Ziad Nawfal for Radio Alhara // 23 April 2020

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A one-hour mix for Radio Alhara in Palestine, with alternative, electronica and experimental tracks by artists from Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt and Palestine:

1. Love & Revenge – Allo? [2017]
2. DJ Sotusura – Al Hara [2019]
3. Muqata’a – Faltakon [2018]
4. Karkhana – Nafas [2016]
5. Jerusalem In My Heart – Bein Ithnein [2018]
6. Marc Codsi – Invocation I [2019]
7. Jawad Nawfal – STO On A VHS [2019]
8. Kinematik – Al-Qulub al-Mughallafa Bet-Turab la Tankaser [2020]
9. Praed – El Khawaga [2018]
10. Serge Yared – The State of The Union [2020]
11. Sary Moussa – In Praise of Shadows [2020]
12. Aya Metwalli – Fein Enta [2017]
13. The Bunny Tylers – Let There Be Light [2020]
14. PanSTARRS – Dor Elfo2 [2020]
15. Kid Fourteen – Everybody Wants A Strong Man [2019]
16. El Rass – El Akh Men Weyn? [2016]
17. Al Rajul Al Hadidi – Qossat Al Tapline [2018]

Décalages Radio Show // 19 April 2020

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Live broadcast from Radio Lebanon 96.2FM [Beirut] with song-by-song audio commentary:

1. Laura Cantrell – Love Vigilantes (New Order cover)
2. Daniel Rossen – Waterfall (Judee Sill cover) 
3. Jesse Malin – Walk On The Wild Side (Lou Reed cover)
4. Steve Earle – Way Down In The Hole (Tom Waits cover)
5. Tom Waits – Jockey Full Of Bourbon
6. Hiss Golden Messenger – Wish I Had Not Said That (J.J. Cale cover)
7. Ian Matthews – These Days (Jackson Browne cover)
8. Nico – The Fairest Of The Seasons 
9. Steve Gunn – 60/40 (Nico cover) 
10. Polar – Outdoor Miner (Wire cover) 
11. Martin L. Gore – Compulsion (Joe Crow cover) 
12. Paul Quinn & Edwyn Collins – Pale Blue Eyes (Velvet Underground cover) 
13. Marianne Faithfull – Reason To Believe (Tim Hardin cover) 
14. Paul Weller – Black Sheep Boy (Tim Hardin cover) 
15. Chappaquiddick Skyline – Leave Me Alone (New Order cover) 
16. Rickie Lee Jones – Up From The Skies (Jimi Hendrix cover) 
17. Van Morrison – It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue (Bob Dylan cover) 
18. Ben Watt – You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go (Bob Dylan cover) 
19. Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy – A Minor Place 
20. The Wedding Present – Cattle And Cane (Go-Betweens cover) 
21. Brian Eno – I’ll Come Running (To Tie Your Shoes) 
22. Dexys Midnight Runners – I Love You (Listen To This) 
23. Johnny Cash – The Man Comes Around 
24. Mark Lanegan & Isobel Campbell – The Breaking Hands (The Gun Club cover) 
25. The Shins – New Slang 
26. Pavement – Here
27. Tindersticks – Here (Pavement cover) 
28. John Prine – I Have Met My Love Today 
29. Astrud Gilberto – Maria Quiet 
30. Bill Fay – Love Will Remain 
31. Tim Buckley – Happy Time 
32. Martha Wainwright – Love Is A Stranger (Eurythmics cover)         

Décalages Radio Show // 12 April 2020

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Live broadcast from Radio Lebanon 96.2FM [Beirut] with song-by-song audio commentary:

1. Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti – Baby (Donnie & Joe Emerson cover)
2. Belle & Sebastian – Crash (The Primitives cover)
3. Ben Sollee – A Change Is Gonna Come (Sam Cooke cover)
4. Cat Power – Dark End Of The Street (Aretha Franklin cover)
5. Chromatics – I’m On Fire (Bruce Springsteen cover)
6. Devendra Banhart – Don’t Look Back In Anger (Oasis cover)
7. Mott The Hoople – Sweet Jane (The Velvet Underground cover)
8. Echo & The Bunnymen – I’m Waiting For My Man (The Velvet Underground cover)
9. Grizzly Bear – And I Was A Boy From School (Hot Chip cover)
10. A Camp – Walking The Cow (Daniel Johnston cover)
11. Spiritualized – True Love Will Find You In The End (Daniel Johnston cover)
12. Joan As Police Woman – Fire (Jimi Hendrix cover)
13. M Ward – Green River (Creedence Clearwater Revival cover)
14. Micah P. Hinson – Are You Lonesome Tonight (Elvis Presley cover)
15. Robert Wyatt – Biko (Peter Gabriel cover)
16. Seu Jorge – Five Years (David Bowie cover)
17. Martha Wainwright – See Emily Play (Pink Floyd cover)
18. Charles Bradley – Stay Away (Nirvana cover)
19. Anita Lane – Home Is Where The Hatred Is (Gil Scott-Heron cover)
20. Lera Lynn – Wolf Like Me (TV On The Radio cover)
21. Kurt Vile – Way Back Then (John Prine cover)
22. Fever Ray – Here Before (Vashti Bunyan cover)
23. Turin Brakes – Moonlight Mile (The Rolling Stones cover)
24. Luna – Waiting On A Friend (The Rolling Stones cover)
25. Patti Smith – When Doves Cry (Prince cover)
26. Olivier Libeaux & Emiliana Torrini – Go With The Flow (Queens Of The Stone Age cover)
27. The Church – Hounds Of Love (Kate Bush cover)
28. Gemma Ray – When Do I Get To Carnegie Hall? (Sparks cover)
29. Death Cab For Cutie – Love Song (The Cure cover)
30. Marissa Nadler & Stephen Brodsky – In Spite Of Me (Morphine cover)
31. Anika – I Go To Sleep (The Pretenders cover)
32. Portishead – SOS (Abba cover)

Ruptures Radio Show // 01 April 2020

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Featuring musicians from Lebanon, Egypt, Palestine, Sweden, France & the USA:

1. Kid Fourteen – Drifter [2020]
2. Mutamassik – Rhythms Rattle On Death Pawns [2015]
3. Muqata’a – Ma Lam Yuqal [2018]
4. Sary Moussa – In Praise Of Shadows [2020]
5. Brothers Of Heliopolis – Inner Source [2019]
6. The Submarine Chronicles – Gin Ripples [2020]
7. Kinematik – Murur Al-Kiram [2020]
8. Johnny Kafta Anti-Vegetarian Orchestra – Bedo’s Lullaby [2015]
9. Aya Metwalli – Ya Qarawan [2019]
10. Marc Codsi – Encounters II [2019]
11. Youmna Saba – Nafas [2018]
12. Fadi Tabbal – The Death Of Strangers [2018]
13. Subchamber Ensmble – Skate Park Fauna [2019]
14. Rise 1969 – Autonomic Neuropathy [2019]
15. Ziad Moukarzel – Questions Of Worry [2018]

Ruptures Radio Show // 23 March 2020

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Live broadcast from “Ruptures” [Radio Lebanon 96.2FM] with song-by-song audio commentary:

1. Michel Legrand – Round Midnight [1968]
2. Joao Gilberto – Falsa Baiana [1973]
3. Daniel Johnston – Walking the Cow [1983]
4. 13th Floor Elevators w. Roky Erickson – Reverberation [1966]
5. Cream – Tales of Brave Ulysses [1967]
6. Dr. John – Revolution [2012]
7. Patti Smith – Redondo Beach [1975]
8. Rain Parade w. Dave Roback – Talking in my Sleep [1983]
9. Mazzy Star – Lay Myself Down [2013]
10. Purple Mountains w. David Berman – Darkness and Cold [2019]
11. Scott Walker – Dealer [1984]
12. This Mortal Coil w. Richenel – I Must Have Been Blind [1986]
13. Mark Hollis – The Gift [1998]
14. Throbbing Gristle – 20 Jazz Funk Greats [1979]
15. Gang of Four – Paralysed [2005]
16. Andrew Weatherall – Kicking the River [2016]

Ruptures Radio Show // 13 March 2020

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Live broadcast from “Ruptures” [Radio Lebanon 96.2FM] featuring musicians from Lebanon, Egypt, Tunisia, Turkey, Canada & the USA:

1. Kinematik – Murur al-kiram [LB, 2020]
2. Kozo – Project Japan [LB, 2019]
3. Jad Atoui & Jawad Nawfal – Vice versa [LB, 2020]
4. Elyse Tabet & Jawad Nawfal – Club of the landless [LB, 2019]
5. Kinematik – Al-qulub al-mughallafa bet-turab la tankaser [LB, 2020]
6. Postcards – Dead end [LB, 2020]
7. Dwarfs of East Agouza – The green dogs of Dahshur [EG/CA/USA, 2020]
8. Karkhana – Rock farock [LB/EG/TR/CA/USA, 2020]
9. Kinematik – … w kaza [LB, 2020]
10. Gizzmo – Debug [LB, 2017]
11. Deena Abdelwahed – Zardet sidi bagra [TN, 2020]
12. Kid Fourteen – Nobody came, nobody wants to [LB, 2020]
13. PanSTARRS – Blur [EG, 2019]