June 16, 2013 – Kick It Up

feat. Clifford Brown and Max Roach, Joe McPhee & Dominic Duval, Joe Morris Ensemble, Ensemble Supermusique, Elfin Saddle, Bill Frisell, Art Bears, Soweto Kinch, Burning Spear, Rhys Chatham, Amy Denio, Broadcast, The Who (pictured), Harmonia, Lata Mangeshkar, Gino Washington, Tom Waits, Lou Reed, Hoodoo Gurus, Romeo Void, Roland Kirk and Shalabi Effect!

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June 9, 2013 – Kick O’ My Heart

Feat. Otis G. Johnson, Peter Kowald / Werner Lüdi / Butch Morris / Sainkho Namtchylak, Nick Fraser, Ratchet Orchestra, David Bowie, Black Twig Pickers, Borrah Minevitch & His Harmonica Rascals (pictured), Syd Barrett, Kiran Ahluwalia and Tinariwen, Hâfiz Burhân Sesyilmaz, Selda, Cyclopean, Ennio Morricone, Edda Dell’Orso, The Fall, Carl Stone, Renaldo & The Loaf, Jamaican Queens, Roland Kirk and Jackie Mittoo.

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June 2, 2013 – Astral Plane

feat. West Nkosi, Celestine Ukwu and his Philosophers National, Ornette Coleman, Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers, Robert Dick, Electric Bird Noise, Michael Reinhart & Singers of Nunavut, Eugene Chadbourne, The Holy Modal Rounders, Jayme Stone and Mansa Sissoko, The Turtles, Roger Kellaway, Pierre Brasseur/Boris Vian, Sly & the Family Stone, Marcos Valle, The Incredible String Band (pictured), Miriodor, Anna Russell, Vieux Farka Touré, M. Makhuwele and chorus, B-52′s, Roland Kirk and Geordie Haley!

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May 26, 2013 – Kicks for Cats

Feat. Rudresh Mahanthappa, Roscoe Mitchell with Tyshawn Sorey, Black Host, Jacob Miller, Snooks Eaglin, Philip Glass, Echo Beach, A Tribe Called Red, Bachir Attar with Elliot Sharp, Maryam Olomi, Hariláos Piperákis, Richard Pinhas, Die Trip Computer Die (pictured), The Dirtbombs, Cinema L’amour, Ray Manzarek, Soup, The Cockroaches, Poison Girls, The Coup, Roland Kirk and Maxime de la Rochefoucauld.

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Look, ma! Videos!

• Jacob Miller – Tired Fe Lick Weed, 22-04-’78
• Rudresh Mahanthappa “Rune:Breakfastlunchanddinner”
• Master Musicians of Jajouka led by Bachir Attar – Montreal
• Richard Pinhas et Oren Ambarchi en concert à l’Epace B le 9 avril 2013
• The Coup – Fat Cats and Bigga Fish

May 19, 2013 – Plutonian Kicks

feat. Sun Ra (pictured), Fela Kuti, Muddy Waters, Martha Cinader’s Po’azz Yö’azz, Sue Cummings, Michelle Serros, Dead Kennedys, The Fall, Chrissy Zebby Tembo & Ngozi Family, Cheikh Mohamed Riffi, Can, Steve Mackay, Scott Richardson, Bananarama, Emily’s Sassy Lime, The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy, Roland Kirk, and Shalabi Effect!

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Video swerves for your optic nerves:

• Sun Ra Arkestra aka Sun Ra All Stars West Berlin 1983
• Fela Kuti – Teacher Don’t Teach Me Nonsense
• Dead Kennedys: Nazi Punks : London 1982
• The Fall  – Gray [later, Sir William Wray] Studio Lowry Salford 23.09.12
• Expatriate – Steve Mackay

May 12, 2013 – Kick Bag

Feat. Led Zeppelin, Cedric Brooks (RIP, pictured, center) & the Mystic Revelation of Rastafari, Im & Dave, Earl King, H.K Williams, Roberto de Simone, Charles Bukowski, Son De Madera, Group Doueh, Neil Young with Crazy Horse, My Bloody Valentine, Raulzinho e Impacto 8, The Key Lites, Ranking Ann, Violent Femmes, MLK RDDD, Roland Kirk and Jackie Mittoo.

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Take a peek into these goodies, too!

• Roberto de Simone da “La Gatta Cenerentola” – 2° coro delle lavandaie
• Son De Madera Perform at the 2009 Smithsonian Folklife Festival
• Neil Young with Crazy Horse: Ramada Inn (Official Video)
• Jimmy Cliff & The Mystic Revelation Of Rastafari – Bongo Man (A Come)
• Machine – Violent Femmes
• Led Zeppelin – Ten Years Gone

May 5, 2013 – Sunday Kicking People

feat. Igor Stravinsky/Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Cedric Im Brooks (RIP), Francis Bebey, Wadada Leo Smith & Louis Moholo-Moholo (pictured), Mostly Other People Do The Killing, R. Stevie Moore, Zoo, Iva Bittová, Tanya Tagaq, Andrea-Jane Cornell, Irmin Schmidt, My Bloody Valentine, Ergo Phizmiz, Roots Manuva, The Pretty Things, Honey Cone, Roland Kirk and Johnnie Osbourne!

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and now, yer vidz:

• Ballet – Stravinsky Le Sacre du Printemps – P Boulez Orch de Paris 2002
• WADADA LEO SMITH & LOUIS MOHOLO-MOHOLO
• Iva Bittova – Live at Minoriten Wels 2013 04 19
• Tanya Tagaq, Jesse Zubot & Jean Martin – Satellit Café (Paris, FR)
• Roots Manuva – Colossal Insight