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Blues & Beyond #56: Blues Around The World

Series: Blues & Beyond
From: WXPN
Length: 00:59:00

Talk with Dan Storper of Putumayo Records about "Blues Around The World" Read the full description.

Bluesaroundworld_small "Blues Around The World", a recent release from Putumayo Records collects blues from the various continents. The album ranges from collaborations, such as Bonnie Raitt and Habib Koit?, to truly indigenous interpretations of this American art form, such as Taiwan's Long-ge and Argentina's Botafogo. In this program, Dan Storper, the CEO & Executive Producer for Putumayo talks about "Blues Around The World"-- and we play a few tracks from another new Putumayo release as well, "Acoustic Africa" that includes a previously unreleased song from singer Ang?lique Kidjo.

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Piece Description

"Blues Around The World", a recent release from Putumayo Records collects blues from the various continents. The album ranges from collaborations, such as Bonnie Raitt and Habib Koit?, to truly indigenous interpretations of this American art form, such as Taiwan's Long-ge and Argentina's Botafogo. In this program, Dan Storper, the CEO & Executive Producer for Putumayo talks about "Blues Around The World"-- and we play a few tracks from another new Putumayo release as well, "Acoustic Africa" that includes a previously unreleased song from singer Ang?lique Kidjo.

Broadcast History

WXPN-FM Philadelphia 7-29-2008

Transcript

Linda Waterfall "The Prodigal Son"
Trout: Place Of Refuge

Taj Mahal & The Culture Musical Club Of Zanzibar "Catfish Blues"
Putumayo: Blues Around The World

Botafogo "Slide Blues"
Putumayo: Blues Around The World

Long-ge "Playing Mahjong"
Putumayo: Blues Around The World

Bonnie Raitt & Habib Koit? "Back Around"
Putumayo: Blues Around The World

Blues Et?licos "Conceriano Sem Lar"
Putumayo: Blues Around The World

Amar Sundy "Ouallache"
Putumayo: Blues Around The World

Otis Spann "I Got A Feeling"
Putumayo: Blues Around The World

Ang?lique Kidjo "Sedjedo"
Putumayo: Acoustic Africa

Habib Koit? "Baro"
Putumayo: Acoustic Africa

Laye Sow "Mauritania"
Putumayo: Acoustic Africa
Read the full transcript

Timing and Cues

00:00 Billboard: Show opens, opening theme, "This is The Blues & Beyond. I'm Jonny Meister."

00:59 Billboard ends.. "...coming up in this hour of The Blues & Beyond."

01:00 "option" song: ... "We'll start out with Linda Waterfall..."

05:59 "option" song fades

06:00 show re-intro: "This is The Blues & Beyond. I'm Jonny Meister; our guest is Dan Storper..."

24:07 end of part 1: "... after the break, here on The Blues and Beyond."

24:08 59-second bed plays

25:06 bed fades

25:07 part 2: show re-intro: "This is The Blues & Beyond. I'm Jonny Meister."

58:03 voice out on part 2 "... thanks for tuning in for this hour of The Blues & Beyond."

58:29 theme fades end of part 2

58:30 Promo starts: bed begins..."On the next Blues & Beyond...."

58:49 voice out "...by Pharaoh Sanders, on the next Blues & Beyond."

58:59 bed for promo fades

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