#22

https://tidal.com/playlist/a264e06d-d2ed-43bb-9ec2-621d61a4082e

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6dM5fkj1ZeLsYhyAb1DvPZ

playlist: 

1. Sexy 4 Eva - Jay Park

2. Space - Traxman

3. Sey Wata Gaya - Tal National

4. Kagbe Sidibe - Kouloumba

5. Nabintou Diakite - Dia Ye Bana

6. Kiss Of Life - Peter Gabriel

7. Soudani - Gnawa Systeme

8. Bu Gün Menim Toyim Bar - Mehmet Sabir Karger

9. Ko'histon - Mashriq

10. Kagbe Sidibe - Simbo

11. Confessions, Pt. 2 - Badbadnotgood, Colin Stetson

12. BASQUIAT - Jamila Woods, Saba

13. Due West - Kelsey Lu

14. Crane - Beanz N Kornbread

15. The Bravest Man In The Universe - Bobby Womack 

#21

https://tidal.com/playlist/d33f57b4-ba1d-4957-bb5e-114e9a0fdec3

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4plHmp3kLGwKnRqi7Iigtt

playlist:

1. BULLET - Mark Guiliana

2. Beach Walk - Michael Abels

3. Kapoho - M. Geddes Gengras

4. Celebrity - Trouble Knows Me

5. Sanguine Paradise - Lil Uzi Vert

6. Have A Talk With God - Stevie Wonder

7. King James - Anderson .Paak

8. The Killing Season - A Tribe Called Quest 

9. Give Up The Goods (Just Step) - Mobb Deep

10. Fucc It Up - Roddy Ricch

11. DJamil - Youssou N'Dour

12. It's Yourz - Wu-Tang Clan

13. Utopia - Clever Austin 

14. How To (hair) - Ezperanza Spalding

15. Heaven Only Knows - Ryan Porter, Nia Andrews

#20

https://tidal.com/playlist/b3dd1cf4-e198-4462-946d-b49b698be5dd

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0bLtptwEjRAwR2Mg3QJ0OV


Gardun - Abdurahim Hamidov

Oh Kim - Dilnura Qodirjonova

I enjoy the opportunity to listen to music in its place of origin. The experience can provide new perspective or insight into the music. One particularly potent example for me was listening to Country music in Texas. Other personal examples include listening to Peruvian Cumbia in Lima and Reggae in Jamaica. When I was living in Los Angeles, I would make road trips back to Seattle and I would love to listen to grunge while driving up I-5 coming in to Washington. I could feel that this is where the music was from. 

I just returned from a trip to Uzbekistan, where my wife and I visited our friend, Graham, in Fergana and checked out the ancient cities of Bukhara and Samarkand along the Silk Road route. Before the trip I found some Uzbek traditional music on Tidal to listen to on the train en route to Bukhara. The city of Bukhara is over 1,000 years old. The written musical tradition of the region is based on court music dating back to the 16th century. The central location of these cities on the Silk Road as well as the historical Persian, Russian, and Mongol political and cultural influences come through in the music. I did not do any research ahead of time, but I heard melodies and vocal stylings that reminded me of music I have heard from Egypt, Turkey, China, India, and Ukraine. Abdurahim Hamidov was a famed Uzbek musician who played modern interpretations of Uzbek traditional music. After listening to this music on the train, I recalled it as we walked through the ancient trading center of Bukhara. 

To me this traditional music is nice and calming. I brought it up with an Uzbek friend that we met in Fergana, Donyor. He said that for him this music was a downer because they play it at the end of dramatic or tragic movies about love. It was cool to hear about that particular modern use, an example of how context can effect one's personal relationship to music. 

