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Program March 8, 2013
WRIR's 17th (hard to believe, isn't it?) fund drive gets started today at 5 PM during Global A Go-Go. I just want to say thank you for listening to WRIR and Global A Go-Go, and for your previous...
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Charts March 10, 2013
WRIR's Spring '13 fund drive is now underway, and we're off to a good start -- we raised about $8,000 in the first 48 hours, on the way to our goal of $40,000 by March 19. A big thank-you goes out to...
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Program March 15, 2013
WRIR is just past the midpoint of its Spring '13 Fund Drive, and I want to thank the more than 200 people who have already donated in the current drive. If you haven't yet donated, we can really use...
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Charts March 17, 2013
WRIR's CMJ New World Top Ten1 VARIOUS ARTISTS | Pop Yeh Yeh: Psychedelic Rock From Singapore And Malaysia - 1964-1970 | Sublime Frequencies2 BOMBA ESTEREO | Elegancia Tropical | Soundway3 VARIOUS...
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Program March 22, 2013
As I write this post on Thursday afternoon, WRIR's Spring '13 Fund Drive has just crossed a major milestone: 500 people have now donated, making this only the second drive in which we've gone over the...
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The Rough Guide To Latin Psychedelia
ARTIST: various artistsTITLE: The Rough Guide To Latin PsychedeliaLABEL: World Music NetworkHere’s a terrific collection of mostly lesser-known artists and tracks from Latin America and Latino USA...
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Dabke: Sounds Of The Syrian Houran
ARTIST: various artistsTITLE: Dabke: Sounds Of The Syrian HouranLABEL: Sham PalaceDabke wedding music from Syria is known in the West because of the breakout success of Omar Souleyman. And Souleyman...
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Chicha Libre | Cuatro Tigres
ARTIST: Chicha LibreTITLE: Cuatro TigresLABEL: BarbesChicha Libre is back with a 4-song EP for Record Store Day (the vinyl edition will be released on April 20, the download is available beginning on...
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March 2013 Concert Calendar
March's Global A Go-Go Picks:Brooklyn Balkan kingpins Slavic Soul Party (pictured above) at Balliceaux on Friday March 15 and at the Kennedy Center's Millenium Stage on Saturday March 16 More Balkan...
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Charts March 24, 2013
WRIR's CMJ New World Top Ten1 VARIOUS ARTISTS | Dabke: Sounds Of The Syrian Houran | Sham Palace2 ORQUESTA EL MACABEO | Salsa Bestial | Vampisoul3 SORIE KONDI | Thogolobea | Dutty Artz4 CHICHA LIBRE |...
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Program March 29, 2013
I'll have a special guest co-host in the studio with me this week. Cayman Mooney (pictured above) is the accordionist for the band My Son The Doctor, a former WRIR DJ and, like me, an enthusiast for...
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Criolo | No Na Orelha
ARTIST: CrioloTITLE: No Na OrelhaLABEL: SternsKieber Gomes, aka Criolo, is a gifted Brazilian singer and songwriter. On this album, he shows that he can handle almost any genre from rumba and Afrobeat...
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June 2013 Concert Calendar
June's Global A Go-Go picks:A stellar African double bill: Mali's Amadou & Mariam (pictured above) and Niger's Bombino at the 9:30 Club in Washingto DC on Tuesday June 18Have an event you'd like me...
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May 2013 Concert Calendar
May's Global A Go-Go picks:One of reggae's greatest-ever singing groups, Toots & The Maytals (pictured above) in Richmond at the Dominion Riverrock Festival on Saturday May 18, and in DC at the...
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April 2013 Concert Calendar
April's Global A Go-Go picks:Colombia's Bomba Estereo (pictured above), one of the world's hottest bands right now, at the historic Howard Theatre in Washington on Tuesday April 9The University of...
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Charts March 31, 2013
WRIR's CMJ New World Top Ten1 CRIOLO | No Na Orelha | Sterns2 FELA KUTI | The Best Of The Black President 2 | Knitting Factory3 DUR-DUR BAND | Volume 5 | Awesome Tapes From Africa4 QUATRO NA BOSSA |...
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Program April 5, 2013
The sound of Malian music in 2013 is edgy, aggressive, loud -- not surprising if your peaceful country has undergone a military coup, a fundamentalist assault and a foreign invasion all within the last...
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Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba | Jama Ko
ARTIST: Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni BaTITLE: Jama KoLABEL: Out|HereBassekou Kouyate is sometimes called the Jimi Hendrix of the ngoni, but I think he’s really the Earl Scruggs -- like Scruggs, he’s...
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Kobo Town | Jumbie In The Jukebox
ARTIST: Kobo TownTITLE: Jumbie In The JukeboxLABEL: Stonetree / CumbanchaKobo Town is a Toronto-based band fronted by Canadian-Trinidadian calypsonian Drew Gonsalves. In the true calypso tradition,...
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Graveola | Eu Preciso De Um Liquidificador
ARTIST: GraveolaTITLE: Eu Preciso De Um Liquidificador (I Need A Food Processor)LABEL: Mais Um DiscosGraveola (the band’s full name is Graveola e o Lixo Polifonico, or “Graveola and the Polyphonic...
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