Musical Journeys: Recent Episodes
Raglan Community Radio
Rodrigo Hill from Brazil and Xavier Meade from Mexico take turn-about on Sunday nights to broaden our musical horizon playing African derived rhythms from West Africa, Cuba, and Brazil. They also journey to Mexico, the rest of Latino America and beyond.
Rodrigo started the show after being inspired by Xavier's original show Viva la Musica which played on Raglan Community Radio in the early 2000s. Musical Journeys was also inspired by another Raglan show called Across 110th Street which itself was inspired by Viva la Musica.
Musical Journeys is a fusion of these original Radio shows and at the same time a continuation, a way to share and pay respect to various cultural and musical movements from across the globe.
Across 110th St is back on Raglan Community Radio, streaming in from NYC, and Xavier has completed the circle, joining the Musical Journeys show in 2021.
Tune in every Sunday from 6 - 7:30pm and replaying Tuesdays 4 - 5:30pm.
A collection of Brazilian musicians, featuring Tom Jobim, Alceu Valenca, Dom Um Romao, Moacir Santos and more!
Xavier returns from Mexico with a selection of music compiled while traveling in a taxi or a bus or eating in a restaurant.
Musicians include: José José, Juan Gabriel, Panteón Rococo, Rolandos Show, Lila Downs, Grupo Mijez, Ana Gabriel, Nicola Di Bari, Rocío Dúrcal, Leonardo Flavio, Eugenia León y La Sonora Santanera, La Santa Cecilia, Oscar Chávez, Alejandra Robles y María Inés Ochoa. Con agradecimiento a los y las que compartieron sus canciones favoritas > Gabriel Martín, Gustavo joyero, Eduard, Radio Joya Oaxaca, Irma Balderas de el Carrizal, Edgardo Villarreal, DAVA.
From the book: She Raised Her Voice - 50 Black women who sang their way into music history (Jordannah Elizabeth author) - Nina Simone, Billie Holiday, Betty Carter, Aretha Franklin, and more!
Charlie Haden & Carla Bley, Leon Gieco & Lila Downs, Mark Ribot with Tom Waita, Steve Earley & Tiff Morritt. Evelyn Cornejo, Ruben Blades y seis del solar, Ry Cooder, Joan Baez, Soledad Bravo, Patricio Manns, Jose Merce, Manu Chao, Mamselle Ruiz, Marta Gomez, Kevin Johansen.
Traditional Persian Music. Kaihan Kalhor, Mohammad-Reza Shajarian, Madjid Khaladj, Googoosh, Reza Dehghan, Ali Bahrami Fard, Toumani Diabate and others
Featuring: Kenny Burrell, John Coltrane, Freddie Hubbard, Lou Donaldson, Herbie Hancock, Art Blakey and more !
DEL OTRO LADO.La Nueva Rebelion, Los Cadetes de Linares, Los Dinamicos del Norte, Ozomatli, Trini Lopez, Joan Baez, Ry Cooder, Flaco Jimenez, Los Super Seven, Ry Cooder and others. Mexican Music in the USA.
93 years old Jamaican guitar legend Ernest Raglan, from Ska days to Below the Bass Line...
Bandoneon and acordeon music. Astor Piazzolla, Al di Meola, Richard Galleano, Winton Marsalis quintet, Mattwhew Saglio, Marcel loeffler, Maestrinho & Mariana Aydar.
In Homage to Pepe Mujica > Jorge Drexler, Manuel Garcia, Maia Castro, Alfredo Zitarroza, Numa Moraes, Pepe Guerra, Apurate Catalina, Tabare Cardoso, Amdres Romero, Jorge Nasser, Florencia Nunez, Laura Canoura, Ana Prada, Mon Laferte, Natalia Lafourcade, Kevin Johansen.
Selection of Blue Note recordings featuring Grant Green, Lou Donaldson, Donald Byrd, Dr Lonnie Smith and more!
NUEVA TROVA CUBANA. Carlos Puebla y sus Tradicionales, Pablo Milanes, Silvio Rodriguez, Omara Portuondo, Haidee Milanes, Carlos Varela, Manuel galvan, Playing for Change.
