandestino. Check Tony's show before Clandestino every Monday noon-230.

Grupo Fantasma..."Realizando"...El Existential...(National Geographic)
One of my favorite bands and frequent guests on Radio Clandestino.

The Alchemystics..."Dance Upon The Corner"...Spread Hope...(NorthFire)
Western Mass' number one live band and a soulful reggae/rap/R&B blend.



Highah Seekah with Earth Vibez..."Power to Heal"...Reggae Got Soul...(promo)
Valley via Florida via Jamaica, Highah Seekah is now delivering his message in New England with more regularity.

(Highah Seekah at WMUA studios on Radio Clandestino.)


Ray Harris & The Fusion Experience..."Scaramunga"...Ray Harris & The Fusion Experience...(Record Kicks)
I have to give my shout-out to labels who consistently deliver me the funky music. Record Kicks has been one of those labels and I love their catalog of international funk delights.

Safohene Djeni..."Mahu Wo Asle" (edit)...Sofrito-Tropical Discotheque...(Strut)

Akashic Record..."Crawlin'"...Theosophy...(self released)
Hammond player Beau Sasser has been bringing us the old school funky grooves a la Blue Note/Prestige for many years and has also been an in-studio guest on Clandestino. Thanks to Beau for donating tracks from two of his projects to our fundraiser.



Groove Shoes Funk Orchestra..."Lemonade"...Groove Shoes...(self released)
A newer funk band from Brattleboro/Greenfield area, we can look forward to watching them grow even more dangerous.



MonoMono..."Find Out"...Give the Beggar A Chance...(Soundway reissue)
Keni Okulolo..."Call Me A Fool Today I'll Be Wise Tomorrow"...7"...(Hot Casa)

Shokazoba..."Script Reader (Dub)"...forthcoming
New England's number one funk unit, Shokazoba have been delivering funk and afrobeat sounds for several years and have built a solid fanbase. This band is ready for vinyl right now!

(Shokazoba live on Valley Homegrown television show.)


Kristen Ford..."Hey Girl"...Filthy Nasty...(KFo Music)
A young multi-instrumentalist who has already done extensive touring and knows how to write impressive songs. An amazing talent, as she shows with this number that flows from funky reggae seamlessly into a hard rocker. Thanks to KFo for donating her music to the cause.



Span of Sunshine..."Skating"...This Must Be The Present...(self released)
Steve Koziol and company have produced an album of unique and twisted (even lovely) pop songs on the wonderful "This Must Be The Present". Quality all the way around. Be sure to check their site for show info.



Silver Apples..."Ruby"...Contact!...(Kapp)

Exuma..."Monkberry Moon Delight"...Reincarnation...(Kama Sutra)

Bio Ritmo..."Dina's Mambo"...La Verdad...(Electric Cowbell)

Sparkplug..."Whip Whop"...The Music of Melvin Sparks...(self released)
A CT-based project featuring the talents of ex-Melvin Sparks partners Beau Sasser and Bill Carbone and playing the music of Mr Sparks.



Beta Hector..."The Payback"...v/a-Tru Thoughts Funk...(Tru Thoughts)
The Bamboos..."Like Tears In Rain"...4...(Tru Thoughts)
The Tru Thoughts label keeps sending out some quality jams. I am especially stoked to see the excellent Tru Thoughts Funk set finally issued on vinyl so I can spin it out at the parties.

Groove Shoes Funk Orchestra..."Telepathy"...Groove Shoes...(self released)

Catch Radio Clandestino every Monday 230-430pm (ET) at WMUA.org.

Radio Clandestino playlist 10/31...all cover tunes

A massive Halloween storm brought major power outage in New England and our web server was knocked out, which left this show I had planned for months to be listened to only by those locals with power. No international broadcast this time, I am sorry to say. For our extra long Halloween edition, we bring you popular music, freakified.

John Tchicai..."Colo-Mentality"...Put Up The Fight...(Storyville)
Fela cover.



Femm Nameless..."See Line Woman"...promo

Mongo Santamaria..."Day Tripper"...Soca Me Nice...(Concord Jazz/Picante)

Rogério Duprat..."Judy in Disguise"...A Banda Trópicalista do Duprat...(Philips)
Complete with car horn sounds.



