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Saturday, January 6, 2018
Drunken Foreigner Band:
Mind-Blowing Musical Excursions Inspired By Laotian and Isan Thai Music

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Drunken Foreigner Band plays cathartic double-neck-electric-phin-driven psych-rock workouts inspired by music of northeast Thailand and Laos.

Interest in this music has grown in recent years both inside and outside of Thailand. This Vice article / segment provides a good introduction: http://tiny.cc/vice-isan-music.

The band, featuring members of Sunwatchers, Invisible Circle and other adventurous Brooklyn outfits, celebrates the release of debut full-length LP White Guy Disease on Electric Cowbell Records with two live showcases pegged to the annual APAP arts booking conference:

They'll be at Secret Project Robot in Bushwick on Friday night January 12th along with The Messthetics, Mourning A BLKstar and Yotoco.

And they're one of eight great globally-inspired bands playing the Secret Planet showcase at Drom, 85 Ave A. in the East Village on Saturday night January 13th. Also on the bill: Christylez Bacon & Nistha Raj's Bhairavi Beatbox / Kaleta & Super Yamba Band / Bulla en el Barrio / / Mourning A BLKstar / Combo Chimbita / Anbessa Orchestra / Hearing Things.

(Friday night’s showcase is produced by Electric Cowbell and Multiflora Productions; Saturday night’s showcase is produced by Electric Cowbell / Multiflora Productions and Barbès.)

Massive thanks to our illustrious engineer Tom Unish!

This Week's Playlist:

(* = new, *** = special)

Ava Rocha: Você Não Vai Passar (0:00:00 Pop-up)
GIG: globalFEST @ BB King's Sun Jan 14

La Dame Blanche: Romantica (0:03:15 Pop-up)
GIG: globalFEST @ BB King's Sun Jan 14

Jupiter & Okwess: Musonsu (0:06:28 Pop-up)
GIG: globalFEST @ BB King's Sun Jan 14

El Combo Chimbita: Luz / Abya Yala (0:14:46 Pop-up)
GIG: Secret Planet APAP Showcase @ Drom Sat Jan 13

Coreyah: Born Wrong (0:18:41 Pop-up)
GIG: Sori APAP Showcase Sat Jan 13 @ Rockwood Music Hall Stage 2

Super Yamba Band: Control Per Capita (0:22:33 Pop-up)
GIG: Secret Planet APAP Showcase @ Drom Sat Jan 13 (Kaleta with Super Yamba Band)

Delgres: Lanme La (0:29:17 Pop-up)
GIG: globalFEST @ BB King's Sun Jan 14

Yemen Blues (Ravid Kahalani): Um Min al Yaman / Yemen Blues (0:34:29 Pop-up)
GIGs: Joes Pub - Jan 9, 13, 16, 17

Red Baraat: Tunak Tunak Tun / Bhangra Pirates / Rhyme & Reason (0:39:02 Pop-up)
GIG: SOB Sat Jan 13 as part of APAP Winter Jazzfest which takes place in many venues Fri Jan 12 and Sat Jan 13

Chartwell Dutiro and Timbila: Chikende / Sadza with the Head of a Mouse (0:50:31 Pop-up)
GIG: World Music Revel APAP Showcase at Parkside Lounge, Friday Jan 12

Yotoco: La Brujita (0:59:08 Pop-up)
GIG: Electric Cowbell / Multiflora Showcase @ Secret Project Robot Fri Jan 12

Drunken Foreigner Band: Akha (Live on WFMU) (1:08:52 Pop-up)
GIGs: Showcases Friday night Jan 12 @ Secret Project Robot and Sat. night Jan 13 @ Drom with lots of other bands - see above

Drunken Foreigner Band: Interview (1:16:07 Pop-up)

Drunken Foreigner Band: Bingo's Blow (Live on WFMU) (1:21:41 Pop-up)

Drunken Foreigner Band: White Guy Disease (Live on WFMU) (1:26:46 Pop-up)

Drunken Foreigner Band: Chocolate Sunglasses (Live on WFMU) (1:37:16 Pop-up)

Drunken Foreigner Band: Farang Mao (Live on WFMU) (1:42:54 Pop-up)

Ifriqiyya Electrique: Qaadrii - Salaam Alaik - Massarh / Rûwâhîne / Glitterbeat / * (1:57:52 Pop-up)

Les Filles de Illighadad: Jori / Eghass Malan / Sahel Sounds / * (2:05:53 Pop-up)

Sherita: Yaniyor Mu Yeil Kushkun / Live at Golden Fest 2017 (2:14:54 Pop-up)
In WFMU's Free Music Archive, https:// www.freemusicarchive.org
Golden Fest 2018 is Fri Jan 12 and Sat Jan 13 @ Grand Prospect Hall in Brooklyn - info at http://goldenfest.org/

Ihtimanska: Arazbar / Live at Golden Fest 2017 (2:18:52 Pop-up)
In WFMU's Free Music Archive, https:// www.freemusicarchive.org
Golden Fest 2018 is Fri Jan 12 and Sat Jan 13 @ Grand Prospect Hall in Brooklyn - info at http://goldenfest.org/

Glas: Sedai Marko / Live at Golden Fest 2017 (2:21:24 Pop-up)
In WFMU's Free Music Archive, https:// www.freemusicarchive.org
Golden Fest 2018 is Fri Jan 12 and Sat Jan 13 @ Grand Prospect Hall in Brooklyn - info at http://goldenfest.org/

Eva Salina and Peter Stan: Saraca Inima Mea / Live at Golden Fest 2017 (2:24:14 Pop-up)
In WFMU's Free Music Archive, https:// www.freemusicarchive.org
Golden Fest 2018 is Fri Jan 12 and Sat Jan 13 @ Grand Prospect Hall in Brooklyn - info at http://goldenfest.org/