Jazz recordings from the ECM label with: Charles Lloyd, Trygve Seim, Carla Bley, Steve Swallow, Andy Shephard, Charlie Haden, Egberto Gismonti, Jan Garbarek, Dave Holland Quintet, Eberhard Weber, Bobo Stenson, Anders Jormin, Paul Motian, Anouar Brahem, Anja Lechner, and others.
ECM records. The legendary Editions of Contemporary Music, producing albums from Munich since 1969.election from the seventies and beyond, with: Bill Frisell band, CODONA > Collin Walkot, Don Cherry & Nana Vascocelos, Jan Garbarek, Egberto Gismonti. Charlie Haden, Andy Shephard, Carla Bley, Steve Swallow, Keith Jarret, Fathe Ali Khan and others.
"Dazed and Confused" Soundtrack - ZZTop, Alice Cooper, War, Aerosmith, Deep Purple and more!
Soundtrack from Ainda Estou Aqui / I'm Still Here - Tom Ze, Tim Maia, Gal Gosta, Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil and more !
Lila Downs music from the albums: Desde Bellas Artes, Salon, lagrimas y deseo, Como te Voy a Olvidar -Los Angeles Azules, La Cantina, entre copa y copa, Border, La Linea, La Sandunga. with La Milagrosa, Natalia Jimenez, Paul Cohen, Mon Laferte, Diego el Cigala, Carla Morrison.
Vanessa da Mata, Seu Jorge, Caetano Veloso, Anitta, Ivete Sangalo, Tom ze, Fernanda Abreu and more music celebrating summer in Brasil and Aotearoa!
Compositoras: Chabuca Granda, Violeta Parra, Rosa Passos, Elizabeth Morris, Natalia Lafourcade, Hermanas Caronni, Lhasa de Sela. Interpreters: Tania Libertad, Margos Herrera y Edward Simon' Eva Ayllon, Dom La Nena & Rosemary Standley, Pascuala Ilabaca y Fauna...
The music of Charles Lloyd, (b. Memphis Tennessee 1938) recordings 2002 to 2024 from the albums Lift every voice, Passin' thru, Trios Chapel, The sky will still be there tomorrow, Trios Sacred Tread. With The Marvels, Lucinda Williams, Bill Frissel, Sakir Hussain, Reuben Rogers, Gerald Clayton, Julian Lange and others.
Italian Pop Music from 1966 to 2024 with some of my favourites LUCIO DALLA, MINA & CLAUDIO BAGLIONI
Journey through Latinamerica wit Los Folkloristas. Albums: Viaje por Latinoamerica 1989, Fiesta y Tradicion 2024, Mexico Horizonte Musical, 50 Anos 2016, San Patricio (Ry Cooder, Chieftans) Music from Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, Brasil, Ecuador, Peru, Colombia, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Mexico
Homage to Chris Thompson (1951-2024) Waikato troubadour and Raglan resident for decades. Chris Thompson album from 1973, Coffee Breack1993, Song for Laura 1995, Where Is My Wild Rose? 2013. Adios querido amigo.
Wadih El Safi (King of Lebanon 2010), Sabah Fakhri + Simon Shaheen (two tenors 2000), Simon Shaheen & B M Bhaat (Saltanah 1997), Simon Shaheen & Qantara (Blue Flame 2001), Nancy Ajram (Nancy 20014), Mohamad Iskandar (Al Dabake 2005), Yousra
Prelude (2014)w/ Nelson Veras. Radio One (2016) w/ Benjamin Moussay & Fabrice Moreau. Autour de Chet (2016). Aires 2017 w/ Stephane Kerecky & Edouard Ferlet. Cuarteto Gaedel (2018) w/ Lionel Suerez, Vicente Sagal. Try! w/Airelle's Quartet Voice Isabel Sorling
DANIEL, me estas matando (Como Arruinarte la vida 2023, Grandes exitos Boleroglam 2021), Silvana Estrada (Primeras canciones 2018, Marchita 2021), Mon Laferte (Autopoietica 2023)
Live in Tokyo, CoreaxHancock, Directstep, Feets don't fail me now, The Piano, Mr. Hands,Herbie Hancock Trio, Future Shock, Village Life and more!
