ARTIST ... Origin
Title  Duration
(Album) [Label]

SALALA .... Madagascar
Lanitra Manga Manga 2'55
(Strictly Worldwide x 4) [Piranha]
Sublime a capella. Lifted from their album "Salala".

JUSTIN VALI TRIO .... Madagascar
Baobab 8'10
(WOMADELAIDE 95) [ABC Music]
I have had many questions about the selections for this important compilation from the festival that has become a major event and talking point. So, on April 14, I'll talk to the album's producer, Paul Petran, a highly regarded and hard-working ABC Radio producer and presenter. Our main topic will of course be the realities and process of assembling and releasing such a disc.

SOWETO STRING QUARTET .... South Africa
(a) Thul'u Lalele - Shut Up and Listen 2'29
(b) Nkosi Sikhelel' i Africa - God Bless Africa 2'52
(c) Mbayi Mbayi 0'54
(Zebra Crossing) [BMG]
The second piece is now one of South Africa's two national anthems. This group will tour Australia shortly, encompassing classical ideas, mbaqanga flavours and more famous pop tunes. Listen in to OK Africa on PBS Thursday nights 8:30 - 10. Systa BB is arranging to have these interesting characters in the studio for a chat.

Ayub OGADA .... Kenya / UK
Wa Winjigo Ero 3'29
(En Mana Kuoyo) [Real World]

FATALA .... Guinea
Maané 3'00
(Gongoma Times) [Real World]

FARAFINA .... Burkina Faso
Moroman Woulele 4'26
(Bolomakoté) [VeraBra]

Jon HASSELL & FARAFINA .... USA / Burkina Faso
Dreamworld 4'51
(Flash of the Spirit) [Institution / Capitol]

PAN AFRICAN ORCHESTRA .... Ghana
Adawura Kasa 3'41
(Opus 1) [Real World]

Rabih ABOU-KHALIL .... Lebanon / Germany
A Night in the Mountains 8'33
(Blue Camel) [Enja]
Arabic-jazz crossover with Charlie MARIANO, Steve SWALLOW, Kenny WHEELER, Nabil KHAIAT and Milton CARDONA, all grooving along to this mans virtuosic oud playing.

Gandrung TEMU & BASUKI plus instrumentalists .... Indonesia
Delimoan 6'30
(Songs Before Dawn: Gandrung Banyuwangi) [Smithsonian Folkways]
Recordings by Philip YAMPOLSKY.

Nusrat FATEH ALI KHAN & PARTY .... Pakistan
Musst Musst 10'40
(WOMADELAIDE 95) [ABC Music]
See notes above.

Mike RUDD & Bill PUTT .... Australia
Living on a Volcano 4'16
(Living on a Volcano) [independent]

SIROCCO .... Australia
Stars & Fires 4'44
(Stars & Fires) [ABC Music]

MATERIAL .... USA
Cucumber Slumber 8'00
(Hallucination Engine) [Axiom]