Friday 16 May 2008
Two-Faced Friday View Playlist
Listening back over the last week, and forward to what’s on The Daily Planet next week.
Listening back over the last week, and forward to what’s on The Daily Planet next week.
On her latest CD, The One Love Movement on Bantu Biko Street, modernistic fashion icon and vocal-harmony loving Simphiwe Dana sings her songs inspired by Steve Biko’s philosophy.
Today Jeff Lang is our guest presenter so he’ll be choosing the music for The Daily Planet and explaining how it has influenced him and his great new CD, Half Seas Over.
On Plein du Monde, Premier French Gypsy music band Bratsch are joined in a spirited set of songs by a host of guests including Algeria’s Khaled, Israel’s Nourith and France’s own Olivia Ruiz and Charles Aznavour.
On Truckstop Honeymoon’s latest CD, Diamonds in the Asphalt, real-life and musical partners Mike West and Katie Euless use the country genre to ironic, humorous effect with songs that magnify the mundane aspects of life into crises.