One Degree above Zero

Someone on the Sound of the World forum said that they liked it '1 degree above zero' so that is this week's feel. Rather than a bar (smoky dimly lit and underground) though, I am wrapped in a blanket sitting round a fire waiting for the kettle to boil and its a little chilly because its dusk. Starting with a little Canadiana, then a sevdalinka from an album called Bent Basa (www.myspace.com/bentbasa) which I highly recommend you purchase immediately. Moving into, and strangely it blends, a bit of flamenco based music, first from El Puchero Del Hortelano in Granada (also on myspace), then Marina Heredia. The lovely Kroke from Poland bring us to Ederlezi from Le Temps des Gitans and Je t'ai cherché from Transylvania soundtracks. This episode is wrapped up with Les Italiens, a couple of melancholy songs of Balkan origin and finally a fantastic track from Ramallah Underground. Stay til the end! Full track listings to come - apologies but I am eager to post this episode. Thanks to Jamie Renton for allowing my at the decks this week and Charlie Gillett for such wonderful support...and Robert Soko hvala ti umjesto sudioništvo današji seta zaslužno. xx Canyella