The tunes played between segments on The World for October 22, 2014 include:
SONG: Nawwâr
ARTIST: Le Trio Joubran
CD TITLE: The Rough Guide to the music of Palestine
LABEL: World Music Network
SONG: Cicada
ARTIST: Captain Planet
CD TITLE: Esperanto Slang
LABEL: Bastard Jazz
In 2012 I mentioned how much I loved British singer Hollie Cook's debut album. Today, I played a dub version of one of those tracks:
SONG: Milk and Honey Dub
ARTIST: Hollie Cook
CD TITLE: Prince Fatty Presents 'Hollie Cook in Dub'
LABEL: Mr. Bongo Worldwide
And we ended the program with Marco Werman telling us about two new tracks from Hollie Cook's latest album:
SONG: Desdemona
ARTIST: Hollie Cook
CD TITLE: Twice
LABEL: Mr. Bongo
SONG: Tiger Balm
ARTIST: Hollie Cook
CD TITLE: Twice
LABEL: Mr. Bongo
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