1 - C W Stoneking's King Hokum - Don't Go Dancin' Down The Darktown Strutter's Ball - C W Stoneking's King Hokum - Australia - Voodoo Rhythms - VRCD38
2 - Goreala - Outro - Metaphor Za Mtaa - Kenya - Culture Taxi -
Radio Ping Pong with Garth Cartwright (*)
*3 - Dzansever: - Ce Aysunu - Princes amongst Men - Macedonia - Asphalt Tango - CD-ATR 1608
4 - Sexteto Nacional featuring Carusito - Siboney - The Music of Cuba 1909-51 - Cuba - Columbia - 498 709-2 t.7
5 - Felix Lajko - BBC Improvisation 1 (violin) - In session - Hungary/Serbia
*6 - Azis - Buda Bar - Naked - Serbia - Sunny Music - MK 10465
7 - Kries - Lepi Juro Kries Nalaze - Kocijani - Croatia - Kopito - KR 006 CD
*8 - Gazmend Rama - untitled excerpt - Tallava Turbo Live - Kosovo (NB, not Albania -see Garth's note below) - - CD-R
9 - Group Doueh - Cheyla Ya Haiuune - Guitar Music from Western Sahara - Mauritania - Sublime Frequencies -
10 - Jae-P - Latinos Unidos - Esperanza - USA - Univision - 0883 10278 2
11 - Alejandro Fernandez - Paso del Norte - Que Seas Muy Feliz - Mexico - Epic - EPC 479 835
*12 - Lydia Mendoza - Mi Problema - La Gloria de Texas - USA - Arhoolie - CD3012
13 - John Trudell - Dizzy Duck - Blue Indians - USA - Ulftone - UTCD813
*14 - Willy DeVille - The Band Played On - Pistola - USA - Eagle - CD 368
14 - Felix Lajko - BBC Improvisation 2 (violin) - In session - Hungary/Serbia
15 - Felix Lajko - BBC Improvisation 3 (zither) - In session - Hungary/Serbia
16 - Felix Lajko - BBC Improvisation 4 (violin & zither) - In session - Hungary/Serbia
17 - Diana Jones - Pony - Live in session - USA
------------------------------------

Felix Lajko
(photo by Felix Carey)
Felix Lajko is a violin wizard from Serbia who also plays zither. In this programme, he played a couple of violin improvisations and ended by double tracking himself, first laying down a backing track on zither. He then had a practice run on violin and then, having learned where the gaps were, he played the finished take. Thrilling and impressive.
Garth Cartwright is the writer familiar to readers of the forum for his forthright views, and it can be a surprise to find the man himself is much more gentle than the impression left by his words on a page. His unerringly hones in the best tracks to play and ranges as far and wide as anyone he likely to run across.
Garth's current book is Prince Amongst Men and his next will be More Miles Than Money. The music in this selection illustrates both of them.