The Beat Authority

Get a leg up on the weekend with
host David Sommerstein each
Friday afternoon from 3:00 to 4:45 pm for the best world dance and groove music.

1. The Cat Empire - Two Shoes - Velour Recordings
2. Balkan Beat Box - Nu Med - Jdub Records
3. Bole 2 Harlem - Bole 2 Harlem, Vol. 1 - Sounds of the Mushroom
4. Ojos de Brujo - Techari - Six Degrees
5. Mocean Worker - Cinco de Mowo! - Mowo!, Inc.
6. Ceu - Ceu - Six Degrees
7. Gaudi & Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan - Dub Qawwali - Six Degrees
8. Los Mono - Somos los que estamos - Sonic 360
9. Colombiafrica - Voodoo Love Inna Champetaland - Riverboat
10. Talib Kweli - Eardrum - Warner Brothers

    HUGE HONORABLE MENTION: Fania Records massive re-release of their legendary 1970s salsa/latin jazz catalog

    BEST RE-MIX: Bob Marley - Roots, Rock, Remixed - Quango/Tuff Gong

    HONORABLE MENTIONS OUTSIDE THE "BEAT AUTHORITY" GENRE
    1 . Jose Gonzalez - In Our Nature - Mute
    2. Feist - The Reminder - Cherry Tree
    3. Radiohead - In Rainbows - self-released

Delaney Flushboy Beat Authority Top 10 from 2007

1. M.I.A. - Kala
2. Deerhoof - Friend Opportunity
3. Jens Lekman - Night Falls over Kortadala
4. Yearsayer - All Hour Cymbals
5. Timbuktu -- Oberoende Framkallande
6. Panda bear - Person Pitch
7. Radiohead - In Rainbows
8. Led Zeppelin - II
9. Kanye West - Graduation
10. Studio - Yearbook 1
    

1. Gecko Turner - Guapapasea! - Quango
2. Gotan Project - Lunático - XL Recordings
3. Extra Golden - OK Oyot System - Thrill Jockey
4. Muchachito Bombo Infierno - Vamos Que Nos Vamos - Diquela
5. Michael Franti & Spearhead - Yell Fire! - Anti- Records
6. Cibelle - The Shine of Dried Electric Leaves - Six Degrees
7. Lila Downs - La Cantina Entre Copa y Copa - Narada
8. Toumani Diabate's Symmetric Orchestra - Boulevard de L'Independence - World Circuit
9. Nickodemus - Endangered Species - ESL Music
10. Beck - The Information - Interscope

Honorable Mention:

• Cat Empire - The Cat Empire EP - Velour Records

Don't Forget from the end of 2005:

• Fat Freddy's Drop - Based on a True Story - The Drop Records
• Yerba Buena - Island Life - Razor & Tie <

Delaney Flushboy's Top Ten of 2006

1. Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings the Flood - Anti- Records
2. Quantic - An Announcement to Answer - TruThoughts
3. Matmos - The Rose Has Teeth - Matador
4. Joanna Newsome - Ys - Drag City
5. Girl talk - Night Ripper - Illegal Art
6. Brightblack Morning Light - Brightblack Morning Light - Matador
7. Hot Chip - The Warning - DFA Records
8. Califone - Roots & Crowns - Thrill Jockey
9. Danielson - Ships - Secretly Canadian
10. Vetiver - To Find Me Gone - Dicristina Stair Builders

David spitballing beat-free mp3s.

Ever since I got a Fisher Price record player for Chanukkah when I was four, I've been a musical sponge. My favorite stuff is music that ventures across genres, and music that makes you dance.

David enunciating Spanish during his debut broadcast.

Globalization has been a mixed bag, but it's sure invigorated the world of music. Salsa from Israel, flamenco from east L.A., Algerian rai from Paris, hip-hop from Senegal, reggae from Morocco--artists are borrowing at will, threading the sounds they hear on TV and radio into their own traditions.

The Beat Authority is a Friday show. It's a kick into the weekend, a bounce for your afternoon, a swing for your end-of-the-week step. A fresh, eclectic choice of dance music from all over the world. You may hear cumbia or bluegrass or afrobeat or jazz, but it'll keep your head a-noddin' and your spirits up. Join in the groove and enjoy. And if you have suggestions, e-mail 'em in!

David Sommerstein