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This week’s show had a lot of new music – I think there were only a few tracks I’ve played before out of a 3-hour show.

The standout tracks came from completely different worlds and parts of the world. One track that absolutely _killed_ me was from Cleveland Jones, “Sensitive:”

Another excellent track is Tracey Thorn’s “You Are A Lover” with the remix by Clock Opera:

Finally, there was the completely outstanding OMG GET THIS DISC NOW! compilation called (deep breath): Cartagena!
Curro Fuentes & The Big Band Cumbia and Descarga Sound of Colombia 1962 – 1972.

Check out these tracks:

As usual, the setlist is here
as a Google Spreadsheet.

This week’s show was really diverse even by my own standards, with music from West Africa taking a large part of the spotlight (I was in Senegal for two weeks at the end of March/beginning of April).

I can’t recommend highly enough the Sofrito: Tropical Discotheque compilation, which I also played a lot of this week.

Plus there was this outstanding track from 1969/70 from a group called Soft Soul Transition:

The setlist is available here as a Google Spreadsheet.

This week’s show had a lot of very new music, owing to the South by Southwest Festival underway in Austin, Texas, plus the upcoming Sperm Festival here in Prague.

One of the bands to watch for 2011 is Brandt Brauer Frick, who will be playing at the Sperm Festival. Here’s their newest clip, Caffeine:

Because tomorrow is the Vernal Equinox, I also played a few songs about spring, including this one from Saint Etienne:

Anyway, the entire setlist is here as a Google Spreadsheet.

This week’s show had two main themes, the start of Carnival in Rio and songs about coffee (and one about tea).

There were some new tracks in there, including the brand-new Aeroplane remix of the Human League’s “Never Let Me Go:”

and this new Brazilian singer, Tulipa Ruiz, and her song, “Do Amor:”

but there were two mini-sets this week, including one of sambas from Carnival:

and this mini-set featuring songs about coffee, including Squeeze’s outstanding “Black Coffee in Bed:”

The entire setlist is here as a Google spreadsheet.

This week’s show marked a couple of big anniversaries: Radio 1 is celebrating 20 years on the air this week and next with a series of retro broadcasts, where each day is devoted to the music of a year. Because I play on the weekends, I got to play the years 1991-93, and it was a lot of fun to put together.

The other anniversary is a personal milestone: It’s been 19 years since I came to Prague. And stayed

One of my favorite songs from that period is Jesus Jones’ “Right Here Right Now,” which has special relevance not only because of the Radio 1′s anniversary, but also because of what’s going on Cairo and elsewhere in the Middle East.

The setlist is here as a Google spreadsheet.

This week had a really wide scope, starting with friend and classmate Monty Luke’s “Art of War” and going all the way through bossa nova covers of Burt Bacharach. It was a lot of fun to put together, and the coolest track was this one, by El Guincho, “Bombay.” It’s NSFW, but what the heck. It’s art, man!

http://player.vimeo.com/video/15274619

El Guincho – Bombay from CANADA on Vimeo.

The setlist is here as a Google spreadsheet.