You are in for a mind-blowing session of music from Algeria, Morocco, Niger, Sudan, and Western Sahara.  Special thanks to DJ City Slang for collecting and curating today’s show.  All of this music is new to me except Amanar, and it is all absolutely amazing.  From DJ City Slang’s own collection on both (vinyl) record and CD we’re bringing it to you live and worldwide, streaming at weft.org and at WEFT 90.1FM (2-4PM Central).

Artist . Album . Song . Year . Label

Master Musicians of Joujouka . Brian Jones Presents the Pipes of Pan at Joujouka . Untitled (Side 1 excerpt) . 1971 . Rolling Stones Records

Unkown Artists . Radio Algeria . Folk Mysteries . 2006 . Sublime Frequencies

Mouma Bob . Music From Saharan Cell Phones Volume 2 . Imidiwane . 2012 . Sahel Sounds

Group Inerane . Guitars from Agadez . Nadan Al Kazawnin . 2008 . Sublime Frequencies

Musicians of the Nile . Luxor To Isna . Al Bahr Al Gharam Wasah (Love Is As Vast As A River) . 1989 . Real World

Troupe Majidi . Ecstatic Music From The Jemaa El Fna . Essiniya . 2010 . Sublime Frequencies

Unknown Artist . Radio Morocco . The Color of Frequency . 2004 . Sublime Frequencies

Amal Saha . Ecstatic Music From The Jemaa El Fna . Lahmami . 2010 . Sublime Frequencies

Chaba Zahounia and Cheb khaled . Rai Rebels . Ya Loualid . 1988 . Earthworks

Unkown Artists . Radio Algeria . Exterior Grooves . 2006 . Sublime Frequencies

Ahmed Malek . 1970’s Algerian Folk and Pop . Silence des Cendres . 2014 . Sublime Frequencies

Agali Ag Amoumine . Takamba . Adernibah . 2011 . Mississippi/Change/Sahel Sounds

Group Inerane . Guitars from Agadez . Telilite . 2008 . Sublime Frequencies

Amanar . Alghafiat . Onin Okalol . 2012 . Sahel Sounds/Little Axe Records

Master Musicians of Joujouka . The Primal Energy That Is… . Prayer/Sidi Hamid Sherk . 1974 . Adelphi Records