Program Name : Dancing with Tradition
Date Of Broadcast : 3/12/08
Host Producer : Zed

1. Balkan Beat Box - Habibi Min Zaman - Nu Med - 2007 - - Crammed Discs - This due, both originally Israeli, are based in Brooklyn, but they sound more Gypsy than anything!

2. Gogol Bordello - Not a Crime - Gypsy Punks - 2005 - - Side One Dummy Records - Gogol has been described as "a bit like The Clash and The Pogues having a fight... in Eastern Europe!"

3. Pohjannaula - Viimeinen tanssi - Tata Kaikki Kaipaa - 2005 - - Uho Records - From Finland, these guys have been making great music for over 10 years now. Great ethnic punk!

4. Transbalkanica - Transbalkanica (remix) - Transbalkanica - 2005 - - Media Pro Music - Mixing Romania folk music, with electronica.

5. Beirut - A Sunday Smile - The Flying Club Cup - 2007 - - Ba Da Bing Records - Combines elements of Eastern European and folk sounds, Beirut is from New Mexico

6. Jane Birkin - Elisa - Bon Voyage - 2005 - - Filter Music - Jane Birkin starred in several Agatha Christie movies!, but is best known for her work with Serge Gainsbourg

7. Mano Negra - Pas Assez De Toi - Puta's Fever - 1989 - - Virgin France -

8. 8 1/2 Souvenirs - Le Poinsonneur des Lilas - Happy Feet - 1998 - - Continental Records - Named in tribute to the Federico Fellini film 8½.

9. Paris Combo - Ennemis Siamois - Motifs - 2005 - - Koch Records -

10. Rupa and the April Fishes - Une Americaine A Paris - Rupa and the April Fishes - 2008 - - Cumbancha - Playing this week at SxSW

11. 17 Hippies - Son Mystere - Hiemlich - 2007 - - Hipster Records - Kiki Sauer on vocals, out front of this well known Berlin musical co-operative.

12. James Iha & Kazu Makino - The Ballad of Bonnie & Clyde - Monsieur Gainsbourg revisited - 2006 - - Verve Forecast - James Iha was in Smashing Pumpkins, and Kazu in Blonde Redhead

Exlpore the world through your radio. Morrocan Sufi chants, avant-Klezmer and Rock en espanol, Brazillian music, Bollywood and Finnish women's choirs... you'll be introduced to historic and current musical cultures from all over the world on Dancing with Tradition.