Wavelength World Of Music - Jan 30, 2026

Wavelength World of Music - January 30, 2026
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Playlist
(00.15) Grateful Dead/The Promised Land   (05.22) Fairport Convention/Promised Land   (08.21) Benny Andersson/I Let The Music Speak   (14.45) James Taylor/Mexico   (17.36) Carmen Souza/Song For My Father   (22.17) Drifting Clouds/Bawuypawuy   (29.23) Longplayer (excerpt)   (30.31) Carla Geneve/Better Believe It   (32.46) Izzy Escobar/Vendetta   (35.47)   Midnight Oil/When The Generals Talk   (42.10) Split Enz/I Got You   (45.35) Tim Finn/Made My Day   (48.50) Emma Swift/Beautiful Ruins   (56.12) Mickey Newbury_Dr Martin Luther King Jnr/An
American Trilogy_'I Have A Dream'   (01.01.05) Bobi Wine/Time Bomb Corruption   (01.08.25) Grimethorpe Colliery Band/Nimrod

Program Links
Bobi Wine
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c77k8pym06zo
The Uganda Election  
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c205dd7gjrpo

Split Enz Reunion  
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-15/split-enz-back-on-tour-after-17-years-/106234966

Rob Hirst Obituary  
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/jan/20/rob-hirst-midnight-oil-drummer-and-founding-member-dies-aged-70

Bob Weir
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cly95x9qe4ko 
Weir's 10 Best Recordings https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/jan/12/bob-weir-grateful-dead-10-best-recordings   

Longplayer
Info & listen live  https://longplayer.org/     (then, use browser link http://icecast.spc.org:8000/longplayer )
Played Live, 12/9/09  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhEI3FEvxU0   
BBC Witness History https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct74r2 
Wikipedia  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longplayer   
Jem Finer  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jem_Finer

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