Musicians to perform at Raglan Country & Blues Festival. 26-28 Oct and at 30 Anniversary RCR Gig 8 Nov 2024Fred'Mo & Shayn 'Hurriacane' Willis, Penni Feather, Mojo Masters (Peter Skandera & Dave Maybee, Midge Marsden Band, Heavy Lounge Suite, Corner Stone Roots
Herbie Hancock special - Maiden Voyage, Blow-up, Speak like a child, Fat Albert Rotunda and Head Hunters
Mexican Folk > Mariachi & Rancheras. Celebration the first woman President in Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum. We say adios to the macho songs from the last century. Great music and some lyrics that reflect the Mexican macho from cantinas (bars) to feminicide. > Jose Alfredo Jimenez, Cuco Sanchez, Pedro Infante, Miguel Aceves Mejia, Trio Tariacuri, Trio Calaveras, Vicente Fernandez & others.
Music from Rio Grande do Sulo, Brasil, in comeration of the 20th of September - featuring Yamandu costa, Renato Borghetti, Teixerinha, Neto Fagundes, Os Araganos and more!
XAVIER . Another Band from East LA. How thw Wolf Survive?, Gates of Gold, Kiko and the Lavender Moon, By the Light of the Moon, All Night Running, CANTO Los Super Seven, Freddie fender, Flaco Jimenez, Caetano Veloso
Renaud Garcia Fons > Beyond the double Bass 2013, Paseo a dos 2016 w/ Dorantes piano > Le Soufle des cordes 2021 > Entremundo 2004 > Silk Moon 2014 w/ Derya Turkan > Farangi w/ Claire Antonini
Herbie Hancock 1960-1964 albums: Takin' Off, My Point of View, Inventions and Dimensions, Empyrean Isles.
Join Xavier on as he takes you on a musical journey through Palestine. Explore the sounds of Le Trio Joubran, Kamilya Jubran, Reem Kelani, Rim Bana, Haya Zaatri, and many more.
Part two of French music special featuring Edith Piaf, Sidney Bechet, Brigitte Bardot, Yann Tiersen, Rene Aubry, Laurent Dury and more!
We dedicate the programme to Toumani Diabate (1975- 19 July 2024) with Ali Farka Toure, Vieux Farka Toure, Boubacar Traore, Rokia Traore, Salif Keita.
Featuring Grace Bowers (!), Christone Kingfish Ingram, Albert King, Michael Kiwanuka, Hollies Smith and more!
Kayhan Kalhor from Iran with Ali Bahrami Fard, Madjid Khaladj, Toumany Diabate & Yo yo Ma Silk Road Ensamble.Albums: I will not stand alone 2012, Voices of the shades 2011, The Sky is the same colour everywhere 2023, SIng Me Home 2016.
Homage to Jazz composer, arranger, band leader and teacher Rodger Fox 1953-2024Live at Montreux, Rodger Fox Plays NZ and Midge Marsden and R F are back in town.New Zealand / Aotearoa Big Band Jazz
Acoustic guitarists, maestros and virtuosos from Brasil, Yamandu Costa, Maria Haro, Carlos Chaves, Camargo Guarnieri / Yo-Yo Ma, Hamilton de Holanda and more!
Tabla player extraordinaire Zakir Hussain has been playing since the seventies with people like John McLaughlin, the group Shakty, many jazz musicians and traditional Indian musicians. Zakir will be playing in Auckland on 29 June with Kala Ramnath and Jayanthi Kumaresh.
Rock from Porto Alegre, Brasi - - in support of floods in southern Brasil. , Wander Wildner, TNT, Bide ou Blade, Ultram,en, engenheiros do Hawaii, Nei Van Soria and more
playlist by Rafael Becerra.Kir Haranhan, Verical Currency, Desire develops an edge, Beautiful Scars, At home in anger, Tenderness, Cresent moon waining. Jack Bruce, Steve Swallow, carla Bley, Orlando Puntilla Rios, etc
MUSIC AND MUSICIANS FROM OAXACA, MEXICO. Zapotecos de Juchitan, Lila Downs, Suusana Harp, Mixes del rio Pchini, La Marimba del estado de Oaxca, Geo Meneses, Alejandra Robles, Huaves de San Mateo del Mar
Afro Jazz from East and West Africa, featuring Sean Kuti, Made Kuti, Fela Kuti, Newen Afrobeat, Janalle Monaem and more...
