I opened the southern border wide to celebrate just a small fraction of the songs, musicians, singers from the other side of the border who have given us so much great music. Plus I played the only Frank Sinatra song I can think of where he deliberately sings off key. And to help drive home the point of this week’s show, I also played a song from the new Broadway musical Hadestown, in which Hades, more of a demagogue than demigod, sings about building his wall around Hadestown. Sound chillingly familiar?
SONG TITLE / Artist / CD Or Album Title
- I DON’T KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT YOU / Delicatessen / “Goodnight Kiss”
- I’M OLD FASHIONED / Delicatessen / “Goodnight Kiss”
- TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT / Ruben Blades & Jazz At Lincoln Center Jazz Orch. / “Una Noche Con Ruben Blades”
- JANGADA / Claudia Villela / “JazzaNova”
- AGUAS DE MARCO / Tom Jobim & Elis Regina / “Elis & Tom”
- WILLOW WEEP FOR ME / Arturo O’Farrill & Claudia Acuna / “In These Shoes”
- DORALICE / Joao Gilberto & Stan Getz / “Getz/Gilberto”
- ONE NOTE SAMBA / Astrud Gilberto / “Stan Getz: The Bossa Nova Years”
- TIJUANA GIFT SHOP / Charles Mingus / “Tijuana Moods”
- END OF THE WORLD / (Mystery Vocalist) / Vikki Carr / “From The Columbia Records Vaults”
- O PATO / Emilie-Claire Barlow / “The Very Thought of You”
- AGUA DE BEBER / Al Jarreau / “Glow”
- WHY WE BUILD THE WALL / Patrick Page / “Hadestown: The Myth, The Musical”
- BESAME MUCHO / Jackie Ryan / “The Best of Love Songs”
- DESAFINADO / Frank Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim / “Sinatra/Jobim: The Complete Reprise Recordings”
- SWING MENOR / Angel Parra Trio / “Uno Ano Mas”
- AQUI SE HABLA EN AMOR / Nat Cole / “More Cole Espanol”
- LA PUERTA / Iraida Noriega & Zinco Big Band / “Asi Era Entonces, Ahora…”
- A CAPPELLA IN ACAPULCO / The Real Group / “Unreal!”
- THE WAY YOU LOOK TONIGHT / Tony Bennett & Thalia / “Viva Duets”
- QUIZAS, QUIZAS, QUIZAS / Magos Herrera & Sanchal Vasandani / “Quizas, Quizas, Quizas”
- LIKE SOMEONE IN LOVE / Paulinho Garcia / “Beautiful Love”
- YOU’RE MY THRILL / Camila Meza / “Prism”
- ONLY TRUST YOUR HEART / Atrud Gilberto & Stan Getz / “Stan Getz: The Bossa Nova Years”
- PARIS MISMATCH / (Theme Music) / Cody Owen Stine
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