Ilha Brasil

We've got a great Brazilian playlist up now, with an opening set featuring Joyce. And after that, there's a segment honoring one of our favorite composers, Paulinho da Viola.

Though Paulinho's known primarily as a samba singer and composer, he's equally gifted at writing and playing choros - we've programmed several of them for you, along with a salute to the great names of samba ("Bebadosamba") and a collaboration with longtime friend and musical partner Elton Medeiros.

* And a late addition: Mozar Terra. See below for details.

Here's the complete playlist:

Joyce set (all compositions by Joyce unless otherwise noted).


1. A Banda Maluca - Just a Little Bit Crazy, Far Out (UK), Blue Jackel (US)

2. Havana-me - Ilha Brasil

3. Demorô - Rio Bahia, Mr Bongo (UK)

4. Daqui (Joyce - Rodolfo Stroeter) - Rio Bahia

5. Rodando a baiana - Ilha Brasil (also on The Essential Joyce 1970-1996, Mr Bongo).

6. A Hard Day's Night (Lennon-McCartney) - Just a Little Bit Crazy

7. For Hall - Just a Little Bit Crazy

8. Pra que chorar (Baden Powell - Vinícius de Moraes) - Rio Bahia

9. Taxi Driver - Live at the Mojo Club, Motor Music/Verve (Germany)

Paulinho da Viola (all music and lyrics by Paulinho da Viola, except for "Injúria"and "O Sol Nascera," by Elton Medeiros and Cartola, and "Recada," by Paulinho da Viola and Casquinha).



10. Um Sarau para Raphael (with Nó em Pingo d'Água) - Meu tempo é hoje, Biscoito Fino (Brazil)

11. Dança da solidão - Marisa Monte, Rose & Charcoal

12. Choro Negro - Henrique Cazes & Família Violão, Desde que o Choro é Choro..., Kuarup (Brazil)

13. Vela na breu - Marcos Sacramento, A Modernidade da Tradição, Buda Musique (France)

14. Injuria/Recado/O Sol Nascerá/Jurar com Lágrimas - Paulinho da Viola & Elton Medeiros, Meu tempo é hoje, Biscoito Fino

15. Sarau para Radamés - Rildo Hora and Paulinho da Viola; Café Brasil 1

16. Bebadosamba - Bebadosamba, BMG Brasil

17. Insequecível - Maogani, Cordas Cruzadas, Rob Digital (Brazil)

18. Escapulindo - Turibio Santos, Valsas e Choros, Lumiar Discos (Brazil)


Other instrumental music


19. Memento/Catavento (Nando Carneiro) - David Ganc, Caldo-de-Cana, Kuarup

20. Bayati - Orquestra Popular de Câmara, Núcleo Contemporâneo (Brazil), Adventure Music (US)

21. Só Louco - Tutty Moreno, Forças d'Alma, Malandro
(US), Pau Brasil (Brazil)

Mozar Terra



All tracks from his CD Caderno de Composição, released by Maritaca (Brazil). All compositions by Mozar Terra.

22. Asenção

23. Braços Abertos

24. Flor da Serra

25. Luzes de Vênus

26. Entre o Céu e o Serra

27. Mestiça

28. E o palhaço chorou

29. A Sereia Voou

30. Ícaro

31. Subterrâneo

32. Fantasia para Livia

We're live!

That's right - Hemispherical now has a radio station, Hemispherical Radio. (Clever name, no?!) We went live yesterday, with an African playlist that ranges from Mali and Congo to Sudan and Ethiopia. We'll be posting updates on what's airing as the playlists change. For now, enjoy - and your comments are welcome!

Some highlighted discs:



This disc is the soundtrack (pretty literally) to Banning Eyre's book - a compendium of music from Mali, much of it recorded on site. If you've been looking for an intro. to West African music, this is a great place to start.



Featuring three artists from Sudan - we're playing a track by singer/oudist Abdel Gadir Salim.



This is by far one of the best Rough Guide anthologies - click here for partial liner notes and more audio samples. (Click here for a review on the Afropop Worldwide site.) We've chosen a lot of tracks by Berber artists - Azawan.com, dedicated to the music and culture of the indigenous peoples of North Africa, will give you more insight than we ever could!


Tuareg guitar band Tinariwen is a particular favorite of ours - the BBC recorded their WOMAD 2004 gig in its entirety. (You'll need RealPlayer in order to listen.) There's more audio and plenty of interviews here.

Other places:

Afropop Worldwide's 2001 interview with Habib Koite.

A comprehensive bio. of Moroccan Berber singer Aicha Redouane. (You'll have to scroll down the page a bit.)

Official site for Congotronics 2.

Everything you ever wanted to know (well, almost) on Cameroonian singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Francis Bebey. (In French - do check the "discography" section!)