Like so many other Americans, my memories of September 11, 2001 remain vivid. I also remember hosting a show on KALX the day after and only wanting to focus on beauty and love in the face of such horror. 9/11 is also the anniversary of another horrific moment in history, the beginning of the Pinochet Junta in Chile that led to tens of thousands of arrests as well as thousands of people murder and disappeared. One of those people was the singer Victor Jara and so it made good sense to start the show off with music from him. “El Derecho De Vivir En Paz” translates as “The Right To Live In Peace.” Peace was the theme of that first set, which also included some spiritual jazz from Pharoah Sanders and the Ensemble-Al Salaam. From there we focused on quite a lot of new releases, including music from Vieux Farka Toure & Julia Esterlin, Shannon & the Clams, Holly Golightly, Dungen, Nicole Willis & the Soul Investigators, Chicano Batman plus a mea culpa on Silva, a record from 2014 that I should have played much more more. The second hour begins with an excerpt of the Sorpresa Musical mix that I posted here last week, and if all goes well, next week’s show will feature part of Vol. 2. Enjoy!
Melting Pot on KPFK #207: First Hour
Melting Pot on KPFK #207: Second Hour
Playlist: 09-11-2015
{opening theme} Booker T & the MGs – Melting Pot – Melting Pot (Stax)
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Victor Jara – El Derecho De Vivir En Paz – El Derecho De Vivir En Paz (Odeon)
Pharoah Sanders – Prince Of Peace – Izipho Sam (Strata East)
Ensemble Al-Salaam – Peace – The Sorjurner (Strata East)
The Heliocentrics & Mulatu Astatke – Blue Nile – Inspiration Information (Strut)
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Vieux Farka Toure & Julia Esterlin – Masters Of War – Touristes (Six Degrees)
Dungen – Akt Dit – Allas Sak (Mexican Summer)
David Axelrod – Song Of Innocence – Songs Of Innocence (Capitol)
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Shannon & the Clams – Baby Blue – Gone By The Dawn (Hardly Art)
The Butterflys – Good Night Baby – Girl Groups Lost & Found: One Kiss Leads To Another (Rhino)
Chicano Batman – Black Lipstick – Single (El Relleno)
The Soul Surfers feat. Myron & E – You Can Run (But You Can’t Hide) From My Love – Soul Rock! (Ubiquity)
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Various Artists – Excerpt – Sorpresa Musical Vol. 1 (meltingpotblog.com)
Rafael Somavilla – Dominga – Instrumental (Areito)
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Boogaloo Assassins – No, No, No – Recorded Live At KPFK (KPFK Archives)
Clarence Paul – Baby Don’t You Leave Poor Me – R&B Hipshakers Vol. 4 (Vampi Soul)
Holly Golightly – As You Go Down – Slowtown Now! (Damaged Goods)
Nicole Willis & the Soul Investigators – Together We Climb – Happiness In Every Style (Timmion)
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Ibeyi – Better In Tune With The Infinite – Single (Self-released)
Soul Jazz Orchestra – Life Is What You Make It – Resistance (Strut)
Silva – Mare – Ocean View (Six Degrees)
The Whitest Boy Alive – Intentions – Rules (Bubbles)
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{closing theme} Dungen – C. Visar Vagen – Tio Bitar (Kemado)