GUMBO #165
 Sunday, April 10, 1994 / Midnight - 3:00am
 
 KCRW Santa Monica, 89.9 FM
 KCRY Indio - Palm Springs, 89.3 FM
 KCRU Oxnard - Ventura County, 89.1 FM
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     Opening Theme:  
     ALIAS RON KAVANA - Soweto Trembles (The Jo'burg Jig)
                         [THINK LIKE A HERO/Chiswick Records]
 
 THE BLAZERS - El Ano Viejo [SHORT FUSE/Rounder]  Terrific roots-
     rock from East L.A.; produced by Cesar Rosas of Los Lobos.
 WEDDINGS, PARTIES, ANYTHING - Tilting At Windmills [ROARING DAYS/
     WEA Australia]  More terrific roots-folk-rock from Australia.
 BLYTH POWER - Animal Farm [THE GUNS OF CASTLE CARY/Midnight Music]
     English folk-rock with a punky, warbly quality that I find oddly
     appealing.
 LUKA BLOOM - Mary Watches Everything [THE ACOUSTIC MOTORBIKE/Warner]
     Luka called tonight and pledged to KCRW!  He was in town and made
     a gift subscription to a friend.  We put him on the air ... it
     was *way* cool!
 MALDITA VECINDAD - Un Poco de Sangre (live) [EN VIVO: GIRA PATA DE PERRO/
     BMG-Ariola]
 
 An Afro-Irish set ... I *love* doin' stuff like this.
 RON KAVANA - Home Fire [HOME FIRE/Green Linnet]  From his fiery all-
     acoustic album.  Tomas Lynch on pipes.
 TOMAS LYNCH - Rainy Day/Sean Smyth's/Garrai na Saileog [THE CRUX OF
     THE CATALOGUE/Linecheck]  Great set with African and Brazilian
     percussion.
 ABANA BA NASERY - Esimiti Khusilenje [NURSERY BOYS GO AHEAD!/Globestyle]
     Kenyan acoustic trio, with Ron Kavana and Tomas Lynch sitting in;
     segue right from African to Irish in the middle of the song!
 GERRY O'CONNOR - Lumela Lesotho/The Kilfenora Jig [TIME TO TIME/Mulligan]
     Banjoist O'Connor (not the fiddler player in La/ Lugh), doing the
     jig over a song in the Lesotho language.
 
 A set in memory of Kurt Cobain.
 GRATEFUL DEAD - He's Gone [EUROPE '72/Arista]  "He's gone, Lord he's gone/
     Like a steam locomotive rolling down the track/he's gone, gone/And
     nothing's gonna bring him back."
 JULIANA HATFIELD - Nirvana [HEY BABE/Mammoth]  "Here comes a song I love
     so much/Makes me wanna go f*ck sh*t up/I've got Nirvana in my head/
     I'm so glad I'm not dead."
 TORI AMOS - Smells Like Teen Spirit [CRUCIFY/Atlantic]  Solo acoustic piano 
     version.  "Here we are now, entertain us ..."
 NEIL YOUNG - The Needle and the Damage Done [UNPLUGGED]  By request.
 NIRVANA - All Apologies [IN UTERO/Geffen]  Acoustic version from promo
     single.  "What else could I be?/All apologies/What else can I say?/
     Everyone is gay/ ... /All in all is what we are."
 
 Featured artist of the week ... Beausoleil.  I had the coolest first
 track prepared, but I forgot the album at home.  $#@$%$&*!!
     Hommage Aux Freres Balfa [DEJA VU/Swallow]
     Pierrot Grouillette et Mamselle Josetts [PARLEZ-NOUS A BOIRE/Arhoolie]
     Zydeco Gris-Gris [BAYOU BOOGIE/Rounder]
     Les Veuves de la Coulee [LIVE! FROM THE LEFT COAST/Rounder]
     La Danse de la Vie [LA DANSE DE LA VIE/Rhino]
 
 TOASTED HERETIC - Mummy Are We There Yet? [MINDLESS OPTIMISM/Bananafish]
 TOASTED HERETIC - Food for Breakfast [ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER RIOT single
     B-side/Liquid Records]  Both by request!
 CHRIS HICKEY - Copernicus Said [demo tape]  Excellent local singer-
     songwriter, now fronting the band UMA.
 THE LEVELLERES - Together All the Way [A WEAPON CALLED THE WORD/Musidisk]
 THE PROCLAIMERS - The Light [HIT THE HIGHWAY/Chrysalis]
 
 LADYSMITH BLACK MAMBAZO - Kanje Kanje [GIFT OF THE TORTOISE/Music for
     Little People]
 BOUBACAR TRAORE - Badialo [KAR KAR/Stern's Africa]  Brilliant Malian
     acoustic guitarist.
 TARIKA SAMMY - Bekily [BALANCE/Green Linnet-Xenophile]  More great
     Malagasy acoustic music.
 SALIF KEITA - Dalimansa [THE MANSA OF MALI/Mango]
 
 CARRIE NEWCOMER - Playing With Matches [AN ANGEL AT MY SHOULDER/Philo]
 THE DORKESTRA - The New Year [100 FLOWERS/Scratch Records]
 BEN HARPER - The Three of Us [WELCOME TO THE CRUEL WORLD/Virgin]
 DAVID LINDLEY & HANI NASER - Cottonmill Blues [OFFICIAL BOOTLEG: LIVE IN
     TOKYO/Pleemhead]  Traditional song blended with some licks he
     picked up in Kazakhstan.
 
 BUFFALO TOM - Torch Song [BIG RED LETTER DAY/Beggar's Banquet]  Great
     Boston alternative band with enough acoustic/folk stuff in the mix
     to make it great gumbo material.
 BUMPIN' UGLIES - Hollywood [BUMPIN' UGLIES/Red Planet]  Wonderful
     local folk-rock band!  HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!  if you like early Poi
     Dog, for instance ...
 THE MISS ALANS - Big Parade [BLUSHER/Zoo]
 PETER HIMMELMAN - Disposable Child [SKIN/Epic]
 
 WILD TCHOUPITOULAS - Indian Red [WILD TCHOUPITOULAS/Antilles]
     "Mi-TAAAAAAAAAY coo dee fi-yoooooooooooo ..."