Peter Lyster: Tapan Chuka / Live at Golden Fest 2017 / *** (2:28:56 Pop-up)
In WFMU's Free Music Archive, https:// www.freemusicarchive.org
Golden Fest 2018 is Fri Jan 12 and Sat Jan 13 @ Grand Prospect Hall in Brooklyn - info at http://goldenfest.org/

Blato Zlato: Zaliubih Si Edno Libe (Through the Marsh) / Live at Golden Fest 2017 (2:32:30 Pop-up)
In WFMU's Free Music Archive, https:// www.freemusicarchive.org
Golden Fest 2018 is Fri Jan 12 and Sat Jan 13 @ Grand Prospect Hall in Brooklyn - info at http://goldenfest.org/

Niva: Salzi Ronya / Snosti Sum Libe / Live at Golden Fest 2017 (2:39:27 Pop-up)
In WFMU's Free Music Archive, https:// www.freemusicarchive.org
Golden Fest 2018 is Fri Jan 12 and Sat Jan 13 @ Grand Prospect Hall in Brooklyn - info at http://goldenfest.org/

Balkan Peppers: Topansko Oro / Live at Golden Fest 2017 (2:43:37 Pop-up)
In WFMU's Free Music Archive, https:// www.freemusicarchive.org
Golden Fest 2018 is Fri Jan 12 and Sat Jan 13 @ Grand Prospect Hall in Brooklyn - info at http://goldenfest.org/

Max's New Hat: Doli Goca / Live at Golden Fest 2017 (2:47:57 Pop-up)
In WFMU's Free Music Archive, https:// www.freemusicarchive.org
Golden Fest 2018 is Fri Jan 12 and Sat Jan 13 @ Grand Prospect Hall in Brooklyn - info at http://goldenfest.org/

Balkan Fields: Topansko Oro / Live at Golden Fest 2017 (2:49:25 Pop-up)
In WFMU's Free Music Archive, https:// www.freemusicarchive.org
Golden Fest 2018 is Fri Jan 12 and Sat Jan 13 @ Grand Prospect Hall in Brooklyn - info at http://goldenfest.org/

Kavala Brass Band: Patrunina / Live at Golden Fest 2017 (2:54:11 Pop-up)
In WFMU's Free Music Archive, https:// www.freemusicarchive.org
Golden Fest 2018 is Fri Jan 12 and Sat Jan 13 @ Grand Prospect Hall in Brooklyn - info at http://goldenfest.org/

Black Masala: Chaje Shukarije (Beautiful Girl) / Live at Golden Fest 2017 (2:58:21 Pop-up)
In WFMU's Free Music Archive, https:// www.freemusicarchive.org
Golden Fest 2018 is Fri Jan 12 and Sat Jan 13 @ Grand Prospect Hall in Brooklyn - info at http://goldenfest.org/

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Organizations supporting the rights of immigrants and refugees:

(For more suggestions see https://www.bustle.com/p/9-immigration-organizations-to-donate-to-if-you-want-to-support-daca-recipients-80757.)

National Immigration Law Center: Established in 1979, the National Immigration Law Center (NILC) is one of the leading organizations in the U.S. exclusively dedicated to defending and advancing the rights of low-income immigrants.

National Immigration Forum: The National Immigration Forum is one of the leading immigrant advocacy organizations in the country, with a mission to advocate for the value of immigrants and immigration to the nation.

New York Immigration Coalition: The New York Immigration Coalition aims to achieve a fairer and more just society that values the contributions of immigrants and extends opportunity to all. The NYIC promotes immigrants’ full civic participation, fosters their leadership, and provides a unified voice and a vehicle for collective action for New York’s diverse immigrant communities.

Arab American Family Support Center (New York City): The Arab-American Family Support Center is a 501(c)3 non-profit, non-sectarian organization that provides culturally and linguistically sensitive services to immigrant communities throughout New York City.

Action NYC: ActionNYC connects New Yorkers to free, safe immigration legal help. You can make an appointment to learn your immigration legal options and get immigration application assistance. There are ActionNYC sites in all five boroughs. Appointments are required. Your appointment will be in your language.

Immigration Equality is the leading LGBTQ immigrant rights organization in the country. It provide s advice and legal services to thousands of LGBTQ and HIV-positive immigrants seeking refuge, fair treatment, and freedom in the United States. The work is truly lifesaving because there are nearly 80 countries around the world where it is a crime to be LGBTQ, with consequences up to and including the death penalty. For this reason, Immigration Equality fights to obtain asylum in the United States for LGBTQ and HIV-positive refugees - with a remarkable 99% win rate.

International Refugee Assistance Project: The International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP) organizes law students and lawyers to develop and enforce a set of legal and human rights for refugees and displaced persons. Mobilizing direct legal aid and systemic policy advocacy, IRAP serves the world’s most persecuted individuals and empowers the next generation of human rights leaders.

International Rescue Committee: The International Rescue Committee responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people whose lives and livelihoods are shattered by conflict and disaster to survive, recover, and gain control of their future.

Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF): AALDEF is a national organization that protects and promotes the civil rights of Asian Americans by combining litigation, advocacy, education, and community organizing. Issues / focus include immigrant rights, civic participation and voting rights, economic justice for workers, language access to services, educational equity, housing and environmental justice, and the elimination of anti-Asian violence, police misconduct, and human trafficking.

Make the Road New York (MRNY): MRNY builds the power of Latino and working class communities to achieve dignity and justice through organizing, policy innovation, transformative education, and survival services.

Make the Road New Jersey (MRNJ): Make the Road New Jersey builds the power of immigrant and working class communities in New Jersey to achieve dignity and justice through community organizing, legal and support services, transformative education and policy innovation.

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