It's that time of the month again for the new releases show on New Sounds. John Schaefer carefully sorts through the stacks, and boatloads of new CDs which have actually reached his desk over the past month to present some of the finest new releases. What we can see from here includes some music from the Toronto-based Eastern European folk-klezmer band, Beyond the Pale, as well as some downtown-y Slovakian Arabic jazz-folk music from the outfit called TriBeCaStan. Also, there's Jewish-Cuban tasty grooves from percussionist Roberto Rodriguez, and Graham Fitkin's piano music played by Danny Holt. And more.

PROGRAM # 2953, New Releases June 2009 (First aired on Tues. 6/30/09)

ARTIST(S)	RECORDING	CUT(S)	SOURCE
Rashanim	The Gathering	Judges, excerpt [2:00] Ezekiel [3:50]	Tzadik 8144 www.tzadik.com www.jonmadof.com
Beyond the Pale	Postcards	Kamenetzer [4:28]	Borealis Records 197 www.borealisrecords.com
TriBeCaStan	Strange Cousin	Raphaella [2:34] Sunda Sunday [2:48] The Bottle Man [2:45]	Evergreene Music 002 www.evergreene.com www.myspace/com/tribecastan
Matt Darriau Paradox Trio with Theodosii Spassov	Gambit	Faux 7 [6:52]	Enja 9474 www.enjarecords.com
Roberto Rodriguez	Timba Talmud	Oyemayá (para Barack Hussein Obama) [10:20]	Tzadik 8140 www.tzadik.com
Danny Holt	Fast Jump	Graham Fitkin: Relent [10:56]	Innova 734 www.innova.mu