Al compas del mundo 40-43

 Moon Traveller is honored to host the archival list of old buddy Jim Haas's Mexican Radio Show.

Here are  runlists for some shows in August

Al compas del mundo – programa #40, 8-11-22

Film music and jazz

01 Ennio Morricone - The Result (Italy)

02 Leonard Bernstein - The Magnificent Seven - Main Titles and Calvera's Visit- (USA)

03 Henry Mancini - Peter Gunn Theme (USA)

04 David Rose - The Stripper (USA)

05 Johnny Otis Band - Harlem Nocturne (USA)

06 Duke Ellington - Anatomy Of A Murder - Main Theme (USA)

07 James Carter - Queer Notions (USA)

08 Gato Barbieri - Return (La Vuelta) (Argentina)

09 Astor Piazzolla and Gerry Mulligan - Años de soledad (Argentina and USA)

10 Terence Blanchard - Dark Room (USA)

11 Ornette Coleman - Lonely Woman (USA)

12 Charles Lloyd - How Can I Tell You (USA)

13 McCoy Tyner and Lee Morgan - Lee Plus Three (USA)

Do millennials and those younger even recognize “The Stripper”, a hallmark of long ago and far away? Was there ever a cooler hand than that of Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen, James Colburn, or Charles Bronson (that knife toss!!!) in The Magnificent Seven? The Peter Gunn theme represented good guys vs. baddies for an entire era and Duke Ellington’s murder movie score could keep retired gangsters looking over their shoulder. Ornette Coleman challenges you to listen while the rest of set is sweetness and light. But today there’s pink sauce on TikTok. -J.H.

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This is the location of anchor one.Alcompas del mundo – programa No42, 8-25-22

potpourri

01 Idrissa Soumaoro -  Mba Den Ou (Mali)

02 Taj Mahal and Toumani Diabate - Queen Bee (USA and Mali)

03 Lilia Vera - Gotas De Lluvia (Venezuela)

04 Los Wembler's de Iquitos - La Danza Del Petrolero (Peru)

05 Littles - Fatemah Sultan (Iran)

06 Velvet Underground - What Goes On (USA)

07 The Coup - Wear Clean Draws (USA)

08 Transglobal Underground - Awal (England)

09 Yves Simon - Au Pays Des Merveilles De Juliet (France)

10 Django Reinhardt - Blue Drag (French-Gypsy)

11 The Sweet Talks - Mapam Sukuruwe (Ghana)

12 Dobet Gnahoré - Pygmées (Ivory Coast)

13 Democustico -Summer of Flora (Natural Self Remix) (Brazil)

14 Dom Um Romao - Cinnamon Flower (Cravo E Canela) (Brazil)

15 Aster Aweke - Lib Weled (Ethiopia)

Littles, a garage band from the streets of Tehran – definitely pre-reign of the ayatollahs; The Coup sharing granddaddy’s advice “Wear clean draws every day, cuz things may fall the wrong way. You’ll be lying there, waiting for the ambulance, your underwear got holes and shit.” Arab, Indian and British musicians come together in London to form Transglobal Underground – the benefits of a pluralistic society; Yves Simon – a French rock ‘n roller from the disco era (1973), rapping poetry before most of the world knew what rapping was; Los Wembler’s de Iquitos emerged from Eastern Peru’s Amazon region, playing surf music and singing about “oro negro”…oil, that is, black gold, Texas tea; and much more. Oh, and have you ever heard of the Velvet Underground? -J.H.

Once upon a time in Tehran.

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Al compas del mundo - programa #43, 9-1-22

Music of Spain

01 Estrella Morente - En lo alto del cerro

02 La Musgaña - El Mirlo 

03 Kepa Junkera – Zirkinipez (Basque)

04 Taburiente - Aysourraguam (Islas Canarias)

05 Radio Tarifa – El Quinto

06 Remedios Silva Pisa - Naci en Alamo ( Vengo)

07 Paco Ibañez - Balada del que nunca fue a Granada

08 Mara Aranda y Solatge - Els contrabandistes

09 Carlos Montoya – Malaga

10 L'Ham De Foc – Pandero (Valencia)

11 Vox - Mientras cantan los pajaros –Umzuj

12 La Humera - La primera vale, vale

13 Radio Tarifa - La Canal

14 Gatu Malu - Estaba la pajara pinta

15 Clau de Lluna - Con Jo Nera

And you, Spanish speaker, thought interpreting titles of music from Spain would be easy. Try a little Basque on for size, or Catalan, Galician, Asturian or Aragonese. Haven’t been there for a long time, but when I do visit I’m going to claim I speak Mexican and we’ll see what happens. This playlist will take you from North to South, East and West, and even over to a Spanish “possession”, the Canary Islands. There’s Gypsy music, revolutionary era ballads, North African influenced sounds, and folk idioms from throughout (we don’t like pop). I have to get this in: one of my favorite Spanish sayings is “Me cago en la hostia!” (I shit on the communion wafer!) Now to say that takes cojones in a Catholic country. But there you have the Spanish in the 21st century: more ““laissez-faire” than “estrictamente prohibido”. -J.H.

Turn offa da bubble machine!