A journey of imagination from Manchester to the world. Did you know Step On
is a protest song from South Africa? SA’s BCUC team up with Femi Kuti’s sax. Femi’s brother Seun thrills with Newen Afrobeat from Chile. Chico Trujillo are one of that country’s most popular new cumbia bands. Next to Colombia for classic old cumbia: El Ciclón from La Sonora Dinamita. A track so blistering it burrows right through the earth to Sudan where cover star Alsarah was born. Here’s hoping she’ll visit the Rochdale Canal after lockdown! She lived later in New England. Helena Cinto from Zaragoza sings a gorgeous version of Spanish Ladies, about sailing to old England. Bona fide Spanish ladies from Galicia were recorded in 1952 by Alan Lomax, an exuberant chorus about when the girl is married. A theme also visited by Levon Helm in Woodstock. Aretha covers his Weight peerlessly. Aretha began in Detroit. John Lee Hooker recorded there and in Chicago. From where Mr Lee hip houses us home to the Hacienda.
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