World on 3 - Lopa Kothari

Sounds from around the world, with Lopa Kothari, including a specially recorded studio session by the Dele Sosimi Afrobeat orchestra. Afrobeat is the blend of jazz, funk and traditional Nigerian music that was pioneered by the late Fela Kuti. Dele Sosimi played keyboards in Fela Kuti's group Egypt 80 from 1979 to 1986, recording a string of influential and highly charged anti-establishment songs such as Movement of the People, Army Arrangement, and International Thief Thief. Following work with Fela Kuti's son Femi in the Positive Force, Dele moved from Lagos to London where he has developed his own jazz-influenced sound rooted in the Yoruba rhythms of the Afrobeat tradition. Dele Sosimi sings and plays keyboard in his Afrobeat Orchestra, a substantial 11-piece outfit including horn section and backing vocalists. World on 3 Presented by Lopa Kothari Produced by Felix Carey Tel 020 7765 4661 Fax 020 7765 5052 e-mail [email protected] Eternal is the word of the Poets Baba Zula Album: Roots Double Moon Records Assis Calixto: Bote Essa Menina Pra Dançar Samba de Coco Raízes de Arcoverde Album: Music from North East Brazil Astronave/Sebrae AA0002000 Pedro Luís: Ela tem a beleza que eu nunca sonhei PLAP -Pedro Luís e a Parede Album: Ponto Enredo World Village WV479028 Studio Session Dele Sosimi & Essential Afrobeat band Dele Sosimi (lead vocal/keyboards) Feyisara Akinwunmi (drums) Maurizio Ravalico (percussion) Phil Dawson (guitar) Samer Sharawii (bass guitar) Thomas Allan (trumpet) Tamar Osborne (baritone sax) David Bitelli (tenor saxophone) Biola Dosunmu (backing vocals) Joy Aigbekan (backing vocals) Marco Piccioni (guitar) Sosimi/Femi Elias: Ojoro Dele Sosimi & Essential Afrobeat band BBC Recording by engineers Marvin Ware, Martin Appleby and Drew Leckie, Maida Vale, 2010. Sosimi/Femi Elias: B.B.E.N.Y Dele Sosimi & Essential Afrobeat band BBC Recording by engineers Marvin Ware, Martin Appleby and Drew Leckie, Maida Vale, 2010. Bovreima Sylla Fanta Dambia Album: Fanta Dambia CDS KS 099 Diabate: Garraba Mamah Madou Sidiki Diabate Album: Buru Ju Mali-Music K7SA Maphuthi The Mgababa Queens Album: Next Stop … Soweto –Township sounds from the Golden age of Mbaqanga Strut Records Strut0054CD Studio Session Sosimi/Femi Elias: Omo Mo Gba Ti e Dele Sosimi & Ensemble BBC Recording by engineers Marvin Ware, Martin Appleby and Drew Leckie, Maida Vale, 2010. Sosimi/Justin Thurgur/femi Elias/Digger Elias/Lekon Babalola/Ant1: Wahala Dele Sosimi & Ensemble BBC Recording by engineers Marvin Ware, Martin Appleby and Drew Leckie, Maida Vale, 2010. Powell: Waterbound Michael McGoldrick Album: Aurora Vertical Records VERTCD090 Sa Ding Ding/Marius de Vries/Alexis Smith: Xi Carnival Sa Ding Ding Album: Harmony Wrasse Records Wrass247 DR. Safi Hassan: Mainne Kaun Koi Kya Jane Anuradhi Paudwal Album: Bollywood Funk Experience Nascente MSFUNK003 Trad, Arr. Ghosh: Greenhouse Arun Ghosh Album: Northern Namaste Camoci Records Camoci001 Ria Soemardjo/Helen Mountfort/Sam Evans: Fine Blue Thread Fine Blue Thread Album: Red Mountain Sound Vault Records SV0626 McGoldrick: Annam Cara (ships in the night) Michael Mcgoldrick Album: Aurora Vertical Records VERTCD090