Tom Schnabel

BossaCucaNova

There's a new kind of bossa nova coming from the group BossaCucaNova

Tom Schnabel from KCRW shares some of the music from a new CD by a group that is updating bossa nova.

There's a new kind of bossa nova coming from the group BossaCucaNova
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Here's the music you should have heard in 2013

Here's the music you should have heard in 2013

Sa Dingding and Youn Sun Nah: Two DJ Picks from Tom Schnabel

Sa Dingding and Youn Sun Nah: Two DJ Picks from Tom Schnabel

Pop Yeh Yeh, 1960s Music from Singapore and Malaysia

Pop Yeh Yeh, 1960s Music from Singapore and Malaysia
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The World's DJ Picks: Favorite Recordings of 2012 Part I

The World's DJ Picks: Favorite Recordings of 2012 Part I
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DJ Tom Schnabel Pays Tribute to Two Late African Artists

Tom Schnabel, from KCRW in Santa Monica, California, is our guest DJ today. He plays tracks from two African artists who died too soon. They are Zani Diabaté and Sory Kandia Kouyaté.

DJ Tom Schnabel Pays Tribute to Two Late African Artists
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Songs of Leonard Cohen and Nick Drake, Baroque Style

Songs of Leonard Cohen and Nick Drake, Baroque Style
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Afro-Funk & Soul From the 1970s and Today

Afro-Funk & Soul From the 1970s and Today

World-Class Jazz Musicians Come Together for 'Alma'

Paolo Fresu, Omar Sosa and Jaques Morelenbaum have come together to release a new CD called "Alma."

World-Class Jazz Musicians Come Together for 'Alma'

Top Music Picks of 2011

The World's guest DJs from around the globe for their favorite music picks of 2011.

Top Music Picks of 2011

Chinese Band Haya

The band "Haya" sings songs about nature and the Mongolian grasslands in its new album "Migration."

Chinese Band Haya

'Afro Latin Via Cotonou' from Benin

Tom Schnabel's DJ pick for today is vintage music from Cotonou, Benin. It's music recorded in the 1960s and 70s that has never been released in the United States before. The 2-CD set is part of a series called AfroLatin.

'Afro Latin Via Cotonou' from Benin

Sa Dingding's 'Harmony'

In today's global hit Tom Schnabel of KCRW brings us the latest CD from Chinese singer Sa Dingding.

Sa Dingding's 'Harmony'
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Lokua Kanza

The subject of today's Global Hit is singer Lokua Kanza. He's from the Democratic Republic of Congo, in central Africa. Kanza has a new album out. And regular contributor Tom Schnabel says it's a winner.

Lokua Kanza
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Iranian music

Today's Global Hit takes us to Iran, but not contemporary Iran. We're going back to the 60s and 70s. TWO new compilation CDs of the era have come out this year. Music programmer for KCRW in Santa Monica, California, Tom Schnabel, dips into both of them.

Iranian music