Playlist of Random World Tunes in October

KUNM Random Global Music October 2014 from mhessnm on 8tracks Radio.

Welcome to the playlist of random world and global tunes from October, 2014 highlighted in this blog. The playlist is on 8tracks.com, and you don't need an account to play it. Musicians and bands highlighted in October are:

Robi Kahakalau (United States-Hawaii)

Ana Tijoux (France/Chile)

Vusi Mahlasela (South Africa)

Ojos de Brujo (Spain)

Baka Beyond (United Kingdom/Cameroon)

Ian Oliver featuring Eastenders (unknown)

Rachid Taha (Algeria/France)

The Mediaeval Baebes (United Kingdom)

Ich + Ich (Germany)

Sevara Nazarkhan (Uzbekistan)

Dadou Pasquet (Haiti)

Madredeus & Banda Cósmica (Portugal)

Buckwheat Zydeco (United States)

Cleopatra & Hakim (Egypt)

Soneros de Verdad (Cuba)

Paolo Conte (Italy)

Balkan Beat Box (Israel) Steve Riley & The Mamou Playboys (United States)

Aromates with Michèle Claude & Mael Guezel (France)

Bendeniz (Turkey)

Afro Celt Sound System (United Kingdom/Ireland/Mali/Senegal)

Djivan Gasparyan (Armenia)

The Val-Rays (United States)

Old Blind Dogs (Scotland)

Los de Abajo (Mexico)

Sportfreunde Stiller (Germany)

Great Big Sea (Canada)

Capercaille (Scotland)

Charanga Cakewalk (United States/Mexico)

Las Ultrasónicas (Mexico)

Frigg (Finland/Norway)

Enjoy the randomness of it all!

New Combined Playlist for September Random Songs

KUNM Random Global Music September 2014 from mhessnm on 8tracks Radio.

I've compiled all the songs that I highlighted in September into an 8tracks.com playlist. You can get to the playlist by clicking above or at the following link - you do not need to have an 8tracks account to hear the playlist.

http://8tracks.com/mhessnm/kunm-random-global-music-september-2014

Artists highlighted:

Carlos Piñana (Spain)

Karsh Kale (United States)

Balkan Beat Box (Israel)

Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys (United States - Cajun)

Ebo Taylor & Uhuru-Yenzu (Ghana)

The Mediaeval Baebes (United Kingdom)

Mexican Institute of Sound (Mexico)

Albert Pla (Spain)

Systema Solar (Colombia)

Black 47 (United States)

Loreena McKennitt (Canada)

White Fort (Russia)

Charanga Cakewalk (Mexico/United States)

Liber Teran (Mexico)

Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba (Mali)

Ray Kāne (United States - Hawaii)

Sa Ding Ding (China)

Nei Lopes (Brazil)

Hapa (United States - Hawaii)

Afro Celt Sound System (United Kingdom/Ireland/Senegal/Guinea)

Auli (Latvia)

Barons of Tang (Australia)

Mercan Dede (Turkey)

Väsen (Sweden)

Osibisa (Ghana)

Jake Shimabukuro (United States - Hawaii)

Buena Vista Social Club (Cuba)

Bombino (Niger)

A Moving Sound (Taiwan)

Värttinä (Finland)

Playlist for August 2014 Random Tunes of the Day

KUNM Random Global Music August 2014 from mhessnm on 8tracks Radio.

I have been putting together playlists on 8tracks.com for the months that I've been posting the random tune of the day. I invite you listen to the August 2014 playlist. The songs are in the order in which I posted them, from August 1st through August 31st. You do not have to be a member of 8tracks to listen to the playlist.

The artists featured on the playlist are the following:

Sara Tavares (Portugal)

Ada Milea, Dorina Chiriac & Radu Banzaru (Romania)

Charanga Cakewalk (United States)

Mariza (Portugal)

Niuver (Cuba/Spain/United States/France)

Owiny Sigoma Band (United Kingdom/Kenya)

Tom Teasley (United States)

Paolo Conte (Italy)

Göksel (Turkey)

Liana (Portugal)

Gypsy Caravan (United States)

Zeb & Haniya (Pakistan)

Cathie Ryan (United States)

Alka Yagnik with Sonu Nigam & Udit Narayan (India)

NovaMenco (United States)

La Bien Querida (Spain)

The Chieftains (Ireland)

The Rogues (United States)

Cheb Mami (Algeria)

Yungchen Lhamo (Tibet/United States)

Flight of the Conchords (New Zealand)

A-Yue Chang Chen Yue (Taiwan)

Wyclef Jean (Haiti/United States)

Capercaille (Scotland)

Los Amigos Invisibles (Venezuela)

Señor Coconut (Germany/Chile)

Maighread ni Dhomhnaill (Ireland)

Eileen Ivers (United States)

Sulman (Spain)

King Posse (Haiti)

Dorothy Masuka (Zimbabwe/South Africa)

Enjoy!

