Al compas del mundo – programa #37, 7-21-22 Music in French

Al compas del mundo – programa #37, 7-21-22 Music in French 

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Tonight - in French! - Voulez vous coucher avec moi? Excusez-moi! C’est la vie. It’s a big world out there and an awful lot of French gets tossed around. Not all of it easily understood by French speakers. Why, I can imagine the Parisians rolling their eyes trying to make heads or tails of Clifton Chenier’s patois. And don’t get me started on the Canadians! Idir, from Algeria, and his French cohort use Tamazight (“Berber”), Macron’s French, and finally a little English for On the Road Again. Wasn’t Kerouac French-American? The Green Negresses win this week’s award for the best name and what better taste of schmaltz for a Mexican radio program than “Besame mucho” sung in French? Adieu! -J.H.

01 Amadou et Mariam - Beaux dimanches (Mali)

02 Orchestre Poly-rythmo de Cotonou - Ecoute ma mélodie (Benin)

03 Vivi - Toe Meme Maloya (Reunion Island)

04 Boukman Eksperyans - Imamou Lele (Haiti)

05 Clifton Chenier - Bon Ton Roulet (USA)

06 Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys - La Danse de Mardi Gras (USA)

07 Le Vent du Nord - Le Berger (Canada)

08 Kate and Anna McGarrigle - Perrine Etait Servante (Canada)

09 Tatiana Eva-Marie et l’Avalon Jazz Band - Bésame Mucho (Switzerland-USA)

10 Georges Moustaki - Sans la nommer (France)

11 Brigitte Fontaine and Areski - Je Suis Venu Te Voir (France)

12 Idir with Bernard Lavilliers - On the Road Again (Algeria and France)

13 Lo'jo - Lune des siens (France)

14 Yves Simon - Zelda (France)

15 Les Negresses Vertes - Il (France)

16 La Bande A Renaud - Dès Que Le Vent Soufflera (France)

17 Gabriel Yacoub - Désir (France)