Ife joins host Stephen Kallao

It’s a session with Ife. That’s the name for the musical project of New Orleans based musician Otura Mun. Mun is a lifelong student of African percussion, and you can hear it in the pulsating music of Ife. Live recordings from Ife and our New Orleans Correspondent Gwen Thompkins talks with Otura Mun.

*Emmylou Harris “I Don’t Want To Talk About it Now” Red Dirt Girl

Ife “Fireflies” Recorded Live for the World Café

Ife “Fake Blood” Recorded Live for the World Café

Ife “The Tearer (Bembe)” Recorded Live for the World Café

Sylvan Esso “Radio” What Now

Parquet Courts “Walking at a Downtown Pace” Sympathy For Life

Bonnie Raitt “Made Up Mind” Just Like That

John Mayer “Wild Blue” Sob Rock

Tom Petty “Free Falling” Full Moon Fever

Hour Two
*Heartless Bastards “Parted Ways” Arrow

Indigo De Souza “Hold U” Any Shape You Take

Sade “Kiss Of Life” Love Deluxe

Beach House “Once Twice Melody” Once Twice Melody

Roxy Music “Dance Away” Manifesto

(Flo Morrissey & Matthew E. White “Look At What The Light Did Now” Recorded Live for the World Café))

Lo Moon “Dream Never Dies” A Modern Life

Air “Playground Love” The Virgin Suicides Sound

U2 “Stay (Faraway, So Close!) Zooropa

Hurray For The Riff Raff “Pierced Arrows” Life On Earth

JD McPherson “Lust for Life / Sixteen” Warm Covers EP

Sheryl Crow “Everyday Is A Winding Road” Sheryl Crow

Bruce Springsteen “Blinded By The Light” Greetings From Asbury Park

*Optional Song