Further information about Uzbek music: 

Shashmaqam music tradition

Abdurahim Hamidov

Uzbek history

playlist: 

1. Chubby & Tubby - The Black Tones

2. Kinky Reggae - Bob Marley

3. Material Man - Gregory Isaacs

4. Gardun - Abdurahim Hamidov

5. Diaraby Nene - Oumou Sangaré

6. Salam Nubia - Alsarah, The Nubatones

7. Oh Kim - Dilnura Qodirjonova

8. Arbacoochee - Sacred Harp Singers

9. Takashi - Flying Lotus

10. It's A Acidfall - Traxman

11. Bonfire - DJ Taye, DJ Paypal

12. FDT - YG, Nipsey Hussle

13. What's Free (feat. Rick Ross & Jay Z) - Meek Mill

14. AND 1 / Hurricane G - Gifted Gab

15. Without A Face - Rage Against The Machine

#19

https://tidal.com/playlist/e9f15e29-3fc3-443d-9f56-e8ce8dc883f6

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5j2wBIMbg1hL2ySJrkn0GE

playlist:

1. Chirp Chirp - Iris Lune

2. BONES - Mark Guiliana

3. Chinese Butterfly - Chick Corea, Steve Gadd

4. Know Yourself - ginla

5. My-Story Of Love / Starring You - Shafiq Husayn

6. Freedom - Krondon, Shafiq Husayn 

7. DGAF - Joshua Redman

8. Where Are We Going? (Alternate Mix 2) - Marvin Gaye

9. Angel Shark - Dorian Concept

10. Old Town Road - Lil Nas X

11. Got Beef - The Eastsidaz

12. Hawk Over Traffic - Dave King Trucking Company

13. A Way With Words - Robert Plant

14. Visions Of Old - Kelsey Lu

15. Vitrification Of Blood (Pt. 1) - Blood Incantation 

#18

https://tidal.com/playlist/ce5703d6-fde6-43a5-8612-6ae3debaf75b

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4h9GrIrJY8f0FaoLPp4QP5

playlist:

1. Jah Easy Dub - Sly and Robbie

2. Dolphin Dance - Ahmad Jamal Trio

3. Chamber Of Reflection - Mac Demarco

4. The Great Bambino - Pearls & Lazer 

5. Why Did You Have To Desert Me - Taj Mahal

6. Gentle on My Mind - Waylon Jennings (TIDAL)

6. Gentle On My Mind - Elvis Presley (Spotify)

7. I Need A Truck - Warren Zevon

8. Pitbull Terrier - Andre Nickatina, Equipto

9. That Way - Gifted Gab

10. Chemin De Fer - Dexter Story

11. Lebé antchin aléna / air gouragué - Mélléssé Bongér, Tchista Band

12. Greetings - Hamza El Din

13. Oulhin - Bombino 

14. Africa - Karriem Riggins

15. ELEMENT. - Kendrick Lamar

#17

https://tidal.com/playlist/a5829de7-aaae-4e91-bb60-a7416e0b91b9

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5aMbhKsVuoG6HoL7DHZAcO

playlist:

1. Makondi - Don Cherry, Ed Blackwell

2. Your Just Movin - Traxman

3. Dedication (feat. Kendrick Lamar) - Nipsey Hustle

4. CANT GET IN KANADA - YG

5. Brand New Player - Zapp

6. New Spaceship - George Clinton, Charlie Wilson

7. Runnin' Away - Sly & The Family Stone 

8. Summer Delight - Freestyle

9. Refuse To Love - Defunkt

10. Touch In Mine (fingers) - Esperanza Spalding

11. Let Me Know - DJ Harrison

12. Voice Of Chunk - Lounge Lizards

13. Big Spliff - Black Uhuru

14. Multiply - Dayone

15. Preach - Thom Sonny Green

#16

https://tidal.com/playlist/d454d6b6-632d-445a-83e9-22feadb360ae

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4FC8xbabjIdGb4BxyPLGJE

playlist:

1. Aht Uh Mi Hed - Shuggie Otis

2. Feedback Pt. 2 - Jason Moran

3. No Apologies - August Greene

4. Haw - 16 Horsepower

5. 5.45 - Gang Of Four

6. Talk Talk - The Music Machine

7. Kannon1 - Sunn O)))

8. Barracudas - Wayne Shorter

9. Statute of Limitiations - 2 Chainz

10. Rule The World - 2 Chainz, Ariana Grande

11. Sound Of Rain - Solange

12. Uvumilivu - E.J. Strickland Quintet 

13. And Now The Queen - Larry Goldings, Peter Bernstein, Bill Stewart

14. _stuck_ - Jon Bap

15. Roland Alphonso - Don Cherry, Ed Blackwell