Sacred Grove (1st & 3rd) / Single Use (2nd & 4th)
Sacred Grove 7/21/26 FRUIT SALAD
a veritable garden of delights…
join us in the sacred grove during this hot and languid summer day to enjoy fruits of all kinds!!! we are making a fruit salad with only the finest selections from korea, the US, albania, iran, italy, brazil and more. fruit songs only!!!!
fruits can also tell us about the history of human migration, nourishment, trade, and power. the portokall (the albanian word for orange, directly referencing the country portugal) reminds us that portuguese traders introduced the orange to many countries including much of the ottoman empire during the 15/16 centuries. similar words are used in romania, greece/cyprus, bulgaria, turkey, iran and afghanistan.
“anar” (pomegranate in farsi) became “nar” in turkish, which spread through southern europe through ottoman influence
we also talk about breadfruit and its history as a “weapon” — a malay fruit traded among pacific nations, brought to the caribbean by european colonizers in the 1700s to cheaply feed enslaved labor. to read jamaica kincaid’s writing, which i mentioned on the show: The Breadfruit | The Harvard Advocate
Show archive
Playlist
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Humming Urban Stereo, “Banana Shake”
from Very Very Nice! And Short Cake
Pastel Music - 2005
Korean singer songwriter
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MasciaTi, “Pesca (feat. Maurizio Abbenda)”
from Svegli Sempre - EP
Gusville © - 2018
Italian singer Mascia Timpone
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Mark Barnwell, “Avocado”
from Ojos De La Tierra
Mark Barnwell - 2013
Spanish guitarist based in southwest England
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kordz, “MANGO ft. Likuna Tutisani, Mechanical Rainbow, Nikala, Luka Kitiaschvili”
from MANGO
My Own Stuff Records - 2026
Georgian fusion latin pop almost?
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Eddie Henderson, “The Kumquat Kids”
from Sunburst
Blue Note Records - 1974
trumpet player, played with herbie hancock tri 1970-73
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800 Cherries, “honeydew blue(2022 Remastered)”
KiliKiliVilla - 1998
duo from tokyo Shibuya-kei genre, mix of J-pop jazz
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Alexander Flood, “Breadfruit (Instrumental)”
from Breadfruit (feat. Ka Boukie) - Single
Sidekick Music - 2026
australian drummer/percussionist, also a version with Ka Boukie (london based artist)
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Dengue Fever, “Durian Dowry”
from Cannibal Courtship
Fantasy Records - 2011
American band from LA playing Cambodian psych rock sounds, fronted by singer Chhom Nimol
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Shelly Sony, “Passionfruit”
Music Brokers - 2021
Brazilian/Argentine singer from Norway
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Kukeri, “Yabulka (Apple)”
from The Best (1976-1987)
Silvernoise-Balkanton - 2001
Bulgarian pop/disco band from 70s named after a pagan ritual still practiced in bulgaria, where participants put on costumes made out of animal fur
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Parviz, “Tangerine”
from Tangerine - Single
Disques Abadan - 2025
Iranian singer based in france i believe recreating some of the persian psych/jazz sounds of the last few decades
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Irma Libohova, “Nen nje portokalle”
from Shamia e Beqarit
GO Digital Music GO Digital Media - 2005
Albanian pop/folk singer. Under the Orange Tree. Folk song that has been covered a lot --
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Les Baxter, “Fruit of Dreams”
from La Ciudad Sagrada (The Sacred Idol) [Original Soundtrack] [1960]
Classic Soundtrack Collector - 1960
fun fact we share a bday
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MF DOOM, “Sumac Berries”
from Metal Fingers Presents: Special Herbs, The Box Set Vol. 0 - 9
Metalface Records - 2006
rip
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Morteza, “Anar Anar”
from Dayeh Dayeh
Pars Video - 1984
iranian singer started by singing in movies in the 1960s when he was 16
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