Velvet Einstein

From punk to classical, from Paris to Hong Kong, from noise to polyphony, from the islands of Cape Verde to the islands of Cape Verde to the island of Alameda, all without leaving the comfort of your frequency.

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Next on air: Saturday, May 19, 2012 - 6:30pm - 9:00pm

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4/28/2012

8:57pm	Ceu - "Baile de Ilusao" - Caravana Sereia Bloom (Six Degrees)
8:55pm	- - "-" - - (-)
8:51pm	Taraf de Haidouks & Kocani Orkestar - "I Am a Gigolo" - Band of Gypsies 2 (Crammed)
8:46pm	Goran Bregovic - "Hop Hop Hop" - Welcome to... (Mercury)
8:42pm	Balkan Beat Box - "Suki Muki" - Give (National Geographic)
8:39pm	- - "-" - - (-)
8:36pm	Carolina Chocolate Drops - "Po' Black Sheep" - Leaving Eden (Nonesuch)
8:33pm	Gangastagrass - "Put Your Hands Up High" - S/T (S/R)
8:29pm	Abigail Washburn - "Burn Thru" - City of Refuge (-)
8:24pm	Andrew Bird - "Lusitania" - Break It Yourself (Mom + Pop)
8:21pm	Hauschka - "Subconscious" - Salon des amateurs (Fatcat)
8:17pm	Kronos Quartet - "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" - Chimes of Freedom: The Songs of Bob Dylan (Amnesty Intl)
8:16pm	- - "-" - - (-)
8:13pm	Luna - "California (All the Way)" - Bewitched (Elektra)
8:11pm	Bernard Chabert - "Il Part En Californie (He Moved to California)" - Groove Club Vol. 1: La Confiserie Magique (Lion)
8:08pm	- - "-" - - (-)
8:06pm	Marie Laforet - "A Demain My Darling" - C'est Chic: French Girl Singers of the 1960s (Ace)
8:04pm	The Bandana Splits - "Ricky Dee" - Mr. Sam Presents the Bandana Splits (Boy Scout)
8:02pm	The Secret Sisters - "My Heart Skips a Beat" - S/T (Beladroit)
7:59pm	Rose Maddox - "Move It On Over" - Let's Have a Party: Girls Gone Rockin Vol. 2 (Fantastic Voyage)
7:57pm	Peggy Lee - "Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!" - The Best of the Singles Collection (Capitol)
7:54pm	The Ladybugs - "It's the Last Time" - Del-fi Girl Groups (Del-Fi)
7:52pm	- - "--" - - (-)
7:48pm	Sam Cooke - "Another Saturday Night" - Portrait of a Legend (-)
7:45pm	The Orlons - "Knock! Knock! (Who's There?)" - The Best of the Orlons (-)
7:43pm	The Dixie Cups - "Iko Iko" - The Complete Recordings (Sun)
7:39pm	Gilberto Gil - "Meninas de Programa" - Brizzi do brazil (Amiata)
7:35pm	Caetano Veloso & David Byrne - "Manhata" - Live at Carnegie Hall (Nonesuch)
7:30pm	- - "-" - - (-)
7:25pm	Jorge Ben - "Take it Easy My Brother Charlie" - Puro Suingue (Universal)
7:23pm	Tito Puente y Su Orchestra - "Timbalito" - Rough Guide to Boogaloo (World Music Network)
7:19pm	Quantic & Alice Russell with Combo Barbaro - "Su Suzy" - Look Around the Corner (Tru Thoughts)
7:16pm	- - "-" - - (-)
7:12pm	Tortoise - "The Taut and the Tame" - millions now living will never die (Thrill Jockey)
7:08pm	Apparat - "Fractales Pt. I" - Walls (Shitkatapult Strike)
7:04pm	Yppah - "Gumball Machine Weekend" - They Know What Ghosts Know (Ninja Tune)
6:58pm	Yann Tiersen - "Forgive Me" - Skyline (Anti-)
6:56pm	- - "-" - - (-)
6:52pm	Death from Above 1979 - "Little Girl" - You're a Woman, I'm a Machine (Vice)
6:49pm	Gary Clark Jr. - "Don't Owe You a Thang" - The Bright Lights EP (Warner Bros)
6:45pm	The Black Keys - "Everlasting Light" - Brothers (Nonesuch)
6:41pm	Amadou and Mariam - "Sans Toi" - Folila (Nonesuch)
6:38pm	- - "-" - - (-)
6:34pm	Martina Topley-Bird - "Phoenix" - Some Place Simple (Ipecac)
5:28pm	Giant Ant Farm - "Pirate Song" - Fortuen (Vaccination)
5:25pm	Starfucker - "Dance Face 2000" - Jupiter (Badman)
5:22pm	Loden - "Alice Go Go Go" - Buggy (Mush)
5:20pm	- - "-" - - (-)
5:16pm	Tuareg geeks - "mao's on fire" - What's the Morden? (523 Studio)
5:12pm	Books on Tape - "the truth, the whole truth, & an assortment of lies" - The Business End (Greyday Productions)
5:04pm	Konono No. 1 - "Paradiso" - Congotronics (Crammed)
5:02pm	- - "-" - - (-)
4:59pm	Zoe Boekbinder - "Paralyzing" - Artichoke Perfume (S/R)
4:56pm	Stephaniesid - "Big Grey Peepers" - Warm People (Nine Mile)
4:52pm	Perfume Genius - "Normal Song" - Put Your Back N 2 It (Matador)
4:48pm	K'Naan - "With God on our Side" - Chimes of Freedom: The Songs of Bob Dylan (Amnesty Intl)
4:42pm	Sufjan Stevens - "Movement I: In the Countenance of Kings" - The BQE (Asthmatic Kitty)

