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Sam Amidon and Heidi Fardell with music to make you dance

Baroque flautist Heidi Fardell and folk musician Sam Amidon add five more tracks with Jeffrey Boakye and Anna Phoebe, taking us from a Mozart dance to Masekela and Mandela.

American folk musician and multi-instrumentalist Sam Amidon and recorder player and baroque flautist Heidi Fardell take us on a global musical journey, from Salzburg to Soweto, with Jeffrey Boakye and Anna Phoebe. The history of the humble tambourine, the challenge of being a left-handed musician, and a little-known controversial involvement in slavery all feature as the next five tracks are added to the playlist.

Producer: Jerome Weatherald
Presented with musical direction by Jeffrey Boakye and Anna Phoebe

The five tracks in this week's playlist:

Ballet Intermezzo: Tambourin by Mozart
Ril Gan Ainm (No Name)/Cinnte Le Dia (Ah Surely)/The Union Reel by Mary Bergin
Voodoo Child (Slight Return) by Jimi Hendrix
Eternal Source of Light Divine by Handel
Bring Him Back 成人快手 (Nelson Mandela) by Hugh Masekela

Other music in this episode:

Million Voices by Otto Knows
Walkin' Boss by Sam Amidon
Mr. Tambourine Man by Bob Dylan
Down in the Valley by Bessie Jones
Wilson Rag by Elizabeth Cotten
Grazing in the Grass by Hugh Masekela

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