You wouldn't know it from the back-announces this week, but this show's for President Obama. The Mighty Grouse just finished reading an advanced copy of David Maraniss's new family biography, BARACK OBAMA: THE STORY. So, on short notice I whipped up a brief Kenyan set and a twisted stew of music from the Indonesian archipelago. Only Kenya is in Obama's ethnic heritage, but he never lived there. He actually spent formative years in Indonesia and may have heard things similar to the stuff in this program. Aaand there's a Hawaiian after thought. And the ghost of Jomo Kenyatta.
EASGS is taking a terrestrial break while the Mighty Grouse skips town for a few weeks. Podcasts and maybe even live webcasts of some sort may return in mid-April. We should be back on Radio CPR by the end of May.
Bold text indicates relatively new releases (including reissues and comps).
- Earl Scruggs - "Cumberland Gap" (from The Essential Earl Scruggs)
- Earl Scruggs - "Earl's Breakdown" (from Live At the Ryman)
- Earl Scruggs - "Randy Lynn Rag" (from The Essential Earl Scruggs)
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The Mighty Grouse goes through the bi-weekly litany of contact information and implores the listeners to let him know if they're actually listening.
- The Mar-Keys - "Sack-O-Woe" (from The Complete Stax/Volt Singles: 1959-1968)
- Blithe Sons - "In the Shade of the Earth" (from The Great Orthochromatic Wheel)
- Hypnotic Brass Band - "Pluto" (from Bulletproof Brass EP)
- Coast Social Orchestra - "Napenda" (from Opika Pende: Africa at 78 rpm)
- Okoth Onuko - "March Guitar" (from Opika Pende: Africa at 78 rpm)
- Suzzana Owíyo - "Kisumu 100" (from The Rough Guide to the Music of Kenya)
- Kakai Kilonzo - "Mama Sofi Pt. 1" (from The Rough Guide to the Music of Kenya)
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King Grouse shows of his knowledge of the tribal groups of Kenya
- The Meters - "Darling Darling Darling" (from Funkify Your LIfe: The Meters Anthology)
- Black Tambourine - "Pack You Up" (from Black Tambourine)
- Lilys - "A Diana's Diana" (from Everything Wrong is Imaginary)
- Lorelei - "Float My Bed" (from Why Pop Stars Can't Dance)
- Chain and the Gang - "Detroit Music" (from Music's Not For Everyone)
- Galactic feat. Big Freedia - "Double It" (from Ya-Ka-May)
- Hy Lit - "The Death of WIBG" (from YouTube)
- "Allah's Hit Explosion" (from Radio Sumatra: The Indonesian FM Experience)
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Syamsudin - "Talang Denti" (from Folk and Pop Sounds of Sumatra Vol. 2)
- Wrong, wrong, wrong Grouse! Rabab Dangdut is the style, not the artist!
- "Rubber Television" (from Night Recordings from Bali)
- "Lullaby" (from The Balinese Gamelan: Music From the Morning of the World)
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Paku Alaman palace gamelan, directed by K.R.T. Wasitodipuro - "Ketawang: Puspawarna ('Kinds of Flowers')" (from Javanese Court Gamelan From The Pura Paku Alaman, Jogyakarta)
- One of Carl Sagan's favorite recordings. Included on the Voyager Golden Record
- Arrington De Dionyso's Malaikat Dan Singa - "Susu Naga" (from Suara Naga)
- "Ketjak Dance (Excerpt)" (from The Balinese Gamelan: Music From the Morning of the World)
- Mercury Rev - "If You Want Me to Stay" (from Lego My Ego)
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Really, King Grouse should maybe only play nothing but Indonesian music from now on, because his pronunciation of Bahasa is streets ahead of every other bit of world music on this show.
- Ike Bennet & The Crystalites - "Illya Kuryakin" (from Trojan Rocksteady Box Set)
- Burning Spear - "Slavery Days" (from Marcus Garvey)
- The Ventures - "Hawaiian War Chant" (from The Ventures)
- Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - "Time Zones" (from Dazzle Ships)