3/31/2012

8:57pm	A Broken Consort - "The Elder Lie" - Box of Birch (Tompkins Square)
8:55pm	- - "-" - - (-)
8:52pm	Charlotte Gainsbourg - "All the Rain" - Stage Whisper (Elektra)
8:49pm	Perfume Genius - "Hood" - Put Your Back N 2 It (Matador)
8:45pm	Laura Gibson - "Skin, Warming Skin" - La Grande (Barsuk)
8:40pm	Tindersticks - "Show Me Everything" - The Something Rain (Constellation)
8:38pm	- - "-" - - (-)
8:34pm	Air - "Astronomic Club" - Le Voyage Dans La Lune (Astralwerks)
8:30pm	DJ Premier - "Re-Generation" - RE:Generation (Hyundai Veloster)
8:26pm	Bonobo - "Eyesdown (Machinedrum remix)" - Black Sands Remix (Ninja Tune)
8:21pm	Wax Tailor - "Once Upon A Past" - Hope & Sorrow (Decon)
8:17pm	Four-Tet - "She moves she" - Rounds (Domino)
8:15pm	- - "-" - - (-)
8:10pm	Fredrik - "Inventress of Ill (and Everything) (Eluvium Remix)" - Ornament EP (-)
8:08pm	- Fredrik Interview - - "-" - - (-)
8:04pm	Fredrik - "Fever and Foam" - Ornament EP (-)
8:01pm	- - "-" - - (-)
7:57pm	Fredrik - "Alina's Place" - Na Na Ni (Kora)
7:54pm	John K. Samson - "Grace General" - Provincial (Epitaph)
7:52pm	- - "-" - - (-)
7:48pm	Da Jim - "Rok Bid" - 4 - Twilight Zone (Grammy)
7:45pm	Namie Amuro - "Alarm" - Best Fiction (Avex)
7:40pm	Beige - "The Rhythm! The Message?" - Osmosis (Leaf)
7:34pm	Alarm Will Sound - "Yo Shakespeare" - A/rythmia (Nonesuch)
7:30pm	- - "-" - - (-)
7:26pm	Transglobal Underground - "Shining Iron Face" - Rejoice Rejoice (Universal)
7:23pm	Balkan Beat Box - "Porno Clown" - Give (National Geographic)
7:20pm	Gangstagrass - "Click Ol' Gun" - Gangstagrass (S/R)
7:17pm	Carolina Chocolate Drops - "Cornbread and Butterbeans" - Genuine Negro Jig (Nonesuch)
7:13pm	Taraf de Haidouks - "Hora ca la ursari" - Taraf de Haidouk (Nonesuch)
7:09pm	The Lost Fingers - "Pump up the Jam" - Lost in the 80s (Tandem)
7:07pm	- - "-" - - (-)
7:04pm	Thomas Dutronc - "N.A.S.D.A.Q." - Comme Un Manouche Sans Guitare (Universal island)
6:59pm	(The Real) Tuesday Weld - "L'amour et la morte" - Where Psyche Meets Cupid (Kindercore)
6:54pm	Beta Band - "Alleged" - Hot Shots II (Regal)
6:50pm	Darkel - "Beautiful Woman" - S/T (Astralwerks)
6:47pm	M. Ward - "I Get Ideas" - A Wasteland Companion (Merge)
6:45pm	- - "-" - - (-)
6:41pm	Yann Tiersen - "Hesitation Wound" - Skyline (Anti-)
6:36pm	Anna Clyne - "Fits + Starts" - Blue Moth (Tzadik)
6:30pm	Ed Pias - "Part 2" - Ancestor's Halo (Extreme)
6:27pm	Clint Mansell - "We Got the Gun" - Pi (Thrive)
6:24pm	Yann Tiersen - "Les Jours Tristes" - L'Absente (Virgin France)