GUMBO #187
 Sunday, September 11, 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]

 BEAUSOLEIL - Valerie [BEAT THE RETREAT (SONGS OF RICHARD THOMPSON)/Capitol]
     Hoo-boy!  A rollicking performance, and a very rare English-
     language vocal
 DAVY SPILLANE - Atlantic Bridge [ATLANTIC BRIDGE/Tara]  With Bela Fleck,
     Jerry Douglas, Christy Moore, Eoghan O'Neill, et al.
 GENO DELAFOSE - French Rockin' Boogie [FRENCH ROCKIN' BOOGIE/Rounder]
     with Joe Cabral and Derek Huston of the Iguanas on saxes.
 PAUL SANCHEZ - I Know What You're Thinkin' [WASTED LIVES AND BLUEGRASS/
     Monkey Hil]  Excellent blues opener for the album, the only electric
     track therein.
 PALACE BROTHERS - I Am A Cinematographer [PALACE BROTHERS/Drag City]
     Brand new, just Will Oldham and his acoustic guitar.  Stark, timeless
     and gorgeous.
 CAFE TACUBA - La Negrita [RE/WEA Latina]
 
 THE HOUSE BAND - Tom Hark/African Market Place [ANOTHER SETTING/Green
     Linnet]  Terrific new album; this track featuring tunes from and
     inspired by South African pennywhistle playing
 WEST NKOSI - Mazuzu (Young Woman) [RHYTHM OF HEALING: SAXOPHONE AND
     PENNYWHISTLE TOWNSHIP JIVE/Earthworks]
 
 VICTORIA WILLIAMS - Century Plant [LOOSE/Mammoth]  Hooray!  A new album
     from one of my favorite singers and songwriters, and one of the 
     sweetest people I've ever met.
 THE GERALDINE FIBBERS - Marmalade [GET THEE GONE/Sympathy for the Record
     Industry]  Great new alternative hardcore-country band, led by Carla 
     Bozulich, formerly of Ethyl Meatplow (talk about something completely
     different!)  Mixing the sweet and the harsh, the sacred and the profane,
     originals and covers from Dolly Parton to Georges Jones ... I love 'em!
 BLUE RODEO - Cynthia [FIVE DAYS IN JULY/Discovery]
 PETER ROWAN & THE ROWAN BROTHERS - Long Time [TREE ON A HILL/Sugar Hill]
 
 Now, a whole set from the new Richard Thompson tribute album, BEAT THE
 RETREAT (SONGS OF RICHARD THOMPSON) on Capitol ...
     BOB MOULD - Turning of the Tide (with John Doe & D.J. Bonebrake of X)
     LOS LOBOS - Down Where the Drunkards Roll
     JUNE TABOR - Beat the Retreat (with David Hidalgo and David Lindley)
     FIVE BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA - Dimming of the Day
     R.E.M. - Wall of Death
 
 TOMMY KEANE - Reels: Reddigan's/The Limestone Rock/Miss Ramsey's [THE 
     PIPER'S APRON/Mulligan]
 RELATIVITY - When Barney Flew Over The Hills [RELATIVITY/Green Linnet]
 RUNRIG - Recovery [RECOVERY/Ridge]
 MARTIN HAYES - Morning Star/The Caoillte Mountains [MARTIN HAYES/Green
     Linnet]  Incredibly sweet fiddling from west Clare
 HOTHOUSE FLOWERS - Give It Up [HOME/Geffen]  By request 
 HOTHOUSE FLOWERS - Seoladh na nGamhna [HOME/Geffen]  Too bad this is just
     the last fragment ... Liam O Maonlai/ is a brilliant sean-nos singer and
     bodhran player who was raised speaking Irish.  I've heard him do this
     song in its entirety, and he's great.
 
 STEVE RILEY & THE MAMOU PLAYBOYS - Bosco Stomp/Zydeco est pas sale [LIVE!/
     Rounder]
 AMEDEE ARDOIN & DENNIS McGEE - Madame Atchen [CAJUN DANCE PARTY: FAIS DO-DO/
     Columbia-Legacy]
 BUCKWHEAT ZYDECO - Crawfish Song [CHOO CHOO BOOGALOO/Music for Litle People]
     A children's zydeco album!
 
 Bobbie DeWald, one of my most loyal listeners (who's hospitalized with 
 cancer and who sleeps all day Sunday so that she can stay up and listen)
 called a few weeks back and requested some Welsh music, so I did some  
 digging through my collection and came up with a set of rock, folk-rock 
 and traditional music (y'all shoulda heard my pronunciation on the
 back announcing ... oy!  What a mouthful!  At least I'd learned a few
 pronunciation rules ...):
 Y CYRFF - Seibiant [LLAWENYDD HEB DDIWEDD/Ankst]  Folk-rock band that's
     reminiscent of REM, The Reivers, et al.  Nifty stuff.
 PLETHYN - Y Gwylliaid [BLAS Y PRYDD/Sain]  Probably the pre-eminent Welsh
     folk band.
 JIM O'ROURKE - Deg Mewn Bedd (Ten In A Grave) [Y BONT/Sain]  Welsh
     songwriter/singer/guitarist of Irish descent. This song is about the
     Irish hunger strikers who died in prison, and pleads for peace.
     With Davy Spillane and Donal Lunny.
 4 YN Y BAR - Stryd America [STRYD AMERICA/Fflach]  One of the major Welsh
     folk bands, a little more contemporary than Plethyn's style.
 HEFIN HEWS - Pero [CICIO'N OL/Crai]  Welsh rocker; neat stuff.
 
 R.E.M. - What's the Frequence, Kenneth? [MONSTER/Warner]  First single
     from the forthcoming album.  I've been with this band since day one,
     and for me they can do no wrong.
 SUGAR - Gee Angel [FILE UNDER: EASY LISTENING/Ryko]
 PAUL KELLY - God's Hotel [WANTED MAN/Mushroom]
 UNCLE TUPELO - Still Be Around [STILL FEEL GONE/Rockville]  By request.
 
 DUKE ROBILLARD - Temptatin [TEMPTATION/Bullseye Blues]
 X - Shoot Out the Lights [BEAT THE RETREAT (SONGS OF RICHARD THOMPSON)/
     Capitol]  By request.
 BARENAKED LADIES - Jane [MAYBE YOU SHOULD DRIVE]  Second (and better)
     album from engaging Canadian folk-rockers.
 
 HEDNINGARNA - Lacknafta [HEDNINGARNA]