Ananda Shankar..."Jumping Jack Flash"...Ananda Shankar...(Reprise)

Malik Adouane..."Shaft"...Orient Meets Funk Brothers and Soul Sisters...(EMI-Arabia)

Cedar Walton..."Low Rider" (Idjut Boys edit)...12"...(Cottage)

La Sangre Caliente..."Frankenstein"...Sangre Caliente...(Orfeon-Mexico)

Kokolo..."Girls on Film"...45...(Record Kicks)
This is so perfect it has to be heard to be believed. Kokolo does Duran Duran. Listen here.

Fred Wesley & The JB's..."Use Me"...45...(People)
Very funky version of the Bill Withers tune.

Project Trio..."Sweet Child O' Mine"...Project Trio
You must hear this.



Charles Bradley & Menahan Street Band..."Heart of Gold"...45...(Daptone)

Tina Turner..."Whole Lotta Love"...Acid Queen...(United Artists)

El Michels Affair..."Bring the Ruckus"...45...(Truth & Soul)

Dutch Rhythm, Steel & Show Band..."Down By The River"...v/a-West Indies Funk...(Trans Air)

Rotary Connection..."Burning of the Midnight Lamp"...Songs...(Cadet)



Atman..."Third Stone From The Sun"...Tradition...(Drunken Fish)

Kana TNT..."Another Brick in the Wall"...v/a-Thai Funk ZudRangMa...(ZudRangMa)

Waylon Jennings..."Do It Again"...Music Man...(RCA)
A country rock version of the Steely Dan song rates as one of my fave cover versions.

Albert Kuvezin & Yat Kha..."Play With Fire"...Re-Covers...(Yat Kha)
Tuvan punk does The Stones.

Incredible Bongo Band..."Inna Gadda Da Vida"...Bongo Rock...(Mr Bongo)

Lack of Afro..."Spooky"...45...(Freestyle)

Ray Santiago..."Man's World"...Afro Cuba a la NYC...(self released)

Bermuda Triangle..."Dream On"...Bermuda Triangle...(Radioactive reissue)
This eerie autoharp version is much better than the Aerosmith original.



Club D'Elf..."Sunshine of your Love"...Electric Moroccoland...(Face Pelt)

Trouble Funk..."Trouble Funk Express" (aka "Trans Europe Express")...12"...(DETT)

The Professionals..."Theme from The Godfather"...v/a-Cult Cargo: Belize City Boil-Up...(Numero Group)

The Invaders..."Can't Get Next To You"...Spacin' Out...(boot)

Art Ensemble of Chicago..."Zombie"...Ancient to the Future...(DIW)

The Chequers..."Get Up, Stand Up"...Check Us Out...(Creole)

Antibalas..."Rat Race"...12"...(Exactamundo)

Carl Bradney..."Slipping Into Darkness"...v/a-Darker Than Blue: Soul From Jamdown...(Blood & Fire)
Lee Perry production on this War cover.

Amral's Trinidad Cavaliers Steel Drum Orchestra..."World is a Ghetto"...v/a-Cross Continental Record Raid Road Trip...(Finders Keepers)

Tito Puente..."Crystal Blue Persuasion"...Greatest Hits...(Fania)

Ray Olan y su Sason..."Sugar on Sunday"...Sugar On Sunday...(Alegre)



Mehrpouya Abbas..."African Jumbo (first section)" (aka "Scorpio")...Sitar...(Persianna)
70s sitar-funk from Iran.



Big Mama Thornton..."Funky Broadway"...Stronger Than Dirt...(Mercury)

Harvey Averne..."Stand"...Never Learned To Dance...(Fania)

Lee Fields..."My World Is Empty Without You"...My World...(Truth & Soul)

Los Quantos..."El Sonido del Silencio/The Sound of Silence"...El Sonido del Silencio
A Peruvian version via DJ Bongohead.

Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings..."This Land Is Your Land"...45...(Daptone)
Stone classic.

Nguyên Lê..."Black Dog"...Songs of Freedom...(ACT)
Thanks to Glenn Siegel for turning me onto this.

Horace Andy..."Papa Was A Rolling Stone"...Roots & Branches...(Ariwa)
Mad Professor production.

The Dynamics..."Miss You"...Version Excurions...(Groove Attack)

Funk Inc..."Give Me Your Love"...Hangin' Out...(Prestige)

Peter Sellers as Dr Strangelove..."She Loves You"
Catch Radio Clandestino every Monday 230-430pm (ET) at WMUA.org.