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It's all over the globe for this episode of 'If It Rotates'... the first 6 records are from six different countries!  We got Bulgarian pop, Peruvian grooves, a great Tito Puente song with a sassy little organ, and an Italian cover version of Viva Tirado that came out in Brazil!  Also there's the great groove of the Violinaires 'Groovin with Jesus', Ellen McIlwaine's folk-funk, and a deep deep Brazillian soul tune to finish it off - definitely check out this show!

 Jordanka Hristova - I Want to Fly
Chocolate Boys - Voltaire Pier
Tito Puente - Fancy Feet
Nilo Espinosa - Nuestra Historia de Amor
The Duke of Burlington - Viva Tirado Part 2
El Chicles - Babalu
The Violinaires - Groovin With Jesus
Lou Rawls - Season of the Witch
Cane and Able - Girl You Move Me Part 2
Ellen McIlwaine - Jimmy Jean
Dobie Grey - The "In" Crowd
Vicki Anderson - Baby Don't You Know
Bessie Banks - Don't You Worry Baby the Best Is Yet To Come
Milton Nascimento - Clube de Esquina no 2

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Show #19 is all over the map (in a good way).  I was inspired by both my recent acquisition of Ray Stephen Oche's awesome album 'Interpretations of the Original Rhythm' (great title, too!) and a trip to the awesome Toronto funk party 'Turning Point', at the Gladstone Hotel.  Everything starts off with the funk that you know the show for (including some funky Sesame street), and then we get to the African musicians, British people pretending to be African, Mr. Bongo, more great Brazillian tunes, and lots more.

The Pazant Brothers and the Beaufort Express - A Gritty Nitty
Eddie Bo - Hook and Sling (part 1)
The Poets of Rhythm - Guiding Resolution
The Vibrations - Ain't No Greens In Harlem
Susan from Sesame Street - The ABC Song
Monk Montgomery - Fuselage (part 2)
Mandingo - The Cheetah
Ray Stephen Oche - Okwukwu-Kiwongo
Jack Costanzo - Cumbanchero
Os 5 Sambistas - Poera
Jair Rodrigues - Deixa Isso Pra La
Wando - Nega De Obaluae
Yambu - Sunny
Lonnie Liston Smith - Expansions

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It's Jesus Week here at the If It Rotates HQ, with a show full of funky religious tunes!  Funk was such a pervasive musical force in the 70s, that even religious folks got hip. The show this week has everything from funky reverends, to gospel disco, to jazz greats, to religious instrumentals (Q: is this even possible?), some Brazillian tunes, and finishes on some great Jamaican gospel.  Feel the spirit, and check it out!

The Reverend C. Coleman - The Dope Song
The Dramatics - The Devil is Dope
Bohannon Band - Save Their Souls
Curtis Mayfield - I Plan To Stay A Believer
The Don Isaac Ezekiel Combination - The Preacher Man
Emilio Santiago - Brother
Erlon Chaves - Jesus Cristo
Roy Ayres - He's A Superstar
The New York Community Choir - Express Yourself
The Voices of East Harlem - Right On Be Free
The Winstons - Amen Brother
Love Is All Around - Time to Run
The Reverend C. Coleman - Rockgospeltime (Parts 1,2)
Claudelle Clarke - How Great Is Our God
Sister Jackson, the Reverend V.B., & Choir - When This Life on Earth is Ended

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