Rhythm Planet's 10 Great New Fall Releases

It's harvest time, and once again I have a ton of new music to share with you out there in the RP universe. We'll start with the current top new release at KCRW, St Germain's eponymous new album. Our favorite kiwi band, Fat Freddy's Drop, has a great new album called Bays. Bronx-born-bred-and-raised bass player Carlos Henriquez is next, laying down some mean Latin jazz. We follow it with a big production, featuring many pop, jazz, and operatic artists performing music based on African-American poet Langston Hughes' 1961 work "Ask Your Mama."

A great new set of Erroll Garner's legendary 1955 performance in Carmel, Calif., is next. The mood becomes more meditative on the next two tracks: Italian superstar Ludovico Einaudi's new album Elements has shot to the top of the European classical charts, and Armenian pianist Tigran Hamasyan follows, with Armenian sacred hymns that date all the way back to 500 A.D.

I picked up the the new one by fado star Mariza when I visited in Paris on a recent trip -- the album is not out here in the U.S. yet! We bring it back home next with Los Angeles' favorite Cambodian rock band, Dengue Fever. We close with a hot rumba number from Senegal's Dieuf-Dieul de Thies, a band that reached fame in Dakar over thirty years ago, broke up, and now is back delivering some great Afro-Latin dance grooves.

Playlist

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How Dare YouSt. Germain
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St. Germain
Label
Nonesuch
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Wairunga BluesFat Freddy's Drop
Album
Bays
Label
Drop
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CuchifritoCarlos Henriquez
Album
The Bronx Pyramid
Label
Blue Engine
20:00
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Ask Your MamaVarious
Album
Ask Your Mama Langston Hughes
Label
Avie
28:00
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Mambo CarmelErroll Garner
Album
The Complete Concert By The Sea 9/19/1955
Label
Columbia Legacy
33:00
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MountainLudovico Einaudi
Album
Elements
Label
Ponderosa
39:00
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Havoun HavounTigran Hamasyan
Album
Luys I Luso
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ECM
45:00
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Sem TiMariza
Album
Mundo
Label
Warner Music Portugal
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No Sudden MovesDengue Fever
Album
Deepest Lake
Label
Tuk Tuk
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Rumba Para ParejasDieuf-Dieul De Thies
Album
Aw Sa Yone Vol 2
Label
Teranga Beat

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