50 years of Art Ensemble of Chicago music. Roscoe Mitchell, Lester Bowie, Joseph Jarman, Malachi Favors, Don Moye, Fontella Bass. Play list by Rafael Becerra
social content music. Goran Brgovic, Leon Gieco, Carlos Varela, Gaby Moreno, Van Dyke Parks, Guillermo Velazquez y los leones de la sierra de Xichu, Archie Shepp, Ruben Blade, Ry Cooder, Joan Baez
Latioamericanas. #Gaby Moreno (Guatemala- L. A.), #Mon Laferte (Chile-Mexico), #Pascuala Ilabaca y Fauna (Chile), #Maria Cristina Plata (Colombia), #Ximena Sarinana y #Sonora Santanera (Mexico), #Astrid Hadad (Mexico), #Leiden (Cuba-Mexico), #Mamselle Ruiz (Mexico-Canada), #Bia (Brasil-Canada)
Celebrating International Woman's Dat (8March) with: Lady Blackbird (USA/England), Fatuomata Diawara (Mali), Leyla McCalla & Cecile McLorin Salvat (USA/Haiti), Yasmine Hamdam (Lebanon), Christine Salem (Reunion Island)
Mortal. Dia de los muertos. Songs dedicated to the departed. Mexico. Cody Geil, Amparo Ochoa, Trio Tariacuri, Linda Rostandt, Los Folkloristas, Miguel Aceves Mejia, Julieta Venegas, Jenni Rivera, Ramon Ayala, Los Apson, Astrid Hadad, Lila Downs, Caetano Veloso, Cafe Tacuba.
1970s Black Rio movement Rio de Janeiro Brasil featuring Tim Maia, Banda Black Rio, Gerson King Combo and many others...
New LatinAmerican tendencies, playlist by Arturo Meade with music from Mexico, Colombia, Chlie, Argentina, Catalonia. Leon Chavez Texeira, La La, Pacuala Ilabaca y Fauna, Muerdo, Riosenti, Guillem Roma, Coro Acardenchado, Alejandro Preisser, Carin Leon, Ruzzi y Ximena Sarinana, Diuna del Mar, Renee Goust y la Bruja de Texcoco, Fernando Milagros, Silvana Estrada, Natalia Doco, Adrian Qhesada, Las Anez, Masilva, Planta & Canta & Los Cafres.
Rubén González, Chucho Valdés, Buika, Pablo Milanés, Bebo y Chucho Valdés, Bebo y Cigala, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Ron Cárter & Jack DeJohnette.
Collection of Afrobeat sounds, featuring Ebo Taylor, Orlando Julius, Mulatu Astatke and others
Indo-Jazz. Alice Coltrane, Pharoa Sanders, Dave Holland, Zakir Hussain, Chris Porter, John McLaughlin, Jan Garbarek, Andy Sheppard, Shakti, Charles Lloyd, Eric Harland, Rudresh Mahanthappa, Arun Ghosh. ECM
Latin Jazz. Arturo O'Farrill, Chucho Valdes, Marialy Pacheco, Omar Sosa. Cuba. Chano Domingues, Spain, Rubem Dantes & Hamilton de Holanda, Brasil. Cal Tjader USA, Eddie Palmieri, Puerto Rico, Afro-Peruvian Jazz Orchestra.
Homage to the late John Grenell with guest presenter Dave Maybee, guitarist and producer of some of John’s live tours and recent recordings.
xavier presenting a 5 decades Journey of the music of Ry Cooder. Flaco Jimenez, Rolling Stones, Manuel Galban, Buena Vista, Wim Wenders, Chieftans, Taj Mahal
Xavier Meade and Rodrigo Hill are in studio to talk about World Music, their Musical Journeys show on Raglan Community Radio and what inspires them.
xavier plays Tropical Music, to dance with. Ignacio Pineiro, Ozomatli, Juan Luis Guerra, Mike Laura, Sierra Maestra, Sonora Santanera, Sonora Matancera, Los Angeles Azules, Cuba LA and a few more. Cuba, Mexico, Dominicana, Colombia.
Some of the finest from Brasil, Airto Moreira, Hermeto Pascoal, Dom Um Romao, and more!