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On Weds May 28, Bodega Pop Live on WFMU's Give the Drummer Radio led a 3-hour tour from the dawn of Hindi cinema to this year's hottest hits from the indefatigable film factories of Mumbai.
Toss back a bottle of Bombay Gin with Bollywood’s biggest lush, K.L. Saigal! Thrill to the lilting highs and lows of Lata Mangeshkar’s fiercest competitors: Shamshad Begum, Geeta Dutt and Rajkumari! Get your hip drive, shoulder shuffle and hair flip on to Hindi funk, soul, disco, rock and hip-hop unavailable on any compilation!
Listen to the show in the archives now
On Wednesday, May 14, Bodega Pop Live on WFMU's Give the Drummer Radio paid homage to everyone's favorite vices, alternately panegyrized and censured by Brazilian 420 activists, Palestinian Just-Say-No-ers, handjob-begging Islamic punks, and guitar heroes and haters from Beijing to Warsaw.
Track list c/o Peter Doolan (who also supplied singer name + album title):
01. lam siphandone
02. khap som
03. lam siphandone
04. khap som
The owner of the Vientiane Asian Grocery Store in Seattle's Othello neighborhood recommended this wonderful album to me and I took his advice -- smart move on my part. Nothing but this woman's incredibly soulful, colorful voice with khaen accompaniment. During the aforementioned show last week, listener Hyde requested that I post this -- and, so, here it is.
From 7-10 PM EDT Wednesday, May 14, Bodega Pop Live on WFMU's Give the Drummer Radio pays homage to everyone's favorite vices, alternately panegyrized and censured by Brazilian 420 activists, Palestinian Just-Say-No-ers, handjob-begging Islamic punks, and guitar heroes and haters from Beijing to Warsaw.
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