Playlist for July's Random Tunes of the Day

KUNM Random Global Music July 2014 from mhessnm on 8tracks Radio.

Here is an 8tracks.com playlist for the random tunes from this past July. You do not need an 8tracks account to play the songs. The playlist is about 2 hours and 7 minutes, and has 31 songs starting from the song I highlighted on July 1st and going through July 31st.

Artists included:

Irinna Zhelannaya (Russia)

Lo Cor de la Plana (France)

Iļģi (Latvia)

Ron Wiseman (Canada)

Deolinda (Portugal)

Momonashi (Japan)

Sherele (Mexico)

Afro Celt Sound System (UK/Ireland/Senegal/Mali)

Blick Bassy (Senegal/France)

David Arkenstone (United States)

Un Solo Pueblo (Venezuela)

Julie Murphy (Wales)

Old Blind Dogs (Scotland)

Tinariwen (Mali)

Mexican Institute of Sound (Mexico)

Adama Yolamba (Mali)

Serge Gainsbourg (France)

LaBrassBanda (Germany)

Youssou N'Dour (Senegal)

Joy Harjo and Poetic Justice (United States-Native American)

Gabin (Italy)

Didge Project (United States)

Salim Merchant & Sunidhi Chauhan (India)

Systema Solar (Colombia)

Väsen, Darol Anger & Mike Marshall (Sweden/United States)

Gnawledge (United States)

Ani Cordero (United States)

Shazalakazoo (Serbia)

Fatoumata Diawara (Mali/France)

Kiran Ahluwalia (India/Canada)

Dr. Nigel Kennedy & Kroke (United Kingdom/Poland

I listened to it, and it's a nice playlist - some good sweet tunes, a few to stir you up, and just enough weirdness to keep you interested.

Playlist from June posts

It may be nice to have these songs individually once per day, and know that you can come back here and listen to them. But I thought that any readers might like also to hear them in their own playlist. So, I'm going to start putting each month's songs into a playlist. I do a lot of things with 8tracks.com, and I've made some playlists there. Here is my inaugural playlist for this blog, which will allow you to play all the tracks from June 15 (the first day of this blog) until June 30th.

The songs covered on the playlist:

1. Hawa - The Touré Raichel Collective (Israel/Mali)
2. Venus Nabalera - Mau Mau (Italy)
3. Ooh La La - From The Dirty Picture (India)
4. En el Barrio - El Vez (United States)
5. Dame una Seña - Los Straitjackets (United States)
6. Grand Isle - Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys (United States)
7. Rang zen-Independence - Techung (United States/Tibet/India)
8. Q'apac Chunchu - Inti-Illimani (Chile)
9. Nuit Magique - Jazzamor (Germany)
10. Maria Lando - Susana Baca (Peru)
11. Elle Donne - Erik Pédurand (Guadeloupe/France)
12. Elephant Power - MC Yogi (United States)
13. Sinanay - Gülseren (Turkey)
14. Ahoi - Yat-Kha (Russia/Tuva)
15. l'Orange - Marce LaCouture (United States)
16. Wonder of the Storm - Amanaska (Australia)

You do not need an 8tracks account to listen to the playlist. You can reach the playlist here:

http://8tracks.com/mhessnm/kunm-global-monday-june

Globalquerque 2014 Video 4: Oumar Konaté (Mali) and "Addoh"

Here is Globalquerque's September 20th opener, Oumar Konaté from Mali, on the Plaza Mayor at the National Hispanic Cultural Center. Konaté's passion for music goes back to his childhood when he was impressing classmates performing on a bucket, helmet and drum and leading his own band outside his family's front door. He has performed in Mali's Festival au Desert and toured Europe and the United States with Khaira Arby and Vieux Farka Touré. He started with three songs on acoustic guitar - just after he played this song, he pulled out an electric guitar and really kicked it up a notch with some amazing guitar work.

This was shot on my Samsung Galaxy, and I like how the sound turned out on this particular one. The song is Addoh, which tells of the tears of a young girl as she is sent off to wed a man she does not love.