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Music and lyrics by Haleh Liza 

'Settle In' is the entrancing new single by Brooklyn-based artist Haleh Liza featuring playful and moving lyrics, sparkling electric guitar lines, warm vocals, and a thumping bass drum.  There is an intimacy and a mystical quality to the song as if she's both whispering in the audience's ears and sending listeners comfortably floating through space.  

In late August of 2014, a couple of people from the Brooklyn-based company INDMusic invited Haleh Liza to perform a tune as part of their Great Outdoors Series with Daily Motion. While sitting around a campfire under the moon, they filmed her playing 'Settle In' and it seemed clear to everyone present that they had just heard a magical new song.  That very night she was offered a record deal with the boutique label Paper Garden Records and agreed the following week to release a series of singles that had been glowing in her pockets for years.  'Settle In' is the first of these luminous folk tunes.

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When the moon sails down the black river of the sky
and docks one pier's length above your town
please don't resist

When the moon unfurls her staircase 
like the long, bleached tongue of a dragon
please go ahead and climb

Cause life wants to see you whole again
the rain wants to taste your skin
the sky wants to fill your eyes
stillness wants to touch your mind
so please don't resist

The moon will seep into your skin 
till you glow like her above the night
please let it be

Cause life wants to see you whole again
the rain wants to taste your skin
the sky wants to fill your eyes
stillness wants to know your mind
your body wants to feel at ease
your blood wants you to breathe
so please settle in

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Boubacar Traore - "Adieu Pierrette"

[APWW PGM #55] [Originally aired in 1992]

In 1991, Thomas Mapfumo and the Blacks Unlimited made their second tour of the United States. It was a fascinating transitional moment in the band’s history. Mapfumo had recently added two musicians playing the metal-pronged, Shona mbira, enriching the band’s lineup of guitar, bass, drums, keyboards, brass and percussion. The band had now evolved into a kind of folk orchestra in which everyone sang, allowing for beautifully layered vocal arrangements. This recording, made by Afropop Worldwide at S.O.B.'s in New York City during that historic tour, is a true gem in the Afropop archive. It captures one of Africa’s most innovative and unusual artists and bandleaders at the height of his powers. One listen to this sublime recording and you will understand why producer Banning Eyre devoted some 15 years to writing the new book Lion Songs: Thomas Mapfumo and the Music That Made Zimbabwe.

Thomas Mapfumo Live At SOBs

Book Kraut: tim@the-other-self.com 

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Georges Collinet and Banning Eyre survey the best African and African diaspora music of 2016: from desert blues to Afrobeats and neo-cumbia, vintage reissues, and groundbreaking experiments. This fast-moving conversation interweaves juicy clips from over two dozen albums. Lots of musical ideas for your holiday shopping list. 

Produced by Banning Eyre.

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APWW PGM #744

[Distributed 12/08/2016]

Stocking Stuffers 2016

John Shannon and Mike Ross perform an improvisation on Pipe Organ and Guitar based on a gregorian chant at St. Anne's Church in Pittsburgh PA

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