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YOU STAY BRASSY, MADERA

Its a bit of a horn-fest today on the STOP MAKING SENSE show. No real reason. Sometimes it just pans out that way... ok? Dont judge. As per the routine, MADERA drives a musical tent peg in one country, then gets a piece of musical string and connects it to another musical peg somewhere else in the world. Does that make sense? Music from the BEASTIE BOYS (MCA rip), BLOCKHEAD, CHAIRMEN OF THE BOARD, THE APPLES, GREGORY ISAAC, HACKNEY COLLIERY BAND, LATIN KINGS & the BOBAN I MARKO MARKOVIC ORKESTAR get the party started. Yes!

Pure Latino-Ska Reggae vibes on this episode as Cal Jader is joined by Abner Perez lead singer and songwriter of Ecuadorian-London band Reverso. They play tracks from and discuss the band's second album 'Radio Comfort' released earlier this year. Plus they talk about the Ecuadorian music scene and play influential bands for Reverso including Rocolo Bacalao and La Grupa plus the show features other tracks from La Kinky Beat, Ska Cubano, Panteon Roccoco and Sarazino.

Caipirinha Appreciation Society presenters MdC Suingue and Kika Serra have birthdays only two weeks apart and usually celebrate them jointly. Should our dear listeners wish to give the pair of us a little birthday treat, here's a suggestion: tell your friends, family, teachers, colleagues, flatmates, neighbours about your favourite cliché-free Brazilian music show.

Pure musical selection all the way through Cal Jader starts with a couple of Latin themed Beastie Boys track as tribute to MCA. Brazilian future boogie remixo Ray Lugo's I Dream of Bahia, Sao Paulo soul from Criolo and Curumin, Latin jazz with Energie Du Verre and Jessica Lauren Four, plenty of Cumbia and Chicha mash ups with Bondi Blaster, Dengue Dengue!, New producer Swaggadrozo's epic contribution to the Sonoro Norte EP, a killer from Quantic's Los Miticos Del Ritmo album and another track from the Chicha Libre album, plus a great uptempo ska track from the Reverso album.

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Studded with delicious nuggets and surprises, and steamed to perfection, Nordorama is back for another lap around the highways and byways of the Nordics. This week's playlist features a collaboration between Ane Brun and José González, jazz poetry in ancient Latin and some Swedish rock as suggested by listeners. The icing on this week's audiocake comes in the form of a track recorded on instruments made of ice in a soundproof igloo.

STRUT YOUR FUNKY STUFF, MADERA

A very special edition of the SMS show featuring head honcho of Strut Records QUINTON SCOTT talking about his wonderful label, how it came to be and flourished. Dragging world music kicking and screaming onto the cool dancefloors of Europe since the late 90s with excellent club crew collaborations & compilations (SOUL 2 SOUL, HORSEMEAT DISCO, GOOD TIMES, SOFRITO) and now signing artists direct from Africa and beyond (EBO TAYLOR, FANGWANA), STRUT has never ceased to push the envelope. One of a handful of small UK labels keeping the faith, Strut we salute you!

On April 26, former Liberian President Charles Taylor was convicted by the UN-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone on 11 counts of war crimes, crimes against humanity and violations of international law for aiding and abetting rebels from 1996-2002 in Sierra Leone’s 11-year civil war. Immediately after the verdict, announced on the eve of Sierra Leone's 51st Independence Day, emotions ranged from excitement to disappointment, showing the complexity of the case.

HOME SPUN AND HAND KNITTED

MADERA meets podcast king, dj, and all round legend CRASH & BURN. They talk about growing up deep in the Amazon (in C & Bs case), a shared love of un-PC Exotica & obscure vinyl 45s, and why a Fela Kuti track can be a lifesaver during a long DJ set (in MADERA's case)...

This week Cal plays an exclusive acoustic track from Wara lead singer Juanita Euka, new Cumbia from Chicha Libre, Frente Cumbiero and DJ Negro, Brazilian music from Criolo, Os Magrelos and Maga Bo, more heavy Salsa from La Excelencia, a Colombian Hip Hop reworking of a track from the last Sergent Garcia album plus look out online for the new videos for tracks played here by conscious voices Bituaya and Ana Tijoux.

Plus he's are joined in the studio by documentary filmmaker Mikey Watts to talk about his latest film made for Al Jazeera's Power and the People series 'Undermining Justice' about corporate accountability - specifically in the northern region of Peru where communities have an ongoing battle with mining companies.