A recent mix of music I put together for a CD to be played at Typhoon, Yellow Earth Theatre's play reading festival.
Track listing:
1.'Drinking Song' - Hanggai ('Introducing Hanggai' CD)
2.'Kargashai' - Mamer ('Eagle' CD)
3.'Rain in London' - Michio Miyagi ('Masterpieces in Koto' LP)
4. 'The Love Eterne' (aka 'The Butterfly Lovers' opera) soundtrack extract - Betty Loh Ti & Ivy ling Po
5.'Kiss of Spring' - Yao Lee ('Miss Yao Lee' vinyl LP)
6.'Daegeum Solo (Peaceful Times)' - Kim Seong-jin (Victrola Fvourites CD)
7.'Aaj Ki Raat' - Mhd. Rafi ('An Evening with Mohd. Rafi' vinyl LP)
8.'Dragons Play With Pearl - track from 'Cantonese Mental Music' vinyl LP
9.'Shaolin Temple' - Barrington Levy
10.Vietnamese track from 'Hot Women Singers from the Torrid Regions' CD)
11.'Musical War' - Roy Shirley ('Roy Shirley: Legend' CD)
12.'Voice of Spring' - Deng Bai Ying
13.'I Love Boh Boh Cha Cha' - The Stylers (vinyl 45 EP)
14.'Sixteen Tons' - Chang Loo
15.'Sukiyaki' - Kong Ling & The Fabulous Echoes (LP of Hits Vol 2)

Zoë Baxter talks to the singer/songwriter Mamer whose debut album Eagle is released today on Real World Records. Mamer is from the Xinjiang province in Western China and sings in his native language of Kazakh. You can hear the folk influences from the countries that surround Mamer's birthplace (Russia, Tibet, Kazakhstan...) in his music – a reminder of the size and diversity of China.

The album Eagle has been produced by English musicians Robin Haller and Matteo Scumaci - Zoë discusses the genre of Chinagrass with them on this podcast.
Robin and Matteo also produced Mongolian group Hanggai’s album Introducing Hanggai released last year.

Both Mamer and Hanggai will be performing at this year's WOMAD festival in the UK in July.

Links:
www.realworldrecords.com/artists/mamer
www.myspace.com/mamermusic1
www.hanggai.co.uk
www.matteoscumaci.co.uk
http://luckykitty.blogspot.com

(This programme was originally broadcast on Resonance FM 18/05/2009.)

My tribute to Chinese Jamaican Reggae and Soca legend Byron Lee who died on 8th November 2008.
Broadcast on Resonance FM on 19th November 2008.

Music from Byron Lee & The Dragonnaires plus a recipe for Jerk Chicken Fried Rice. I also give my movie review for the the Thai martial arts movie 'Chocolate'
For the full play list please see my blog:
http://luckykitty.blogspot.com

RIP Byron Lee 1935 - 2008.

From the Resonance FM series of shows produced and presented by Zoe Baxter: 'Lucky Cat' (broadcast 2005-6). This show is from Febuary 10th 2006 and is co-presented by Jak Ripley, it is on the influence of the Chinese in Jamaican Reggae music. Historical information on Chinese immigration to Jamaica plus many great tunes from Chinese Jamaican producers Leslie Kong, Justin Yap and artist and producer Byron Lee. 1 hour in length.
For a playlist please see my blog site:

http://luckykitty.blogspot.com/2006/02/chinese-reggae-playlists.html
I can be contacted at: jmymelody@yahoo.com">djmymelody@yahoo.com
Enjoy! Zoe.